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The most peaceable way for you if you do take a thief, is to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

      — Much Ado about Nothing, Act III Scene 3

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KEYWORD: traitor

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King John
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Philip the Bastard

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Drawn in the flattering table of her eye!
Hang'd in the frowning wrinkle of her brow!
And quarter'd in her heart! he doth espy
Himself love's traitor: this is pity now,
That hang'd and drawn and quartered, there should be
In such a love so vile a lout as he.

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