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| Enter Valentine, Speed, and certaine Out-lawes. | Enter certain Outlaws | | TG IV.i.1.1 | |
| 1. Out-l. | FIRST OUTLAW | | | |
| Fellowes, stand fast: I see a passenger. | Fellows, stand fast; I see a passenger. | passenger (n.) wayfarer, traveller, passer-by | TG IV.i.1 | |
| 2. Out. | SECOND OUTLAW | | | |
| If there be ten, shrinke not, but down with 'em. | If there be ten, shrink not, but down with 'em. | | TG IV.i.2 | |
| Enter Valentine and Speed | | TG IV.i.3.1 | |
| 3. Out. | THIRD OUTLAW | | | |
| Stand sir, and throw vs that you haue about 'ye. | Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye; | stand (v.)stop, halt | TG IV.i.3 | |
| If not: we'll make you sit, and rifle you. | If not, we'll make you sit, and rifle you. | rifle (v.)search and rob, plunder | TG IV.i.4 | |
| Sp. | SPEED | | | |
| Sir we are vndone; these are the Villaines | Sir, we are undone; these are the villains | undone (adj.)ruined, destroyed, brought down | TG IV.i.5 | |
| That all the Trauailers doe feare so much. | That all the travellers do fear so much. | | TG IV.i.6 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| My friends. | My friends – | | TG IV.i.7 | |
| 1. Out. | FIRST OUTLAW | | | |
| That's not so, sir: we are your enemies. | That's not so, sir; we are your enemies. | | TG IV.i.8 | |
| 2. Out. | SECOND OUTLAW | | | |
| Peace: we'll heare him. | Peace! We'll hear him. | | TG IV.i.9 | |
| 3. Out. | THIRD OUTLAW | | | |
| I by my beard will we: for he is a proper man. | Ay, by my beard, will we; for he's a proper man. | proper (adj.)good-looking, handsome, comely | TG IV.i.10 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| Then know that I haue little wealth to loose; | Then know that I have little wealth to lose; | | TG IV.i.11 | |
| A man I am, cross'd with aduersitie: | A man I am crossed with adversity; | cross (v.)afflict, plague, go against | TG IV.i.12 | |
| My riches, are these poore habiliments, | My riches are these poor habiliments, | habiliment, abiliment (n.)(usually plural) clothes, dress, attire, outfit | TG IV.i.13 | |
| Of which, if you should here disfurnish me, | Of which, if you should here disfurnish me, | disfurnish (v.)deprive, strip, dispossess | TG IV.i.14 | |
| You take the sum and substance that I haue. | You take the sum and substance that I have. | | TG IV.i.15 | |
| 2. Out. | SECOND OUTLAW | | | |
| Whether trauell you? | Whither travel you? | | TG IV.i.16 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| To Verona. | To Verona. | | TG IV.i.17 | |
| 1. Out. | FIRST OUTLAW | | | |
| Whence came you? | Whence came you? | | TG IV.i.18 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| From Millaine. | From Milan. | | TG IV.i.19.1 | |
| 3. Out. | THIRD OUTLAW | | | |
| Haue you long soiourn'd there? | Have you long sojourned there? | sojourn (v.)pause, reside, stay for a while | TG IV.i.19.2 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| Some sixteene moneths, and longer might haue staid, | Some sixteen months, and longer might have stayed, | | TG IV.i.20 | |
| If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. | If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. | crooked (adj.)malignant, perverse, contrary, devious | TG IV.i.21 | |
| 1. Out. | FIRST OUTLAW | | | |
| What, were you banish'd thence? | What, were you banished thence? | | TG IV.i.22 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| I was. | I was. | | TG IV.i.23 | |
| 2. Out. | SECOND OUTLAW | | | |
| For what offence? | For what offence? | | TG IV.i.24 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| For that which now torments me to rehearse; | For that which now torments me to rehearse: | rehearse (v.)relate, recount, give an account of | TG IV.i.25 | |
| I kil'd a man, whose death I much repent, | I killed a man, whose death I much repent; | | TG IV.i.26 | |
| But yet I slew him manfully, in fight, | But yet I slew him manfully in fight, | | TG IV.i.27 | |
| Without false vantage, or base treachery. | Without false vantage or base treachery. | false (adj.)treacherous, traitorous, perfidious | TG IV.i.28 | |
| | false (adj.)unfair, unjust, double-crossing | | |
| | vantage (n.)advantageous position, place of vantage, superiority | | |
| | base (adj.)dishonourable, low, unworthy | | |
| 1. Out. | FIRST OUTLAW | | | |
| Why nere repent it, if it were done so; | Why, ne'er repent it, if it were done so. | | TG IV.i.29 | |
| But were you banisht for so small a fault? | But were you banished for so small a fault? | | TG IV.i.30 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| I was, and held me glad of such a doome. | I was, and held me glad of such a doom. | doom (n.)judgement, sentence, decision | TG IV.i.31 | |
| 2. Out. | SECOND OUTLAW | | | |
| Haue you the Tongues? | Have you the tongues? | tongue (n.)(plural) foreign language | TG IV.i.32 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| My youthfull trauaile, therein made me happy, | My youthful travel therein made me happy, | happy (adj.)accomplished, favoured, proficient | TG IV.i.33 | |
| Or else I often had beene often miserable. | Or else I often had been miserable. | | TG IV.i.34 | |
| 3. Out. | THIRD OUTLAW | | | |
| By the bare scalpe of Robin Hoods fat Fryer, | By the bare scalp of Robin Hood's fat friar, | | TG IV.i.35 | |
| This fellow were a King, for our wilde faction. | This fellow were a king for our wild faction! | faction (n.)party, group, set [of people] | TG IV.i.36 | |
| 1. Out. | FIRST OUTLAW | | | |
| We'll haue him: Sirs, a word. | We'll have him. Sirs, a word. | | TG IV.i.37 | |
| The Outlaws draw aside to talk | | TG IV.i.38 | |
| Sp. | SPEED | | | |
| Master, be one of them: It's an honourable kinde of | Master, be one of them; it's an honourable kind of | | TG IV.i.38 | |
| theeuery. | thievery. | | TG IV.i.39 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| Peace villaine. | Peace, villain! | | TG IV.i.40 | |
| 2. Out. | SECOND OUTLAW | | | |
| Tell vs this: haue you any thing to take | Tell us this: have you anything to take | take to (v.)subsist on, use as a resource | TG IV.i.41 | |
| to? | to? | | TG IV.i.42 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| Nothing but my fortune. | Nothing but my fortune. | | TG IV.i.43 | |
| 3. Out. | THIRD OUTLAW | | | |
| Know then, that some of vs are Gentlemen, | Know then that some of us are gentlemen, | | TG IV.i.44 | |
| Such as the fury of vngouern'd youth | Such as the fury of ungoverned youth | | TG IV.i.45 | |
| Thrust from the company of awfull men. | Thrust from the company of awful men; | awful (adj.)awe-inspiring, worthy of respect | TG IV.i.46 | |
| My selfe was from Verona banished, | Myself was from Verona banished | | TG IV.i.47 | |
| For practising to steale away a Lady, | For practising to steal away a lady, | practise (v.)plot, scheme, conspire | TG IV.i.48 | |
| And heire and Neece, alide vnto the Duke. | An heir, and near allied unto the Duke. | allied (adj.)related, connected | TG IV.i.49 | |
| 2. Out. | SECOND OUTLAW | | | |
| And I from Mantua, for a Gentleman, | And I from Mantua, for a gentleman | | TG IV.i.50 | |
| Who, in my moode, I stab'd vnto the heart. | Who, in my mood, I stabbed unto the heart. | mood (n.)anger, fury, frenzy, fit of temper | TG IV.i.51 | |
| 1. Out. | FIRST OUTLAW | | | |
| And I, for such like petty crimes as these. | And I for such like petty crimes as these. | like (adj.)same, similar, alike, equal | TG IV.i.52 | |
| But to the purpose: for we cite our faults, | But to the purpose – for we cite our faults | purpose (n.)point at issue, matter in hand | TG IV.i.53 | |
| That they may hold excus'd our lawlesse liues; | That they may hold excused our lawless lives; | | TG IV.i.54 | |
| And partly seeing you are beautifide | And partly, seeing you are beautified | | TG IV.i.55 | |
| With goodly shape; and by your owne report, | With goodly shape, and by your own report | | TG IV.i.56 | |
| A Linguist, and a man of such perfection, | A linguist, and a man of such perfection | | TG IV.i.57 | |
| As we doe in our quality much want. | As we do in our quality much want – | quality (n.)companions, associates, fraternity | TG IV.i.58 | |
| 2. Out. | SECOND OUTLAW | | | |
| Indeede because you are a banish'd man, | Indeed, because you are a banished man, | | TG IV.i.59 | |
| Therefore, aboue the rest, we parley to you: | Therefore, above the rest, we parley to you. | parle, parley (v.)discuss terms, treat, negotiate with | TG IV.i.60 | |
| Are you content to be our Generall? | Are you content to be our general – | content (adj.)agreeable, willing, ready | TG IV.i.61 | |
| To make a vertue of necessity, | To make a virtue of necessity, | | TG IV.i.62 | |
| And liue as we doe in this wildernesse? | And live as we do in this wilderness? | | TG IV.i.63 | |
| 3. Out. | THIRD OUTLAW | | | |
| What saist thou? wilt thou be of our consort? | What sayst thou? Wilt thou be of our consort? | consort (n.)company, mob, crew | TG IV.i.64 | |
| Say I, and be the captaine of vs all: | Say ‘ ay,’ and be the captain of us all. | | TG IV.i.65 | |
| We'll doe thee homage, and be rul'd by thee, | We'll do thee homage, and be ruled by thee, | | TG IV.i.66 | |
| Loue thee, as our Commander, and our King. | Love thee as our commander and our king. | | TG IV.i.67 | |
| 1. Out. | FIRST OUTLAW | | | |
| But if thou scorne our curtesie, thou dyest. | But if thou scorn our courtesy, thou diest. | | TG IV.i.68 | |
| 2. Out. | SECOND OUTLAW | | | |
| Thou shalt not liue, to brag what we haue offer'd. | Thou shalt not live to brag what we have offered. | brag (v.)talk with pride [about], sound off [about] | TG IV.i.69 | |
| Val. | VALENTINE | | | |
| I take your offer, and will liue with you, | I take your offer, and will live with you, | | TG IV.i.70 | |
| Prouided that you do no outrages | Provided that you do no outrages | | TG IV.i.71 | |
| On silly women, or poore passengers. | On silly women or poor passengers. | passenger (n.)wayfarer, traveller, passer-by | TG IV.i.72 | |
| | silly (adj.)helpless, defenceless, vulnerable | | |
| 3. Out. | THIRD OUTLAW | | | |
| No, we detest such vile base practises. | No, we detest such vile base practices. | base (adj.)dishonourable, low, unworthy | TG IV.i.73 | |
| Come, goe with vs, we'll bring thee to our Crewes, | Come, go with us; we'll bring thee to our crews, | crew (n.)band, company, body of men | TG IV.i.74 | |
| And show thee all the Treasure we haue got; | And show thee all the treasure we have got; | | TG IV.i.75 | |
| Which, with our selues, all rest at thy dispose. | Which, with ourselves, all rest at thy dispose. | dispose (n.)disposal, control, discretion | TG IV.i.76 | |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | TG IV.i.76 | |