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A duel was lately fought in texas between alexandre shott and john nott. It was rumored that nott was shot, and shott was not. (If so, it was better to be shott than nott) but it was afterwards proved that the shot shott shot at nott shot shott by accident, and the shot nott shot at shott shot past, and so shot him not. Thus the affair resolved itself into its original elements, and shott was shot and nott was not.