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SCENE 1
As before, Lord #1 assures Cloten that Cloten can do no wrong, while Lord #2 disparages Cloten with remarks off to the side. Apparently, Cloten has struck a fellow who had taken Cloten to task for swearing and cursing when Cloten had lost in a game of bowls. The fellow, cognizant of who Cloten's mother was (the Queen of Britain), did not dare to strike back. Cloten is thus boasting of having struck a nobody who refused to fight back and complaining for having lost his bet in a game of bowls when Lord #1 informs Cloten that a friend of Posthumus has recently arrived from Italy. Cloten debates whether
