Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.i.51.1 | Or all my fence shall fail. | Or all my Fence shall fayle. |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.78 | learnt so much fence already. | learnt so much fence already. |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.vi.75 | Where's Captain Margaret to fence you now? | Where's Captaine Margaret, to fence you now? |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 III.iii.98 | Can Oxford, that did ever fence the right, | Can Oxford, that did euer fence the right, |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 IV.i.44 | Which He hath given for fence impregnable, | Which he hath giu'n for fence impregnable, |
King John | KJ II.i.290 | Teach us some fence! (to Austria) Sirrah, were I at home | Teach vs some fence. Sirrah, were I at home |
The Merchant of Venice | MV I.ii.58 | a-capering: he will fence with his own shadow. If I | a capring, he will fence with his own shadow. If I |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.i.265 | a master of fence – three veneys for a dish of stewed | a Master of Fence (three veneys for a dish of stew'd |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.iii.13 | Alas, sir, I cannot fence. | Alas sir, I cannot fence. |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.75 | Despite his nice fence and his active practice, | Despight his nice fence, and his actiue practise, |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.84 | Sir boy, I'll whip you from your foining fence; | Sir boy, ile whip you from your foyning fence, |
Pericles | Per I.ii.31 | Which fence the roots they grow by and defend them, | Which fence the rootes they grow by and defend them, |
Timon of Athens | Tim IV.i.3 | And fence not Athens. Matrons, turn incontinent. | And fence not Athens. Matrons, turne incontinent, |
Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.277 | valiant, and so cunning in fence, I'd have seen him | valiant, and so cunning in Fence, I'de haue seene him |