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Pal-bok: [From subtitles] Isn't she the King's Consort?
Chil-duk: Sure is. What on earth is that woman doing?
Pal-bok: People say, she a lady now but she still shits like a horse. So then the rumors were true after all!
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[From subtitles]
Gong-gil: [atop a tightrope] To be up here, away from the bustle, my legs like wings would spread.
Jang-sang: [from below] Ahoy! What is that flower in full bloom I see yonder?
Street musician: Dost thou not recognize the one and only?
Jang-sang: So it is! The one and only! With rose petal'd lips. O Friend, beat thee thy leather while I go pick the flower.
Gong-gil: [watching Jang-sang ascend the tightrope] My, my, there comes a fool, rash and proud! Never knew a fool who knew his place!
Jang-sang: Ho! A tongue most untamed! Master of this house am I, come to bait thee!
Gong-gil: A gallows-hung scoundrel is what I see with an ill-fitting coat to hide his sores!
Jang-sang: Oh thorny Rose, is thy iris closed for me? Open them, and see as I walk the Master's gait. Oh, really!
[Jang-sang precariously walks across the tightrope]
Jang-sang: [finally reaching the other side] Good heavens! Me thought it would be a mere hop and a skip but t'was longer than a runny trip to the outhouse!
Gong-gil: [having climbed down] Master gait, master bait, either way strains the balls!
Jang-sang: And now, a fornicating wench, running off upon being surprised. 'Tis thy own form, saucy wench.
[Jang-sang quickly walks back across the tightrope again]
Gong-gil: I was expecting to see thee fall and crack thy frame. But not bad!
Jang-sang: Indeed, gifted are my two legs, but it is my third that has true genius - and thou shall see it this night!
[Jang-sang performs acrobatics on the tightrope]
Blackhat: Master wants to see you.
Gong-gil: Thy twin eggs, are they cracked yet or just in the crack?
Jang-sang: [as the crowd laughs] Safely in the crack, plugging my bunghole! But now, I must drain my bladder. I gotta pee before I continue!
Gong-gil: Why, you dirty boor! So then, let's try it on for size!
Jang-sang: Good idea! I shall oblige!
Woo Hyeon
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