| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Nay Ile come: if I loose a scruple of this sport, | Nay, I'll come. If I lose a scruple of this sport, | TN II.v.2 |
| let me be boyl'd to death with Melancholly. | let me be boiled to death with melancholy. | TN II.v.3 |
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| I would exult man: you know he brought me | I would exult, man. You know he brought me | TN II.v.7 |
| out o'fauour with my Lady, about a Beare-baiting heere. | out o' favour with my lady about a bear-baiting here. | TN II.v.8 |
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| Oh peace: Contemplation makes a rare Turkey Cocke | O, peace! Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock | TN II.v.30 |
| of him, how he iets vnder his aduanc'd plumes. | of him; how he jets under his advanced plumes! | TN II.v.31 |
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| O peace, now he's deepely in: looke how | O, peace! Now he's deeply in. Look how | TN II.v.41 |
| imagination blowes him. | imagination blows him. | TN II.v.42 |
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| O peace, peace. | O, peace, peace! | TN II.v.50 |
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| Oh peace, peace, peace, now, now. | O, peace, peace, peace! Now, now! | TN II.v.56 |
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| Though our silence be drawne from vs with cars, | Though our silence be drawn from us with cars, | TN II.v.63 |
| yet peace. | yet peace! | TN II.v.64 |
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| Nay patience, or we breake the sinewes of our plot? | Nay, patience, or we break the sinews of our plot. | TN II.v.75 |
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| Now is the Woodcocke neere the gin. | Now is the woodcock near the gin. | TN II.v.83 |
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| This winnes him, Liuer and all. | This wins him, liver and all. | TN II.v.94 |
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| A fustian riddle. | A fustian riddle! | TN II.v.107 |
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| What dish a poyson has she drest him? | What dish o' poison has she dressed him! | TN II.v.111 |
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| Sowter will cry vpon't for all this, though it bee as | Sowter will cry upon't for all this, though it be as | TN II.v.120 |
| ranke as a Fox. | rank as a fox. | TN II.v.121 |
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| Did not I say he would worke it out, the Curre is | Did not I say he would work it out? The cur is | TN II.v.124 |
| excellent at faults. | excellent at faults. | TN II.v.125 |
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| And O shall end, I hope. | And O shall end, I hope. | TN II.v.129 |
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| I, and you had any eye behinde you, you might | Ay, an you had any eye behind you, you might | TN II.v.132 |
| see more detraction at your heeles, then Fortunes before | see more detraction at your heels than fortunes before | TN II.v.133 |
| you. | you. | TN II.v.134 |
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| I will not giue my part of this sport for a pension | I will not give my part of this sport for a pension | TN II.v.173 |
| of thousands to be paid from the Sophy. | of thousands to be paid from the Sophy. | TN II.v.174 |
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| Heere comes my noble gull catcher. | Here comes my noble gull-catcher. | TN II.v.180 |
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| You must needes yeelde your reason, Sir Andrew? | You must needs yield your reason, Sir Andrew. | TN III.ii.3 |
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| This was a great argument of loue in her toward | This was a great argument of love in her toward | TN III.ii.10 |
| you. | you. | TN III.ii.11 |
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| I will proue it legitimate sir, vpon the Oathes of | I will prove it legitimate, sir, upon the oaths of | TN III.ii.13 |
| iudgement, and reason. | judgement and reason. | TN III.ii.14 |
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| Shee did shew fauour to the youth in your sight, | She did show favour to the youth in your sight | TN III.ii.17 |
| onely to exasperate you, to awake your dormouse valour, | only to exasperate you, to awake your dormouse valour, | TN III.ii.18 |
| to put fire in your Heart, and brimstone in your Liuer: you | to put fire in your heart and brimstone in your liver. You | TN III.ii.19 |
| should then haue accosted her, and with some excellent | should then have accosted her, and with some excellent | TN III.ii.20 |
| iests, fire-new from the mint, you should haue bangd | jests fire-new from the mint, you should have banged | TN III.ii.21 |
| the youth into dumbenesse: this was look'd for at your | the youth into dumbness. This was looked for at your | TN III.ii.22 |
| hand, and this was baulkt: the double gilt of this | hand, and this was balked. The double gilt of this | TN III.ii.23 |
| opportunitie you let time wash off, and you are now | opportunity you let time wash off, and you are now | TN III.ii.24 |
| sayld into the North of my Ladies opinion, where you | sailed into the north of my lady's opinion; where you | TN III.ii.25 |
| will hang like an ysickle on a Dutchmans beard, vnlesse you | will hang like an icicle on a Dutchman's beard, unless you | TN III.ii.26 |
| do redeeme it, by some laudable attempt, either of valour | do redeem it by some laudable attempt either of valour | TN III.ii.27 |
| or policie. | or policy. | TN III.ii.28 |
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| There is no way but this sir Andrew. | There is no way but this, Sir Andrew. | TN III.ii.37 |
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| This is a deere Manakin to you Sir Toby. | This is a dear manikin to you, Sir Toby. | TN III.ii.51 |
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| We shall haue a rare Letter from him; but you'le | We shall have a rare letter from him. But you'll | TN III.ii.54 |
| not deliuer't. | not deliver it? | TN III.ii.55 |
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| And his opposit the youth beares in his visage no | And his opposite the youth bears in his visage no | TN III.ii.61 |
| great presage of cruelty. | great presage of cruelty. | TN III.ii.62 |
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| Heere he is, heere he is: how ist with you sir? | Here he is, here he is. How is't with you, sir? | TN III.iv.87 |
| How ist with you man? | How is't with you, man? | TN III.iv.88 |
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| Carry his water to th'wise woman. | Carry his water to the wisewoman. | TN III.iv.102 |
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| No way but gentlenesse, gently, gently: the Fiend | No way but gentleness, gently, gently. The fiend | TN III.iv.110 |
| is rough, and will not be roughly vs'd. | is rough, and will not be roughly used. | TN III.iv.111 |
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| If this were plaid vpon a stage now, I could | If this were played upon a stage now, I could | TN III.iv.126 |
| condemne it as an improbable fiction. | condemn it as an improbable fiction. | TN III.iv.127 |
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| Why we shall make him mad indeede. | Why, we shall make him mad indeed. | TN III.iv.132 |
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| More matter for a May morning. | More matter for a May morning! | TN III.iv.141 |
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| Ist so sawcy? | Is't so saucy? | TN III.iv.144 |
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| Good, and valiant. | Good and valiant. | TN III.iv.148 |
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| A good note, that keepes you from the blow of ye | A good note, that keeps you from the blow of the | TN III.iv.151 |
| Law | law. | TN III.iv.152 |
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| Very breefe, and to exceeding good sence- | Very brief, and to exceeding good sense – (aside) | TN III.iv.156 |
| lesse. | less! | TN III.iv.157 |
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| Good. | Good! | TN III.iv.160 |
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| Still you keepe o'th windie side of the Law: | Still you keep o' the windy side of the law; | TN III.iv.163 |
| good. | good. | TN III.iv.164 |
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| Heere he comes with your Neece, giue them way | Here he comes with your niece. Give them way | TN III.iv.193 |
| till he take leaue, and presently after him. | till he take leave, and presently after him. | TN III.iv.194 |
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| I know the knight is incenst against you, euen | I know the knight is incensed against you, even | TN III.iv.254 |
| to a mortall arbitrement, but nothing of the circumstance | to a mortal arbitrement, but nothing of the circumstance | TN III.iv.255 |
| more. | more. | TN III.iv.256 |
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| Nothing of that wonderfull promise to read him | Nothing of that wonderful promise, to read him | TN III.iv.258 |
| by his forme, as you are like to finde him in the proofe | by his form, as you are like to find him in the proof | TN III.iv.259 |
| of his valour. He is indeede sir, the most skilfull, bloudy, | of his valour. He is indeed, sir, the most skilful, bloody, | TN III.iv.260 |
| & fatall opposite that you could possibly haue found in | and fatal opposite that you could possibly have found in | TN III.iv.261 |
| anie part of Illyria: will you walke towards him, I will | any part of Illyria. Will you walk towards him? I will | TN III.iv.262 |
| make your peace with him, if I can. | make your peace with him, if I can. | TN III.iv.263 |
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| He is as horribly conceited of him: and pants, & | He is as horribly conceited of him, and pants and | TN III.iv.286 |
| lookes pale, as if a Beare were at his heeles. | looks pale as if a bear were at his heels. | TN III.iv.287 |
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| Giue ground if you see him furious. | Give ground if you see him furious. | TN III.iv.295 |
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| O good sir Toby hold: heere come the Officers. | O good Sir Toby, hold! Here come the Officers. | TN III.iv.310 |
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| A Coward, a most deuout Coward, religious in it. | A coward, a most devout coward, religious in it! | TN III.iv.380 |
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| Come, let's see the euent. | Come, let's see the event. | TN III.iv.385 |
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| Now as thou lou'st me, let me see his Letter. | Now, as thou lov'st me, let me see his letter. | TN V.i.1 |
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| Any thing. | Anything! | TN V.i.3 |
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| This is to giue a dogge, and in recompence desire | This is to give a dog, and in recompense desire | TN V.i.5 |
| my dogge againe. | my dog again. | TN V.i.6 |
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| By the Lord Madam, you wrong me, and the world shall | By the Lord, madam, you wrong me, and the world shall | TN V.i.300 |
| know it: Though you haue put mee into darkenesse, and giuen | know it. Though you have put me into darkness and given | TN V.i.301 |
| your drunken Cosine rule ouer me, yet haue I the benefit of | your drunken cousin rule over me, yet have I the benefit of | TN V.i.302 |
| my senses as well as your Ladieship. I haue your owne letter, | my senses as well as your ladyship. I have your own letter | TN V.i.303 |
| that induced mee to the semblance I put on; with the which | that induced me to the semblance I put on; with the which | TN V.i.304 |
| I doubt not, but to do my selfe much right, or you much | I doubt not but to do myself much right, or you much | TN V.i.305 |
| shame: thinke of me as you please. I leaue my duty a little | shame. Think of me as you please, I leave my duty a little | TN V.i.306 |
| vnthought of, and speake out of my iniury. The madly vs'd | unthought-of, and speak out of my injury. The madly-used | TN V.i.307 |
| Maluolio. | Malvolio. | TN V.i.308 |
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| Good Madam heare me speake, | Good madam, hear me speak; | TN V.i.353.2 |
| And let no quarrell, nor no braule to come, | And let no quarrel, nor no brawl to come, | TN V.i.354 |
| Taint the condition of this present houre, | Taint the condition of this present hour, | TN V.i.355 |
| Which I haue wondred at. In hope it shall not, | Which I have wondered at. In hope it shall not, | TN V.i.356 |
| Most freely I confesse my selfe, and Toby | Most freely I confess, myself and Toby | TN V.i.357 |
| Set this deuice against Maluolio heere, | Set this device against Malvolio here, | TN V.i.358 |
| Vpon some stubborne and vncourteous parts | Upon some stubborn and uncourteous parts | TN V.i.359 |
| We had conceiu'd against him. Maria writ | We had conceived against him. Maria writ | TN V.i.360 |
| The Letter, at sir Tobyes great importance, | The letter at Sir Toby's great importance, | TN V.i.361 |
| In recompence whereof, he hath married her: | In recompense whereof, he hath married her. | TN V.i.362 |
| How with a sportfull malice it was follow'd, | How with a sportful malice it was followed | TN V.i.363 |
| May rather plucke on laughter then reuenge, | May rather pluck on laughter than revenge, | TN V.i.364 |
| If that the iniuries be iustly weigh'd, | If that the injuries be justly weighed | TN V.i.365 |
| That haue on both sides past. | That have on both sides passed. | TN V.i.366 |