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you plain , face see . Sworn . King . ' Twere good , yours did ; for , sir , to tell But
love , first learned in a lady's eyes , Lives not alone immured in the brain , I'll find
a fairer face not wash'd to - day . But with the motion of all elements Biron .
Despite of suit , to see a lady's face.Boyet . She says , you have it , and you may
be Hold , Rosaline ; this favour thou shalt wear , gone . And then the king will
court thee for his dear : King . Say to her , we have measur'd many miles , Hold ,
take ...
Good madam , let me see your face . I cannot love him . Let him send no more ,
Oli . Have you any commission from your lord to Unless , perchance , you come
to me again , negociate with my face ? you are now out of your To tell me how he
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Bum , sir . face . — Good master Froth , look upon his honour ; Escal . ' Troth , and
your bum is the greatest thing ' tis for a good purpose . Doth your honour mark
about you ; so that , in the beastliest sense , you are his face ? Pompey the great .
Blackstone proposed to read , “ Yet I fray you but - it is your CARBONADOED
face " - “ Carbonadoed " with the word ; " meaning the word “ suffer , ” which is
means “ slashed over the face in a manner that fetcbeth plausible . But the old
copy is ...
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"like a wood woman" might indeed have meant "frantic" or "wild" (with grief) which Launce mentions referring to the "shoe" which he adopts for the sake of illustration. However, Shakespeare, even at his earliest writings, was vastly entertained by double entendres and his love of puns is so well documented. In that time in Italy, women wore platform shoes which were raised to elevate the shoes from the mud and other unpleasant "stuff". These were called "chopines" and the platforms were constructed of wood. The higher the platform, the higher the pretentiousness of the lady. Her height could have put her above many others. Since Launce has his father and mother represented as shoes, this second meaning is certainly not outside of the possibility for Shakespeare's intention. Naturally, it would have had the effect of a rather "localized" and "temporary" idea, but the fact of its having been very popular in that day makes it a candidate for the Bard's delight.