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"no gold for sounding"

Double Meaning

Act 4,

Scene 5

Lines 131-

An explanation of the words "gold" and "gold bells" in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 4, Scene 5.

Peter’s explanation has two interpretations:

musicians receive no gold which jingles in their coin purses
musicians have no gold bells for playing music

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