QUINCE Francis Flute, the bellows-mender. FLUTE Here, Peter Quince. QU…

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QUINCE Francis Flute, the bellows-mender. FLUTE Here, Peter Quince. QUINCE Flute, you must take Thisby on you. FLUTE What is Thisby? a wandering knight? QUINCE It is the lady that Pyramus must love. FLUTE Nay, faith, let me not play a woman; I have a beard coming. ✨ 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (1595-6) act 1, sc. 2, l. [50]
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