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So would not I for your owne sake, for I haue | So would not I, for your own sake; for I have | MA II.i.89 |
manie ill qualities. | many ill qualities. | MA II.i.90 |
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I say my prayers alowd. | I say my prayers aloud. | MA II.i.92 |
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God match me with a good dauncer. | God match me with a good dancer! | MA II.i.95 |
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And God keepe him out of my sight when the | And God keep him out of my sight when the | MA II.i.97 |
daunce is done: answer Clarke. | dance is done! Answer, clerk. | MA II.i.98 |
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Ile make her come I warrant you presently. | I'll make her come, I warrant you, presently. | MA III.i.14 |
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Troth I thinke your other rebato were better. | Troth, I think your other rebato were better. | MA III.iv.6 |
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By my troth's not so good, and I warrant | By my troth, 's not so good, and I warrant | MA III.iv.8 |
your cosin will say so. | your cousin will say so. | MA III.iv.9 |
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I like the new tire within excellently, if the | I like the new tire within excellently, if the | MA III.iv.12 |
haire were a thought browner: and your gown's a most | hair were a thought browner; and your gown's a most | MA III.iv.13 |
rare fashion yfaith, I saw the Dutchesse of Millaines gowne | rare fashion, i'faith. I saw the Duchess of Milan's gown | MA III.iv.14 |
that they praise so. | that they praise so. | MA III.iv.15 |
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By my troth's but a night-gowne in respect of | By my troth, 's but a nightgown in respect of | MA III.iv.17 |
yours, cloth a gold and cuts, and lac'd withsiluer, set | yours – cloth o' gold, and cuts, and laced with silver, set | MA III.iv.18 |
with pearles, downe sleeues, side sleeues, and skirts, round | with pearls, down-sleeves, side-sleeves, and skirts, round | MA III.iv.19 |
vnderborn with a blewish tinsel, but for a fine queint | underborne with a bluish tinsel; but for a fine, quaint, | MA III.iv.20 |
gracefull and excellent fashion, yours is worth ten on't. | graceful and excellent fashion, yours is worth ten on't. | MA III.iv.21 |
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'Twill be heauier soone, by the waight of a man. | 'Twill be heavier soon, by the weight of a man. | MA III.iv.24 |
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Of what Lady? of speaking honourably? is | Of what, lady? Of speaking honourably? Is | MA III.iv.26 |
not marriage honourable in a beggar? is not your Lord | not marriage honourable in a beggar? Is not your lord | MA III.iv.27 |
honourable without marriage? I thinke you would haue | honourable without marriage? I think you would have | MA III.iv.28 |
me say, sauing your reuerence a husband: and bad | me say, ‘ saving your reverence, a husband ’; and bad | MA III.iv.29 |
thinking doe not wrest true speaking, Ile offend no body, | thinking do not wrest true speaking, I'll offend nobody. | MA III.iv.30 |
is there any harme in the heauier for a husband? none | Is there any harm in ‘ the heavier for a husband ’? None, | MA III.iv.31 |
I thinke, and it be the right husband, and the right wife, | I think, an it be the right husband and the right wife; | MA III.iv.32 |
otherwise 'tis light and not heauy, aske my Lady | otherwise 'tis light, and not heavy; ask my Lady | MA III.iv.33 |
Beatrice else, here she comes. | Beatrice else, here she comes. | MA III.iv.34 |
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Claps into Light a loue, (that goes without a | Clap's into ‘ Light o' love ’; that goes without a | MA III.iv.39 |
burden,) do you sing it and Ile dance it. | burden. Do you sing it, and I'll dance it. | MA III.iv.40 |
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O illegitimate construction! I scorne that with | O illegitimate construction! I scorn that with | MA III.iv.44 |
my heeles. | my heels. | MA III.iv.45 |
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For a hauke, a horse, or a husband? | For a hawk, a horse, or a husband? | MA III.iv.48 |
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Well, and you be not turn'd Turke, there's no | Well, an you be not turned Turk, there's no | MA III.iv.50 |
more sayling by the starre. | more sailing by the star. | MA III.iv.51 |
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Nothing I, but God send euery one their | Nothing I; but God send everyone their | MA III.iv.53 |
harts desire. | heart's desire! | MA III.iv.54 |
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A maid and stuft! there's goodly catching | A maid, and stuffed! There's goodly catching | MA III.iv.58 |
of colde. | of cold. | MA III.iv.59 |
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Euer since you left it, doth not my wit | Even since you left it. Doth not my wit | MA III.iv.62 |
become me rarely? | become me rarely? | MA III.iv.63 |
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Get you some of this distill'd carduus benedictus | Get you some of this distilled Carduus Benedictus, | MA III.iv.66 |
and lay it to your heart, it is the onely thing for a | and lay it to your heart: it is the only thing for a | MA III.iv.67 |
qualm. | qualm. | MA III.iv.68 |
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Morall? no by my troth, I haue no morall | Moral? No, by my troth, I have no moral | MA III.iv.72 |
meaning, I meant plaine holy thissell, you may thinke perchance | meaning; I meant plain holy-thistle. You may think perchance | MA III.iv.73 |
that I thinke you are in loue, nay birlady I | that I think you are in love. Nay, by'r Lady, I | MA III.iv.74 |
am not such a foole to thinke what I list, nor I list not to | am not such a fool to think what I list, nor I list not to | MA III.iv.75 |
thinke what I can, nor indeed I cannot thinke, if I would | think what I can, nor indeed I cannot think, if I would | MA III.iv.76 |
thinke my hart out of thinking, that you are in loue, or | think my heart out of thinking, that you are in love, or | MA III.iv.77 |
that you will be in loue, or that you can be in loue: yet | that you will be in love, or that you can be in love. Yet | MA III.iv.78 |
Benedicke was such another, and now is he become a | Benedick was such another, and now is he become a | MA III.iv.79 |
man, he swore hee would neuer marry, and yet now in | man; he swore he would never marry, and yet now, in | MA III.iv.80 |
despight of his heart he eates his meat without grudging, | despite of his heart, he eats his meat without grudging; | MA III.iv.81 |
and how you may be conuerted I know not, but me thinkes | and how you may be converted I know not, but methinks | MA III.iv.82 |
you looke with your eies as other women doe. | you look with your eyes as other women do. | MA III.iv.83 |
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Not a false gallop. | Not a false gallop. | MA III.iv.85 |
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Will you then write me a Sonnet in praise of | Will you then write me a sonnet in praise of | MA V.ii.4 |
my beautie? | my beauty? | MA V.ii.5 |
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To haue no man come ouer me, why, shall I | To have no man come over me! Why, shall I | MA V.ii.9 |
alwaies keepe below staires? | always keep below stairs? | MA V.ii.10 |
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And yours, as blunt as the Fencers foiles, which | And yours as blunt as the fencer's foils, which | MA V.ii.13 |
hit, but hurt not. | hit, but hurt not. | MA V.ii.14 |
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Giue vs the swords, wee haue bucklers of our | Give us the swords; we have bucklers of our | MA V.ii.18 |
owne. | own. | MA V.ii.19 |
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Well, I will call Beatrice to you, who I thinke | Well, I will call Beatrice to you, who I think | MA V.ii.23 |
hath legges. | hath legs. | MA V.ii.24 |