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  1. the knave constable had set me i' th stocks, i' th common stocks, for a witch.(Falstaff, The Merry Wives of Windsor 4.5.99-100)

O wall, O sweet, O lovely wall

  1. Don Pedro
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    This learned constable is too cunning to be understood. (5.1.219-220)

  2. Borachio
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    Away! You are an ass, you are an ass! (4.2.75)

  3. Leonato
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    Neighbours, you are tedious. 3.5.17

"forget not that I am an ass"

4.2.79-80

Title: Master constable of the watch

Sex: male

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Hometown: Messina

Job: "we are the poor duke’s officers" (3.5.18-19)

Often called: "neighbour", "master constable" & "ass"

About me: “I am a wise fellow, and which is more, an officer, and which is more, a householder, and which is more, as pretty a piece of flesh as any in Messina, and one that knows the law- go to! – and a rich fellow enough – go to! – and a fellow that hath had losses, and one that hath two gowns, and everything handsome about him." (4.2.81-87)

Personal philosophy: “Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.” (3.3.61-62)