| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Breake off thy song, and haste thee quick away, | Break off thy song, and haste thee quick away. | MM IV.i.7 |
| Here comes a man of comfort, whose aduice | Here comes a man of comfort, whose advice | MM IV.i.8 |
| Hath often still'd my brawling discontent. | Hath often stilled my brawling discontent. | MM IV.i.9 |
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| I cry you mercie, Sir, and well could wish | I cry you mercy, sir, and well could wish | MM IV.i.10 |
| You had not found me here so musicall. | You had not found me here so musical. | MM IV.i.11 |
| Let me excuse me, and beleeue me so, | Let me excuse me, and believe me so, | MM IV.i.12 |
| My mirth it much displeas'd, but pleas'd my woe. | My mirth it much displeased, but pleased my woe. | MM IV.i.13 |
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| You haue not bin enquir'd after: I haue sat | You have not been inquired after. I have sat | MM IV.i.19 |
| here all day. | here all day. | MM IV.i.20 |
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| I am alwayes bound to you. | I am always bound to you. | MM IV.i.24 |
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| Good Frier, I know you do, and haue found it. | Good friar, I know you do, and so have found it. | MM IV.i.53 |
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| Wilt please you walke aside. | Will't please you walk aside? | MM IV.i.58 |
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| Feare me not. | Fear me not. | MM IV.i.69.2 |
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| Be rul'd by him. | Be ruled by him. | MM IV.vi.4.2 |
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| I would Frier Peter | I would Friar Peter – | MM IV.vi.9.1 |
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| Pardon my Lord, I will not shew my face | Pardon, my lord, I will not show my face | MM V.i.169 |
| Vntill my husband bid me. | Until my husband bid me. | MM V.i.170 |
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| No my Lord. | No, my lord. | MM V.i.172 |
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| No my Lord. | No, my lord. | MM V.i.174 |
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| Neither, my Lord. | Neither, my lord. | MM V.i.176 |
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| My Lord, I doe confesse I nere was married, | My lord, I do confess I ne'er was married, | MM V.i.184 |
| And I confesse besides, I am no Maid, | And I confess besides I am no maid; | MM V.i.185 |
| I haue known my husband, yet my husband | I have known my husband, yet my husband | MM V.i.186 |
| Knowes not, that euer he knew me. | Knows not that ever he knew me. | MM V.i.187 |
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| Now I come to't, my Lord. | Now I come to't, my lord: | MM V.i.192 |
| Shee that accuses him of Fornication, | She that accuses him of fornication | MM V.i.193 |
| In selfe-same manner, doth accuse my husband, | In selfsame manner doth accuse my husband; | MM V.i.194 |
| And charges him, my Lord, with such a time, | And charges him, my lord, with such a time | MM V.i.195 |
| When I'le depose I had him in mine Armes | When, I'll depose, I had him in mine arms, | MM V.i.196 |
| With all th' effect of Loue. | With all th' effect of love. | MM V.i.197 |
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| Not that I know. | Not that I know. | MM V.i.198.2 |
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| Why iust, my Lord, and that is Angelo, | Why, just, my lord, and that is Angelo, | MM V.i.200 |
| Who thinkes he knowes, that he nere knew my body, | Who thinks he knows that he ne'er knew my body, | MM V.i.201 |
| But knows, he thinkes, that he knowes Isabels. | But knows, he thinks, that he knows Isabel's. | MM V.i.202 |
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| My husband bids me, now I will vnmaske. | My husband bids me. Now I will unmask. | MM V.i.204 |
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| This is that face, thou cruell Angelo | This is that face, thou cruel Angelo, | MM V.i.205 |
| Which once thou sworst, was worth the looking on: | Which once thou swor'st was worth the looking on. | MM V.i.206 |
| This is the hand, which with a vowd contract | This is the hand which, with a vowed contract, | MM V.i.207 |
| Was fast belockt in thine: This is the body | Was fast belocked in thine. This is the body | MM V.i.208 |
| That tooke away the match from Isabell, | That took away the match from Isabel, | MM V.i.209 |
| And did supply thee at thy garden-house | And did supply thee at thy garden-house | MM V.i.210 |
| In her Imagin'd person. | In her imagined person. | MM V.i.211.1 |
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| Noble Prince, | Noble prince, | MM V.i.222.2 |
| As there comes light from heauen, and words frõ breath, | As there comes light from heaven and words from breath, | MM V.i.223 |
| As there is sence in truth, and truth in vertue, | As there is sense in truth and truth in virtue, | MM V.i.224 |
| I am affianced this mans wife, as strongly | I am affianced this man's wife as strongly | MM V.i.225 |
| As words could make vp vowes: And my good Lord, | As words could make up vows, and, my good lord, | MM V.i.226 |
| But Tuesday night last gon, in's garden house, | But Tuesday night last gone in's garden-house | MM V.i.227 |
| He knew me as a wife. As this is true, | He knew me as a wife. As this is true, | MM V.i.228 |
| Let me in safety raise me from my knees, | Let me in safety raise me from my knees | MM V.i.229 |
| Or else for euer be confixed here | Or else for ever be confixed here | MM V.i.230 |
| A Marble Monument. | A marble monument. | MM V.i.231.1 |
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| Oh my most gracious Lord, | O, my most gracious lord, | MM V.i.413.2 |
| I hope you will not mocke me with a husband? | I hope you will not mock me with a husband. | MM V.i.414 |
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| Oh my deere Lord, | O my dear lord, | MM V.i.422.2 |
| I craue no other, nor no better man. | I crave no other, nor no better man. | MM V.i.423 |
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| Gentle my Liege. | Gentle my liege! – | MM V.i.425.1 |
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| Oh my good Lord, sweet Isabell, take my part, | O my good lord! Sweet Isabel, take my part, | MM V.i.427 |
| Lend me your knees, and all my life to come, | Lend me your knees, and, all my life to come, | MM V.i.428 |
| I'll lend you all my life to doe you seruice. | I'll lend you all my life to do you service. | MM V.i.429 |
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| Isabell: | Isabel, | MM V.i.433.2 |
| Sweet Isabel, doe yet but kneele by me, | Sweet Isabel, do yet but kneel by me. | MM V.i.434 |
| Hold vp your hands, say nothing: I'll speake all. | Hold up your hands, say nothing, I'll speak all. | MM V.i.435 |
| They say best men are moulded out of faults, | They say best men are moulded out of faults, | MM V.i.436 |
| And for the most, become much more the better | And, for the most, become much more the better | MM V.i.437 |
| For being a little bad: So may my husband. | For being a little bad. So may my husband. | MM V.i.438 |
| Oh Isabel: will you not lend a knee? | O Isabel, will you not lend a knee? | MM V.i.439 |
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| Meerely my Lord. | Merely, my lord. | MM V.i.451.2 |