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Troilus and CressidaTC II.iii.18camp &ndash or rather the neapolitan bone-ache &ndash for thatcamp or rather the bone-ach for that

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bone-ache neapolitan[pain in the bones from naples] syphilis venereal disease
neapolitan bone-ache[pain in the bones from naples] syphilis venereal disease

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