FABIAN: I would exult, man. You know, he brought me out o’ favor with my lady about a bearbaiting here.
SIR TOBY: To anger him, we’ll have the bear again, and we will fool him black and blue, shall we not, Sir Andrew?
– William Shakespeare
Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 5. Fabian and Toby are talking about the cruel practical joke they and Maria prepare to play on Malvolio. A letter written by Maria to trick Malvolio into thinking Olivia is in love with him have been dropped in the garden path for Malvolio to find. Toby compares the prank to a bear-baiting contest.
