| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Alwayes obedient to your Graces will, | Always obedient to your grace's will, | MM I.i.25 |
| I come to know your pleasure. | I come to know your pleasure. | MM I.i.26.1 |
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| Now good my Lord | Now, good my lord, | MM I.i.47.2 |
| Let there be some more test, made of my mettle, | Let there be some more test made of my metal | MM I.i.48 |
| Before so noble, and so great a figure | Before so noble and so great a figure | MM I.i.49 |
| Be stamp't vpon it. | Be stamped upon't. | MM I.i.50.1 |
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| Yet giue leaue (my Lord,) | Yet give leave, my lord, | MM I.i.60.2 |
| That we may bring you something on the way | That we may bring you something on the way. | MM I.i.61 |
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| The heauens giue safety to your purposes. | The heavens give safety to your purposes! | MM I.i.73 |
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| 'Tis so with me: Let vs with-draw together, | 'Tis so with me. Let us withdraw together, | MM I.i.81 |
| And we may soone our satisfaction haue | And we may soon our satisfaction have | MM I.i.82 |
| Touching that point. | Touching that point. | MM I.i.83.1 |
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| We must not make a scar-crow of the Law, | We must not make a scarecrow of the law, | MM II.i.1 |
| Setting it vp to feare the Birds of prey, | Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, | MM II.i.2 |
| And let it keepe one shape, till custome make it | And let it keep one shape, till custom make it | MM II.i.3 |
| Their pearch, and not their terror. | Their perch and not their terror. | MM II.i.4.1 |
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| 'Tis one thing to be tempted (Escalus) | 'Tis one thing to be tempted, Escalus, | MM II.i.17 |
| Another thing to fall: I not deny | Another thing to fall. I not deny, | MM II.i.18 |
| The Iury passing on the Prisoners life | The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, | MM II.i.19 |
| May in the sworne-twelue haue a thiefe, or two | May in the sworn twelve have a thief or two | MM II.i.20 |
| Guiltier then him they try; what's open made to Iustice, | Guiltier than him they try; what's open made to justice, | MM II.i.21 |
| That Iustice ceizes; What knowes the Lawes | That justice seizes; what knows the laws | MM II.i.22 |
| That theeues do passe on theeues? 'Tis very pregnant, | That thieves do pass on thieves? 'Tis very pregnant, | MM II.i.23 |
| The Iewell that we finde, we stoope, and take't, | The jewel that we find, we stoop and take't | MM II.i.24 |
| Because we see it; but what we doe not see, | Because we see it; but what we do not see | MM II.i.25 |
| We tread vpon, and neuer thinke of it. | We tread upon, and never think of it. | MM II.i.26 |
| You may not so extenuate his offence, | You may not so extenuate his offence | MM II.i.27 |
| For I haue had such faults; but rather tell me | For I have had such faults; but rather tell me, | MM II.i.28 |
| When I, that censure him, do so offend, | When I, that censure him, do so offend, | MM II.i.29 |
| Let mine owne Iudgement patterne out my death, | Let mine own judgement pattern out my death | MM II.i.30 |
| And nothing come in partiall. Sir, he must dye. | And nothing come in partial. Sir, he must die. | MM II.i.31 |
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| Where is the Prouost? | Where is the provost? | MM II.i.32.2 |
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| See that Claudio | See that Claudio | MM II.i.33.2 |
| Be executed by nine to morrow morning, | Be executed by tomorrow morning: | MM II.i.34 |
| Bring him his Confessor, let him be prepar'd, | Bring his confessor, let him be prepared; | MM II.i.35 |
| For that's the vtmost of his pilgrimage. | For that's the utmost of his pilgrimage. | MM II.i.36 |
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| How now Sir, what's your name? And what's | How now, sir, what's your name? And what's | MM II.i.44 |
| the matter? | the matter? | MM II.i.45 |
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| Benefactors? Well: What Benefactors are they? | Benefactors? Well, what benefactors are they? | MM II.i.50 |
| Are they not Malefactors? | Are they not malefactors? | MM II.i.51 |
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| Goe to: What quality are they of? Elbow is your | Go to. What quality are they of? Elbow is your | MM II.i.57 |
| name? Why do'st thou not speake Elbow? | name? Why dost thou not speak, Elbow? | MM II.i.58 |
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| What are you Sir? | What are you, sir? | MM II.i.60 |
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| This will last out a night in Russia | This will last out a night in Russia | MM II.i.128 |
| When nights are longest there: Ile take my leaue, | When nights are longest there. I'll take my leave, | MM II.i.129 |
| And leaue you to the hearing of the cause; | And leave you to the hearing of the cause, | MM II.i.130 |
| Hoping youle finde good cause to whip them all. | Hoping you'll find good cause to whip them all. | MM II.i.131 |
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| Now, what's the matter Prouost? | Now, what's the matter, provost? | MM II.ii.6.2 |
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| Did not I tell thee yea? hadst thou not order? | Did not I tell thee, yea? Hadst thou not order? | MM II.ii.8 |
| Why do'st thou aske againe? | Why dost thou ask again? | MM II.ii.9.1 |
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| Goe to; let that be mine, | Go to; let that be mine. | MM II.ii.12.2 |
| Doe you your office, or giue vp your Place, | Do you your office, or give up your place, | MM II.ii.13 |
| And you shall well be spar'd. | And you shall well be spared. | MM II.ii.14.1 |
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| Dispose of her | Dispose of her | MM II.ii.16.2 |
| To some more fitter place; and that with speed. | To some more fitter place, and that with speed. | MM II.ii.17 |
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| Hath he a Sister? | Hath he a sister? | MM II.ii.19.2 |
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| Well: let her be admitted, | Well, let her be admitted. | MM II.ii.22.2 |
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| See you the Fornicatresse be remou'd, | See you the fornicatress be removed; | MM II.ii.23 |
| Let her haue needfull, but not lauish meanes, | Let her have needful, but not lavish, means. | MM II.ii.24 |
| There shall be order for't. | There shall be order for't. | MM II.ii.25.1 |
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| Stay a little while: y'are welcome: what's your will? | Stay a little while. (To Isabella) Y'are welcome. What's your will? | MM II.ii.26 |
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| Well: what's your suite. | Well, what's your suit? | MM II.ii.28.2 |
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| Well: the matter? | Well: the matter? | MM II.ii.33.2 |
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| Condemne the fault, and not the actor of it, | Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it? | MM II.ii.37 |
| Why euery fault's condemnd ere it be done: | Why, every fault's condemned ere it be done. | MM II.ii.38 |
| Mine were the verie Cipher of a Function | Mine were the very cipher of a function, | MM II.ii.39 |
| To fine the faults, whose fine stands in record, | To fine the faults whose fine stands in record, | MM II.ii.40 |
| And let goe by the Actor: | And let go by the actor. | MM II.ii.41.1 |
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| Maiden, no remedie. | Maiden, no remedy. | MM II.ii.48.2 |
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| I will not doe't. | I will not do't. | MM II.ii.51.1 |
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| Looke what I will not, that I cannot doe. | Look what I will not, that I cannot do. | MM II.ii.52 |
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| Hee's sentenc'd, tis too late. | He's sentenced; 'tis too late. | MM II.ii.56.1 |
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| Pray you be gone. | Pray you, be gone. | MM II.ii.66.2 |
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| Your Brother is a forfeit of the Law, | Your brother is a forfeit of the law, | MM II.ii.71 |
| And you but waste your words. | And you but waste your words. | MM II.ii.72.1 |
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| Be you content, (faire Maid) | Be you content, fair maid, | MM II.ii.79.2 |
| It is the Law, not I, condemne your brother, | It is the law, not I, condemns your brother; | MM II.ii.80 |
| Were he my kinsman, brother, or my sonne, | Were he my kinsman, brother, or my son, | MM II.ii.81 |
| It should be thus with him: he must die to morrow. | It should be thus with him. He must die tomorrow. | MM II.ii.82 |
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| The Law hath not bin dead, thogh it hath slept | The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept. | MM II.ii.90 |
| Those many had not dar'd to doe that euill | Those many had not dared to do that evil | MM II.ii.91 |
| If the first, that did th' Edict infringe | If that the first that did th' edict infringe | MM II.ii.92 |
| Had answer'd for his deed. Now 'tis awake, | Had answered for his deed. Now 'tis awake, | MM II.ii.93 |
| Takes note of what is done, and like a Prophet | Takes note of what is done, and like a prophet | MM II.ii.94 |
| Lookes in a glasse that shewes what future euils | Looks in a glass that shows what future evils, | MM II.ii.95 |
| Either now, or by remissenesse, new conceiu'd, | Either now, or by remissness new, conceived, | MM II.ii.96 |
| And so in progresse to be hatch'd, and borne, | And so in progress to be hatched and born, | MM II.ii.97 |
| Are now to haue no successiue degrees, | Are now to have no successive degrees, | MM II.ii.98 |
| But here they liue to end. | But, ere they live, to end. | MM II.ii.99.1 |
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| I shew it most of all, when I show Iustice; | I show it most of all when I show justice, | MM II.ii.100 |
| For then I pittie those I doe not know, | For then I pity those I do not know, | MM II.ii.101 |
| Which a dismis'd offence, would after gaule | Which a dismissed offence would after gall, | MM II.ii.102 |
| And doe him right, that answering one foule wrong | And do him right that, answering one foul wrong, | MM II.ii.103 |
| Liues not to act another. Be satisfied; | Lives not to act another. Be satisfied | MM II.ii.104 |
| Your Brother dies to morrow; be content. | Your brother dies tomorrow. Be content. | MM II.ii.105 |
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| Why doe you put these sayings vpon me? | Why do you put these sayings upon me? | MM II.ii.133 |
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| Shee speakes, and 'tis such sence | She speaks, and 'tis | MM II.ii.141.2 |
| That my Sence breeds with it; fare you well. | Such sense that my sense breeds with it. Fare you well. | MM II.ii.142 |
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| I will bethinke me: come againe to morrow. | I will bethink me. Come again tomorrow. | MM II.ii.144 |
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| How? bribe me? | How? Bribe me? | MM II.ii.146 |
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| Well: come to me to morrow. | Well, come to me tomorrow. | MM II.ii.155.2 |
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| Amen. | Amen. | MM II.ii.157.2 |
| For I am that way going to temptation, | For I am that way going to temptation, | MM II.ii.158 |
| Where prayers crosse. | Where prayers cross. | MM II.ii.159.1 |
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| At any time 'fore-noone. | At any time 'forenoon. | MM II.ii.160.2 |
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| From thee: euen from thy vertue. | From thee: even from thy virtue. | MM II.ii.161.2 |
| What's this? what's this? is this her fault, or mine? | What's this? What's this? Is this her fault or mine? | MM II.ii.162 |
| The Tempter, or the Tempted, who sins most? | The tempter, or the tempted, who sins most? | MM II.ii.163 |
| ha? | Ha? | MM II.ii.164 |
| Not she: nor doth she tempt: but it is I, | Not she, nor doth she tempt; but it is I | MM II.ii.165 |
| That, lying by the Violet in the Sunne, | That, lying by the violet in the sun, | MM II.ii.166 |
| Doe as the Carrion do's, not as the flowre, | Do as the carrion does, not as the flower, | MM II.ii.167 |
| Corrupt with vertuous season: Can it be, | Corrupt with virtuous season. Can it be | MM II.ii.168 |
| That Modesty may more betray our Sence | That modesty may more betray our sense | MM II.ii.169 |
| Then womans lightnesse? hauing waste ground enough, | Than woman's lightness? Having waste ground enough, | MM II.ii.170 |
| Shall we desire to raze the Sanctuary | Shall we desire to raze the sanctuary | MM II.ii.171 |
| And pitch our euils there? oh fie, fie, fie: | And pitch our evils there? O, fie, fie, fie! | MM II.ii.172 |
| What dost thou? or what art thou Angelo? | What dost thou? Or what art thou, Angelo? | MM II.ii.173 |
| Dost thou desire her fowly, for those things | Dost thou desire her foully for those things | MM II.ii.174 |
| That make her good? oh, let her brother liue: | That make her good? O, let her brother live: | MM II.ii.175 |
| Theeues for their robbery haue authority, | Thieves for their robbery have authority | MM II.ii.176 |
| When Iudges steale themselues: what, doe I loue her, | When judges steal themselves. What, do I love her, | MM II.ii.177 |
| That I desire to heare her speake againe? | That I desire to hear her speak again, | MM II.ii.178 |
| And feast vpon her eyes? what is't I dreame on? | And feast upon her eyes? What is't I dream on? | MM II.ii.179 |
| Oh cunning enemy, that to catch a Saint, | O cunning enemy that, to catch a saint, | MM II.ii.180 |
| With Saints dost bait thy hooke: most dangerous | With saints dost bait thy hook. Most dangerous | MM II.ii.181 |
| Is that temptation, that doth goad vs on | Is that temptation that doth goad us on | MM II.ii.182 |
| To sinne, in louing vertue: neuer could the Strumpet | To sin in loving virtue. Never could the strumpet | MM II.ii.183 |
| With all her double vigor, Art, and Nature | With all her double vigour, art and nature, | MM II.ii.184 |
| Once stir my temper: but this vertuous Maid | Once stir my temper; but this virtuous maid | MM II.ii.185 |
| Subdues me quite: Euer till now | Subdues me quite. Ever till now, | MM II.ii.186 |
| When men were fond, I smild, and wondred how. | When men were fond, I smiled and wondered how. | MM II.ii.187 |
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| When I would pray, & think, I thinke, and pray | When I would pray and think, I think and pray | MM II.iv.1 |
| To seuerall subiects: heauen hath my empty words, | To several subjects: heaven hath my empty words, | MM II.iv.2 |
| Whilst my Inuention, hearing not my Tongue, | Whilst my invention, hearing not my tongue, | MM II.iv.3 |
| Anchors on Isabell: heauen in my mouth, | Anchors on Isabel: God in my mouth, | MM II.iv.4 |
| As if I did but onely chew his name, | As if I did but only chew His name, | MM II.iv.5 |
| And in my heart the strong and swelling euill | And in my heart the strong and swelling evil | MM II.iv.6 |
| Of my conception: the state whereon I studied | Of my conception. The state, whereon I studied, | MM II.iv.7 |
| Is like a good thing, being often read | Is like a good thing, being often read, | MM II.iv.8 |
| Growne feard, and tedious: yea, my Grauitie | Grown seared and tedious; yea, my gravity, | MM II.iv.9 |
| Wherein (let no man heare me) I take pride, | Wherein, let no man hear me, I take pride, | MM II.iv.10 |
| Could I, with boote, change for an idle plume | Could I, with boot, change for an idle plume | MM II.iv.11 |
| Which the ayre beats for vaine: oh place, oh forme, | Which the air beats for vain. O place, O form, | MM II.iv.12 |
| How often dost thou with thy case, thy habit | How often dost thou with thy case, thy habit, | MM II.iv.13 |
| Wrench awe from fooles, and tye the wiser soules | Wrench awe from fools, and tie the wiser souls | MM II.iv.14 |
| To thy false seeming? Blood, thou art blood, | To thy false seeming! Blood, thou art blood; | MM II.iv.15 |
| Let's write good Angell on the Deuills horne | Let's write ‘ good Angel ’ on the devil's horn, | MM II.iv.16 |
| 'Tis not the Deuills Crest: how now? who's there? | 'Tis not the devil's crest – How now? Who's there? | MM II.iv.17 |
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| Teach her the way: | Teach her the way. | MM II.iv.19.1 |
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| oh, heauens | O heavens, | MM II.iv.19.2 |
| Why doe's my bloud thus muster to my heart, | Why does my blood thus muster to my heart, | MM II.iv.20 |
| Making both it vnable for it selfe, | Making both it unable for itself, | MM II.iv.21 |
| And dispossessing all my other parts | And dispossessing all my other parts | MM II.iv.22 |
| Of necessary fitnesse? | Of necessary fitness? | MM II.iv.23 |
| So play the foolish throngs with one that swounds, | So play the foolish throngs with one that swoons, | MM II.iv.24 |
| Come all to help him, and so stop the ayre | Come all to help him, and so stop the air | MM II.iv.25 |
| By which hee should reuiue: and euen so | By which he should revive; and even so | MM II.iv.26 |
| The generall subiect to a wel-wisht King | The general, subject to a well-wished king, | MM II.iv.27 |
| Quit their owne part, and in obsequious fondnesse | Quit their own part, and in obsequious fondness | MM II.iv.28 |
| Crowd to his presence, where their vn-taught loue | Crowd to his presence, where their untaught love | MM II.iv.29 |
| Must needs appear offence: | Must needs appear offence. | MM II.iv.30.1 |
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| how now faire Maid. | How now, fair maid? | MM II.iv.30.2 |
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| That you might know it, wold much better please me, | That you might know it, would much better please me | MM II.iv.32 |
| Then to demand what 'tis: your Brother cannot liue. | Than to demand what 'tis. Your brother cannot live. | MM II.iv.33 |
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| Yet may he liue a while: and it may be | Yet may he live a while; and it may be | MM II.iv.35 |
| As long as you, or I: yet he must die. | As long as you or I, yet he must die. | MM II.iv.36 |
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| Yea. | Yea. | MM II.iv.38 |
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| Ha? fie, these filthy vices: It were as good | Ha! fie, these filthy vices! It were as good | MM II.iv.42 |
| To pardon him, that hath from nature stolne | To pardon him that hath from nature stol'n | MM II.iv.43 |
| A man already made, as to remit | A man already made as to remit | MM II.iv.44 |
| Their sawcie sweetnes, that do coyne heauens Image | Their saucy sweetness that do coin God's image | MM II.iv.45 |
| In stamps that are forbid: 'tis all as easie, | In stamps that are forbid: 'tis all as easy | MM II.iv.46 |
| Falsely to take away a life true made, | Falsely to take away a life true made | MM II.iv.47 |
| As to put mettle in restrained meanes | As to put metal in restrained means | MM II.iv.48 |
| To make a false one. | To make a false one. | MM II.iv.49 |
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| Say you so: then I shall poze you quickly. | Say you so? Then I shall pose you quickly. | MM II.iv.51 |
| Which had you rather, that the most iust Law | Which had you rather, that the most just law | MM II.iv.52 |
| Now tooke your brothers life, and to redeeme him | Now took your brother's life, or to redeem him | MM II.iv.53 |
| Giue vp your body to such sweet vncleannesse | Give up your body to such sweet uncleanness | MM II.iv.54 |
| As she that he hath staind? | As she that he hath stained? | MM II.iv.55.1 |
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| I talke not of your soule: our compel'd sins | I talk not of your soul. Our compelled sins | MM II.iv.57 |
| Stand more for number, then for accompt. | Stand more for number than accompt. | MM II.iv.58.1 |
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| Nay Ile not warrant that: for I can speake | Nay, I'll not warrant that, for I can speak | MM II.iv.59 |
| Against the thing I say: Answere to this, | Against the thing I say. Answer to this: | MM II.iv.60 |
| I (now the voyce of the recorded Law) | I, now the voice of the recorded law, | MM II.iv.61 |
| Pronounce a sentence on your Brothers life, | Pronounce a sentence on your brother's life; | MM II.iv.62 |
| Might there not be a charitie in sinne, | Might there not be a charity in sin | MM II.iv.63 |
| To saue this Brothers life? | To save this brother's life? | MM II.iv.64.1 |
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| Pleas'd you to doo't, at perill of your soule | Pleased you to do't, at peril of your soul, | MM II.iv.67 |
| Were equall poize of sinne, and charitie. | Were equal poise of sin and charity. | MM II.iv.68 |
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| Nay, but heare me, | Nay, but hear me; | MM II.iv.73.2 |
| Your sence pursues not mine: either you are ignorant, | Your sense pursues not mine. Either you are ignorant, | MM II.iv.74 |
| Or seeme so crafty; and that's not good. | Or seem so craftily; and that's not good. | MM II.iv.75 |
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| Thus wisdome wishes to appeare most bright, | Thus wisdom wishes to appear most bright | MM II.iv.78 |
| When it doth taxe it selfe: As these blacke Masques | When it doth tax itself, as these black masks | MM II.iv.79 |
| Proclaime an en-shield beauty ten times louder | Proclaim an enshield beauty ten times louder | MM II.iv.80 |
| Then beauty could displaied: But marke me, | Than beauty could, displayed. But mark me; | MM II.iv.81 |
| To be receiued plaine, Ile speake more grosse: | To be received plain, I'll speak more gross: | MM II.iv.82 |
| Your Brother is to dye. | Your brother is to die. | MM II.iv.83 |
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| And his offence is so, as it appeares, | And his offence is so, as it appears, | MM II.iv.85 |
| Accountant to the Law, vpon that paine. | Accountant to the law upon that pain. | MM II.iv.86 |
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| Admit no other way to saue his life | Admit no other way to save his life – | MM II.iv.88 |
| (As I subscribe not that, nor any other, | As I subscribe not that, nor any other, | MM II.iv.89 |
| But in the losse of question) that you, his Sister, | But in the loss of question – that you, his sister, | MM II.iv.90 |
| Finding your selfe desir'd of such a person, | Finding yourself desired of such a person | MM II.iv.91 |
| Whose creadit with the Iudge, or owne great place, | Whose credit with the judge, or own great place, | MM II.iv.92 |
| Could fetch your Brother from the Manacles | Could fetch your brother from the manacles | MM II.iv.93 |
| Of the all-building-Law: and that there were | Of the all-binding law; and that there were | MM II.iv.94 |
| No earthly meane to saue him, but that either | No earthly mean to save him, but that either | MM II.iv.95 |
| You must lay downe the treasures of your body, | You must lay down the treasures of your body | MM II.iv.96 |
| To this supposed, or else to let him suffer: | To this supposed, or else to let him suffer, | MM II.iv.97 |
| What would you doe? | What would you do? | MM II.iv.98 |
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| Then must your brother die. | Then must your brother die. | MM II.iv.104.2 |
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| Were not you then as cruell as the Sentence, | Were not you then as cruel as the sentence | MM II.iv.109 |
| That you haue slander'd so? | That you have slandered so? | MM II.iv.110 |
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| You seem'd of late to make the Law a tirant, | You seemed of late to make the law a tyrant, | MM II.iv.114 |
| And rather prou'd the sliding of your brother | And rather proved the sliding of your brother | MM II.iv.115 |
| A merriment, then a vice. | A merriment than a vice. | MM II.iv.116 |
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| We are all fraile. | We are all frail. | MM II.iv.121.1 |
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| Nay, women are fraile too. | Nay, women are frail too. | MM II.iv.124 |
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| I thinke it well: | I think it well. | MM II.iv.130.2 |
| And from this testimonie of your owne sex | And from this testimony of your own sex – | MM II.iv.131 |
| (Since I suppose we are made to be no stronger | Since I suppose we are made to be no stronger | MM II.iv.132 |
| Then faults may shake our frames) let me be bold; | Than faults may shake our frames – let me be bold. | MM II.iv.133 |
| I do arrest your words. Be that you are, | I do arrest your words. Be that you are, | MM II.iv.134 |
| That is a woman; if you be more, you'r none. | That is, a woman; if you be more, you're none. | MM II.iv.135 |
| If you be one (as you are well exprest | If you be one, as you are well expressed | MM II.iv.136 |
| By all externall warrants) shew it now, | By all external warrants, show it now, | MM II.iv.137 |
| By putting on the destin'd Liuerie. | By putting on the destined livery. | MM II.iv.138 |
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| Plainlie conceiue I loue you. | Plainly conceive, I love you. | MM II.iv.141 |
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| He shall not Isabell if you giue me loue. | He shall not, Isabel, if you give me love. | MM II.iv.144 |
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| Beleeue me on mine Honor, | Believe me, on mine honour, | MM II.iv.147.2 |
| My words expresse my purpose. | My words express my purpose. | MM II.iv.148 |
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| Who will beleeue thee Isabell? | Who will believe thee, Isabel? | MM II.iv.154.2 |
| My vnsoild name, th' austeerenesse of my life, | My unsoiled name, th' austereness of my life, | MM II.iv.155 |
| My vouch against you, and my place i'th State, | My vouch against you, and my place i'th' state, | MM II.iv.156 |
| Will so your accusation ouer-weigh, | Will so your accusation overweigh | MM II.iv.157 |
| That you shall stifle in your owne reporr, | That you shall stifle in your own report | MM II.iv.158 |
| And smell of calumnie. I haue begun, | And smell of calumny. I have begun, | MM II.iv.159 |
| And now I giue my sensuall race, the reine, | And now I give my sensual race the rein. | MM II.iv.160 |
| Fit thy consent to my sharpe appetite, | Fit thy consent to my sharp appetite, | MM II.iv.161 |
| Lay by all nicetie, and prolixious blushes | Lay by all nicety and prolixious blushes, | MM II.iv.162 |
| That banish what they sue for: Redeeme thy brother, | That banish what they sue for. Redeem thy brother | MM II.iv.163 |
| By yeelding vp thy bodie to my will, | By yielding up thy body to my will, | MM II.iv.164 |
| Or else he must not onelie die the death, | Or else he must not only die the death, | MM II.iv.165 |
| But thy vnkindnesse shall his death draw out | But thy unkindness shall his death draw out | MM II.iv.166 |
| To lingring sufferance: Answer me to morrow, | To lingering sufferance. Answer me tomorrow, | MM II.iv.167 |
| Or by the affection that now guides me most, | Or, by the affection that now guides me most, | MM II.iv.168 |
| Ile proue a Tirant to him. As for you, | I'll prove a tyrant to him. As for you, | MM II.iv.169 |
| Say what you can; my false, ore-weighs your true. | Say what you can, my false o'erweighs your true. | MM II.iv.170 |
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| In most vneuen and distracted manner, his | In most uneven and distracted manner. His | MM IV.iv.2 |
| actions show much like to madnesse, pray heauen his | actions show much like to madness. Pray heaven his | MM IV.iv.3 |
| wisedome bee not tainted: and why meet him at the gates | wisdom be not tainted. And why meet him at the gates, | MM IV.iv.4 |
| and deliuer our authorities there? | and reliver our authorities there? | MM IV.iv.5 |
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| And why should wee proclaime it in an howre before | And why should we proclaim it in an hour before | MM IV.iv.7 |
| his entring, that if any craue redresse of iniustice, they | his entering, that if any crave redress of injustice, they | MM IV.iv.8 |
| should exhibit their petitions in the street? | should exhibit their petitions in the street? | MM IV.iv.9 |
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| Well: I beseech you let it bee proclaim'd | Well, I beseech you let it be proclaimed. | MM IV.iv.13 |
| betimes i'th' morne, Ile call you at your house: | Betimes i'th' morn I'll call you at your house. | MM IV.iv.14 |
| giue notice to such men of sort and suite | Give notice to such men of sort and suit | MM IV.iv.15 |
| as are to meete him. | As are to meet him. | MM IV.iv.16.1 |
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| Good night. | Good night. | MM IV.iv.17 |
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| This deede vnshapes me quite, makes me vnpregnant | This deed unshapes me quite, makes me unpregnant | MM IV.iv.18 |
| And dull to all proceedings. A deflowred maid, | And dull to all proceedings. A deflowered maid, | MM IV.iv.19 |
| And by an eminent body, that enforc'd | And by an eminent body that enforced | MM IV.iv.20 |
| The Law against it? But that her tender shame | The law against it! But that her tender shame | MM IV.iv.21 |
| Will not proclaime against her maiden losse, | Will not proclaim against her maiden loss, | MM IV.iv.22 |
| How might she tongue me? yet reason dares her no, | How might she tongue me? Yet reason dares her no, | MM IV.iv.23 |
| For my Authority beares of a credent bulke, | For my authority bears of a credent bulk | MM IV.iv.24 |
| That no particular scandall once can touch | That no particular scandal once can touch | MM IV.iv.25 |
| But it confounds the breather. He should haue liu'd, | But it confounds the breather. He should have lived, | MM IV.iv.26 |
| Saue that his riotous youth with dangerous sense | Save that his riotous youth with dangerous sense | MM IV.iv.27 |
| Might in the times to come haue ta'ne reuenge | Might in the times to come have ta'en revenge, | MM IV.iv.28 |
| By so receiuing a dishonor'd life | By so receiving a dishonoured life | MM IV.iv.29 |
| With ransome of such shame: would yet he had liued. | With ransom of such shame. Would yet he had lived. | MM IV.iv.30 |
| Alack, when once our grace we haue forgot, | Alack, when once our grace we have forgot, | MM IV.iv.31 |
| Nothing goes right, we would, and we would not. | Nothing goes right. We would, and we would not. | MM IV.iv.32 |
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| Ang. Esc. | ANGELO and ESCALUS | |
| Happy returne be to your royall grace. | Happy return be to your royal grace. | MM V.i.3 |
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| You make my bonds still greater. | You make my bonds still greater. | MM V.i.8.2 |
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| My Lord, her wits I feare me are not firme: | My lord, her wits, I fear me, are not firm. | MM V.i.33 |
| She hath bin a suitor to me, for her Brother | She hath been a suitor to me for her brother, | MM V.i.34 |
| Cut off by course of Iustice. | Cut off by course of justice – | MM V.i.35.1 |
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| And she will speake most bitterly, and strange. | And she will speak most bitterly and strange. | MM V.i.36 |
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| Charges she moe then me? | Charges she more than me? | MM V.i.198.1 |
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| This is a strange abuse: Let's see thy face. | This is a strange abuse. Let's see thy face. | MM V.i.203 |
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| My Lord, I must confesse, I know this woman, | My lord, I must confess I know this woman, | MM V.i.214 |
| And fiue yeres since there was some speech of marriage | And five years since there was some speech of marriage | MM V.i.215 |
| Betwixt my selfe, and her: which was broke off, | Betwixt myself and her, which was broke off, | MM V.i.216 |
| Partly for that her promis'd proportions | Partly for that her promised proportions | MM V.i.217 |
| Came short of Composition: But in chiefe | Came short of composition, but in chief | MM V.i.218 |
| For that her reputation was dis-valued | For that her reputation was disvalued | MM V.i.219 |
| In leuitie: Since which time of fiue yeres | In levity; since which time of five years | MM V.i.220 |
| I neuer spake with her, saw her, nor heard from her | I never spake with her, saw her, nor heard from her, | MM V.i.221 |
| Vpon my faith, and honor. | Upon my faith and honour. | MM V.i.222.1 |
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| I did but smile till now, | I did but smile till now. | MM V.i.231.2 |
| Now, good my Lord, giue me the scope of Iustice, | Now, good my lord, give me the scope of justice. | MM V.i.232 |
| My patience here is touch'd: I doe perceiue | My patience here is touched. I do perceive | MM V.i.233 |
| These poore informall women, are no more | These poor informal women are no more | MM V.i.234 |
| But instruments of some more mightier member | But instruments of some more mightier member | MM V.i.235 |
| That sets them on. Let me haue way, my Lord | That sets them on. Let me have way, my lord, | MM V.i.236 |
| To finde this practise out. | To find this practice out. | MM V.i.237.1 |
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| What can you vouch against him Signior Lucio? | What can you vouch against him, Signor Lucio? | MM V.i.322 |
| Is this the man you did tell vs of? | Is this the man that you did tell us of? | MM V.i.323 |
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| Harke how the villaine would close now, after his | Hark how the villain would close now, after his | MM V.i.339 |
| treasonable abuses. | treasonable abuses. | MM V.i.340 |
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| What, resists he? helpe him Lucio. | What, resists he? Help him, Lucio. | MM V.i.347 |
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| Oh, my dread Lord, | O my dread lord, | MM V.i.363.2 |
| I should be guiltier then my guiltinesse, | I should be guiltier than my guiltiness | MM V.i.364 |
| To thinke I can be vndiscerneable, | To think I can be undiscernible, | MM V.i.365 |
| When I perceiue your grace, like powre diuine, | When I perceive your grace, like power divine, | MM V.i.366 |
| Hath look'd vpon my passes. Then good Prince, | Hath looked upon my passes. Then, good prince, | MM V.i.367 |
| No longer Session hold vpon my shame, | No longer session hold upon my shame, | MM V.i.368 |
| But let my Triall, be mine owne Confession: | But let my trial be mine own confession. | MM V.i.369 |
| Immediate sentence then, and sequent death, | Immediate sentence, then, and sequent death | MM V.i.370 |
| Is all the grace I beg. | Is all the grace I beg. | MM V.i.371.1 |
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| I was my Lord. | I was, my lord. | MM V.i.373 |
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| I am sorrie, that such sorrow I procure, | I am sorry that such sorrow I procure, | MM V.i.471 |
| And so deepe sticks it in my penitent heart, | And so deep sticks it in my penitent heart | MM V.i.472 |
| That I craue death more willingly then mercy, | That I crave death more willingly than mercy. | MM V.i.473 |
| 'Tis my deseruing, and I doe entreat it. | 'Tis my deserving, and I do entreat it. | MM V.i.474 |