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That in the captain's but a choleric word

DMI number:
18998
Poem Aliases
Shakespeare. Measure for Measure.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
That in the captain's but a choleric word
Last Line:
Which in the soldier is flat blasphemy
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work
Themes:
Social order and Virtue / vice
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Author:
William Shakespeare
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Measure for Measure Act 2 Scene 2.
Content/Publication
Title:
Thesaurus Dramaticus. Containing all the celebrated passages, soliloquies, similies, descriptions, and other poetical beauties in the body of English plays. [1724] [2 vols] [ESTC T134540]
Page No(s):
p.158
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Ibid [i.e. Shak. Measure for Measure]
Attributed To:
William Shakespeare