First folio
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| Flourish. Enter the Duke of Florence, the two | Flourish. Enter the Duke of Florence, and the two | | AW III.i.1.1 | |
| Frenchmen with a troope of Souldiers. | French Lords, with a troop of soldiers. | | AW III.i.1.2 | |
| Duke. | DUKE | | | |
| So that from point to point, now haue you heard | So that from point to point now have you heard | | AW III.i.1 | |
| The fundamentall reasons of this warre, | The fundamental reasons of this war, | reason (n.) account, version, explanation | AW III.i.2 | |
| Whose great decision hath much blood let forth | Whose great decision hath much blood let forth, | | AW III.i.3 | |
| And more thirsts after. | And more thirsts after. | | AW III.i.4.1 | |
| 1.Lord. | FIRST LORD | | | |
| Holy seemes the quarrell | Holy seems the quarrel | | AW III.i.4.2 | |
| Vpon your Graces part: blacke and fearefull | Upon your grace's part, black and fearful | | AW III.i.5 | |
| On the opposer. | On the opposer. | | AW III.i.6 | |
| Duke. | DUKE | | | |
| Therefore we meruaile much our Cosin France | Therefore we marvel much our cousin France | | AW III.i.7 | |
| Would in so iust a businesse, shut his bosome | Would in so just a business shut his bosom | bosom (n.)heart, inner person | AW III.i.8 | |
| Against our borrowing prayers. | Against our borrowing prayers. | | AW III.i.9.1 | |
| French E. | SECOND LORD | | | |
| Good my Lord, | Good my lord, | | AW III.i.9.2 | |
| The reasons of our state I cannot yeelde, | The reasons of our state I cannot yield, | reason (n.)account, version, explanation | AW III.i.10 | |
| | yield (v.)express an opinion about, comment on | | |
| But like a common and an outward man, | But like a common and an outward man | outward (adj.)acting as an external observer, looking from outside | AW III.i.11 | |
| That the great figure of a Counsaile frames, | That the great figure of a council frames | frame (v.)fashion, make, form, create | AW III.i.12 | |
| | figure (n.)portrayal, rendering, presentation | | |
| By selfe vnable motion, therefore dare not | By self-unable motion; therefore dare not | motion (n.)inner movement, inward prompting, natural impulse, imagining | AW III.i.13 | |
| | self-unable (adj.)inadequate personal, poor and subjective | | |
| Say what I thinke of it, since I haue found | Say what I think of it, since I have found | | AW III.i.14 | |
| My selfe in my incertaine grounds to faile | Myself in my incertain grounds to fail | incertain (adj.)uncertain, needing guidance, in a doubtful state | AW III.i.15 | |
| As often as I guest. | As often as I guessed. | | AW III.i.16.1 | |
| Duke. | DUKE | | | |
| Be it his pleasure. | Be it his pleasure. | | AW III.i.16.2 | |
| Fren.G. | FIRST LORD | | | |
| But I am sure the yonger of our nature, | But I am sure the younger of our nature | nature (n.)personality, innate disposition, character | AW III.i.17 | |
| That surfet on their ease, will day by day | That surfeit on their ease will day by day | surfeit (v.)feed to excess, over-indulge, glut | AW III.i.18 | |
| Come heere for Physicke. | Come here for physic. | physic (n.)medicine, healing, treatment | AW III.i.19.1 | |
| Duke. | DUKE | | | |
| Welcome shall they bee: | Welcome shall they be, | | AW III.i.19.2 | |
| And all the honors that can flye from vs, | And all the honours that can fly from us | | AW III.i.20 | |
| Shall on them settle: you know your places well, | Shall on them settle. You know your places well; | place (n.)position, post, office, rank | AW III.i.21 | |
| When better fall, for your auailes they fell, | When better fall, for your avails they fell. | avail (n.)advantage, benefit, aid | AW III.i.22 | |
| To morrow to'th the field. | Tomorrow to the field. | field (n.)field of battle, battleground, field of combat | AW III.i.23 | |
| Flourish. | Flourish. Exeunt | | AW III.i.23 | |