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@bookamatic.bsky.socialSep 10, 2026, 8:27 AM

“But let them gull me, widgeon me, rook me, fop me,
I’faith, i’faith, they are too short for me.
Knaves and fools meet when purses go.”

#Bardspotting #Gull #Widgeon #Rook

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Sir Thomas More
Act II

Gull - an unfledged bird
Widgeon - stupid, wild duck
Rook - rapacious crow

Highlighted text from the William Shakespeare play Sir Thomas More. Text reads “But let them gull me, widgeon me, rook me, fop me,
I’faith, i’faith, they are too short for me.
Knaves and fools meet when purses go.”A gull on a beach showing off his intelligence to another gull that looks less than impressedA duck walking toward the camera over grass wondering why you would think it was a widgeon A rapacious member of the crow family in a bare tree top wondering why you don’t just call it a rook.
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