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''QUEEN'': This covenant is well-drafted, but yegads! ’Tis lengthy. <br>
''QUEEN'': This covenant is well-drafted, but yegads! ’Tis lengthy. <br>
''[[Triago|TRIAGO]]'' (''bowing unctuously''): The writer [[shall]] be [[deemed]] hereinbefore [[obliged]]. <br>
''[[Triago|TRIAGO]]'' (''bowing unctuously''): The writer [[shall]] be [[deemed]] hereinbefore [[obliged]]. <br>
''HERCULIO'': My liege and madam, to expostulate <br>
''[[Herculio|HERCULIO]]'': My liege and madam, to expostulate <br>
What brevity should be, what clarity is — <br>
What brevity should be, what clarity is — <br>
Why “day” is business day, and “time” is closing time.<br>
Why “day” is business day, and “time” is closing time.<br>
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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 Triago, in all his trite facility, cannot.<br>
I will be brief, where Triago, in all his trite facility, cannot.<br>
''TRIAGO'': Milady! With all due and payable respect, and interest accrued thereon <br>
{{triago deemery}}
I wouldst be [[inclined]] to be [[supportive]] of dissent —<br>
''QUEEN'': O, exasperating vapours! Whatever doth he mean?<br>
''HERCULIO'': Triago disagrees. <br>
“[[Inclined]]”, Triago? “[[Supportive]]”? As straight as that? <br>
No [[Deemed|deemery]] to wrap it round? <br>
''TRIAGO'': Aye, [[Deemed|deemèd]], perchance — I pray just such indulgence <br>
To vouchsafe [[for the avoidance of doubt|avoidance of some doubt]]. <br>
''QUEEN'': Doubt, Triago? <br>
''TRIAGO'': I’ll think of something, Majesty. <br>
''HERCULIO'': How now, good lady: doth thou now understand? <br>
''HERCULIO'': How now, good lady: doth thou now understand? <br>
''QUEEN'': I fear I do, in that I do not.<br>
''QUEEN'': I fear I do, in that I do not.<br>