Original text | Modern text | Key line |
Yea, or else it were pitty but they should suffer | Yea, or else it were pity but they should suffer | MA III.iii.2 |
saluation body and soule. | salvation, body and soul. | MA III.iii.3 |
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Well, giue them their charge, neighbour | Well, give them their charge, neighbour | MA III.iii.7 |
Dogbery. | Dogberry. | MA III.iii.8 |
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If he will not stand when he is bidden, hee is none | If he will not stand when he is bidden, he is none | MA III.iii.31 |
of the Princes subiects. | of the Prince's subjects. | MA III.iii.32 |
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You haue bin alwaies cal'd a merciful mã | You have been always called a merciful man, | MA III.iii.59 |
partner. | partner. | MA III.iii.60 |
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If you heare a child crie in the night you must call | If you hear a child cry in the night, you must call | MA III.iii.63 |
to the nurse, and bid her still it. | to the nurse and bid her still it. | MA III.iii.64 |
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'Tis verie true. | 'Tis very true. | MA III.iii.71 |
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Nay birladie that I thinke a cannot. | Nay, by'r Lady, that I think 'a cannot. | MA III.iii.75 |
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Birladie I thinke it be so. | By'r Lady, I think it be so. | MA III.iii.81 |
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Yes in truth it is sir. | Yes, in truth it is, sir. | MA III.v.7 |
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Yes I thank God, I am as honest as any man liuing, | Yes, I thank God I am as honest as any man living | MA III.v.13 |
that is an old man, and no honester then I. | that is an old man and no honester than I. | MA III.v.14 |
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And so am I. | And so am I. | MA III.v.27 |
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Marry sir our watch to night, excepting your | Marry, sir, our watch tonight, excepting your | MA III.v.29 |
worships presence, haue tane a couple of as arrant knaues | worship's presence, ha' ta'en a couple of as arrant knaves | MA III.v.30 |
as any in Messina. | as any in Messina. | MA III.v.31 |
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And we must doe it wisely. | And we must do it wisely. | MA III.v.55 |
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O a stoole and a cushion for the Sexton. | O, a stool and a cushion for the Sexton. | MA IV.ii.2 |
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Nay that's certaine, wee haue the exhibition to | Nay, that's certain; we have the exhibition to | MA IV.ii.5 |
examine. | examine. | MA IV.ii.6 |
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Yea by th'masse that it is. | Yea, by mass, that it is. | MA IV.ii.49 |
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Let them be in the hands | Let them be – in the hands. | MA IV.ii.66 |
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Here, here comes master Signior Leonato, and | Here, here comes master Signor Leonato, and | MA V.i.244 |
the Sexton too. | the Sexton too. | MA V.i.245 |