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| A great signe sir, that he will looke sad. | A great sign, sir, that he will look sad. | LLL I.ii.3 |
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| No no, O Lord sir no. | No, no; O Lord, sir, no! | LLL I.ii.6 |
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| By a familiar demonstration of the working, my | By a familiar demonstration of the working, my | LLL I.ii.9 |
| tough signeur. | tough signor. | LLL I.ii.10 |
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| Why tender Iuuenall? Why tender Iuuenall? | Why tender juvenal? Why tender juvenal? | LLL I.ii.12 |
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| And I tough signeur, as an appertinent title to your | And I, tough signor, as an appertinent title to your | LLL I.ii.16 |
| olde time, which we may name tough. | old time, which we may name tough. | LLL I.ii.17 |
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| How meane you sir, I pretty, and my saying apt? or | How mean you, sir? I pretty and my saying apt, or | LLL I.ii.19 |
| I apt, and my saying prettie? | I apt and my saying pretty? | LLL I.ii.20 |
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| Little pretty, because little: wherefore apt? | Little pretty, because little. Wherefore apt? | LLL I.ii.22 |
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| Speake you this in my praise Master? | Speak you this in my praise, master? | LLL I.ii.24 |
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| I will praise an Eele with the same praise. | I will praise an eel with the same praise. | LLL I.ii.26 |
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| That an Eeele is quicke. | That an eel is quick. | LLL I.ii.28 |
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| I am answer'd sir. | I am answered, sir. | LLL I.ii.31 |
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| He speakes the meere contrary, crosses loue | He speaks the mere contrary – crosses love | LLL I.ii.33 |
| not him. | not him. | LLL I.ii.34 |
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| You may doe it in an houre sir. | You may do it in an hour, sir. | LLL I.ii.37 |
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| How many is one thrice told? | How many is one thrice told? | LLL I.ii.39 |
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| You are a gentleman and a gamester sir. | You are a gentleman and a gamester, sir. | LLL I.ii.42 |
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| Then I am sure you know how much the grosse summe | Then I am sure you know how much the gross sum | LLL I.ii.45 |
| of deus-ace amounts to. | of deuce-ace amounts to. | LLL I.ii.46 |
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| Which the base vulgar call three. | Which the base vulgar do call three. | LLL I.ii.48 |
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| Why sir is this such a peece of study? Now here's | Why, sir, is this such a piece of study? Now here is | LLL I.ii.50 |
| three studied, ere you'll thrice wink, & how easie it is to | three studied ere ye'll thrice wink; and how easy it is to | LLL I.ii.51 |
| put yeres to the word three, and study three yeeres in | put ‘ years ’ to the word ‘ three,’ and study three years in | LLL I.ii.52 |
| two words, the dancing horse will tell you. | two words, the dancing horse will tell you. | LLL I.ii.53 |
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| To proue you a Cypher. | To prove you a cipher. | LLL I.ii.55 |
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| Hercules Master. | Hercules, master. | LLL I.ii.64 |
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| Sampson Master, he was a man of good carriage, | Samson, master: he was a man of good carriage – | LLL I.ii.68 |
| great carriage: for hee carried the Towne-gates on his | great carriage, for he carried the town-gates on his | LLL I.ii.69 |
| backe like a Porter: and he was in loue. | back like a porter – and he was in love. | LLL I.ii.70 |
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| A Woman, Master. | A woman, master. | LLL I.ii.75 |
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| Of all the foure, or the three, or the two, or one of | Of all the four, or the three, or the two, or one of | LLL I.ii.77 |
| the foure. | the four. | LLL I.ii.78 |
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| Of the sea-water Greene sir. | Of the sea-water green, sir. | LLL I.ii.80 |
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| As I haue read sir, and the best of them too. | As I have read, sir; and the best of them too. | LLL I.ii.82 |
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| It was so sir, for she had a greene wit. | It was so, sir, for she had a green wit. | LLL I.ii.86 |
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| Most immaculate thoughts Master, are mask'd vnder | Most maculate thoughts, master, are masked under | LLL I.ii.88 |
| such colours. | such colours. | LLL I.ii.89 |
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| My fathers witte, and my mothers tongue assist mee. | My father's wit and my mother's tongue assist me! | LLL I.ii.91 |
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| If shee be made of white and red, | If she be made of white and red, | LLL I.ii.94 |
| Her faults will nere be knowne: | Her faults will ne'er be known, | LLL I.ii.95 |
| For blush-in cheekes by faults are bred, | For blushing cheeks by faults are bred, | LLL I.ii.96 |
| And feares by pale white showne: | And fears by pale white shown. | LLL I.ii.97 |
| Then if she feare, or be to blame, | Then if she fear or be to blame, | LLL I.ii.98 |
| By this you shall not know, | By this you shall not know, | LLL I.ii.99 |
| For still her cheekes possesse the same, | For still her cheeks possess the same | LLL I.ii.100 |
| Which natiue she doth owe: | Which native she doth owe. | LLL I.ii.101 |
| A dangerous rime master against the reason of white | A dangerous rhyme, master, against the reason of white | LLL I.ii.102 |
| and redde. | and red. | LLL I.ii.103 |
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| The world was very guilty of such a Ballet some | The world was very guilty of such a ballad some | LLL I.ii.106 |
| three ages since, but I thinke now 'tis not to be found: | three ages since, but I think now 'tis not to be found; | LLL I.ii.107 |
| or if it were, it would neither serue for the writing, nor | or, if it were, it would neither serve for the writing nor | LLL I.ii.108 |
| the tune. | the tune. | LLL I.ii.109 |
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| To bee whip'd: and yet a better loue then | To be whipped – and yet a better love than | LLL I.ii.114 |
| my Master. | my master. | LLL I.ii.115 |
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| And that's great maruell, louing a light | And that's great marvel, loving a light | LLL I.ii.117 |
| wench. | wench. | LLL I.ii.118 |
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| Forbeare till this company be past. | Forbear till this company be passed. | LLL I.ii.120 |
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| Come you transgressing slaue, away. | Come, you transgressing slave, away! | LLL I.ii.148 |
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| No sir, that were fast and loose: thou shalt to | No, sir, that were fast and loose. Thou shalt to | LLL I.ii.151 |
| prison. | prison. | LLL I.ii.152 |
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| What shall some see? | What shall some see? | LLL I.ii.155 |
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| Concolinel. | MOTE (singing) Concolinel. | LLL III.i.3 |
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| Will you win your loue with a French | Master, will you win your love with a French | LLL III.i.7 |
| braule? | brawl? | LLL III.i.8 |
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| No my compleat master, but to Iigge off a tune at | No, my complete master; but to jig off a tune at | LLL III.i.10 |
| the tongues end, canarie to it with the feete, humour it | the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet, humour it | LLL III.i.11 |
| with turning vp your eie: sigh a note and sing a | with turning up your eyelids, sigh a note and sing a | LLL III.i.12 |
| note, sometime through the throate: if you swallowed | note, sometime through the throat as if you swallowed | LLL III.i.13 |
| loue with singing, loue sometime through: nose as if | love with singing love, sometime through the nose as if | LLL III.i.14 |
| you snuft vp loue by smelling loue with your hat | you snuffed up love by smelling love, with your hat | LLL III.i.15 |
| penthouse- like ore the shop of your eies, with your | penthouse-like o'er the shop of your eyes, with your | LLL III.i.16 |
| armes crost on your thinbellie doublet, like a Rabbet | arms crossed on your thin-belly doublet like a rabbit | LLL III.i.17 |
| on a spit, or your hands in your pocket, like a man after | on a spit, or your hands in your pocket like a man after | LLL III.i.18 |
| the old painting, and keepe not too long in one tune, but a | the old painting; and keep not too long in one tune, but a | LLL III.i.19 |
| snip and away: these are complements, these are humours, | snip and away. These are compliments, these are humours, | LLL III.i.20 |
| these betraie nice wenches that would be betraied | these betray nice wenches, that would be betrayed | LLL III.i.21 |
| without these, and make them men of note: do you | without these; and make them men of note – do you | LLL III.i.22 |
| note men that most are affected to these? | note me? – that most are affected to these. | LLL III.i.23 |
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| By my penne of obseruation. | By my penny of observation. | LLL III.i.25 |
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| The Hobbie-horse is forgot. | ‘ The hobby-horse is forgot.’ | LLL III.i.27 |
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| No Master, the Hobbie-horse is but a Colt, | No, master. The hobby-horse is but a colt, (aside) | LLL III.i.29 |
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| and your Loue perhaps, a Hacknie: But haue | and your love perhaps a hackney. (To him) But have | LLL III.i.30 |
| you forgot your Loue? | you forgot your love? | LLL III.i.31 |
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| Negligent student, learne her by heart. | Negligent student! Learn her by heart. | LLL III.i.33 |
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| And out of heart Master: all those three I will | And out of heart, master. All those three I will | LLL III.i.35 |
| proue. | prove. | LLL III.i.36 |
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| A man, if I liue (and this) by, in, and without, | A man, if I live; and this ‘ by,’ ‘ in,’ and ‘ without,’ | LLL III.i.38 |
| vpon the instant: by heart you loue her, because your | upon the instant. ‘ By ’ heart you love her, because your | LLL III.i.39 |
| heart cannot come by her: in heart you loue her, | heart cannot come by her; ‘ in ’ heart you love her, | LLL III.i.40 |
| because your heart is in loue with her: and out of | because your heart is in love with her; and ‘ out ’ of | LLL III.i.41 |
| heart you loue her, being out of heart that you cannot | heart you love her, being out of heart that you cannot | LLL III.i.42 |
| enioy her. | enjoy her. | LLL III.i.43 |
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| And three times as much more, and yet nothing at | And three times as much more, and yet nothing at | LLL III.i.45 |
| all. | all. | LLL III.i.46 |
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| A message well simpathis'd, a Horse to be embassadour | A message well sympathized – a horse to be ambassador | LLL III.i.49 |
| for an Asse. | for an ass. | LLL III.i.50 |
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| Marrie sir, you must send the Asse vpon the Horse | Marry, sir, you must send the ass upon the horse, | LLL III.i.52 |
| for he is verie slow gated: but I goe. | for he is very slow-gaited. But I go. | LLL III.i.53 |
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| As swift as Lead sir. | As swift as lead, sir. | LLL III.i.55 |
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| Minnime honest Master, or rather Master no. | Minime, honest master; or rather, master, no. | LLL III.i.58 |
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| You are too swift sir to say so. | You are too swift, sir, to say so. | LLL III.i.59.2 |
| Is that Lead slow which is fir'd from a Gunne? | Is that lead slow which is fired from a gun? | LLL III.i.60 |
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| Thump then, and I flee. | Thump then, and I flee. | LLL III.i.63.2 |
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| A wonder Master, here's a Costard broken in a shin. | A wonder, master! Here's a Costard broken in a shin. | LLL III.i.68 |
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| Doe the wise thinke them other, is not lenuoy a | Do the wise think them other? Is not l'envoy a | LLL III.i.78 |
| salue? | salve? | LLL III.i.79 |
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| I will add the l'envoy. Say the moral again. | LLL III.i.86 |
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| Until the goose came out of door, | LLL III.i.89 |
| And stayed the odds by adding four. | LLL III.i.90 |
| Now will I begin your moral, and do you follow with | LLL III.i.91 |
| my l'envoy. | LLL III.i.92 |
| The fox, the ape, and the humble-bee | LLL III.i.93 |
| Were still at odds, being but three. | LLL III.i.94 |
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| A good Lenuoy, ending in the Goose: would you | A good l'envoy, ending in the goose. Would you | LLL III.i.97 |
| desire more? | desire more? | LLL III.i.98 |
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| By saying that a Costard was broken in a shin. | By saying that a costard was broken in a shin. | LLL III.i.104 |
| Then cal'd you for the Lenuoy. | Then called you for the l'envoy. | LLL III.i.105 |
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| I will tell you sencibly. | I will tell you sensibly. | LLL III.i.111 |
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| Like the sequell I. / Signeur Costard adew. | Like the sequel, I. Signor Costard, adieu. | LLL III.i.132 |
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| They haue beene at a great feast of | They have been at a great feast of | LLL V.i.36 |
| Languages, and stolne the scraps. | languages and stolen the scraps. | LLL V.i.37 |
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| Peace, the peale begins. | Peace! The peal begins. | LLL V.i.43 |
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| Yes, yes, he teaches boyes the Horne-booke: What is | Yes, yes! He teaches boys the horn-book. What is | LLL V.i.45 |
| Ab speld backward with the horn on his head? | a, b, spelt backward with the horn on his head? | LLL V.i.46 |
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| Ba most seely Sheepe, with a horne: you heare | Ba, most silly sheep with a horn. You hear his | LLL V.i.48 |
| his learning. | learning. | LLL V.i.49 |
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| The last of the fiue Vowels if You repeat them, or | The last of the five vowels, if you repeat them; or | LLL V.i.51 |
| the fift if I. | the fifth, if I. | LLL V.i.52 |
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| The Sheepe, the other two concludes it o u. | The sheep. The other two concludes it – o, u. | LLL V.i.54 |
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| Offered by a childe to an olde man: which is | Offered by a child to an old man – which is | LLL V.i.58 |
| wit-old. | wit-old. | LLL V.i.59 |
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| Hornes. | Horns. | LLL V.i.61 |
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| Lend me your Horne to make one, and I will whip | Lend me your horn to make one, and I will whip | LLL V.i.64 |
| about your Infamie vnum cita a gigge of a Cuckolds horne. | about your infamy manu cita. A gig of a cuckold's horn! | LLL V.i.65 |
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| An excellent deuice: so if any of the audience hisse, | An excellent device! So if any of the audience hiss, | LLL V.i.131 |
| you may cry, Well done Hercules, now thou crushest | you may cry ‘ Well done, Hercules! Now thou crushest | LLL V.i.132 |
| the Snake; that is the way to make an offence gracious, | the snake!’ That is the way to make an offence gracious, | LLL V.i.133 |
| though few haue the grace to doe it. | though few have the grace to do it. | LLL V.i.134 |
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| Thrice worthy Gentleman. | Thrice-worthy gentleman! | LLL V.i.137 |
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| All haile, the richest Beauties on the earth. | All hail, the richest beauties on the earth! | LLL V.ii.158 |
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| A holy parcell of the fairest dames | A holy parcel of the fairest dames | LLL V.ii.160 |
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| that euer turn'd their backes to mortall viewes. | That ever turned their – backs – to mortal views! | LLL V.ii.161 |
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| That euer turn'd their eyes to mortall viewes. | That ever turned their eyes to mortal views! | LLL V.ii.163 |
| Out | Out – | LLL V.ii.164 |
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| Out of your fauours heauenly spirits vouchsafe | Out of your favours, heavenly spirits, vouchsafe | LLL V.ii.166 |
| Not to beholde. | Not to behold – | LLL V.ii.167 |
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| Once to behold with your Sunne beamed eyes, | Once to behold with your sun-beamed eyes – | LLL V.ii.169 |
| With your Sunne beamed eyes. | With your sun-beamed eyes – | LLL V.ii.170 |
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| They do not marke me, and that brings me out. | They do not mark me, and that brings me out. | LLL V.ii.173 |
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| Master, let me take you a button hole lower: / Do you | Master, let me take you a buttonhole lower. Do you | LLL V.ii.697 |
| not see Pompey is vncasing for the combat: what | not see, Pompey is uncasing for the combat. What | LLL V.ii.698 |
| meane you? you will lose your reputation. | mean you? You will lose your reputation. | LLL V.ii.699 |