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Duke Orsino is discussing the nature of love with his young page, Cesario. He does not realize that 'Cesario' is actually Viola in disguise. Orsino believes that he can tell that 'Cesario' is in love just by looking at him. In fact, Viola has fallen head over heels in love with Orsino and therefore answers honestly, without revealing her disguise. When Orsino asks what the woman he loves is like, 'Cesario' declares that she is very similar to Orsino in both age and appearance. Viola's hints go
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DUKE ORSINO
Once more, Cesario,
Get thee to yond same sovereign cruelty:
Tell her, my love, more noble than the world,
Prizes not quantity of dirty lands;
The parts that fortune hath bestow'd upon her,
Tell her, I hold as giddily as fortune;
But 'tis that miracle and queen of gems
That nature pranks her in attracts my soul.
VIOLA
But if she
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