| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| How now Brother Edmond, what serious | How now, brother Edmund! What serious | KL I.ii.137 |
| contemplation are you in? | contemplation are you in? | KL I.ii.138 |
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| Do you busie your selfe with that? | Do you busy yourself with that? | KL I.ii.141 |
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| How long have you been a sectary astronomical? | KL I.ii.149 |
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| The night gone by. | The night gone by. | KL I.ii.151 |
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| I, two houres together. | Ay, two hours together. | KL I.ii.153 |
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| None at all, | None at all. | KL I.ii.156 |
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| Some Villaine hath done me wrong. | Some villain hath done me wrong. | KL I.ii.162 |
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| Arm'd, Brother? | Armed, brother? | KL I.ii.168 |
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| Shall I heare from you anon? | Shall I hear from you anon? | KL I.ii.173 |
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| I am sure on't, not a word. | I am sure on't, not a word. | KL II.i.27.2 |
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| I heard my selfe proclaim'd, | I heard myself proclaimed, | KL II.iii.1 |
| And by the happy hollow of a Tree, | And by the happy hollow of a tree | KL II.iii.2 |
| Escap'd the hunt. No Port is free, no place | Escaped the hunt. No port is free, no place | KL II.iii.3 |
| That guard, and most vnusall vigilance | That guard and most unusual vigilance | KL II.iii.4 |
| Do's not attend my taking. Whiles I may scape | Does not attend my taking. Whiles I may 'scape | KL II.iii.5 |
| I will preserue myselfe: and am bethought | I will preserve myself; and am bethought | KL II.iii.6 |
| To take the basest, and most poorest shape | To take the basest and most poorest shape | KL II.iii.7 |
| That euer penury in contempt of man, | That ever penury, in contempt of man, | KL II.iii.8 |
| Brought neere to beast; my face Ile grime with filth, | Brought near to beast. My face I'll grime with filth, | KL II.iii.9 |
| Blanket my loines, elfe all my haires in knots, | Blanket my loins, elf all my hair in knots, | KL II.iii.10 |
| And with presented nakednesse out-face | And with presented nakedness outface | KL II.iii.11 |
| The Windes, and persecutions of the skie; | The winds and persecutions of the sky. | KL II.iii.12 |
| The Country giues me proofe, and president | The country gives me proof and precedent | KL II.iii.13 |
| Of Bedlam beggers, who with roaring voices, | Of Bedlam beggars, who, with roaring voices, | KL II.iii.14 |
| Strike in their num'd and mortified Armes. | Strike in their numbed and mortified bare arms | KL II.iii.15 |
| Pins, Wodden-prickes, Nayles, Sprigs of Rosemarie: | Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary; | KL II.iii.16 |
| And with this horrible obiect, from low Farmes, | And with this horrible object, from low farms, | KL II.iii.17 |
| Poore pelting Villages, Sheeps-Coates, and Milles, | Poor pelting villages, sheepcotes, and mills | KL II.iii.18 |
| Sometimes with Lunaticke bans, sometime with Praiers | Sometimes with lunatic bans, sometime with prayers, | KL II.iii.19 |
| Inforce their charitie: poore Turlygod poore Tom, | Enforce their charity: ‘ Poor Turlygod! Poor Tom!’ | KL II.iii.20 |
| That's something yet: Edgar I nothing am. | That's something yet: Edgar I nothing am. | KL II.iii.21 |
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| Fathom, and halfe, Fathom and halfe; poore Tom. | Fathom and half, fathom and half! Poor Tom! | KL III.iv.37 |
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| Away, the foule Fiend followes me, | Away! The foul fiend follows me. | KL III.iv.44 |
| through the sharpe Hauthorne blow the windes. | Through the sharp hawthorn blow the cold winds. | KL III.iv.45 |
| Humh, goe to thy bed and warme thee. | Humh! Go to thy bed and warm thee. | KL III.iv.46 |
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| Who giues any thing to poore Tom? Whom the foule | Who gives anything to Poor Tom? whom the foul | KL III.iv.49 |
| fiend hath led though Fire, and through Flame, through | fiend hath led through fire and through flame, through | KL III.iv.50 |
| Sword, and Whirle-Poole, o're Bog, and Quagmire, that hath | ford and whirlpool, o'er bog and quagmire, that hath | KL III.iv.51 |
| laid Kniues vnder his Pillow, and Halters in his Pue, set | laid knives under his pillow and halters in his pew, set | KL III.iv.52 |
| Rats-bane by his Porredge, made him Proud of heart, to | ratsbane by his porridge, made him proud of heart, to | KL III.iv.53 |
| ride on a Bay trotting Horse, ouer foure incht Bridges, to | ride on a bay trotting horse over four-inched bridges to | KL III.iv.54 |
| course his owne shadow for a Traitor. Blisse thy fiue Wits, | course his own shadow for a traitor. Bless thy five wits! | KL III.iv.55 |
| Toms a cold. O do, de, do, de, do de, blisse thee from | Tom's a-cold. O do, de, do de, do, de. Bless thee from | KL III.iv.56 |
| Whirle-Windes, Starre-blasting, and taking, do poore Tom | whirlwinds, star-blasting, and taking! Do Poor Tom | KL III.iv.57 |
| some charitie, whom the foule Fiend vexes. There could I | some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes. There could I | KL III.iv.58 |
| haue him now, and there, and there againe, and there. | have him now, and there, and there again, and there. | KL III.iv.59 |
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| Pillicock sat on Pillicock hill, | Pillicock sat on Pillicock Hill. | KL III.iv.73 |
| alow: alow, loo, loo. | Alow, alow, loo, loo! | KL III.iv.74 |
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| Take heed o'th'foule Fiend, obey thy Parents, keepe | Take heed o'the foul fiend, obey thy parents, keep | KL III.iv.77 |
| thy words Iustice, sweare not, commit not, with mans | thy word's justice, swear not, commit not with man's | KL III.iv.78 |
| sworne Spouse: set not thy Sweet-heart on proud array. | sworn spouse, set not thy sweet heart on proud array. | KL III.iv.79 |
| Tom's a cold. | Tom's a-cold. | KL III.iv.80 |
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| A Seruingman? Proud in heart, and minde; that | A servingman, proud in heart and mind, that | KL III.iv.82 |
| curl'd my haire, wore Gloues in my cap; seru'd the Lust of | curled my hair, wore gloves in my cap, served the lust of | KL III.iv.83 |
| my Mistris heart, and did the acte of darkenesse with her. | my mistress' heart and did the act of darkness with her, | KL III.iv.84 |
| Swore as many Oathes, as I spake words, & broke them in | swore as many oaths as I spake words and broke them in | KL III.iv.85 |
| the sweet face of Heauen. One, that slept in the contriuing | the sweet face of heaven; one that slept in the contriving | KL III.iv.86 |
| of Lust, and wak'd to doe it. Wine lou'd I deerely, Dice | of lust and waked to do it. Wine loved I deeply, dice | KL III.iv.87 |
| deerely; and in Woman, out-Paramour'd the Turke. False | dearly, and in woman outparamoured the Turk – false | KL III.iv.88 |
| of heart, light of eare, bloody of hand; Hog in sloth, Foxe in | of heart, light of ear, bloody of hand; hog in sloth, fox in | KL III.iv.89 |
| stealth, Wolfe in greedinesse, Dog in madnes, Lyon in prey. | stealth, wolf in greediness, dog in madness, lion in prey. | KL III.iv.90 |
| Let not the creaking of shooes, Nor the rustling of Silkes, | Let not the creaking of shoes nor the rustling of silks | KL III.iv.91 |
| betray thy poore heart to woman. Keepe thy foote out of | betray thy poor heart to woman. Keep thy foot out of | KL III.iv.92 |
| Brothels, thy hand out of Plackets, thy pen from Lenders | brothels, thy hand out of plackets, thy pen from lenders' | KL III.iv.93 |
| Bookes, and defye the foule Fiend. | books, and defy the foul fiend. | KL III.iv.94 |
| Still through the Hauthorne blowes the cold winde: | Still through the hawthorn blows the cold wind, | KL III.iv.95 |
| Sayes suum, mun, nonny, | Says suum, mun, nonny. | KL III.iv.96 |
| Dolphin my Boy, Boy Sesey: let him trot by. | Dolphin, my boy, boy, sesey! Let him trot by. | KL III.iv.97 |
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| This is the foule Flibbertigibbet; hee begins | This is the foul fiend Flibberdigibbet. He begins | KL III.iv.110 |
| at Curfew, and walkes at first Cocke: Hee giues the Web | at curfew and walks till the first cock. He gives the web | KL III.iv.111 |
| and the Pin, squints the eye, and makes the Hare-lippe; | and the pin, squenies the eye and makes the harelip, | KL III.iv.112 |
| Mildewes the white Wheate, and hurts the poore Creature of | mildews the white wheat, and hurts the poor creature of | KL III.iv.113 |
| earth. | earth. | KL III.iv.114 |
| Swithold footed thrice the old, | S'Withold footed thrice the 'old; | KL III.iv.115 |
| He met the Night-Mare,and her nine-fold; | He met the nightmare and her ninefold, | KL III.iv.116 |
| Bid her a-light, and her troth-plight, | Bid her alight and her troth plight – | KL III.iv.117 |
| And aroynt thee Witch, aroynt thee. | And aroint thee, witch, aroint thee! | KL III.iv.118 |
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| Poore Tom, that eates the swimming Frog, the Toad, | Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad, | KL III.iv.123 |
| the Tod-pole, the wall-Neut, and the water: that in the | the todpole, the wall-newt and the water; that in the | KL III.iv.124 |
| furie of his heart, when the foule Fiend rages, eats Cow-dung | fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages, eats cow-dung | KL III.iv.125 |
| for Sallets; swallowes the old Rat, and the ditch-Dogge; | for sallets, swallows the old rat and the ditch-dog, | KL III.iv.126 |
| drinkes the green Mantle of the standing Poole: who is | drinks the green mantle of the standing pool; who is | KL III.iv.127 |
| whipt from Tything to Tything, and stockt, punish'd, and | whipped from tithing to tithing and stock-punished and | KL III.iv.128 |
| imprison'd: who hath three Suites to his backe, sixe | imprisoned; who hath had three suits to his back, six | KL III.iv.129 |
| shirts to his body: | shirts to his body, | KL III.iv.130 |
| Horse to ride, and weapon to weare: | Horse to ride and weapon to wear – | KL III.iv.131 |
| But Mice, and Rats, and such small Deare, | But mice and rats and such small deer | KL III.iv.132 |
| Haue bin Toms food, for seuen long yeare: | Have been Tom's food for seven long year. | KL III.iv.133 |
| Beware my Follower. Peace Smulkin, peace thou Fiend. | Beware my follower! Peace, Smulkin. Peace, thou fiend! | KL III.iv.134 |
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| The Prince of Darkenesse is a Gentleman. Modo he's | The prince of darkness is a gentleman; Modo he's | KL III.iv.136 |
| call'd, and Mahu. | called and Mahu. | KL III.iv.137 |
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| Poore Tom's a cold. | Poor Tom's a-cold. | KL III.iv.140 |
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| How to preuent the Fiend, and to kill Vermine. | How to prevent the fiend and to kill vermin. | KL III.iv.152 |
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| Tom's a cold. | Tom's a-cold. | KL III.iv.166 |
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| Rowland to the darke Tower came, | Child Roland to the dark tower came; | KL III.iv.176 |
| His word was still, fie, foh, and fumme, | His word was still ‘ Fie, foh, and fum, | KL III.iv.177 |
| I smell the blood of a Brittish man. | I smell the blood of a British man.’ | KL III.iv.178 |
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| Fraterretto cals me, and tells me Nero is an Angler | Fraterretto calls me and tells me Nero is an angler | KL III.vi.6 |
| in the Lake of Darknesse: pray Innocent, and beware the | in the lake of darkness. Pray, innocent, and beware the | KL III.vi.7 |
| foule Fiend. | foul fiend. | KL III.vi.8 |
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| The foul fiend bites my back. | KL III.vi.17 |
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| Look where he stands and glares! Want'st thou | KL III.vi.23 |
| eyes at trial, madam? | KL III.vi.24 |
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| Come o'er the burn, Bessy, to me. | KL III.vi.25 |
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| The foul fiend haunts Poor Tom in the voice of a | KL III.vi.29 |
| nightingale. Hoppedance cries in Tom's belly for two | KL III.vi.30 |
| white herring. Croak not, black angel! I have no food for | KL III.vi.31 |
| thee. | KL III.vi.32 |
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| Let us deal justly. | KL III.vi.40 |
| Sleepest or wakest thou, jolly shepherd? | KL III.vi.41 |
| Thy sheep be in the corn, | KL III.vi.42 |
| And for one blast of thy minikin mouth | KL III.vi.43 |
| Thy sheep shall take no harm. | KL III.vi.44 |
| Pur, the cat is grey. | KL III.vi.45 |
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| Blesse thy fiue wits. | Bless thy five wits! | KL III.vi.56 |
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| My teares begin to take his part so much, | My tears begin to take his part so much | KL III.vi.59 |
| They marre my counterfetting. | They mar my counterfeiting. | KL III.vi.60 |
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| Tom, will throw his head at them: Auaunt you | Tom will throw his head at them. Avaunt, you | KL III.vi.63 |
| Curres, | curs! | KL III.vi.64 |
| be thy mouth or blacke or white: | Be thy mouth or black or white, | KL III.vi.65 |
| Tooth that poysons if it bite: | Tooth that poisons if it bite, | KL III.vi.66 |
| Mastiffe, Grey-hound, Mongrill, Grim, | Mastiff, greyhound, mongrel grim, | KL III.vi.67 |
| Hound or Spaniell, Brache, or Hym: | Hound or spaniel, brach or lym, | KL III.vi.68 |
| Or Bobtaile tight, or Troudle taile, | Or bobtail tike, or trundle-tail, | KL III.vi.69 |
| Tom will make him weepe and waile, | Tom will make him weep and wail; | KL III.vi.70 |
| For with throwing thus my head; | For, with throwing thus my head, | KL III.vi.71 |
| Dogs leapt the hatch, and all are fled. | Dogs leapt the hatch and all are fled. | KL III.vi.72 |
| Do, de, de, de: sese: Come, march to Wakes and Fayres, | Do de, de, de. Sese! Come, march to wakes and fairs | KL III.vi.73 |
| And Market Townes: poore Tom thy horne is dry, | and market-towns. Poor Tom, thy horn is dry. | KL III.vi.74 |
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| When we our betters see bearing our woes, | KL III.vi.100 |
| We scarcely think our miseries our foes. | KL III.vi.101 |
| Who alone suffers, suffers most i'the mind, | KL III.vi.102 |
| Leaving free things and happy shows behind; | KL III.vi.103 |
| But then the mind much sufferance doth o'erskip | KL III.vi.104 |
| When grief hath mates, and bearing fellowship. | KL III.vi.105 |
| How light and portable my pain seems now, | KL III.vi.106 |
| When that which makes me bend makes the King bow – | KL III.vi.107 |
| He childed as I fathered. Tom, away! | KL III.vi.108 |
| Mark the high noises, and thyself bewray | KL III.vi.109 |
| When false opinion, whose wrong thoughts defile thee, | KL III.vi.110 |
| In thy just proof repeals and reconciles thee. | KL III.vi.111 |
| What will hap more tonight, safe 'scape the King! | KL III.vi.112 |
| Lurk, lurk! | KL III.vi.113 |
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| Yet better thus, and knowne to be contemn'd, | Yet better thus, and known to be contemned, | KL IV.i.1 |
| Then still contemn'd and flatter'd, to be worst: | Than still contemned and flattered. To be worst, | KL IV.i.2 |
| The lowest, and most deiected thing of Fortune, | The lowest and most dejected thing of fortune, | KL IV.i.3 |
| Stands still in esperance, liues not in feare: | Stands still in esperance, lives not in fear. | KL IV.i.4 |
| The lamentable change is from the best, | The lamentable change is from the best; | KL IV.i.5 |
| The worst returnes to laughter. Welcome then, | The worst returns to laughter. Welcome, then, | KL IV.i.6 |
| Thou vnsubstantiall ayre that I embrace: | Thou unsubstantial air that I embrace! | KL IV.i.7 |
| The Wretch that thou hast blowne vnto the worst, | The wretch that thou hast blown unto the worst | KL IV.i.8 |
| Owes nothing to thy blasts. | Owes nothing to thy blasts. | KL IV.i.9.1 |
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| But who comes heere? | But who comes here? | KL IV.i.9.2 |
| My Father poorely led? / World, World, O world! | My father, parti-eyed! World, world, O world! | KL IV.i.10 |
| But that thy strange mutations make vs hate thee, | But that thy strange mutations make us hate thee | KL IV.i.11 |
| Life would not yeelde to age. | Life would not yield to age. | KL IV.i.12.1 |
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| O Gods! Who is't can say I am at the worst? | O gods! Who is't can say ‘ I am at the worst ’? | KL IV.i.25 |
| I am worse then ere I was. | I am worse than e'er I was. | KL IV.i.26.1 |
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| And worse I may be yet: the worst is not, | And worse I may be yet. The worst is not, | KL IV.i.27 |
| So long as we can say this is the worst. | So long as we can say ‘ This is the worst.’ | KL IV.i.28 |
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| How should this be? | How should this be? | KL IV.i.37.2 |
| Bad is the Trade that must play Foole to sorrow, | Bad is the trade that must play fool to sorrow, | KL IV.i.38 |
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| Ang'ring it selfe, and others. Blesse thee Master. | Angering itself and others. (Aloud) Bless thee, master! | KL IV.i.39 |
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| Poore Tom's a cold. I cannot daub it further. | Poor Tom's a-cold. (Aside) I cannot daub it further. | KL IV.i.51 |
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| And yet I must: Blesse thy sweete eyes, they bleede. | And yet I must. (Aloud) Bless thy sweet eyes, they bleed. | KL IV.i.53.1 |
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| Both style, and gate; Horseway, and foot-path: poore | Both stile and gate, horse-way and footpath, Poor | KL IV.i.55 |
| Tom hath bin scarr'd out of his good wits. Blesse thee | Tom hath been scared out of his good wits. Bless thee, | KL IV.i.56 |
| good mans sonne, from the foule Fiend. | good man's son, from the foul fiend. Five fiends have | KL IV.i.57 |
| been in Poor Tom at once: of lust, as Obidicut; Hobbididence, | KL IV.i.58 |
| prince of dumbness; Mahu, of stealing; | KL IV.i.59 |
| Modo, of murder; Flibberdigibbet, of mopping and | KL IV.i.60 |
| mowing, who since possesses chambermaids and | KL IV.i.61 |
| waiting-women. So bless thee, master! | KL IV.i.62 |
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| I Master. | Ay, master. | KL IV.i.71 |
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| Giue me thy arme; | Give me thy arm; | KL IV.i.77.2 |
| Poore Tom shall leade thee. | Poor Tom shall lead thee. | KL IV.i.78 |
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| You do climbe vp it now. Look how we labor. | You do climb up it now. Look how we labour. | KL IV.vi.2 |
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| Horrible steepe. | Horrible steep. | KL IV.vi.3.2 |
| Hearke, do you heare the Sea? | Hark, do you hear the sea? | KL IV.vi.4.1 |
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| Why then your other Senses grow imperfect | Why then your other senses grow imperfect | KL IV.vi.5 |
| By your eyes anguish. | By your eyes' anguish. | KL IV.vi.6.1 |
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| Y'are much deceiu'd: In nothing am I chang'd | Y'are much deceived. In nothing am I changed | KL IV.vi.9 |
| But in my Garments. | But in my garments. | KL IV.vi.10.1 |
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| Come on Sir, / Heere's the place: stand still: how fearefull | Come on, sir; here's the place. Stand still! How fearful | KL IV.vi.11 |
| And dizie 'tis, to cast ones eyes so low, | And dizzy 'tis to cast one's eyes so low! | KL IV.vi.12 |
| The Crowes and Choughes, that wing the midway ayre | The crows and choughs that wing the midway air | KL IV.vi.13 |
| Shew scarse so grosse as Beetles. Halfe way downe | Show scarce so gross as beetles. Halfway down | KL IV.vi.14 |
| Hangs one that gathers Sampire: dreadfull Trade: | Hangs one that gathers sampire – dreadful trade! | KL IV.vi.15 |
| Me thinkes he seemes no bigger then his head. | Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. | KL IV.vi.16 |
| The Fishermen, that walk'd vpon the beach | The fishermen that walk upon the beach | KL IV.vi.17 |
| Appeare like Mice: and yond tall Anchoring Barke, | Appear like mice, and yon tall anchoring bark, | KL IV.vi.18 |
| Diminish'd to her Cocke: her Cocke, a Buoy | Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy | KL IV.vi.19 |
| Almost too small for sight. The murmuring Surge, | Almost too small for sight. The murmuring surge | KL IV.vi.20 |
| That on th'vnnumbred idle Pebble chafes | That on th' unnumbered idle pebble chafes | KL IV.vi.21 |
| Cannot be heard so high. Ile looke no more, | Cannot be heard so high. I'll look no more, | KL IV.vi.22 |
| Least my braine turne, and the deficient sight | Lest my brain turn, and the deficient sight | KL IV.vi.23 |
| Topple downe headlong. | Topple down headlong. | KL IV.vi.24.1 |
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| Giue me your hand: | Give me your hand. You are now within a foot | KL IV.vi.25 |
| You are now within a foote of th'extreme Verge: | Of th' extreme verge. For all beneath the moon | KL IV.vi.26 |
| For all beneath the Moone would I not leape vpright. | Would I not leap upright. | KL IV.vi.27.1 |
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| Now fare ye well, good Sir. | Now fare ye well, good sir. | KL IV.vi.32.1 |
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| Why I do trifle thus with his dispaire, | Why I do trifle thus with his despair | KL IV.vi.33 |
| Is done to cure it. | Is done to cure it. | KL IV.vi.34.1 |
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| Gone Sir, farewell: | Gone, sir. Farewell. | KL IV.vi.41.2 |
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| And yet I know not how conceit may rob | And yet I know not how conceit may rob | KL IV.vi.42 |
| The Treasury of life, when life it selfe | The treasury of life, when life itself | KL IV.vi.43 |
| Yeelds to the Theft. Had he bin where he thought, | Yields to the theft. Had he been where he thought, | KL IV.vi.44 |
| By this had thought bin past. Aliue, or dead? | By this had thought been past. – Alive or dead? | KL IV.vi.45 |
| Hoa, you Sir: Friend, heare you Sir, speake: | Ho, you, sir! Friend! Hear you, sir? Speak! – | KL IV.vi.46 |
| Thus might he passe indeed: yet he reuiues. | Thus might he pass indeed. Yet he revives – | KL IV.vi.47 |
| What are you Sir? | What are you, sir? | KL IV.vi.48.1 |
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| Had'st thou beene ought / But Gozemore, Feathers, Ayre, | Hadst thou been aught but gossamer, feathers, air, | KL IV.vi.49 |
| (So many fathome downe precipitating) | So many fathom down precipitating, | KL IV.vi.50 |
| Thou'dst shiuer'd like an Egge: but thou do'st breath: | Thou'dst shivered like an egg; but thou dost breathe, | KL IV.vi.51 |
| Hast heauy substance, bleed'st not, speak'st, art sound, | Hast heavy substance, bleed'st not, speak'st, art sound. | KL IV.vi.52 |
| Ten Masts at each, make not the altitude | Ten masts at each make not the altitude | KL IV.vi.53 |
| Which thou hast perpendicularly fell, | Which thou hast perpendicularly fell. | KL IV.vi.54 |
| Thy life's a Myracle. Speake yet againe. | Thy life's a miracle. Speak yet again. | KL IV.vi.55 |
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| From the dread Somnet of this Chalkie Bourne | From the dread summit of this chalky bourn. | KL IV.vi.57 |
| Looke vp a height, the shrill-gorg'd Larke so farre | Look up a-height. The shrill-gorged lark so far | KL IV.vi.58 |
| Cannot be seene, or heard: Do but looke vp. | Cannot be seen or heard. Do but look up. | KL IV.vi.59 |
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| Giue me your arme. | Give me your arm. | KL IV.vi.64.2 |
| Vp, so: How is't? Feele you your Legges? You stand. | Up – so. How is't? Feel you your legs? You stand. | KL IV.vi.65 |
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| This is aboue all strangenesse, | This is above all strangeness. | KL IV.vi.66.2 |
| Vpon the crowne o'th'Cliffe. What thing was that | Upon the crown o'the cliff what thing was that | KL IV.vi.67 |
| Which parted from you? | Which parted from you? | KL IV.vi.68.1 |
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| As I stood heere below, me thought his eyes | As I stood here below methought his eyes | KL IV.vi.69 |
| Were two full Moones: he had a thousand Noses, | Were two full moons; he had a thousand noses, | KL IV.vi.70 |
| Hornes wealk'd, and waued like the enraged Sea: | Horns welked and waved like the enridged sea. | KL IV.vi.71 |
| It was some Fiend: Therefore thou happy Father, | It was some fiend. Therefore, thou happy father, | KL IV.vi.72 |
| Thinke that the cleerest Gods, who make them Honors | Think that the clearest gods, who make them honours | KL IV.vi.73 |
| Of mens Impossibilities, haue preserued thee. | Of men's impossibilities, have preserved thee. | KL IV.vi.74 |
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| Beare free and patient thoughts. | Bear free and patient thoughts. | KL IV.vi.80.1 |
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| But who comes heere? | But who comes here? | KL IV.vi.80.2 |
| The safer sense will ne're accommodate | The safer sense will ne'er accommodate | KL IV.vi.81 |
| His Master thus. | His master thus. | KL IV.vi.82 |
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| O thou side-piercing sight! | O thou side-piercing sight! | KL IV.vi.85 |
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| Sweet Mariorum. | Sweet marjoram. | KL IV.vi.93 |
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| I would not take this from report, / It is, | I would not take this from report. It is; | KL IV.vi.142 |
| and my heart breakes at it. | And my heart breaks at it. | KL IV.vi.143 |
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| O matter, and impertinency mixt, | O matter and impertinency mixed, | KL IV.vi.175 |
| Reason in Madnesse. | Reason in madness! | KL IV.vi.176 |
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| Haile gentle Sir. | Hail, gentle sir. | KL IV.vi.208.1 |
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| Do you heare ought (Sir) of a Battell toward. | Do you hear aught, sir, of a battle toward? | KL IV.vi.209 |
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| But by your fauour: | But, by your favour, | KL IV.vi.211.2 |
| How neere's the other Army? | How near's the other army? | KL IV.vi.212 |
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| I thanke you Sir, that's all. | I thank you, sir; that's all. | KL IV.vi.214.2 |
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| I thanke you Sir. | I thank you, sir. | KL IV.vi.216.2 |
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| Well pray you Father. | Well pray you, father. | KL IV.vi.219.2 |
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| A most poore man, made tame to Fortunes blows | A most poor man made tame to fortune's blows, | KL IV.vi.221 |
| Who, by the Art of knowne, and feeling sorrowes, | Who, by the art of known and feeling sorrows, | KL IV.vi.222 |
| Am pregnant to good pitty. Giue me your hand, | Am pregnant to good pity. Give me your hand, | KL IV.vi.223 |
| Ile leade you to some biding. | I'll lead you to some biding. | KL IV.vi.224.1 |
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| Chill not let go Zir, / Without vurther 'casion. | Ch'ill not let go, zir, without vurther 'cagion. | KL IV.vi.235 |
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| Good Gentleman goe your gate, and let poore volke | Good gentleman, go your gait and let poor volk | KL IV.vi.237 |
| passe: and 'chud ha'bin zwaggerd out of my life, | pass. And 'choud ha' bin zwaggered out of my life, | KL IV.vi.238 |
| 'twould not ha'bin zo long as 'tis, by a vortnight. Nay, | 'twould not ha' bin zo long as 'tis by a vortnight. Nay, | KL IV.vi.239 |
| come not neere th'old man: keepe out che vor'ye, or ice | come not near th' old man; keep out, che vor' ye, or I'ce | KL IV.vi.240 |
| try whither your Costard, or my Ballow be the harder; | try whether your costard or my ballow be the harder. | KL IV.vi.241 |
| chill be plaine with you. | 'Chill be plain with you. | KL IV.vi.242 |
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| Chill picke your teeth Zir: come, no matter vor | 'Chill pick your teeth, zir. Come; no matter vor | KL IV.vi.244 |
| your foynes. | your foins. | KL IV.vi.245 |
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| I know thee well. A seruiceable Villaine, | I know thee well: a serviceable villain, | KL IV.vi.252 |
| As duteous to the vices of thy Mistris, | As duteous to the vices of thy mistress | KL IV.vi.253 |
| As badnesse would desire. | As badness would desire. | KL IV.vi.254.1 |
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| Sit you downe Father: rest you. | Sit you down, father; rest you. – | KL IV.vi.255 |
| Let's see these Pockets; the Letters that he speakes of | Let's see these pockets. The letters that he speaks of | KL IV.vi.256 |
| May be my Friends: hee's dead; I am onely sorry | May be my friends. He's dead. I am only sorry | KL IV.vi.257 |
| He had no other Deathsman. Let vs see: | He had no other deathsman. Let us see. | KL IV.vi.258 |
| Leaue gentle waxe, and manners: blame vs not | Leave, gentle wax; and manners blame us not; | KL IV.vi.259 |
| To know our enemies mindes, we rip their hearts, | To know our enemies' minds we rip their hearts; | KL IV.vi.260 |
| Their Papers is more lawfull. | Their papers is more lawful. | KL IV.vi.261 |
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| LEt our reciprocall vowes be remembred. You haue manie | Let our reciprocal vows be remembered. You have many | KL IV.vi.262 |
| opportunities to cut him off: if your will want not, time and | opportunities to cut him off; if your will want not, time and | KL IV.vi.263 |
| place will be fruitfully offer'd. There is nothing done. If hee | place will be fruitfully offered. There is nothing done if he | KL IV.vi.264 |
| returne the Conqueror, then am I the Prisoner, and his bed, | return the conqueror. Then am I the prisoner, and his bed | KL IV.vi.265 |
| my Gaole, from the loathed warmth whereof, deliuer me, and | my gaol; from the loathed warmth whereof deliver me and | KL IV.vi.266 |
| supply the place for your Labour. | supply the place for your labour. | KL IV.vi.267 |
| Your (Wife, so I would say) affectionate Seruant. | Your – wife, so I would say – affectionate servant, | KL IV.vi.268 |
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| Oh indinguish'd space of Womans will, | O indistinguished space of woman's will! | KL IV.vi.270 |
| A plot vpon her vertuous Husbands life, | A plot upon her virtuous husband's life, | KL IV.vi.271 |
| And the exchange my Brother: heere, in the sands | And the exchange, my brother! Here in the sands | KL IV.vi.272 |
| Thee Ile rake vp, the poste vnsanctified | Thee I'll rake up, the post unsanctified | KL IV.vi.273 |
| Of murtherous Letchers: and in the mature time, | Of murderous lechers; and in the mature time | KL IV.vi.274 |
| With this vngracious paper strike the sight | With this ungracious paper strike the sight | KL IV.vi.275 |
| Of the death-practis'd Duke: for him 'tis well, | Of the death-practised Duke. For him 'tis well | KL IV.vi.276 |
| That of thy death, and businesse, I can tell. | That of thy death and business I can tell. | KL IV.vi.277 |
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| Giue me your hand: | Give me your hand. | KL IV.vi.283.2 |
| Farre off methinkes I heare the beaten Drumme. | Far off methinks I hear the beaten drum. | KL IV.vi.284 |
| Come Father, Ile bestow you with a Friend. | Come, father, I'll bestow you with a friend. | KL IV.vi.285 |
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| If ere your Grace had speech with man so poore, | If e'er your grace had speech with man so poor, | KL V.i.38 |
| Heare me one word. | Hear me one word. | KL V.i.39.1 |
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| Before you fight the Battaile, ope this Letter: | Before you fight the battle, ope this letter. | KL V.i.40 |
| If you haue victory, let the Trumpet sound | If you have victory, let the trumpet sound | KL V.i.41 |
| For him that brought it: wretched though I seeme, | For him that brought it. Wretched though I seem, | KL V.i.42 |
| I can produce a Champion, that will proue | I can produce a champion that will prove | KL V.i.43 |
| What is auouched there. If you miscarry, | What is avouched there. If you miscarry, | KL V.i.44 |
| Your businesse of the world hath so an end, | Your business of the world hath so an end, | KL V.i.45 |
| And machination ceases. Fortune loues you. | And machination ceases. Fortune love you. | KL V.i.46 |
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| I was forbid it: | I was forbid it. | KL V.i.47.2 |
| When time shall serue, let but the Herald cry, | When time shall serve, let but the herald cry | KL V.i.48 |
| And Ile appeare againe. | And I'll appear again. | KL V.i.49 |
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| Heere Father, take the shadow of this Tree | Here, father, take the shadow of this tree | KL V.ii.1 |
| For your good hoast: pray that the right may thriue: | For your good host. Pray that the right may thrive. | KL V.ii.2 |
| If euer I returne to you againe, | If ever I return to you again | KL V.ii.3 |
| Ile bring you comfort. | I'll bring you comfort. | KL V.ii.4.1 |
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| Away old man, giue me thy hand, away: | Away, old man! Give me thy hand; away! | KL V.ii.5 |
| King Lear hath lost, he and his Daughter tane, | King Lear hath lost; he and his daughter ta'en. | KL V.ii.6 |
| Giue me thy hand: Come on. | Give me thy hand; come on. | KL V.ii.7 |
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| What in ill thoughts againe? / Men must endure | What, in ill thoughts again? Men must endure | KL V.ii.9 |
| Their going hence, euen as their comming hither, | Their going hence even as their coming hither; | KL V.ii.10 |
| Ripenesse is all come on. | Ripeness is all. Come on. | KL V.ii.11.1 |
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| Know my name is lost | Know, my name is lost, | KL V.iii.119.2 |
| By Treasons tooth: bare-gnawne, and Canker-bit, | By treason's tooth bare-gnawn and canker-bit; | KL V.iii.120 |
| Yet am I Noble as the Aduersary | Yet am I noble as the adversary | KL V.iii.121 |
| I come to cope. | I come to cope. | KL V.iii.122.1 |
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| What's he that speakes for Edmund Earle of Gloster? | What's he that speaks for Edmund, Earl of Gloucester? | KL V.iii.123 |
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| Draw thy Sword, | Draw thy sword, | KL V.iii.124.2 |
| That if my speech offend a Noble heart, | That if my speech offend a noble heart | KL V.iii.125 |
| Thy arme may do thee Iustice, heere is mine: | Thy arm may do thee justice. Here is mine. | KL V.iii.126 |
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| Behold it is my priuiledge, / The priuiledge of mine Honours, | Behold; it is the privilege of mine honours, | KL V.iii.127 |
| My oath, and my profession. I protest, | My oath, and my profession. I protest, | KL V.iii.128 |
| Maugre thy strength, place, youth, and eminence, | Maugre thy strength, place, youth, and eminence, | KL V.iii.129 |
| Despise thy victor-Sword, and fire new Fortune, | Despite thy victor sword and fire-new fortune, | KL V.iii.130 |
| Thy valor, and thy heart, thou art a Traitor: | Thy valour and thy heart, thou art a traitor, | KL V.iii.131 |
| False to thy Gods, thy Brother, and thy Father, | False to thy gods, thy brother, and thy father, | KL V.iii.132 |
| Conspirant 'gainst this high illustirous Prince, | Conspirant 'gainst this high illustrious prince, | KL V.iii.133 |
| And from th'extremest vpward of thy head, | And, from th' extremest upward of thy head | KL V.iii.134 |
| To the discent and dust below thy foote, | To the descent and dust below thy foot, | KL V.iii.135 |
| A most Toad-spotted Traitor. Say thou no, | A most toad-spotted traitor. Say thou ‘ no,’ | KL V.iii.136 |
| This Sword, this arme, and my best spirits are bent | This sword, this arm, and my best spirits are bent | KL V.iii.137 |
| To proue vpon thy heart, whereto I speake, | To prove upon thy heart, whereto I speak, | KL V.iii.138 |
| Thou lyest. | Thou liest. | KL V.iii.139.1 |
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| Let's exchange charity: | Let's exchange charity. | KL V.iii.164.2 |
| I am no lesse in blood then thou art Edmond, | I am no less in blood than thou art, Edmund; | KL V.iii.165 |
| If more, the more th'hast wrong'd me. | If more, the more th' hast wronged me. | KL V.iii.166 |
| My name is Edgar and thy Fathers Sonne, | My name is Edgar, and thy father's son. | KL V.iii.167 |
| The Gods are iust, and of our pleasant vices | The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices | KL V.iii.168 |
| Make instruments to plague vs: | Make instruments to plague us: | KL V.iii.169 |
| The darke and vitious place where thee he got, | The dark and vicious place where thee he got | KL V.iii.170 |
| Cost him his eyes. | Cost him his eyes. | KL V.iii.171.1 |
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| Worthy Prince | Worthy prince, | KL V.iii.176.2 |
| I know't. | I know't. | KL V.iii.177.1 |
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| By nursing them my Lord. List a breefe tale, | By nursing them, my lord. List a brief tale; | KL V.iii.179 |
| And when 'tis told, O that my heart would burst. | And when 'tis told, O that my heart would burst! | KL V.iii.180 |
| The bloody proclamation to escape | The bloody proclamation to escape | KL V.iii.181 |
| That follow'd me so neere, (O our liues sweetnesse, | That followed me so near – O, our life's sweetness, | KL V.iii.182 |
| That we the paine of death would hourely dye, | That we the pain of death would hourly die | KL V.iii.183 |
| Rather then die at once) taught me to shift | Rather than die at once – taught me to shift | KL V.iii.184 |
| Into a mad-mans rags, t'assume a semblance | Into a madman's rags, t' assume a semblance | KL V.iii.185 |
| That very Dogges disdain'd: and in this habit | That very dogs disdained; and in this habit | KL V.iii.186 |
| Met I my Father with his bleeding Rings, | Met I my father with his bleeding rings, | KL V.iii.187 |
| Their precious Stones new lost: became his guide, | Their precious stones new lost; became his guide, | KL V.iii.188 |
| Led him, begg'd for him, sau'd him from dispaire. | Led him, begged for him, saved him from despair, | KL V.iii.189 |
| Neuer (O fault) reueal'd my selfe vnto him, | Never – O fault! – revealed myself unto him | KL V.iii.190 |
| Vntill some halfe houre past when I was arm'd, | Until some half-hour past, when I was armed, | KL V.iii.191 |
| Not sure, though hoping of this good successe, | Not sure, though hoping, of this good success, | KL V.iii.192 |
| I ask'd his blessing, and from first to last | I asked his blessing, and from first to last | KL V.iii.193 |
| Told him our pilgrimage. But his flaw'd heart | Told him my pilgrimage; but his flawed heart – | KL V.iii.194 |
| (Alacke too weake the conflict to support) | Alack, too weak the conflict to support – | KL V.iii.195 |
| Twixt two extremes of passion, ioy and greefe, | 'Twixt two extremes of passion, joy and grief, | KL V.iii.196 |
| Burst smilingly. | Burst smilingly. | KL V.iii.197.1 |
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| This would have seemed a period | KL V.iii.202.2 |
| To such as love not sorrow; but another | KL V.iii.203 |
| To amplify too much would make much more | KL V.iii.204 |
| And top extremity. | KL V.iii.205 |
| Whilst I was big in clamour, came there in a man, | KL V.iii.206 |
| Who, having seen me in my worst estate, | KL V.iii.207 |
| Shunned my abhorred society; but then finding | KL V.iii.208 |
| Who 'twas that so endured, with his strong arms | KL V.iii.209 |
| He fastened on my neck and bellowed out | KL V.iii.210 |
| As he'd burst heaven, threw him on my father, | KL V.iii.211 |
| Told the most piteous tale of Lear and him | KL V.iii.212 |
| That ever ear received; which in recounting | KL V.iii.213 |
| His grief grew puissant, and the strings of life | KL V.iii.214 |
| Began to crack. Twice then the trumpets sounded, | KL V.iii.215 |
| And there I left him tranced. | KL V.iii.216.1 |
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| Kent, sir, the banished Kent, who, in disguise, | KL V.iii.217 |
| Followed his enemy king and did him service | KL V.iii.218 |
| Improper for a slave. | KL V.iii.219 |
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| What kinde of helpe? | What kind of help? | KL V.iii.220.2 |
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| What meanes this bloody Knife? | What means this bloody knife? | KL V.iii.221.1 |
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| Here comes Kent. | Here comes Kent. | KL V.iii.227.2 |
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| To who my Lord? Who ha's the Office? | To who, my lord? Who has the office? Send | KL V.iii.246 |
| Send thy token of repreeue. | Thy token of reprieve. | KL V.iii.247 |
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| Or image of that horror. | Or image of that horror? | KL V.iii.262.1 |
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| 'Tis Noble Kent your Friend. | 'Tis noble Kent, your friend. | KL V.iii.266.2 |
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| Very bootlesse. | Very bootless. | KL V.iii.292.2 |
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| He faints, my Lord, my Lord. | He faints. My lord, my lord! | KL V.iii.309.2 |
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| Looke vp my Lord. | Look up, my lord. | KL V.iii.310.2 |
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| He is gon indeed. | He is gone indeed. | KL V.iii.313.2 |