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Within the infant rind of this weak flower Poison hath residence and medicine power; For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part; Being tasted, stays all senses with the heart [the heart stops beating] Two such opposed kings encamp them still In man as well as herbs – grace and rude will; And where the worser is predominant, Full soon the canker death eats up that plant.

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The given quote is from "Romeo and Ju liet" by William Shakespeare.

Step-by-step explanation:

This quoted text is spoken by Friar Lawrence in Act II scene iii of the play "Romeo and Ju liet" by William Shakespeare. The lines in the quote comes after Romeo met Ju liet and fell in love.

In the soliloquy, Friar Lawrence is seen talking about the different properties of plants that he is collecting in the basket. Additionally, he is also implying to the many properties of man and the dual nature present in man. The good and the bad, which resides in an individual, have the right to take over anyone. The two "kings ..... In man as well as herbs [are] grace and rude will", which takes over a man at all times. But if the "worse is predominant", then it only leads to the death of the person, taken over like a cancerous infection over the whole body.

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