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I Madam, so you stumble not vnheedfully. | Ay, madam, so you stumble not unheedfully. | TG I.ii.3 |
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Please you repeat their names, ile shew my minde, | Please you repeat their names, I'll show my mind | TG I.ii.7 |
According to my shallow simple skill. | According to my shallow simple skill. | TG I.ii.8 |
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As of a Knight, well-spoken, neat, and fine; | As of a knight well-spoken, neat, and fine; | TG I.ii.10 |
But were I you, he neuer should be mine. | But, were I you, he never should be mine. | TG I.ii.11 |
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Well of his wealth; but of himselfe, so, so. | Well of his wealth; but of himself, so so. | TG I.ii.13 |
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Lord, Lord: to see what folly raignes in vs. | Lord, lord, to see what folly reigns in us! | TG I.ii.15 |
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Pardon deare Madam, 'tis a passing shame, | Pardon, dear madam; 'tis a passing shame | TG I.ii.17 |
That I (vnworthy body as I am) | That I, unworthy body as I am, | TG I.ii.18 |
Should censure thus on louely Gentlemen. | Should censure thus on lovely gentlemen. | TG I.ii.19 |
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Then thus: of many good, I thinke him best. | Then thus: of many good, I think him best. | TG I.ii.21 |
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I haue no other but a womans reason: | I have no other but a woman's reason: | TG I.ii.23 |
I thinke him so, because I thinke him so. | I think him so, because I think him so. | TG I.ii.24 |
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I: if you thought your loue not cast away. | Ay, if you thought your love not cast away. | TG I.ii.26 |
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Yet he, of all the rest, I thinke best loues ye. | Yet he, of all the rest, I think best loves ye. | TG I.ii.28 |
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Fire that's closest kept, burnes most of all. | Fire that's closest kept burns most of all. | TG I.ii.30 |
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Oh, they loue least, that let men know their loue. | O, they love least that let men know their love. | TG I.ii.32 |
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Peruse this paper Madam. | Peruse this paper, madam. | TG I.ii.34 |
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That the Contents will shew. | That the contents will show. | TG I.ii.36 |
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Sir Valentines page: & sent I think from Protheus; | Sir Valentine's page; and sent, I think, from Proteus. | TG I.ii.38 |
He would haue giuen it you, but I being in the way, | He would have given it you; but I, being in the way, | TG I.ii.39 |
Did in your name receiue it: pardon the fault I pray. | Did in your name receive it; pardon the fault, I pray. | TG I.ii.40 |
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To plead for loue, deserues more fee, then hate. | To plead for love deserves more fee than hate. | TG I.ii.48 |
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That you may ruminate. | That you may ruminate. | TG I.ii.49.2 |
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What would your Ladiship? | What would your ladyship? | TG I.ii.66.2 |
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I would it were, | I would it were, | TG I.ii.67.2 |
That you might kill your stomacke on your meat, | That you might kill your stomach on your meat, | TG I.ii.68 |
And not vpon your Maid. | And not upon your maid. | TG I.ii.69 |
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Nothing. | Nothing. | TG I.ii.71 |
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To take a paper vp, that I let fall. | To take a paper up that I let fall. | TG I.ii.73 |
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Nothing concerning me. | Nothing concerning me. | TG I.ii.75 |
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Madam, it will not lye where it concernes, | Madam, it will not lie where it concerns, | TG I.ii.77 |
Vnlesse it haue a false Interpreter. | Unless it have a false interpreter. | TG I.ii.78 |
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That I might sing it (Madam) to a tune: | That I might sing it, madam, to a tune. | TG I.ii.80 |
Giue me a Note, your Ladiship can set | Give me a note; your ladyship can set. | TG I.ii.81 |
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It is too heauy for so light a tune. | It is too heavy for so light a tune. | TG I.ii.84 |
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I: and melodious were it, would you sing it, | Ay, and melodious were it, would you sing it. | TG I.ii.86 |
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I cannot reach so high. | I cannot reach so high. | TG I.ii.87.2 |
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Keepe tune there still; so you will sing it out: | Keep tune there still, so you will sing it out; | TG I.ii.89 |
And yet me thinkes I do not like this tune. | And yet methinks I do not like this tune. | TG I.ii.90 |
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No (Madam) tis too sharpe. | No, madam; it is too sharp. | TG I.ii.91.2 |
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Nay, now you are too flat; | Nay, now you are too flat; | TG I.ii.93 |
And marre the concord, with too harsh a descant: | And mar the concord with too harsh a descant. | TG I.ii.94 |
There wanteth but a Meane to fill your Song. | There wanteth but a mean to fill your song. | TG I.ii.95 |
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Indeede I bid the base for Protheus. | Indeed, I bid the bass for Proteus. | TG I.ii.97 |
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She makes it strãge, but she would be best pleas'd | She makes it strange, but she would be best pleased | TG I.ii.102 |
To be so angred with another Letter. | To be so angered with another letter. | TG I.ii.103 |
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Madam: | Madam, | TG I.ii.130 |
dinner is ready: and your father staies. | Dinner is ready, and your father stays. | TG I.ii.131 |
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What, shall these papers lye, like Tel-tales here? | What, shall these papers lie like tell-tales here? | TG I.ii.133 |
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Nay, I was taken vp, for laying them downe. | Nay, I was taken up for laying them down. | TG I.ii.135 |
Yet here they shall not lye, for catching cold. | Yet here they shall not lie for catching cold. | TG I.ii.136 |
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I (Madam) you may say what sights you see; | Ay, madam, you may say what sights you see; | TG I.ii.138 |
I see things too, although you iudge I winke. | I see things too, although you judge I wink. | TG I.ii.139 |
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Alas, the way is wearisome and long. | Alas, the way is wearisome and long! | TG II.vii.8 |
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Better forbeare, till Protheus make returne. | Better forbear till Proteus make return. | TG II.vii.14 |
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I doe not seeke to quench your Loues hot fire, | I do not seek to quench your love's hot fire, | TG II.vii.21 |
But qualifie the fires extreame rage, | But qualify the fire's extreme rage, | TG II.vii.22 |
Lest it should burne aboue the bounds of reason. | Lest it should burn above the bounds of reason. | TG II.vii.23 |
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But in what habit will you goe along? | But in what habit will you go along? | TG II.vii.39 |
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Why then your Ladiship must cut your haire. | Why then, your ladyship must cut your hair. | TG II.vii.44 |
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What fashion (Madam) shall I make your breeches? | What fashion, madam, shall I make your breeches? | TG II.vii.49 |
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You must needs haue thẽ with a cod-peece Madam | You must needs have them with a codpiece, madam. | TG II.vii.53 |
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A round hose (Madam) now's not worth a pin | A round hose, madam, now's not worth a pin, | TG II.vii.55 |
Vnlesse you haue a cod-peece to stick pins on. | Unless you have a codpiece to stick pins on. | TG II.vii.56 |
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If you thinke so, then stay at home, and go not. | If you think so, then stay at home and go not. | TG II.vii.62 |
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Then neuer dreame on Infamy, but go: | Then never dream on infamy, but go. | TG II.vii.64 |
If Protheus like your iourney, when you come, | If Proteus like your journey when you come, | TG II.vii.65 |
No matter who's displeas'd, when you are gone: | No matter who's displeased when you are gone. | TG II.vii.66 |
I feare me he will scarce be pleas'd with all. | I fear me he will scarce be pleased withal. | TG II.vii.67 |
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All these are seruants to deceitfull men. | All these are servants to deceitful men. | TG II.vii.72 |
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Pray heau'n he proue so when you come to him. | Pray heaven he prove so when you come to him! | TG II.vii.79 |