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"bawdy hand of the dial"

Double Entendre

Act 2,

Scene 4

Lines 95-99

An explanation of Mercutio’s sexual innuendo in Act 2, Scene 4 of myShakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

Nurse

God ye good morrow, gentlemen.

Mercutio

God ye good e’en, fair gentlewoman.

Nurse

Is it good e’en?

Mercutio

'Tis no less, I tell you, for the bawdy hand of the dial is

now upon the prick of noon.

The round dial represents the female genitalia, while "hand" is the male genitalia, standing erect at the 12 o'clock position.

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