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With piercing steel at bold Mercutio's breast; Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks: Encourage him, and tell him all our reasons: And spurn upon thee, beggar, for thy boldness. For brave Macbeth,--well he deserves that name,-- When gallant-springing brave Plantagenet, Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave,