QUOTE : BOTTOM<br />There are things in this comedy of Pyramus and Thisby that will never please. First, Pyramus must draw a sword to kill himself; which the ladies<br />cannot abide. How answer you that?<br /><br />SNOUT<br />By'r lakin, a parlous fear.<br /><br />STARVELING<br />I believe we must leave the killing out, when all is done.<br /><br />BOTTOM<br />Not a whit: I have a device to make all well.<br />Write me a prologue; and let the prologue seem to<br />say, we will do no harm with our swords, and that<br />Pyramus is not killed indeed; and, for the more<br />better assurance, tell them that I, Pyramus, am not<br />Pyramus, but Bottom the weaver: this will put them<br />out of fear.<br /><br />QUINCE<br />Well, we will have such a prologue; and it shall be<br />written in eight and six.<br /><br />BOTTOM<br />No, make it two more; let it be written in eight and eight.