Prologue II, line 32.
For if we may, we’ll not offend one stomach with our play.
Prologue II, line 40.
Bardolph and Nym had ten times more valour than this roaring devil i’ the old play, that every one may pare his nails with a wooden dagger.
IV, 4, 73.
The devil was supposed to keep his nails unpared from choice, and therefore to pare them was considered an insult. The character of the “Devil” was a feature from the old Miracle and Morality plays.
Edward the Black Prince
Who on French ground play’d a tragedy.
I, 2, 106.
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