Original text | Modern text | Key line |
Heere Peter Quince. | Here, Peter Quince. | MND I.ii.58 |
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Berlaken, a parlous feare. | By 'r lakin, a parlous fear! | MND III.i.12 |
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Will not the Ladies be afear'd of the Lyon? | Will not the ladies be afeard of the lion? | MND III.i.25 |
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Therefore another Prologue must tell he is not a | Therefore another prologue must tell he is not a | MND III.i.31 |
Lyon. | lion. | MND III.i.32 |
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Doth the Moone shine that night wee play our play? | Doth the moon shine that night we play our play? | MND III.i.46 |
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You can neuer bring in a wall. What say you | You can never bring in a wall. What say you, | MND III.i.59 |
Bottome? | Bottom? | MND III.i.60 |
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O Bottom, thou art chang'd; What doe I see on | O Bottom, thou art changed. What do I see on | MND III.i.108 |
thee? | thee? | MND III.i.109 |
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In this same Interlude, it doth befall, | In this same interlude it doth befall | MND V.i.153 |
That I, one Snowt (by name) present a wall: | That I – one Snout by name – present a wall. | MND V.i.154 |
And such a wall, as I would haue you thinke, | And such a wall as I would have you think | MND V.i.155 |
That had in it a crannied hole or chinke: | That had in it a crannied hole or chink, | MND V.i.156 |
Through which the Louers, Piramus and Thisbie | Through which the lovers, Pyramus and Thisbe, | MND V.i.157 |
Did whisper often, very secretly. | Did whisper often, very secretly. | MND V.i.158 |
This loame, this rough-cast, and this stone doth shew, | This loam, this roughcast, and this stone doth show | MND V.i.159 |
That I am that same Wall; the truth is so. | That I am that same wall; the truth is so. | MND V.i.160 |
And this the cranny is, right and sinister, | And this the cranny is, right and sinister, | MND V.i.161 |
Through which the fearefull Louers are to whisper. | Through which the fearful lovers are to whisper. | MND V.i.162 |
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Thus haue I Wall, my part discharged so; | Thus have I, Wall, my part discharged so; | MND V.i.201 |
And being done, thus Wall away doth go. | And, being done, thus Wall away doth go. | MND V.i.202 |