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What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit!

William Shakespeare (1793). “The Plays of William Shakspeare: In Fifteen Volumes. With the Corrections and Illustrations of Various Commentators. To which are Added, Notes by Samuel Johnson and George Steevens. The Fourth Edition. Revised and Augmented (with a Glossarial Index) by the Editor of Dodsley's Collection of Old Plays”, p.532
What a pretty thing man is when he goes in his doublet and hose and leaves off his wit!