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Search phrase: bail

Plays

 18 result(s). alternate result(s)
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW V.iii.283.2I'll put in bail, my liege.Ile put in baile my liedge.
All's Well That Ends WellAW V.iii.293Good mother, fetch my bail. Stay, royal sir;Good mother fetch my bayle. Stay Royall sir,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.i.81I do obey thee till I give thee bail.I do obey thee, till I giue thee baile.
The Comedy of ErrorsCE IV.i.108And that shall bail me. Hie thee, slave. Be gone.And that shall baile me: hie thee slaue, be gone,
The Comedy of ErrorsCE V.i.382I sent you money, sir, to be your bailI sent you monie sir to be your bail
CoriolanusCor I.i.161.1The one side must have bale.The one side must haue baile.
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.111Sirrah, call in my sons to be my bail;Sirrah, call in my sonne to be my bale:
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.120Shall be their father's bail, and bane to thoseShall be their Fathers baile, and bane to those
Henry VI Part 22H6 V.i.123And here comes Clifford to deny their bail.And here comes Clifford to deny their baile.
Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.39I spy comfort, I cry bail. Here's a gentleman andI spy comfort, I cry baile: Here's a Gentleman, and
Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.69I hope, sir, your good worship will be my bail.I hope Sir, your good Worship wil be my baile?
Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.77You will not bail me then, sir?You will not baile me then Sir?
Measure for MeasureMM V.i.354First, provost, let me bail these gentle three – First Prouost, let me bayle these gentle three:
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.iv.86Sir Hugh send-a you? Rugby, baille me someSir Hugh send-a you? Rugby, ballow mee some
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.295I did, my lord; yet let me be their bail,I did my Lord, / Yet let me be their baile,
Titus AndronicusTit II.iii.299Thou shalt not bail them. See thou follow me.Thou shalt not baile them, see thou follow me:
Twelfth NightTN III.iv.174corner of the orchard like a bum-baily. So soon as evercorner of the Orchard like a bum-Baylie: so soone as euer
The Winter's TaleWT IV.iii.93a bailiff; then he compassed a motion of the Prodigal(a Bayliffe) then hee compast a Motion of the Prodigall

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1725 That blow did bail it from the deep unrest That blow did baile it from the deepe vnrest
SonnetsSonn.74.2 Without all bail shall carry me away, With out all bayle shall carry me away,
SonnetsSonn.133.10 But then my friend's heart let my poor heart bail; But then my friends heart let my poore heart bale,

Glossary

 8 result(s).
bailsecurity for release, guarantee of freedom
bailconfine, enclose
bailobtain release for, give freedom to
bailiffsheriff's officer who serves writs, carries out arrests, etc
baillegive
bum-baily, bum-bailiffbailiff, sheriff's officer [who catches people by sneaking up behind them]
ladedrain, bail, empty
suretygo bail for, act as a guarantor for

Thesaurus

 3 result(s).
baillade
bail, gosurety
bailiffbum-baily, bum-bailiff

Themes and Topics

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French... 12 avoir [may you] have baille (v ) mw i iv 86   give ...

Words Families

 5 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
BAILBASICbail n, bail v
BAILIFFBASICbailiff n, bum-baily n
BUMPEOPLEbum-baily n

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