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| I do it not in euill disposition, | I do it not in evil disposition, | MM I.ii.117 |
| But from Lord Angelo by speciall charge. | But from Lord Angelo by special charge. | MM I.ii.118 |
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| Away, Sir, you must goe. | Away, sir, you must go. | MM I.ii.140 |
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| Here if it like your honour. | Here, if it like your honour. | MM II.i.33.1 |
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| 'Pray you doe; | Pray you, do. | MM II.ii.2.2 |
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| Ile know | I'll know | MM II.ii.2.3 |
| His pleasure, may be he will relent; alas | His pleasure; maybe he'll relent. Alas, | MM II.ii.3 |
| He hath but as offended in a dreame, | He hath but as offended in a dream. | MM II.ii.4 |
| All Sects, all Ages smack of this vice, and he | All sects, all ages smack of this vice, and he | MM II.ii.5 |
| To die for't? | To die for it! | MM II.ii.6.1 |
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| Is it your will Claudio shall die to morrow? | Is it your will Claudio shall die tomorrow? | MM II.ii.7 |
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| Lest I might be too rash: | Lest I might be too rash. | MM II.ii.9.2 |
| Vnder your good correction I haue seene | Under your good correction, I have seen | MM II.ii.10 |
| When after execution, Iudgement hath | When, after execution, judgement hath | MM II.ii.11 |
| Repented ore his doome. | Repented o'er his doom. | MM II.ii.12.1 |
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| I craue your Honours pardon: | I crave your honour's pardon. | MM II.ii.14.2 |
| What shall be done Sir, with the groaning Iuliet? | What shall be done, sir, with the groaning Juliet? | MM II.ii.15 |
| Shee's very neere her howre. | She's very near her hour. | MM II.ii.16.1 |
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| I my good Lord, a very vertuous maid, | Ay, my good lord, a very virtuous maid, | MM II.ii.20 |
| And to be shortlie of a Sister-hood, | And to be shortly of a sisterhood, | MM II.ii.21 |
| If not alreadie. | If not already. | MM II.ii.22.1 |
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| 'Saue your Honour. | God save your honour. | MM II.ii.25.2 |
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| Heauen giue thee mouing graces. | Heaven give thee moving graces. | MM II.ii.36.2 |
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| Pray heauen she win him. | Pray heaven she win him. | MM II.ii.125.2 |
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| I am the Prouost: whats your will, good Frier? | I am the provost. What's your will, good friar? | MM II.iii.2 |
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| I would do more then that, if more were needfull | I would do more than that, if more were needful. | MM II.iii.9 |
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| Looke here comes one: a Gentlewoman of mine, | Look, here comes one: a gentlewoman of mine, | MM II.iii.10 |
| Who falling in the flawes of her owne youth, | Who, falling in the flaws of her own youth, | MM II.iii.11 |
| Hath blisterd her report: She is with childe, | Hath blistered her report. She is with child, | MM II.iii.12 |
| And he that got it, sentenc'd: a yong man, | And he that got it, sentenced: a young man | MM II.iii.13 |
| More fit to doe another such offence, | More fit to do another such offence | MM II.iii.14 |
| Then dye for this. | Than die for this. | MM II.iii.15 |
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| As I do thinke to morrow. | As I do think, tomorrow. | MM II.iii.16.2 |
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| I haue prouided for you, stay a while | (To Juliet) I have provided for you; stay a while | MM II.iii.17 |
| And you shall be conducted. | And you shall be conducted. | MM II.iii.18 |
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| 'Tis pitty of him. | 'Tis pity of him. | MM II.iii.42.2 |
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| Who's there? Come in, the wish deserues a | Who's there? Come in. The wish deserves a | MM III.i.46 |
| welcome. | welcome. | MM III.i.47 |
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| And verie welcom: looke Signior, here's your | And very welcome. Look, signor, here's your | MM III.i.51 |
| sister. | sister. | MM III.i.52 |
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| As manie as you please. | As many as you please. | MM III.i.54 |
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| What's your will (father?) | What's your will, father? | MM III.i.177 |
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| In good time. | In good time. | MM III.i.181 |
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| A Bawd of eleuen yeares continuance, may it | A bawd of eleven years' continuance, may it | MM III.ii.187 |
| please your Honor. | please your honour. | MM III.ii.188 |
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| So please you, this Friar hath beene with him, | So please you, this friar hath been with him, | MM III.ii.202 |
| and aduis'd him for th' entertainment of death. | and advised him for th' entertainment of death. | MM III.ii.203 |
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| Come hither sirha; can you cut off a mans | Come hither, sirrah. Can you cut off a man's | MM IV.ii.1 |
| head? | head? | MM IV.ii.2 |
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| Come sir, leaue me your snatches, and yeeld | Come, sir, leave me your snatches, and yield | MM IV.ii.6 |
| mee a direct answere. To morrow morning are to die | me a direct answer. Tomorrow morning are to die | MM IV.ii.7 |
| Claudio and Barnardine: heere is in our prison a common | Claudio and Barnardine. Here is in our prison a common | MM IV.ii.8 |
| executioner, who in his office lacks a helper, if you | executioner, who in his office lacks a helper. If you | MM IV.ii.9 |
| will take it on you to assist him, it shall redeeme you | will take it on you to assist him, it shall redeem you | MM IV.ii.10 |
| from your Gyues: if not, you shall haue your full time | from your gyves; if not, you shall have your full time | MM IV.ii.11 |
| of imprisonment, and your deliuerance with an | of imprisonment, and your deliverance with an | MM IV.ii.12 |
| vnpittied whipping; for you haue beene a notorious bawd. | unpitied whipping, for you have been a notorious bawd. | MM IV.ii.13 |
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| What hoa, Abhorson: where's Abhorson there? | What ho, Abhorson! Where's Abhorson, there? | MM IV.ii.18 |
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| Sirha, here's a fellow will helpe you to morrow | Sirrah, here's a fellow will help you tomorrow | MM IV.ii.20 |
| in your execution: if you thinke it meet, compound with | in your execution. If you think it meet, compound with | MM IV.ii.21 |
| him by the yeere, and let him abide here with you, if | him by the year, and let him abide here with you; if | MM IV.ii.22 |
| not, vse him for the present, and dismisse him, hee cannot | not, use him for the present and dismiss him. He cannot | MM IV.ii.23 |
| plead his estimation with you: he hath beene a Bawd. | plead his estimation with you. He hath been a bawd. | MM IV.ii.24 |
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| Goe too Sir, you waigh equallie: a feather will | Go to, sir, you weigh equally. A feather will | MM IV.ii.27 |
| turne the Scale. | turn the scale. | MM IV.ii.28 |
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| Are you agreed? | Are you agreed? | MM IV.ii.45 |
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| You sirrah, prouide your blocke and your Axe | You, sirrah, provide your block and your axe | MM IV.ii.49 |
| to morrow, foure a clocke. | tomorrow four o'clock. | MM IV.ii.50 |
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| Call hether Barnardine and Claudio: | Call hither Barnardine and Claudio. | MM IV.ii.57 |
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| Th' one has my pitie; not a iot the other, | Th' one has my pity; not a jot the other, | MM IV.ii.58 |
| Being a Murtherer, though he were my brother. | Being a murderer, though he were my brother. | MM IV.ii.59 |
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| Looke, here's the Warrant Claudio, for thy death, | Look, here's the warrant, Claudio, for thy death. | MM IV.ii.60 |
| 'Tis now dead midnight, and by eight to morrow | 'Tis now dead midnight, and by eight tomorrow | MM IV.ii.61 |
| Thou must be made immortall. Where's Barnardine? | Thou must be made immortal. Where's Barnardine? | MM IV.ii.62 |
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| Who can do good on him? | Who can do good on him? | MM IV.ii.65.2 |
| Well, go, prepare your selfe. | Well, go, prepare yourself. | MM IV.ii.66.1 |
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| But harke, what noise? | But hark, what noise? | MM IV.ii.66.2 |
| Heauen giue your spirits comfort: | Heaven give your spirits comfort. | MM IV.ii.67.1 |
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| by, and by, | By and by. | MM IV.ii.67.2 |
| I hope it is some pardon, or repreeue | I hope it is some pardon or reprieve | MM IV.ii.68 |
| For the most gentle Claudio. | For the most gentle Claudio. | MM IV.ii.69.1 |
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| Welcome Father. | Welcome, father. | MM IV.ii.69.2 |
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| None since the Curphew rung. | None since the curfew rung. | MM IV.ii.72 |
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| No. | No. | MM IV.ii.73.2 |
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| What comfort is for Claudio? | What comfort is for Claudio? | MM IV.ii.74 |
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| It is a bitter Deputie. | It is a bitter deputy. | MM IV.ii.75.2 |
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| There he must stay vntil the Officer | There he must stay until the officer | MM IV.ii.87 |
| Arise to let him in: he is call'd vp. | Arise to let him in. He is called up. | MM IV.ii.88 |
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| None Sir, none. | None, sir, none. | MM IV.ii.90.2 |
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| Happely | Happily | MM IV.ii.92.2 |
| You something know: yet I beleeue there comes | You something know, yet I believe there comes | MM IV.ii.93 |
| No countermand: no such example haue we: | No countermand; no such example have we. | MM IV.ii.94 |
| Besides, vpon the verie siege of Iustice, | Besides, upon the very siege of justice, | MM IV.ii.95 |
| Lord Angelo hath to the publike eare | Lord Angelo hath to the public ear | MM IV.ii.96 |
| Profest the contrarie. | Professed the contrary. | MM IV.ii.97 |
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| And heere comes Claudio's pardon. | And here comes Claudio's pardon. | MM IV.ii.99 |
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| I shall obey him. | I shall obey him. | MM IV.ii.104 |
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| I told you: Lord Angelo (be-like) thinking me remisse | I told you. Lord Angelo, belike thinking me remiss | MM IV.ii.112 |
| In mine Office, awakens mee / With this vnwonted | in mine office, awakens me with this unwonted | MM IV.ii.113 |
| putting on, methinks strangely: / For he hath not vs'd | putting on – methinks strangely, for he hath not used | MM IV.ii.114 |
| it before. | it before. | MM IV.ii.115 |
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| Whatsoeuer you may heare to the | Whatsoever you may hear to the | MM IV.ii.117 |
| contrary, let Claudio be executed by foure of the clocke, and | contrary, let Claudio be executed by four of the clock, and, | MM IV.ii.118 |
| in the afternoone Bernardine: For my better satisfaction, | in the afternoon, Barnardine. For my better satisfaction, | MM IV.ii.119 |
| let mee haue Claudios head sent me by fiue. Let this be | let me have Claudio's head sent me by five. Let this be | MM IV.ii.120 |
| duely performed with a thought that more depends on it, | duly performed, with a thought that more depends on it | MM IV.ii.121 |
| then we must yet deliuer. Thus faile not to doe your Office, | than we must yet deliver. Thus fail not to do your office, | MM IV.ii.122 |
| as you will answere it at your perill. | as you will answer it at your peril. | MM IV.ii.123 |
| What say you to this Sir? | What say you to this, sir? | MM IV.ii.124 |
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| A Bohemian borne: But here nurst vp & | A Bohemian born, but here nursed up and | MM IV.ii.127 |
| bred, / One that is a prisoner nine yeeres old. | bred. One that is a prisoner nine years old. | MM IV.ii.128 |
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| His friends still wrought Repreeues for him: | His friends still wrought reprieves for him; | MM IV.ii.132 |
| And indeed his fact till now in the gouernment of Lord | and, indeed, his fact, till now in the government of Lord | MM IV.ii.133 |
| Angelo, came not to an vndoubtfull proofe. | Angelo, came not to an undoubtful proof. | MM IV.ii.134 |
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| Most manifest, and not denied by himselfe. | Most manifest, and not denied by himself. | MM IV.ii.136 |
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| A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully, | A man that apprehends death no more dreadfully | MM IV.ii.139 |
| but as a drunken sleepe, carelesse, wreaklesse, and | but as a drunken sleep; careless, reckless, and | MM IV.ii.140 |
| fearelesse of what's past, present, or to come: insensible | fearless of what's past, present, or to come; insensible | MM IV.ii.141 |
| of mortality, and desperately mortall. | of mortality, and desperately mortal. | MM IV.ii.142 |
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| He wil heare none: he hath euermore had the | He will hear none. He hath evermore had the | MM IV.ii.144 |
| liberty of the prison: giue him leaue to escape hence, hee | liberty of the prison. Give him leave to escape hence, he | MM IV.ii.145 |
| would not. Drunke many times a day, if not many daies | would not. Drunk many times a day, if not many days | MM IV.ii.146 |
| entirely drunke. We haue verie oft awak'd him, as if to | entirely drunk. We have very oft awaked him, as if to | MM IV.ii.147 |
| carrie him to execution, and shew'd him a seeming | carry him to execution, and showed him a seeming | MM IV.ii.148 |
| warrant for it, it hath not moued him at all. | warrant for it. It hath not moved him at all. | MM IV.ii.149 |
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| Pray Sir, in what? | Pray, sir, in what? | MM IV.ii.159 |
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| Alacke, how may I do it? Hauing the houre limited, | Alack, how may I do it, having the hour limited, | MM IV.ii.161 |
| and an expresse command, vnder penaltie, to deliuer his | and an express command, under penalty, to deliver his | MM IV.ii.162 |
| head in the view of Angelo? I may make my case as | head in the view of Angelo? I may make my case as | MM IV.ii.163 |
| Claudio's, to crosse this in the smallest. | Claudio's, to cross this in the smallest. | MM IV.ii.164 |
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| Angelo hath seene them both, / And will discouer | Angelo hath seen them both, and will discover | MM IV.ii.168 |
| the fauour. | the favour. | MM IV.ii.169 |
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| Pardon me, good Father, it is against my oath. | Pardon me, good father, it is against my oath. | MM IV.ii.176 |
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| To him, and to his Substitutes. | To him, and to his substitutes. | MM IV.ii.178 |
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| But what likelihood is in that? | But what likelihood is in that? | MM IV.ii.181 |
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| I know them both. | I know them both. | MM IV.ii.189 |
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| Now Sir, how do you finde the prisoner? | Now, sir, how do you find the prisoner? | MM IV.iii.64 |
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| Heere in the prison, Father, | Here in the prison, father, | MM IV.iii.67.2 |
| There died this morning of a cruell Feauor, | There died this morning of a cruel fever | MM IV.iii.68 |
| One Ragozine, a most notorious Pirate, | One Ragozine, a most notorious pirate, | MM IV.iii.69 |
| A man of Claudio's yeares: his beard, and head | A man of Claudio's years, his beard and head | MM IV.iii.70 |
| Iust of his colour. What if we do omit | Just of his colour. What if we do omit | MM IV.iii.71 |
| This Reprobate, til he were wel enclin'd, | This reprobate till he were well inclined, | MM IV.iii.72 |
| And satisfie the Deputie with the visage | And satisfy the deputy with the visage | MM IV.iii.73 |
| Of Ragozine, more like to Claudio? | Of Ragozine, more like to Claudio? | MM IV.iii.74 |
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| This shall be done (good Father) presently: | This shall be done, good father, presently, | MM IV.iii.80 |
| But Barnardine must die this afternoone, | But Barnardine must die this afternoon, | MM IV.iii.81 |
| And how shall we continue Claudio, | And how shall we continue Claudio, | MM IV.iii.82 |
| To saue me from the danger that might come, | To save me from the danger that might come | MM IV.iii.83 |
| If he were knowne aliue? | If he were known alive? | MM IV.iii.84.1 |
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| I am your free dependant. | I am your free dependant. | MM IV.iii.89 |
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| Heere is the head, Ile carrie it my selfe. | Here is the head. I'll carry it myself. | MM IV.iii.100 |
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| Ile make all speede. | I'll make all speed. | MM IV.iii.103.2 |
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| It was commanded so. | It was commanded so. | MM V.i.455.2 |
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| No my good Lord: it was by priuate message. | No, my good lord, it was by private message. | MM V.i.457 |
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| Pardon me, noble Lord, | Pardon me, noble lord, | MM V.i.459.2 |
| I thought it was a fault, but knew it not, | I thought it was a fault, but knew it not, | MM V.i.460 |
| Yet did repent me after more aduice, | Yet did repent me after more advice, | MM V.i.461 |
| For testimony whereof, one in the prison | For testimony whereof, one in the prison | MM V.i.462 |
| That should by priuate order else haue dide, | That should by private order else have died | MM V.i.463 |
| I haue reseru'd aliue. | I have reserved alive. | MM V.i.464.1 |
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| His name is Barnardine. | His name is Barnardine. | MM V.i.464.3 |
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| This my Lord. | This, my lord. | MM V.i.475.2 |
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| This is another prisoner that I sau'd, | This is another prisoner that I saved, | MM V.i.484 |
| Who should haue di'd when Claudio lost his head, | Who should have died when Claudio lost his head, | MM V.i.485 |
| As like almost to Claudio, as himselfe. | As like almost to Claudio as himself. | MM V.i.486 |