...cares for thee, And for thy maintenance commits his body To painful labour both by sea and land . . . And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks, and true obedience. (v.ii. 146-54) It is important to note that Shakespeare has radically rewritten this whole speech as...

...land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou li'st warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love, fair looks, and true obedience. [V.ii.148-55] Underlying both fictions is a reciprocal sexual bond in which the woman is a clear, life-giving...

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...earlier reference to women's "hands" when she says to each listening woman (5.2.156-57) that her husband "craves no other tribute at thy hands / But love, fair looks, and true obedience." We mistake to read or hear the text abstractingly, as if "at thy hands" could mean only "at thy service"...

...land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love,...fair looks and true obedience Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince Even such a woman oweth to her husband; And...

...land, To watch the night in storms, the day in cold, Whilst thou liest warm at home, secure and safe; And craves no other tribute at thy hands But love,...fair looks and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such a woman oweth to her husband;...

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