DUKE
The general of our horse art, and we,
Great in our hope, lay our best love and credence
Upon promising fortune.
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Drama, gender & the body
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DUKE
The general of our horse art, and we,
Great in our hope, lay our best love and credence
Upon promising fortune.
BERTRAM
Sir, it is
A charge too heavy for my strength; but yet
We’ll strive to bear it for your worthy sake
To th’extreme edge of hazard.
DUKE
Then go forth;
And fortune play upon prosperous helm,
As auspicious mistress!
BERTRAM
This very day,
Great Mars, I put myself into file;
Make me but like my thoughts, and I shall prove
A lover of drum, hater of love.
Open All’s Well That Ends Well in the 1623 First Folio. See its words in the cloud.
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