Beshackle

Who this king ſhould bee, beſhackled theyr wits,and layd them a dry ground euery one.

Shall guilded Chains beſhackle you with Fears ?

Suddenly applause explodes around me. I look up from where I’m crouched in the street and see that Peter, Jesse, and I are surrounded by a circle of gay men. Bare-chested and beshackled; sequined and polo-shirted; mustached and mascara’ed—thirty or forty men are clapping and beaming down at Peter, Jesse, and me.