| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| My Ladies both good day to you. | My ladies both, good day to you. | Cor I.iii.49 |
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| How do you both? You are manifest house-keepers. | How do you both? You are manifest housekeepers. | Cor I.iii.52 |
| What are you sowing heere? A fine spotte in good faith. | What are you sewing here? A fine spot, in good faith. | Cor I.iii.53 |
| How does your little Sonne? | How does your little son? | Cor I.iii.54 |
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| A my word the Fathers Sonne: Ile sweare 'tis a | O' my word, the father's son! I'll swear 'tis a | Cor I.iii.58 |
| very pretty boy. A my troth, I look'd vpon him a Wensday | very pretty boy. O' my troth, I looked upon him o' Wednesday | Cor I.iii.59 |
| halfe an houre together: ha's such a confirm'd | half an hour together. 'Has such a confirmed | Cor I.iii.60 |
| countenance. I saw him run after a gilded Butterfly, & | countenance! I saw him run after a gilded butterfly, and | Cor I.iii.61 |
| when he caught it, he let it go againe, and after it againe, | when he caught it, he let it go again, and after it again, | Cor I.iii.62 |
| and ouer and ouer he comes, and vp againe: catcht it | and over and over he comes and up again, catched it | Cor I.iii.63 |
| again: or whether his fall enrag'd him, or how 'twas, hee | again; or whether his fall enraged him, or how 'twas, he | Cor I.iii.64 |
| did so set his teeth, and teare it. Oh, I warrant how he | did so set his teeth and tear it. O, I warrant, how he | Cor I.iii.65 |
| mammockt it. | mammocked it! | Cor I.iii.66 |
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| Indeed la, tis a Noble childe. | Indeed, la, 'tis a noble child. | Cor I.iii.68 |
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| Come, lay aside your stitchery, I must haue you | Come, lay aside your stitchery. I must have you | Cor I.iii.70 |
| play the idle Huswife with me this afternoone. | play the idle housewife with me this afternoon. | Cor I.iii.71 |
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| Not out of doores? | Not out of doors? | Cor I.iii.73 |
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| Fye, you confine your selfe most vnreasonably: | Fie, you confine yourself most unreasonably. | Cor I.iii.77 |
| Come, you must go visit the good Lady that lies in. | Come, you must go visit the good lady that lies in. | Cor I.iii.78 |
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| You would be another Penelope: yet they say, | You would be another Penelope. Yet they say | Cor I.iii.83 |
| all the yearne she spun in Vlisses absence, did but fill | all the yarn she spun in Ulysses' absence did but fill | Cor I.iii.84 |
| Athica full of Mothes. Come, I would your Cambrick were | Ithaca full of moths. Come, I would your cambric were | Cor I.iii.85 |
| sensible as your finger, that you might leaue pricking it | sensible as your finger, that you might leave pricking it | Cor I.iii.86 |
| for pitie. Come you shall go with vs. | for pity. Come, you shall go with us. | Cor I.iii.87 |
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| In truth la go with me, and Ile tell you excellent | In truth, la, go with me, and I'll tell you excellent | Cor I.iii.90 |
| newes of your Husband. | news of your husband. | Cor I.iii.91 |
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| Verily I do not iest with you: there came newes | Verily I do not jest with you. There came news | Cor I.iii.93 |
| from him last night. | from him last night. | Cor I.iii.94 |
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| In earnest it's true; I heard a Senatour speake it. | In earnest, it's true. I heard a senator speak it. | Cor I.iii.96 |
| Thus it is: the Volcies haue an Army forth, against whõ | Thus it is: the Volsces have an army forth, against whom | Cor I.iii.97 |
| Cominius the Generall is gone, with one part of our | Cominius the general is gone with one part of our | Cor I.iii.98 |
| Romane power. Your Lord, and Titus Lartius, are set | Roman power. Your lord and Titus Lartius are set | Cor I.iii.99 |
| down before their Citie Carioles, they nothing doubt | down before their city Corioles. They nothing doubt | Cor I.iii.100 |
| preuailing, and to make it breefe Warres. This is true on | prevailing and to make it brief wars. This is true, on | Cor I.iii.101 |
| mine Honor, and so I pray go with vs. | mine honour, and so, I pray, go with us. | Cor I.iii.102 |
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| In troth I thinke she would: / Fare you well then. | In troth, I think she would. Fare you well, then. | Cor I.iii.107 |
| Come good sweet Ladie. / Prythee Virgilia turne thy | Come, good sweet lady. Prithee, Virgilia, turn thy | Cor I.iii.108 |
| solemnesse out a doore, / And go along with vs. | solemness out o' door and go along with us. | Cor I.iii.109 |
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| Well, then farewell. | Well, then, farewell. | Cor I.iii.112 |
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| 2. Ladies. | VIRGILIA and VALERIA | |
| Nay, 'tis true. | Nay, 'tis true. | Cor II.i.102 |
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| In troth, there's wondrous things spoke of him. | In troth, there's wondrous things spoke of him. | Cor II.i.132 |