where from this lines is?

[bahadurmilan86]

"Thus, what with the war, what with the sweat, what with the gallows, and what with poverty, I am custom-shrunk."

can you mention the name of the play and the Character who uttered above mentioned sentence?

Milan

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[bahadurmilan86]

should I answer the question? is not there anyone to say the exact answer?

[sandy14]

Mistress Overdone/Bawd in Measure for Measure Act 1 Scene 2 line 78 (Complete Works of Shakespeare, Alexander Text)

Shakespeare (Mistress Overdone) or Thomas Middleton (Bawd) wrote it. I'm not equipped to discuss the exact authorship of the play - Most people say Shakespeare wrote it, The Oxford University Press includes the play in the Complete Works of Thomas Middleton. I'm sure there is a jolly good argument supporting both authors, but it's not one I am very familiar with.