| Original text | Modern text | Key line |
| Neither my husband nor the slaue return'd, | Neither my husband nor the slave returned, | CE II.i.1 |
| That in such haste I sent to seeke his Master? | That in such haste I sent to seek his master? | CE II.i.2 |
| Sure Luciana it is two a clocke. | Sure, Luciana, it is two o'clock. | CE II.i.3 |
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| Why should their libertie then ours be more? | Why should their liberty than ours be more? | CE II.i.10 |
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| Looke when I serue him so, he takes it thus. | Look when I serve him so he takes it ill. | CE II.i.12 |
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| There's none but asses will be bridled so. | There's none but asses will be bridled so. | CE II.i.14 |
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| This seruitude makes you to keepe vnwed. | This servitude makes you to keep unwed. | CE II.i.26 |
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| But were you wedded, you wold bear some sway | But were you wedded, you would bear some sway. | CE II.i.28 |
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| How if your husband start some other where? | How if your husband start some otherwhere? | CE II.i.30 |
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| Patience vnmou'd, no maruel though she pause, | Patience unmoved! No marvel though she pause. | CE II.i.32 |
| They can be meeke, that haue no other cause: | They can be meek that have no other cause. | CE II.i.33 |
| A wretched soule bruis'd with aduersitie, | A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, | CE II.i.34 |
| We bid be quiet when we heare it crie. | We bid be quiet when we hear it cry. | CE II.i.35 |
| But were we burdned with like waight of paine, | But were we burdened with like weight of pain, | CE II.i.36 |
| As much, or more, we should our selues complaine: | As much or more we should ourselves complain. | CE II.i.37 |
| So thou that hast no vnkinde mate to greeue thee, | So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee, | CE II.i.38 |
| With vrging helpelesse patience would releeue me; | With urging helpless patience would relieve me. | CE II.i.39 |
| But if thou liue to see like right bereft, | But if thou live to see like right bereft, | CE II.i.40 |
| This foole-beg'd patience in thee will be left. | This fool-begged patience in thee will be left. | CE II.i.41 |
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| Say, is your tardie master now at hand? | Say, is your tardy master now at hand? | CE II.i.44 |
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| Say, didst thou speake with him? knowst thou his minde? | Say, didst thou speak with him? Knowest thou his mind? | CE II.i.47 |
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| But say, I prethee, is he comming home? | But say, I prithee, is he coming home? | CE II.i.55 |
| It seemes he hath great care to please his wife. | It seems he hath great care to please his wife. | CE II.i.56 |
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| Horne mad, thou villaine? | Horn-mad, thou villain? | CE II.i.58.1 |
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| Go back againe, thou slaue, & fetch him home. | Go back again, thou slave, and fetch him home. | CE II.i.75 |
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| Backe slaue, or I will breake thy pate a-crosse. | Back, slave, or I will break thy pate across. | CE II.i.78 |
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| Hence prating pesant, fetch thy Master home. | Hence, prating peasant, fetch thy master home. | CE II.i.81 |
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| His company must do his minions grace, | His company must do his minions grace | CE II.i.87 |
| Whil'st I at home starue for a merrie looke: | Whilst I at home starve for a merry look. | CE II.i.88 |
| Hath homelie age th' alluring beauty tooke | Hath homely age the alluring beauty took | CE II.i.89 |
| From my poore cheeke? then he hath wasted it. | From my poor cheek? Then he hath wasted it. | CE II.i.90 |
| Are my discourses dull? Barren my wit, | Are my discourses dull? barren my wit? | CE II.i.91 |
| If voluble and sharpe discourse be mar'd, | If voluble and sharp discourse be marred, | CE II.i.92 |
| Vnkindnesse blunts it more then marble hard. | Unkindness blunts it more than marble hard. | CE II.i.93 |
| Doe their gay vestments his affections baite? | Do their gay vestments his affections bait? | CE II.i.94 |
| That's not my fault, hee's master of my state. | That's not my fault; he's master of my state. | CE II.i.95 |
| What ruines are in me that can be found, | What ruins are in me that can be found | CE II.i.96 |
| By him not ruin'd? Then is he the ground | By him not ruined? Then is he the ground | CE II.i.97 |
| Of my defeatures. My decayed faire, | Of my defeatures. My decayed fair | CE II.i.98 |
| A sunnie looke of his, would soone repaire. | A sunny look of his would soon repair. | CE II.i.99 |
| But, too vnruly Deere, he breakes the pale, | But, too unruly deer, he breaks the pale | CE II.i.100 |
| And feedes from home; poore I am but his stale. | And feeds from home. Poor I am but his stale. | CE II.i.101 |
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| Vnfeeling fools can with such wrongs dispence: | Unfeeling fools can with such wrongs dispense. | CE II.i.103 |
| I know his eye doth homage other-where, | I know his eye doth homage otherwhere, | CE II.i.104 |
| Or else, what lets it but he would be here? | Or else what lets it but he would be here? | CE II.i.105 |
| Sister, you know he promis'd me a chaine, | Sister, you know he promised me a chain. | CE II.i.106 |
| Would that alone, a loue he would detaine, | Would that alone a love he would detain | CE II.i.107 |
| So he would keepe faire quarter with his bed: | So he would keep fair quarter with his bed. | CE II.i.108 |
| I see the Iewell best enamaled | I see the jewel best enamelled | CE II.i.109 |
| Will loose his beautie: yet the gold bides still | Will lose his beauty. Yet the gold bides still | CE II.i.110 |
| That others touch, and often touching will, | That others touch; and often touching will | CE II.i.111 |
| Where gold and no man that hath a name, | Wear gold, and no man that hath a name | CE II.i.112 |
| By falshood and corruption doth it shame: | But falsehood and corruption doth it shame. | CE II.i.113 |
| Since that my beautie cannot please his eie, | Since that my beauty cannot please his eye, | CE II.i.114 |
| Ile weepe (what's left away) and weeping die. | I'll weep what's left away, and weeping die. | CE II.i.115 |
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| I, I, Antipholus, looke strange and frowne, | Ay, ay, Antipholus, look strange and frown. | CE II.ii.119 |
| Some other Mistresse hath thy sweet aspects: | Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects. | CE II.ii.120 |
| I am not Adriana, nor thy wife. | I am not Adriana, nor thy wife. | CE II.ii.121 |
| The time was once, when thou vn-vrg'd wouldst vow, | The time was once when thou unurged wouldst vow | CE II.ii.122 |
| That neuer words were musicke to thine eare, | That never words were music to thine ear, | CE II.ii.123 |
| That neuer obiect pleasing in thine eye, | That never object pleasing in thine eye, | CE II.ii.124 |
| That neuer touch well welcome to thy hand, | That never touch well welcome to thy hand, | CE II.ii.125 |
| That neuer meat sweet-sauour'd in thy taste, | That never meat sweet-savoured in thy taste, | CE II.ii.126 |
| Vnlesse I spake, or look'd, or touch'd, or caru'd to thee. | Unless I spake, or looked, or touched, or carved to thee. | CE II.ii.127 |
| How comes it now, my Husband, oh how comes it, | How comes it now, my husband, O how comes it, | CE II.ii.128 |
| That thou art then estranged from thy selfe? | That thou art then estranged from thyself? | CE II.ii.129 |
| Thy selfe I call it, being strange to me: | Thyself I call it, being strange to me | CE II.ii.130 |
| That vndiuidable Incorporate | That, undividable, incorporate, | CE II.ii.131 |
| Am better then thy deere selfes better part. | Am better than thy dear self's better part. | CE II.ii.132 |
| Ah doe not teare away thy selfe from me; | Ah, do not tear away thyself from me; | CE II.ii.133 |
| For know my loue: as easie maist thou fall | For know, my love, as easy mayst thou fall | CE II.ii.134 |
| A drop of water in the breaking gulfe, | A drop of water in the breaking gulf, | CE II.ii.135 |
| And take vnmingled thence that drop againe | And take unmingled thence that drop again | CE II.ii.136 |
| Without addition or diminishing, | Without addition or diminishing, | CE II.ii.137 |
| As take from me thy selfe, and not me too. | As take from me thyself, and not me too. | CE II.ii.138 |
| How deerely would it touch thee to the quicke, | How dearly would it touch me to the quick | CE II.ii.139 |
| Shouldst thou but heare I were licencious? | Shouldst thou but hear I were licentious, | CE II.ii.140 |
| And that this body consecrate to thee, | And that this body consecrate to thee | CE II.ii.141 |
| By Ruffian Lust should be contaminate? | By ruffian lust should be contaminate? | CE II.ii.142 |
| Wouldst thou not spit at me, and spurne at me, | Wouldst thou not spit at me, and spurn at me, | CE II.ii.143 |
| And hurle the name of husband in my face, | And hurl the name of husband in my face, | CE II.ii.144 |
| And teare the stain'd skin of my Harlot brow, | And tear the stained skin off my harlot brow, | CE II.ii.145 |
| And from my false hand cut the wedding ring, | And from my false hand cut the wedding ring, | CE II.ii.146 |
| And breake it with a deepe-diuorcing vow? | And break it with a deep-divorcing vow? | CE II.ii.147 |
| I know thou canst, and therefore see thou doe it. | I know thou canst, and therefore see thou do it! | CE II.ii.148 |
| I am possest with an adulterate blot, | I am possessed with an adulterate blot. | CE II.ii.149 |
| My bloud is mingled with the crime of lust: | My blood is mingled with the crime of lust; | CE II.ii.150 |
| For if we two be one, and thou play false, | For if we two be one, and thou play false, | CE II.ii.151 |
| I doe digest the poison of thy flesh, | I do digest the poison of thy flesh, | CE II.ii.152 |
| Being strumpeted by thy contagion: | Being strumpeted by thy contagion. | CE II.ii.153 |
| Keepe then faire league and truce with thy true bed, | Keep then fair league and truce with thy true bed, | CE II.ii.154 |
| I liue distain'd, thou vndishonoured. | I live unstained, thou undishonoured. | CE II.ii.155 |
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| By thee, and this thou didst returne from him. | By thee; and this thou didst return from him: | CE II.ii.166 |
| That he did buffet thee, and in his blowes, | That he did buffet thee, and in his blows | CE II.ii.167 |
| Denied my house for his, me for his wife. | Denied my house for his, me for his wife. | CE II.ii.168 |
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| How ill agrees it with your grauitie, | How ill agrees it with your gravity | CE II.ii.177 |
| To counterfeit thus grosely with your slaue, | To counterfeit thus grossly with your slave, | CE II.ii.178 |
| Abetting him to thwart me in my moode; | Abetting him to thwart me in my mood. | CE II.ii.179 |
| Be it my wrong, you are from me exempt, | Be it my wrong you are from me exempt; | CE II.ii.180 |
| But wrong not that wrong with a more contempt. | But wrong not that wrong with a more contempt. | CE II.ii.181 |
| Come I will fasten on this sleeue of thine: | Come, I will fasten on this sleeve of thine. | CE II.ii.182 |
| Thou art an Elme my husband, I a Vine: | Thou art an elm, my husband; I a vine, | CE II.ii.183 |
| Whose weaknesse married to thy stranger state, | Whose weakness, married to thy stronger state, | CE II.ii.184 |
| Makes me with thy strength to communicate: | Makes me with thy strength to communicate. | CE II.ii.185 |
| If ought possesse thee from me, it is drosse, | If aught possess thee from me, it is dross, | CE II.ii.186 |
| Vsurping Iuie, Brier, or idle Mosse, | Usurping ivy, briar, or idle moss, | CE II.ii.187 |
| Who all for want of pruning, with intrusion, | Who, all for want of pruning, with intrusion | CE II.ii.188 |
| Infect thy sap, and liue on thy confusion. | Infect thy sap, and live on thy confusion. | CE II.ii.189 |
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| Come, come, no longer will I be a foole, | Come, come, no longer will I be a fool, | CE II.ii.213 |
| To put the finger in the eie and weepe; | To put the finger in the eye and weep | CE II.ii.214 |
| Whil'st man and Master laughes my woes to scorne: | Whilst man and master laughs my woes to scorn. | CE II.ii.215 |
| Come sir to dinner, Dromio keepe the gate: | Come, sir, to dinner. – Dromio, keep the gate. – | CE II.ii.216 |
| Husband Ile dine aboue with you to day, | Husband, I'll dine above with you today, | CE II.ii.217 |
| And shriue you of a thousand idle prankes: | And shrive you of a thousand idle pranks. – | CE II.ii.218 |
| Sirra, if any aske you for your Master, | Sirrah, if any ask you for your master, | CE II.ii.219 |
| Say he dines forth, and let no creature enter: | Say he dines forth, and let no creature enter. – | CE II.ii.220 |
| Come sister, Dromio play the Porter well. | Come, sister. – Dromio, play the porter well. | CE II.ii.221 |
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| I, and let none enter, least I breake your pate. | Ay, and let none enter, lest I break your pate. | CE II.ii.228 |
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| Who is that at the doore yt keeps all this noise? | Who is that at the door that keeps all this noise? | CE III.i.61 |
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| Your wife sir knaue? go get you from the dore. | Your wife, sir knave? Go get you from the door. | CE III.i.64 |
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Ah Luciana, did he
tempt thee so? | Ah, Luciana, did he tempt thee so? | CE IV.ii.1 |
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Might'st thou perceiue austeerely in his eie, | Mightst thou perceive austerely in his eye | CE IV.ii.2 |
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That he did plead in earnest, yea or no: | That he did plead in earnest, yea or no? | CE IV.ii.3 |
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Look'd he or red or pale, or sad or merrily? | Looked he or red or pale, or sad or merrily? | CE IV.ii.4 |
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What obseruation mad'st thou in this case? | What observation madest thou in this case | CE IV.ii.5 |
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Oh, his hearts Meteors tilting in his face. | Of his heart's meteors tilting in his face? | CE IV.ii.6 |
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He meant he did me none: the more my spight | He meant he did me none, the more my spite. | CE IV.ii.8 |
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And true he swore, though yet forsworne hee were. | And true he swore, though yet forsworn he were. | CE IV.ii.10 |
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And what said he? | And what said he? | CE IV.ii.11.2 |
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With what perswasion did he tempt thy loue? | With what persuasion did he tempt thy love? | CE IV.ii.13 |
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Did'st speake him faire? | Didst speak him fair? | CE IV.ii.16.1 |
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I cannot, nor I will not hold me still. | I cannot nor I will not hold me still. | CE IV.ii.17 |
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My tongue, though not my heart, shall haue his will. | My tongue, though not my heart, shall have his will. | CE IV.ii.18 |
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He is deformed, crooked, old, and sere, | He is deformed, crooked, old, and sere; | CE IV.ii.19 |
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Ill-fac'd, worse bodied, shapelesse euery where: | Ill-faced, worse-bodied, shapeless everywhere; | CE IV.ii.20 |
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Vicious, vngentle, foolish, blunt, vnkinde, | Vicious, ungentle, foolish, blunt, unkind, | CE IV.ii.21 |
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Stigmaticall in making worse in minde. | Stigmatical in making, worse in mind. | CE IV.ii.22 |
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Ah but I thinke him better then I say: | Ah, but I think him better than I say, | CE IV.ii.25 |
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And yet would herein others eies were worse: | And yet would herein others' eyes were worse. | CE IV.ii.26 |
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Farre from her nest the Lapwing cries away; | Far from her nest the lapwing cries away. | CE IV.ii.27 |
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My heart praies for him, though my tongue doe curse. | My heart prays for him, though my tongue do curse. | CE IV.ii.28 |
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Where is thy Master Dromio?
Is he well? | Where is thy master, Dromio? Is he well? | CE IV.ii.31 |
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Why man, what is the matter? | Why, man, what is the matter? | CE IV.ii.41 |
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What is he arrested? tell me at whose suite? | What, is he arrested? Tell me at whose suit. | CE IV.ii.43 |
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Go fetch it Sister: | Go fetch it, sister. | CE IV.ii.47.1 |
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this I wonder at. | This I wonder at, | CE IV.ii.47.2 |
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Thus he vnknowne to me should be in debt: | That he unknown to me should be in debt. | CE IV.ii.48 |
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Tell me, was he arested on a band? | Tell me, was he arrested on a band? | CE IV.ii.49 |
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What, the chaine? | What, the chain? | CE IV.ii.52.1 |
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The houres come backe, that did I neuer here. | The hours come back – that did I never hear. | CE IV.ii.54 |
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As if time were in debt: how fondly do'st thou reason? | As if time were in debt. How fondly dost thou reason! | CE IV.ii.56 |
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Go Dromio, there's the monie, beare it straight, | Go, Dromio, there's the money. Bear it straight, | CE IV.ii.62 |
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And bring thy Master home imediately. | And bring thy master home immediately. | CE IV.ii.63 |
| Come sister, I am prest downe with conceit: | Come, sister, I am pressed down with conceit – | CE IV.ii.64 |
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Conceit, my comfort and my iniurie. | Conceit, my comfort and my injury. | CE IV.ii.65 |
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| His inciuility confirmes no lesse: | His incivility confirms no less. | CE IV.iv.44 |
| Good Doctor Pinch, you are a Coniurer, | Good Doctor Pinch, you are a conjurer. | CE IV.iv.45 |
| Establish him in his true sence againe, | Establish him in his true sense again, | CE IV.iv.46 |
| And I will please you what you will demand. | And I will please you what you will demand. | CE IV.iv.47 |
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| Oh that thou wer't not, poore distressed soule. | O that thou wert not, poor distressed soul! | CE IV.iv.57 |
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| O husband, God doth know you din'd at home | O, husband, God doth know you dined at home, | CE IV.iv.63 |
| Where would you had remain'd vntill this time, | Where would you had remained until this time, | CE IV.iv.64 |
| Free from these slanders, and this open shame. | Free from these slanders and this open shame. | CE IV.iv.65 |
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| Is't good to sooth him in these crontraries? | Is't good to soothe him in these contraries? | CE IV.iv.77 |
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| Alas, I sent you Monie to redeeme you, | Alas, I sent you money to redeem you, | CE IV.iv.81 |
| By Dromio heere, who came in hast for it. | By Dromio here, who came in haste for it. | CE IV.iv.82 |
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| He came to me, and I deliuer'd it. | He came to me, and I delivered it. | CE IV.iv.86 |
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| I did not gentle husband locke thee forth. | I did not, gentle husband, lock thee forth. | CE IV.iv.95 |
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| Dissembling Villain, thou speak'st false in both | Dissembling villain, thou speakest false in both. | CE IV.iv.98 |
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| Oh binde him, binde him, let him not come neere me. | O, bind him, bind him, let him not come near me! | CE IV.iv.104 |
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| What wilt thou do, thou peeuish Officer? | What wilt thou do, thou peevish officer? | CE IV.iv.112 |
| Hast thou delight to see a wretched man | Hast thou delight to see a wretched man | CE IV.iv.113 |
| Do outrage and displeasure to himselfe? | Do outrage and displeasure to himself? | CE IV.iv.114 |
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| I will discharge thee ere I go from thee, | I will discharge thee ere I go from thee. | CE IV.iv.117 |
| Beare me forthwith vnto his Creditor, | Bear me forthwith unto his creditor, | CE IV.iv.118 |
| And knowing how the debt growes I will pay it. | And, knowing how the debt grows, I will pay it. | CE IV.iv.119 |
| Good Master Doctor see him safe conuey'd | Good Master Doctor, see him safe conveyed | CE IV.iv.120 |
| Home to my house, oh most vnhappy day. | Home to my house. O most unhappy day! | CE IV.iv.121 |
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| Go beare him hence, sister go you with me: | Go bear him hence. Sister, go you with me. | CE IV.iv.128 |
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| Say now, whose suite is he arrested at? | Say now, whose suit is he arrested at? | CE IV.iv.129 |
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| I know the man: what is the summe he owes? | I know the man. What is the sum he owes? | CE IV.iv.131 |
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| Say, how growes it due. | Say, how grows it due? | CE IV.iv.132.2 |
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| He did bespeake a Chain for me, but had it not. | He did bespeak a chain for me, but had it not. | CE IV.iv.134 |
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| It may be so, but I did neuer see it. | It may be so, but I did never see it. | CE IV.iv.139 |
| Come Iailor, bring me where the Goldsmith is, | Come, gaoler, bring me where the goldsmith is. | CE IV.iv.140 |
| I long to know the truth heereof at large. | I long to know the truth hereof at large. | CE IV.iv.141 |
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| And come with naked swords, Let's call more helpe | And come with naked swords. Let's call more help | CE IV.iv.143 |
| to haue them bound againe. Runne all out. | To have them bound again. | CE IV.iv.144.1 |
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| Hold, hurt him not for God sake, he is mad, | Hold, hurt him not, for God's sake; he is mad. | CE V.i.33 |
| Some get within him, take his sword away: | Some get within him, take his sword away. | CE V.i.34 |
| Binde Dromio too, and beare them to my house. | Bind Dromio too, and bear them to my house. | CE V.i.35 |
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| To fetch my poore distracted husband hence, | To fetch my poor distracted husband hence. | CE V.i.39 |
| Let vs come in, that we may binde him fast, | Let us come in, that we may bind him fast | CE V.i.40 |
| And beare him home for his recouerie. | And bear him home for his recovery. | CE V.i.41 |
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| This weeke he hath beene heauie, sower sad, | This week he hath been heavy, sour, sad, | CE V.i.45 |
| And much different from the man he was: | And much, much different from the man he was. | CE V.i.46 |
| But till this afternoone his passion | But till this afternoon his passion | CE V.i.47 |
| Ne're brake into extremity of rage. | Ne'er brake into extremity of rage. | CE V.i.48 |
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| To none of these, except it be the last, | To none of these except it be the last, | CE V.i.55 |
| Namely, some loue that drew him oft from home. | Namely some love that drew him oft from home. | CE V.i.56 |
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| Why so I did. | Why, so I did. | CE V.i.58.1 |
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| As roughly as my modestie would let me. | As roughly as my modesty would let me. | CE V.i.59 |
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| And in assemblies too. | And in assemblies, too. | CE V.i.60.2 |
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| It was the copie of our Conference. | It was the copy of our conference. | CE V.i.62 |
| In bed he slept not for my vrging it, | In bed he slept not for my urging it. | CE V.i.63 |
| At boord he fed not for my vrging it: | At board he fed not for my urging it. | CE V.i.64 |
| Alone, it was the subiect of my Theame: | Alone, it was the subject of my theme; | CE V.i.65 |
| In company I often glanced it: | In company I often glanced at it. | CE V.i.66 |
| Still did I tell him, it was vilde and bad. | Still did I tell him it was vile and bad. | CE V.i.67 |
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| She did betray me to my owne reproofe, | She did betray me to my own reproof. | CE V.i.90 |
| Good people enter, and lay hold on him. | Good people, enter, and lay hold on him. | CE V.i.91 |
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| Then let your seruants bring my husband forth | Then let your servants bring my husband forth. | CE V.i.93 |
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| I will attend my husband, be his nurse, | I will attend my husband, be his nurse, | CE V.i.98 |
| Diet his sicknesse, for it is my Office, | Diet his sickness, for it is my office, | CE V.i.99 |
| And will haue no atturney but my selfe, | And will have no attorney but myself. | CE V.i.100 |
| And therefore let me haue him home with me. | And therefore let me have him home with me. | CE V.i.101 |
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| I will not hence, and leaue my husband heere: | I will not hence and leave my husband here. | CE V.i.109 |
| And ill it doth beseeme your holinesse | And ill it doth beseem your holiness | CE V.i.110 |
| To separate the husband and the wife. | To separate the husband and the wife. | CE V.i.111 |
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| Come go, I will fall prostrate at his feete, | Come, go. I will fall prostrate at his feet, | CE V.i.114 |
| And neuer rise vntill my teares and prayers | And never rise until my tears and prayers | CE V.i.115 |
| Haue won his grace to come in person hither, | Have won his grace to come in person hither | CE V.i.116 |
| And take perforce my husband from the Abbesse. | And take perforce my husband from the Abbess. | CE V.i.117 |
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| Iustice most sacred Duke against the Abbesse. | Justice, most sacred Duke, against the Abbess! | CE V.i.133 |
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| May it please your Grace, Antipholus my husbãd, | May it please your grace, Antipholus my husband, | CE V.i.136 |
| Who I made Lord of me, and all I had, | Who I made lord of me and all I had | CE V.i.137 |
| At your important Letters this ill day, | At your important letters, this ill day | CE V.i.138 |
| A most outragious fit of madnesse tooke him: | A most outrageous fit of madness took him, | CE V.i.139 |
| That desp'rately he hurried through the streete, | That desperately he hurried through the street, | CE V.i.140 |
| With him his bondman, all as mad as he, | With him his bondman all as mad as he, | CE V.i.141 |
| Doing displeasure to the Citizens, | Doing displeasure to the citizens | CE V.i.142 |
| By rushing in their houses: bearing thence | By rushing in their houses, bearing thence | CE V.i.143 |
| Rings, Iewels, any thing his rage did like. | Rings, jewels, anything his rage did like. | CE V.i.144 |
| Once did I get him bound, and sent him home, | Once did I get him bound, and sent him home | CE V.i.145 |
| Whil'st to take order for the wrongs I went, | Whilst to take order for the wrongs I went, | CE V.i.146 |
| That heere and there his furie had committed, | That here and there his fury had committed. | CE V.i.147 |
| Anon I wot not, by what strong escape | Anon, I wot not by what strong escape, | CE V.i.148 |
| He broke from those that had the guard of him, | He broke from those that had the guard of him, | CE V.i.149 |
| And with his mad attendant and himselfe, | And with his mad attendant and himself, | CE V.i.150 |
| Each one with irefull passion, with drawne swords | Each one with ireful passion, with drawn swords | CE V.i.151 |
| Met vs againe, and madly bent on vs | Met us again, and, madly bent on us, | CE V.i.152 |
| Chac'd vs away: till raising of more aide | Chased us away; till, raising of more aid, | CE V.i.153 |
| We came againe to binde them: then they fled | We came again to bind them. Then they fled | CE V.i.154 |
| Into this Abbey, whether we pursu'd them, | Into this abbey, whither we pursued them, | CE V.i.155 |
| And heere the Abbesse shuts the gates on vs, | And here the Abbess shuts the gates on us, | CE V.i.156 |
| And will not suffer vs to fetch him out, | And will not suffer us to fetch him out, | CE V.i.157 |
| Nor send him forth, that we may beare him hence. | Nor send him forth that we may bear him hence. | CE V.i.158 |
| Therefore most gracious Duke with thy command, | Therefore, most gracious Duke, with thy command | CE V.i.159 |
| Let him be brought forth, and borne hence for helpe. | Let him be brought forth, and borne hence for help. | CE V.i.160 |
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| Peace foole, thy Master and his man are here, | Peace, fool; thy master and his man are here, | CE V.i.178 |
| And that is false thou dost report to vs. | And that is false thou dost report to us. | CE V.i.179 |
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| Ay me, it is my husband: witnesse you, | Ay me, it is my husband. Witness you | CE V.i.186 |
| That he is borne about inuisible, | That he is borne about invisible. | CE V.i.187 |
| Euen now we hous'd him in the Abbey heere. | Even now we housed him in the abbey here, | CE V.i.188 |
| And now he's there, past thought of humane reason. | And now he's there, past thought of human reason. | CE V.i.189 |
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| No my good Lord. My selfe, he, and my sister, | No, my good lord. Myself, he, and my sister | CE V.i.207 |
| To day did dine together: so befall my soule, | Today did dine together. So befall my soul | CE V.i.208 |
| As this is false he burthens me withall. | As this is false he burdens me withal. | CE V.i.209 |
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| I see two husbands, or mine eyes deceiue me. | I see two husbands, or mine eyes deceive me. | CE V.i.332 |
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| Which of you two did dine with me to day? | Which of you two did dine with me today? | CE V.i.370 |
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| And are not you my husband? | And are not you my husband? | CE V.i.371.2 |
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| I sent you monie sir to be your baile | I sent you money, sir, to be your bail | CE V.i.382 |
| By Dromio, but I thinke he brought it not. | By Dromio, but I think he brought it not. | CE V.i.383 |