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Competition

No. 1257: Slanging the Bard

Set by Jaspistos: You are invited to rewrite 16 lines of Shakespearian verse (please iden- tify the passage), preserving the metre and meaning but substituting colloquial words or phrases for those in the text where you please. Entries to 'Competition No. 1257' by 4 March. The first winner will receive a bonus prize of a magnum of Château Paved de Luze 1970 presented by Andrew Bruce.