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And [[boilerplate]] the crutch of wretched [[tedium]]<br>
And [[boilerplate]] the crutch of wretched [[tedium]]<br>
I will be brief, where noble Triago, for all his facility, cannot.<br>
I will be brief, where noble Triago, for all his facility, cannot.<br>
''TRIAGO'': With the greatest of respect I would be inclined to disagree.
''TRIAGO'': With the greatest of respect I would be inclined to disagree.<br>
''HERCULIO'': Inclined straight out? Not [[Deemed|deemèd]] to be so?  
''HERCULIO'': Inclined straight out? Not [[Deemed|deemèd]] to be so? <br>
''TRIAGO'':  Yes, [[Deemed|deemèd]], perchance. It avoids some doubt.
''TRIAGO'':  Yes, [[Deemed|deemèd]], perchance. It [[for the avoidance of doubt|avoids some doubt]]. <Br>
“Mad” call I it, for, to define true madness,<br>
''HERCULIO'': How now, good lady: doth thou now understand? <br>
What is ’t but to be nothing else but mad?<br>
''QUEEN'': How now? <br>
But let that go.<br>
''TRIAGO'': Lexical complexity doth, pro rata with thy budget, sore expand.<br>
''QUEEN'': More matter with less art.<br>
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''HERCULIO'': Madam, I swear I use no art at all.<br>
That he’s mad, ’tis true; ’tis true ’tis pity,<br>
And pity ’tis ’tis true—a foolish figure,<br>
But farewell it, for I will use no art.<br>
Mad let us grant him then, and now remains<br>
That we find out the cause of this effect,<br>
Or, rather say, the cause of this defect,<br>
For this effect defective comes by cause.<br><br>
Thus it remains, and the remainder thus.<br>}}

Revision as of 19:34, 7 April 2022

QUEEN: This covenant is well-drafted, though lengthy.
TRIAGO (bowing unctuously): The writer shall be deemed hereinbefore obliged.
HERCULIO: My liege and madam, to expostulate
What brevity should be, what clarity is —
Why “day” is business day, and “time” is closing time.
’Tis buried — lost — among the cluttered syntax of this deed.
QUEEN: ’Twas no compliment, good Herculio, rest assured.
A crafty phrase to propitiate that noisome clerk, no more.
HERCULIO: Madam, I do concur!
Since brevity is the soul of wit,
And boilerplate the crutch of wretched tedium
I will be brief, where noble Triago, for all his facility, cannot.
TRIAGO: With the greatest of respect I would be inclined to disagree.
HERCULIO: Inclined straight out? Not deemèd to be so?
TRIAGO: Yes, deemèd, perchance. It avoids some doubt.
HERCULIO: How now, good lady: doth thou now understand?
QUEEN: How now?
TRIAGO: Lexical complexity doth, pro rata with thy budget, sore expand.
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