Never a marcus at all at all among the manlies

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  • Manlius: a patrician family in ancient Rome
  • Marcus Manlius: Roman consul in the 4th century B.C> He heroially defended ROme ahainst the Gauls. He was a populisy patrician, a stance that led to his execution
  • King Mark: from Tristan and Isolde → old markiss
  • at all at all: a (stage-)Irish intensification of 'at all"
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