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| Nay, 'twill bee this howre ere I haue done weeping: | Nay, 'twill be this hour ere I have done weeping; | TG II.iii.1 |
| all the kinde of the Launces, haue this very fault: I haue | all the kind of the Launces have this very fault. I have | TG II.iii.2 |
| receiu'd my proportion, like the prodigious Sonne, and am | received my proportion, like the prodigious son, and am | TG II.iii.3 |
| going with Sir Protheus to the Imperialls Court: I thinke | going with Sir Proteus to the Imperial's court. I think | TG II.iii.4 |
| Crab my dog, be the sowrest natured dogge that liues: My | Crab my dog be the sourest-natured dog that lives. My | TG II.iii.5 |
| Mother weeping: my Father wayling: my Sister crying: | mother weeping, my father wailing, my sister crying, | TG II.iii.6 |
| our Maid howling: our Catte wringing her hands, and all | our maid howling, our cat wringing her hands, and all | TG II.iii.7 |
| our house in a great perplexitie, yet did not this cruell-hearted | our house in a great perplexity; yet did not this cruel-hearted | TG II.iii.8 |
| Curre shedde one teare: he is a stone, a very pibble stone, | cur shed one tear. He is a stone, a very pebble-stone, | TG II.iii.9 |
| and has no more pitty in him then a dogge: a Iew | and has no more pity in him than a dog. A Jew | TG II.iii.10 |
| would haue wept to haue seene our parting: why my | would have wept to have seen our parting. Why, my | TG II.iii.11 |
| Grandam hauing no eyes, looke you, wept her selfe blinde | grandam, having no eyes, look you, wept herself blind | TG II.iii.12 |
| at my parting: nay, Ile shew you the manner of it. | at my parting. Nay, I'll show you the manner of it. | TG II.iii.13 |
| This shooe is my father: no, this left shooe is my father; | This shoe is my father. No, this left shoe is my father. | TG II.iii.14 |
| no, no, this left shooe is my mother: nay, that cannot bee | No, no, this left shoe is my mother. Nay, that cannot be | TG II.iii.15 |
| so neyther: yes; it is so, it is so: it hath the worser sole: | so neither. Yes, it is so, it is so; it hath the worser sole. | TG II.iii.16 |
| this shooe with the hole in it, is my mother: and this my | This shoe with the hole in it is my mother, and this my | TG II.iii.17 |
| father: a veng'ance on't, there 'tis: Now sir, this staffe | father. A vengeance on't, there 'tis. Now, sir, this staff | TG II.iii.18 |
| is my sister: for, looke you, she is as white as a lilly, and | is my sister; for, look you, she is as white as a lily, and | TG II.iii.19 |
| as small as a wand: this hat is Nan our maid: I am the | as small as a wand. This hat is Nan our maid. I am the | TG II.iii.20 |
| dogge: no, the dogge is himselfe, and I am the dogge: oh, the | dog. No, the dog is himself, and I am the dog. O, the | TG II.iii.21 |
| dogge is me, and I am my selfe: I; so, so: now come I to | dog is me, and I am myself. Ay, so, so. Now come I to | TG II.iii.22 |
| my Father; Father, your blessing: now should not the | my father: ‘ Father, your blessing.’ Now should not the | TG II.iii.23 |
| shooe speake a word for weeping: now should I kisse my | shoe speak a word for weeping. Now should I kiss my | TG II.iii.24 |
| Father; well, hee weepes on: Now come I to my Mother: | father; well, he weeps on. Now come I to my mother. | TG II.iii.25 |
| Oh that she could speake now, like a would-woman: well, | O, that she could speak now like an old woman! Well, | TG II.iii.26 |
| I kisse her: why there 'tis; heere's my mothers breath vp | I kiss her. Why, there 'tis; here's my mother's breath up | TG II.iii.27 |
| and downe: Now come I to my sister; marke the moane she | and down. Now come I to my sister. Mark the moan she | TG II.iii.28 |
| makes: now the dogge all this while sheds not a teare: nor | makes. Now the dog all this while sheds not a tear, nor | TG II.iii.29 |
| speakes a word: but see how I lay the dust with my teares. | speaks a word; but see how I lay the dust with my tears. | TG II.iii.30 |
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| It is no matter if the tide were lost, for it is the | It is no matter if the tied were lost, for it is the | TG II.iii.35 |
| vnkindest Tide, that euer any man tide. | unkindest tied that ever any man tied. | TG II.iii.36 |
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| Why, he that's tide here, Crab my dog. | Why, he that's tied here, Crab, my dog. | TG II.iii.38 |
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| For feare thou shouldst loose thy tongue. | For fear thou shouldst lose thy tongue. | TG II.iii.44 |
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| In thy Tale. | In thy tale. | TG II.iii.46 |
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| Loose the Tide, and the voyage, and the Master, | Lose the tide, and the voyage, and the master, | TG II.iii.48 |
| and the Seruice, and the tide: why man, if the Riuer | and the service, and the tied. Why, man, if the river | TG II.iii.49 |
| were drie, I am able to fill it with my teares: if the winde | were dry, I am able to fill it with my tears. If the wind | TG II.iii.50 |
| were downe, I could driue the boate with my sighes. | were down, I could drive the boat with my sighs. | TG II.iii.51 |
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| Sir: call me what thou dar'st. | Sir, call me what thou darest. | TG II.iii.54 |
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| Well, I will goe. | Well, I will go. | TG II.iii.56 |
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| Forsweare not thy selfe, sweet youth, for I am not | Forswear not thyself, sweet youth, for I am not | TG II.v.2 |
| welcome. I reckon this alwaies, that a man is neuer vndon | welcome. I reckon this always, that a man is never undone | TG II.v.3 |
| till hee be hang'd, nor neuer welcome to a place, till | till he be hanged, nor never welcome to a place till | TG II.v.4 |
| some certaine shot be paid, and the Hostesse say | some certain shot be paid, and the hostess say, | TG II.v.5 |
| welcome. | ‘ Welcome.’ | TG II.v.6 |
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| Marry after they cloas'd in earnest, they parted | Marry, after they closed in earnest, they parted | TG II.v.11 |
| very fairely in iest. | very fairly in jest. | TG II.v.12 |
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| No. | No. | TG II.v.14 |
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| No, neither. | No, neither. | TG II.v.16 |
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| No; they are both as whole as a fish. | No, they are both as whole as a fish. | TG II.v.18 |
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| Marry thus, when it stands well with him, it | Marry, thus: when it stands well with him, it | TG II.v.20 |
| stands well with her. | stands well with her. | TG II.v.21 |
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| What a blocke art thou, that thou canst not? My | What a block art thou, that thou canst not! My | TG II.v.23 |
| staffe vnderstands me? | staff understands me. | TG II.v.24 |
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| I, and what I do too: looke thee, Ile but leane, | Ay, and what I do too; look there, I'll but lean, | TG II.v.26 |
| and my staffe vnderstands me. | and my staff understands me. | TG II.v.27 |
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| Why, stand-vnder: and vnder-stand is all one. | Why, stand-under and under-stand is all one. | TG II.v.29 |
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| Aske my dogge, if he say I, it will: if hee say no, it | Ask my dog. If he say ay, it will; if he say no, it | TG II.v.31 |
| will: if hee shake his taile, and say nothing, it will. | will; if he shake his tail and say nothing, it will. | TG II.v.32 |
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| Thou shalt neuer get such a secret from me, but | Thou shalt never get such a secret from me but | TG II.v.34 |
| by a parable. | by a parable. | TG II.v.35 |
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| I neuer knew him otherwise. | I never knew him otherwise. | TG II.v.38 |
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| A notable Lubber: as thou reportest him to bee. | A notable lubber, as thou reportest him to be. | TG II.v.40 |
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| Why Foole, I meant not thee, I meant thy | Why, fool, I meant not thee, I meant thy | TG II.v.42 |
| Master. | master. | TG II.v.43 |
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| Why, I tell thee, I care not, though hee burne himselfe | Why, I tell thee, I care not though he burn himself | TG II.v.45 |
| in Loue. If thou wilt goe with me to the Ale-house: if | in love. If thou wilt, go with me to the alehouse; if | TG II.v.46 |
| not, thou art an Hebrew, a Iew, and not worth the name | not, thou art an Hebrew, a Jew, and not worth the name | TG II.v.47 |
| of a Christian. | of a Christian. | TG II.v.48 |
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| Because thou hast not so much charity in thee as | Because thou hast not so much charity in thee as | TG II.v.50 |
| to goe to the Ale with a Christian: Wilt thou goe? | to go to the ale with a Christian. Wilt thou go? | TG II.v.51 |
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| So-hough, Soa hough--- | So-ho, so-ho! | TG III.i.189 |
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| Him we goe to finde, / There's not a haire on's head, | Him we go to find: there's not a hair on's head | TG III.i.191 |
| but 'tis a Valentine. | but 'tis a Valentine. | TG III.i.192 |
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| Can nothing speake? Master, shall I strike? | Can nothing speak? Master, shall I strike? | TG III.i.199 |
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| Nothing. | Nothing. | TG III.i.201 |
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| Why Sir, Ile strike nothing: I pray you. | Why, sir, I'll strike nothing. I pray you – | TG III.i.203 |
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| Sir, there is a proclamation, yt you are vanished. | Sir, there is a proclamation that you are vanished. | TG III.i.216 |
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| I am but a foole, looke you, and yet I haue the wit to | I am but a fool, look you, and yet I have the wit to | TG III.i.261 |
| thinke my Master is a kinde of a knaue: but that's all one, | think my master is a kind of a knave; but that's all one | TG III.i.262 |
| if he be but one knaue: He liues not now that knowes me | if he be but one knave. He lives not now that knows me | TG III.i.263 |
| to be in loue, yet I am in loue, but a Teeme of horse shall | to be in love; yet I am in love; but a team of horse shall | TG III.i.264 |
| not plucke that from me: nor who 'tis I loue: and yet 'tis | not pluck that from me; nor who 'tis I love; and yet 'tis | TG III.i.265 |
| a woman; but what woman, I will not tell my selfe: and | a woman; but what woman I will not tell myself; and | TG III.i.266 |
| yet 'tis a Milke-maid: yet 'tis not a maid: for shee hath had | yet 'tis a milkmaid; yet 'tis not a maid, for she hath had | TG III.i.267 |
| Gossips: yet 'tis a maid, for she is her Masters maid, and | gossips; yet 'tis a maid, for she is her master's maid and | TG III.i.268 |
| serues for wages. Shee hath more qualities then a | serves for wages. She hath more qualities than a | TG III.i.269 |
| Water-Spaniell, which is much in a bare Christian: | water-spaniel – which is much in a bare Christian. | TG III.i.270 |
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| Heere is the Cate-log of her Condition. Inprimis. Shee can | Here is the cate-log of her condition. Imprimis: She can | TG III.i.271 |
| fetch and carry: why a horse can doe no more; nay, a | fetch and carry. Why, a horse can do no more; nay, a | TG III.i.272 |
| horse cannot fetch, but onely carry, therefore is shee better | horse cannot fetch, but only carry; therefore is she better | TG III.i.273 |
| then a Iade. Item. She can milke, looke you, a sweet | than a jade. Item: She can milk. Look you, a sweet | TG III.i.274 |
| vertue in a maid with cleane hands. | virtue in a maid with clean hands. | TG III.i.275 |
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| With my Mastership? why, it is at Sea: | With my master's ship? Why, it is at sea. | TG III.i.278 |
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| The black'st newes that euer thou heard'st. | The blackest news that ever thou heardest. | TG III.i.281 |
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| Why, as blacke as Inke. | Why, as black as ink. | TG III.i.283 |
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| Fie on thee Iolt-head, thou canst not read. | Fie on thee, jolthead; thou canst not read. | TG III.i.285 |
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| I will try thee: tell me this: who begot thee? | I will try thee. Tell me this: who begot thee? | TG III.i.287 |
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| Oh illiterate loyterer; it was the sonne of thy Grand-mother: | O illiterate loiterer! It was the son of thy grandmother. | TG III.i.289 |
| this proues that thou canst not read. | This proves that thou canst not read. | TG III.i.290 |
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| There: and S. Nicholas be thy speed. | There; and Saint Nicholas be thy speed! | TG III.i.292 |
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| I that she can. | Ay, that she can. | TG III.i.294 |
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| And thereof comes the prouerbe: (Blessing of | And thereof comes the proverb: ‘ Blessing of | TG III.i.296 |
| your heart, you brew good Ale.) | your heart, you brew good ale.’ | TG III.i.297 |
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| That's as much as to say (Can she so?) | That's as much as to say, ‘ Can she so?’ | TG III.i.299 |
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| What neede a man care for a stock with a wench, | What need a man care for a stock with a wench, | TG III.i.301 |
| When she can knit him a stocke? | when she can knit him a stock? | TG III.i.302 |
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| A speciall vertue: for then shee neede not be | A special virtue; for then she need not be | TG III.i.304 |
| wash'd, and scowr'd. | washed and scoured. | TG III.i.305 |
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| Then may I set the world on wheeles, when she | Then may I set the world on wheels, when she | TG III.i.307 |
| can spin for her liuing. | can spin for her living. | TG III.i.308 |
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| That's as much as to say Bastard-vertues: that | That's as much as to say, bastard virtues; that | TG III.i.310 |
| indeede know not their fathers; and therefore haue no | indeed know not their fathers, and therefore have no | TG III.i.311 |
| names. | names. | TG III.i.312 |
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| Close at the heeles of her vertues. | Close at the heels of her virtues. | TG III.i.314 |
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| Well: that fault may be mended with a breakfast: | Well, that fault may be mended with a breakfast. | TG III.i.317 |
| read on. | Read on. | TG III.i.318 |
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| That makes amends for her soure breath. | That makes amends for her sour breath. | TG III.i.320 |
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| It's no matter for that; so shee sleepe not in her | It's no matter for that; so she sleep not in her | TG III.i.322 |
| talke. | talk. | TG III.i.323 |
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| Oh villaine, that set this downe among her vices; | O villain, that set this down among her vices! | TG III.i.325 |
| To be slow in words, is a womans onely vertue: I pray | To be slow in words is a woman's only virtue. I pray | TG III.i.326 |
| thee out with't, and place it for her chiefe vertue. | thee, out with't, and place it for her chief virtue. | TG III.i.327 |
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| Out with that too: It was Eues legacie, and cannot | Out with that too; it was Eve's legacy, and cannot | TG III.i.329 |
| be t'ane from her. | be ta'en from her. | TG III.i.330 |
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| I care not for that neither: because I loue crusts. | I care not for that neither, because I love crusts. | TG III.i.332 |
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| Well: the best is, she hath no teeth to bite. | Well, the best is, she hath no teeth to bite. | TG III.i.334 |
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| If her liquor be good, she shall: if she will not, | If her liquor be good, she shall; if she will not, | TG III.i.336 |
| I will; for good things should be praised. | I will; for good things should be praised. | TG III.i.337 |
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| Of her tongue she cannot; for that's writ downe | Of her tongue she cannot, for that's writ down | TG III.i.339 |
| she is slow of: of her purse, shee shall not, for that ile | she is slow of; of her purse, she shall not, for that I'll | TG III.i.340 |
| keepe shut: Now, of another thing shee may, and that | keep shut. Now, of another thing she may, and that | TG III.i.341 |
| cannot I helpe. Well, proceede. | cannot I help. Well, proceed. | TG III.i.342 |
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| Stop there: Ile haue her: she was mine, and not | Stop there; I'll have her; she was mine and not | TG III.i.345 |
| mine, twice or thrice in that last Article: rehearse that | mine twice or thrice in that last article. Rehearse that | TG III.i.346 |
| once more. | once more. | TG III.i.347 |
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| More haire then wit: it may be ile proue it: The | More hair than wit? It may be I'll prove it: the | TG III.i.349 |
| couer of the salt, hides the salt, and therefore it is more | cover of the salt hides the salt, and therefore it is more | TG III.i.350 |
| then the salt; the haire that couers the wit, is more then | than the salt; the hair that covers the wit is more than | TG III.i.351 |
| the wit; for the greater hides the lesse: What's next? | the wit, for the greater hides the less. What's next? | TG III.i.352 |
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| That's monstrous: oh that that were out. | That's monstrous. O, that that were out! | TG III.i.354 |
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| Why that word makes the faults gracious: Well, | Why, that word makes the faults gracious. Well, | TG III.i.356 |
| ile haue her: and if it be a match, as nothing is | I'll have her; an if it be a match, as nothing is | TG III.i.357 |
| impossible. | impossible – | TG III.i.358 |
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| Why then, will I tell thee, that thy Master staies | Why, then will I tell thee – that thy master stays | TG III.i.360 |
| for thee at the North gate. | for thee at the Northgate. | TG III.i.361 |
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| For thee? I, who art thou? he hath staid for | For thee! Ay, who art thou? He hath stayed for | TG III.i.363 |
| a better man then thee. | a better man than thee. | TG III.i.364 |
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| Thou must run to him; for thou hast staid so | Thou must run to him, for thou hast stayed so | TG III.i.366 |
| long, that going will scarce serue the turne. | long that going will scarce serve the turn. | TG III.i.367 |
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| Now will he be swing'd for reading my Letter; | Now will he be swinged for reading my letter. | TG III.i.370 |
| An vnmannerly slaue, that will thrust himselfe into | An unmannerly slave, that will thrust himself into | TG III.i.371 |
| secrets: Ile after, to reioyce in the boyes correctiõ. | secrets! I'll after, to rejoice in the boy's correction. | TG III.i.372 |
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| When a mans seruant shall play the Curre with | When a man's servant shall play the cur with | TG IV.iv.1 |
| him (looke you) it goes hard: one that I brought vp of a | him, look you, it goes hard – one that I brought up of a | TG IV.iv.2 |
| puppy: one that I sau'd from drowning, when three or | puppy; one that I saved from drowning, when three or | TG IV.iv.3 |
| foure of his blinde brothers and sisters went to it: I haue | four of his blind brothers and sisters went to it. I have | TG IV.iv.4 |
| taught him (euen as one would say precisely, thus I | taught him, even as one would say precisely, ‘ Thus I | TG IV.iv.5 |
| would teach a dog) I was sent to deliuer him, as a present | would teach a dog.’ I was sent to deliver him as a present | TG IV.iv.6 |
| to Mistris Siluia, from my Master; and I came no sooner | to Mistress Silvia from my master; and I came no sooner | TG IV.iv.7 |
| into the dyning-chamber, but he steps me to her | into the dining-chamber, but he steps me to her | TG IV.iv.8 |
| Trencher, and steales her Capons-leg: O, 'tis a foule thing, | trencher and steals her capon's leg. O, 'tis a foul thing | TG IV.iv.9 |
| when a Cur cannot keepe himselfe in all companies: I | when a cur cannot keep himself in all companies! I | TG IV.iv.10 |
| would haue (as one should say) one that takes vpon him | would have, as one should say, one that takes upon him | TG IV.iv.11 |
| to be a dog indeede, to be, as it were, a dog at all things. | to be a dog indeed, to be, as it were, a dog at all things. | TG IV.iv.12 |
| If I had not had more wit then he, to take a fault vpon | If I had not had more wit than he, to take a fault upon | TG IV.iv.13 |
| me that he did, I thinke verily hee had bin hang'd for't: | me that he did, I think verily he had been hanged for't; | TG IV.iv.14 |
| sure as I liue he had suffer'd for't: you shall iudge: Hee | sure as I live, he had suffered for't. You shall judge. He | TG IV.iv.15 |
| thrusts me himselfe into the company of three or foure | thrusts me himself into the company of three or four | TG IV.iv.16 |
| gentleman-like-dogs, vnder the Dukes table: hee had not | gentlemanlike dogs under the Duke's table; he had not | TG IV.iv.17 |
| bin there (blesse the marke) a pissing while, but all the | been there, bless the mark, a pissing while but all the | TG IV.iv.18 |
| chamber smelt him: out with the dog (saies one) | chamber smelt him. ‘ Out with the dog!’ says one; | TG IV.iv.19 |
| what cur is that (saies another) whip him out (saies | ‘ What cur is that?’ says another; ‘ Whip him out,’ says | TG IV.iv.20 |
| the third) hang him vp (saies the Duke.) I hauing bin | the third; ‘ Hang him up,’ says the Duke. I, having been | TG IV.iv.21 |
| acquainted with the smell before, knew it was Crab; and | acquainted with the smell before, knew it was Crab, and | TG IV.iv.22 |
| goes me to the fellow that whips the dogges: friend | goes me to the fellow that whips the dogs. ‘ Friend,’ | TG IV.iv.23 |
| (quoth I) you meane to whip the dog: I marry doe I | quoth I, ‘ you mean to whip the dog?’ ‘ Ay, marry, do I,’ | TG IV.iv.24 |
| (quoth he) you doe him the more wrong (quoth I) | quoth he. ‘ You do him the more wrong,’ quoth I, | TG IV.iv.25 |
| 'twas I did the thing you wot of: he makes me no | ‘ 'twas I did the thing you wot of.’ He makes me no | TG IV.iv.26 |
| more adoe, but whips me out of the chamber: how many | more ado, but whips me out of the chamber. How many | TG IV.iv.27 |
| Masters would doe this for his Seruant? nay, ile be | masters would do this for his servant? Nay, I'll be | TG IV.iv.28 |
| sworne I haue sat in the stockes, for puddings he hath | sworn, I have sat in the stocks for puddings he hath | TG IV.iv.29 |
| stolne, otherwise he had bin executed: I haue stood on | stolen, otherwise he had been executed; I have stood on | TG IV.iv.30 |
| the Pillorie for Geese he hath kil'd, otherwise he had | the pillory for geese he hath killed, otherwise he had | TG IV.iv.31 |
| sufferd for't: thou think'st not of this now: nay, I | suffered for't. Thou thinkest not of this now. Nay, I | TG IV.iv.32 |
| remember the tricke you seru'd me, when I tooke my leaue | remember the trick you served me when I took my leave | TG IV.iv.33 |
| of Madam Siluia: did not I bid thee still marke me, and | of Madam Silvia. Did not I bid thee still mark me and | TG IV.iv.34 |
| doe as I do; when did'st thou see me heaue vp my leg, | do as I do? When didst thou see me heave up my leg | TG IV.iv.35 |
| and make water against a Gentlewomans farthingale? | and make water against a gentlewoman's farthingale? | TG IV.iv.36 |
| did'st thou euer see me doe such a tricke? | Didst thou ever see me do such a trick? | TG IV.iv.37 |
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| Marry Sir, I carried Mistris Siluia the dogge you | Marry, sir, I carried Mistress Silvia the dog you | TG IV.iv.43 |
| bad me. | bade me. | TG IV.iv.44 |
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| Marry she saies your dog was a cur, and tels you | Marry, she says your dog was a cur, and tells you | TG IV.iv.46 |
| currish thanks is good enough for such a present. | currish thanks is good enough for such a present. | TG IV.iv.47 |
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| No indeede did she not: / Here haue I brought | No, indeed, did she not; here have I brought | TG IV.iv.49 |
| him backe againe. | him back again. | TG IV.iv.50 |
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| I Sir, the other Squirrill was stolne from me / By | Ay, sir; the other squirrel was stolen from me by | TG IV.iv.52 |
| the Hangmans boyes in the market place, / And then I | the hangman boys in the market-place; and then I | TG IV.iv.53 |
| offer'd her mine owne, who is a dog / As big as ten of | offered her mine own, who is a dog as big as ten of | TG IV.iv.54 |
| yours, & therefore the guift the greater. | yours, and therefore the gift the greater. | TG IV.iv.55 |