The Comedy of Errors , 4.
I asked the turnkeys - God-damned half-baked whoreson lubbers - and all they could tell me was that Barrington, the pickpocket, you remember, was allowed to mess with the bosun.
The invective of his characters can be short or long, as the following two examples from Timon of Athens demonstrate: Example 1 Would thou wert clean enough to spit upon! Is it two days ago since I beat thee and tripp'd up thy heels before the King? All's Well That Ends Well , 4.