LEAR: I pardon that man’s life. What was thy cause? —
Adultery? Thou shalt not die. Die for adultery? No.
The wren goes to ‘t, and the small gilded fly does
lecher in my sight. Let copulation thrive ….

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet

King Lear, Act 4, sc. 6, l. 129ff (4.6.129-132) (1606)
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