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Bottom, Lines 33-42
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Act 3,
Scene 1
Lines 33-42

A performance of lines 33-42 by Bottom in Act 3, Scene 1 of myShakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

myShakespeare | Midsummer Night's Dream 3.1 Performance: Bottom Lines 33-42

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Nay, you must name his name, and half his face
must be seen through the lion's neck, and he himself
must speak through, saying thus, or to the same defect:
“ladies,” or “fair ladies, I would wish you” or “I would
request you” or “I would entreat you not to fear, not to
tremble. My life for yours; if you think I come hither as
a lion, it were pity — of my life. No, I am no such thing.
I am a man as other men are.” And there, indeed, let
him name his name, and tell them plainly he is Snug
the joiner.