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| Enter Speed and Launce. | Enter Speed and Launce, meeting | | TG II.v.1.1 | |
| Speed. | SPEED | | | |
| Launce, by mine honesty welcome to Padua. | Launce! By mine honesty, welcome to Milan. | honesty (n.) honour, integrity, uprightness | TG II.v.1 | |
| Laun. | LAUNCE | | | |
| Forsweare not thy selfe, sweet youth, for I am not | Forswear not thyself, sweet youth, for I am not | forswear (v), past forms forsworn, forsworeswear falsely, perjure [oneself], break one's word | TG II.v.2 | |
| welcome. I reckon this alwaies, that a man is neuer vndon | welcome. I reckon this always, that a man is never undone | undone (adj.)ruined, destroyed, brought down | TG II.v.3 | |
| till hee be hang'd, nor neuer welcome to a place, till | till he be hanged, nor never welcome to a place till | | TG II.v.4 | |
| some certaine shot be paid, and the Hostesse say | some certain shot be paid, and the hostess say, | shot (n.)tavern bill, reckoning | TG II.v.5 | |
| welcome. | ‘ Welcome.’ | | TG II.v.6 | |
| Speed. | SPEED | | | |
| Come-on you mad-cap: Ile to the Ale-house with | Come on, you madcap; I'll to the alehouse with | madcap (n.)mad-brained fellow, lunatic | TG II.v.7 | |
| you presently; where, for one shot of fiue pence, thou | you presently; where, for one shot of five pence, thou | presently (adv.)immediately, instantly, at once | TG II.v.8 | |
| shalt haue fiue thousand welcomes: But sirha, how did | shalt have five thousand welcomes. But, sirrah, how did | sirrah (n.)sir [commanding, insulting, or familiar, depending on context] | TG II.v.9 | |
| thy Master part with Madam Iulia? | thy master part with Madam Julia? | part (v.)depart [from], leave, quit | TG II.v.10 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| Marry after they cloas'd in earnest, they parted | Marry, after they closed in earnest, they parted | marry (int.)[exclamation] by Mary | TG II.v.11 | |
| | close (v.)embrace, cuddle, hug | | |
| very fairely in iest. | very fairly in jest. | | TG II.v.12 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| But shall she marry him? | But shall she marry him? | | TG II.v.13 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| No. | No. | | TG II.v.14 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| How then? shall he marry her? | How then? Shall he marry her? | | TG II.v.15 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| No, neither. | No, neither. | | TG II.v.16 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| What, are they broken? | What, are they broken? | broken (adj.)fallen out, with the relationship in pieces | TG II.v.17 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| No; they are both as whole as a fish. | No, they are both as whole as a fish. | | TG II.v.18 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| Why then, how stands the matter with them? | Why, then, how stands the matter with them? | matter (n.)affair(s), business, real issue | TG II.v.19 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| Marry thus, when it stands well with him, it | Marry, thus: when it stands well with him, it | marry (int.)[exclamation] by Mary | TG II.v.20 | |
| stands well with her. | stands well with her. | | TG II.v.21 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| What an asse art thou, I vnderstand thee not. | What an ass art thou! I understand thee not. | | TG II.v.22 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| What a blocke art thou, that thou canst not? My | What a block art thou, that thou canst not! My | block (n.)blockhead | TG II.v.23 | |
| staffe vnderstands me? | staff understands me. | | TG II.v.24 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| What thou saist? | What thou sayest? | | TG II.v.25 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| I, and what I do too: looke thee, Ile but leane, | Ay, and what I do too; look there, I'll but lean, | | TG II.v.26 | |
| and my staffe vnderstands me. | and my staff understands me. | understand (v.)stand under the force of [with pun on ‘comprehend’] | TG II.v.27 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| It stands vnder thee indeed. | It stands under thee, indeed. | | TG II.v.28 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| Why, stand-vnder: and vnder-stand is all one. | Why, stand-under and under-stand is all one. | | TG II.v.29 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| But tell me true, wil't be a match? | But tell me true, will't be a match? | | TG II.v.30 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| Aske my dogge, if he say I, it will: if hee say no, it | Ask my dog. If he say ay, it will; if he say no, it | | TG II.v.31 | |
| will: if hee shake his taile, and say nothing, it will. | will; if he shake his tail and say nothing, it will. | | TG II.v.32 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| The conclusion is then, that it will. | The conclusion is, then, that it will. | | TG II.v.33 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| Thou shalt neuer get such a secret from me, but | Thou shalt never get such a secret from me but | | TG II.v.34 | |
| by a parable. | by a parable. | parable (n.)indirect means, oblique utterance, similitude | TG II.v.35 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| 'Tis well that I get it so: but Launce, how saist | 'Tis well that I get it so. But, Launce, how sayest | | TG II.v.36 | |
| thou that that my master is become a notable Louer? | thou that my master is become a notable lover? | | TG II.v.37 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| I neuer knew him otherwise. | I never knew him otherwise. | | TG II.v.38 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| Then how? | Than how? | | TG II.v.39 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| A notable Lubber: as thou reportest him to bee. | A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be. | lubber (n.)clumsy dolt, blundering lout | TG II.v.40 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| Why, thou whorson Asse, thou mistak'st me, | Why, thou whoreson ass, thou mistakest me. | | TG II.v.41 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| Why Foole, I meant not thee, I meant thy | Why, fool, I meant not thee, I meant thy | | TG II.v.42 | |
| Master. | master. | | TG II.v.43 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| I tell thee, my Master is become a hot Louer. | I tell thee my master is become a hot lover. | | TG II.v.44 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| Why, I tell thee, I care not, though hee burne himselfe | Why, I tell thee, I care not though he burn himself | | TG II.v.45 | |
| in Loue. If thou wilt goe with me to the Ale-house: if | in love. If thou wilt, go with me to the alehouse; if | | TG II.v.46 | |
| not, thou art an Hebrew, a Iew, and not worth the name | not, thou art an Hebrew, a Jew, and not worth the name | | TG II.v.47 | |
| of a Christian. | of a Christian. | | TG II.v.48 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| Why? | Why? | | TG II.v.49 | |
| Lau. | LAUNCE | | | |
| Because thou hast not so much charity in thee as | Because thou hast not so much charity in thee as | | TG II.v.50 | |
| to goe to the Ale with a Christian: Wilt thou goe? | to go to the ale with a Christian. Wilt thou go? | ale (n.)ale-house, tavern | TG II.v.51 | |
| Spee. | SPEED | | | |
| At thy seruice. | At thy service. | | TG II.v.52 | |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | TG II.v.52 | |