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Mak
Gill is an antagonist of the play, wife to Mak, and mother to several children. Cunning and deceitful, Gill is the mastermind behind the plan to disguise the stolen sheep as a newborn baby and to pretend she has just given birth in order to deceive the shepherds. Though she reminds Mak several times that theft is punishable by hanging, Gill is excited by the trick and wishes to help Mak with even more complicated schemes. Like Gyb’s wife, Gill nags Mak constantly, although Mak and Gill’s bickering is often playful.
Gill Quotes in The Second Shepherd’s Play
The The Second Shepherd’s Play quotes below are all either spoken by Gill or refer to Gill. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Scene 2
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I am worthy of my meat, / For in a trice I can get / More than they who strive and sweat / All the day long.
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Scene 4
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Were a worse plight, I’d find a way still.
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Scene 6
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Oh, my belly! I die! / I vow to God so mild / If ever I you beguiled / Then I will eat this child / That doth in cradle lie!
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Sirs, for this deed, take my advice instead / For this trespass. / We will neither curse not fight / Nor dispute our right / We’ll tie him up tight / And toss him in canvas.
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Scene 7
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Thou hast cowed at last the devil so wild / The false beguiler now goes beguiled.
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Gill Quotes in The Second Shepherd’s Play
The The Second Shepherd’s Play quotes below are all either spoken by Gill or refer to Gill. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Scene 2
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I am worthy of my meat, / For in a trice I can get / More than they who strive and sweat / All the day long.
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Scene 4
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Were a worse plight, I’d find a way still.
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Scene 6
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Oh, my belly! I die! / I vow to God so mild / If ever I you beguiled / Then I will eat this child / That doth in cradle lie!
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Sirs, for this deed, take my advice instead / For this trespass. / We will neither curse not fight / Nor dispute our right / We’ll tie him up tight / And toss him in canvas.
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Thou hast cowed at last the devil so wild / The false beguiler now goes beguiled.
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