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If she be.

Hold your peaces.

Good my lord,--

-Antigonus, Leontes, First Lord

The Winter’s Tale                   Act II Scene i, Line 138

 

Okay, the first part of today’s line is Antigonus talking about Hermione, Leontes’s wife. Leontes has just had his wife taken away for being unfaithful to him. Antigonus and this anonymous First Lord are trying to convince Leontes that he’s making a mistake. Antigonus says

For every inch of woman in the world,

Ay, every dram of woman’s flesh, is false,

If she be.

Leontes responds

Hold your peaces.

And the First Lord starts in

Good my lord,--

But then he is interrupted by Antigonus who goes on with his argument.

 

So there’s three different guys who make up today’s one Totally Random line. And this line, as well as the one preceding and following, are in iambic pentameter. That’s why these three guys are making up one line. Here’s these three lines written together, without breaking them up between the different speakers.

        Ay, every dram of woman’s flesh is false,

If she be. Hold your peaces. Good my lord,--

It is for you we speak, not for ourselves.

        

Da dum, da dum, da dum, da dum, da dum.

 

So, what do you think of that?

I couldn't find anything relevant today, so I'm giving you this. I'm not sure why it's so funny, but it made me laugh.