Original text | Modern text | Key line |
For your Mothers sake, | For your mother's sake, | TNK I.i.26.2 |
And as you wish your womb may thrive with faire ones, | And as you wish your womb may thrive with fair ones, | TNK I.i.27 |
Heare and respect me, | Hear and respect me! | TNK I.i.28 |
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Honoured Hypolita | Honoured Hippolyta, | TNK I.i.77 |
Most dreaded Amazonian, that ha'st slaine | Most dreaded Amazonian, that hast slain | TNK I.i.78 |
The Sith-tuskd-Bore; that with thy Arme as strong | The scythe-tusked boar, that with thy arm as strong | TNK I.i.79 |
As it is white, wast neere to make the male | As it is white wast near to make the male | TNK I.i.80 |
To thy Sex captive; but that this thy Lord | To thy sex captive, but that this thy lord, | TNK I.i.81 |
Borne to uphold Creation, in that honour | Born to uphold creation in that honour | TNK I.i.82 |
First nature stilde it in, shrunke thee into | First Nature styled it in, shrunk thee into | TNK I.i.83 |
The bownd thou wast ore-flowing; at once subduing | The bound thou wast o'erflowing, at once subduing | TNK I.i.84 |
Thy force, and thy affection: Soldiresse | Thy force and thy affection; soldieress, | TNK I.i.85 |
That equally canst poize sternenes with pitty, | That equally canst poise sternness with pity, | TNK I.i.86 |
Whom now I know hast much more power on him | Whom now I know hast much more power on him | TNK I.i.87 |
Then ever he had on thee, who ow'st his strength, | Then ever he had on thee, who owest his strength | TNK I.i.88 |
And his, Love too: who is a Servant for | And his love too, who is a servant for | TNK I.i.89 |
The Tenour of the Speech. Deere Glasse of Ladies | The tenor of thy speech; dear glass of ladies, | TNK I.i.90 |
Bid him that we whom flaming war doth scortch, | Bid him that we whom flaming war doth scorch | TNK I.i.91 |
Vnder the shaddow of his Sword, may coole us: | Under the shadow of his sword may cool us; | TNK I.i.92 |
Require him he advance it ore our heades; | Require him he advance it o'er our heads; | TNK I.i.93 |
Speak't in a womans key: like such a woman | Speak't in a woman's key, like such a woman | TNK I.i.94 |
As any of us three; weepe ere you faile; | As any of us three; weep ere you fail. | TNK I.i.95 |
lend us a knee; | Lend us a knee; | TNK I.i.96 |
But touch the ground for us no longer time | But touch the ground for us no longer time | TNK I.i.97 |
Then a Doves motion, when the head's pluckt off: | Then a dove's motion when the head's plucked off; | TNK I.i.98 |
Tell him if he i'th blood cizd field, lay swolne | Tell him, if he i'th' blood-sized field lay swollen, | TNK I.i.99 |
Showing the Sun his Teeth; grinning at the Moone | Showing the sun his teeth, grinning at the moon, | TNK I.i.100 |
What you would doe. | What you would do. | TNK I.i.101.1 |
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What greifes our beds | What griefs our beds, | TNK I.i.140.2 |
That our deere Lords have none. | That our dear lords have none. | TNK I.i.141.1 |
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Now you may take him, | Now you may take him, | TNK I.i.157.2 |
Drunke with his victory. | Drunk with his victory. | TNK I.i.158.1 |
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All. | ALL QUEENS | |
Farewell. | Farewell. | TNK I.i.167.2 |
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We come unseasonably: But when could greefe | We come unseasonably; but when could grief | TNK I.i.168 |
Cull forth as unpanged judgement can, fit'st time | Cull forth, as unpanged judgement can, fittest time | TNK I.i.169 |
For best solicitation. | For best solicitation? | TNK I.i.170.1 |
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All Queens. | ALL QUEENS | |
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Oh helpe now | O, help now! | TNK I.i.199.2 |
Our Cause cries for your knee. | Our cause cries for your knee. | TNK I.i.200.1 |
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And earnst a Deity equal with Mars, | And earn'st a deity equal with Mars. | TNK I.i.227 |
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Both heaven and earth | Both heaven and earth | TNK I.iv.1.2 |
Friend thee for ever. | Friend thee for ever. | TNK I.iv.2.1 |
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And this to yours. | And this to yours. | TNK I.v.13.1 |