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| Perhaps some Merchant hath inuited him, | Perhaps some merchant hath invited him, | CE II.i.4 |
| And from the Mart he's somewhere gone to dinner: | And from the mart he's somewhere gone to dinner. | CE II.i.5 |
| Good Sister let vs dine, and neuer fret; | Good sister, let us dine, and never fret. | CE II.i.6 |
| A man is Master of his libertie: | A man is master of his liberty. | CE II.i.7 |
| Time is their Master, and when they see time, | Time is their master, and when they see time | CE II.i.8 |
| They'll goe or come; if so, be patient Sister. | They'll go or come. If so, be patient, sister. | CE II.i.9 |
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| Because their businesse still lies out a dore. | Because their business still lies out o' door. | CE II.i.11 |
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| Oh, know he is the bridle of your will. | O, know he is the bridle of your will. | CE II.i.13 |
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| Why, headstrong liberty is lasht with woe: | Why, headstrong liberty is lashed with woe. | CE II.i.15 |
| There's nothing situate vnder heauens eye, | There's nothing situate under heaven's eye | CE II.i.16 |
| But hath his bound in earth, in sea, in skie. | But hath his bound in earth, in sea, in sky. | CE II.i.17 |
| The beasts, the fishes, and the winged fowles | The beasts, the fishes, and the winged fowls, | CE II.i.18 |
| Are their males subiects, and at their controules: | Are their males' subjects and at their controls. | CE II.i.19 |
| Man more diuine, the Master of all these, | Man, more divine, the master of all these, | CE II.i.20 |
| Lord of the wide world, and wilde watry seas, | Lord of the wide world and wild watery seas, | CE II.i.21 |
| Indued with intellectuall sence and soules, | Indued with intellectual sense and souls, | CE II.i.22 |
| Of more preheminence then fish and fowles, | Of more pre-eminence than fish and fowls, | CE II.i.23 |
| Are masters to their females, and their Lords: | Are masters to their females, and their lords. | CE II.i.24 |
| Then let your will attend on their accords. | Then let your will attend on their accords. | CE II.i.25 |
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| Not this, but troubles of the marriage bed. | Not this, but troubles of the marriage-bed. | CE II.i.27 |
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| Ere I learne loue, Ile practise to obey. | Ere I learn love, I'll practise to obey. | CE II.i.29 |
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| Till he come home againe, I would forbeare. | Till he come home again I would forbear. | CE II.i.31 |
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| Well, I will marry one day but to trie: | Well, I will marry one day, but to try. | CE II.i.42 |
| Heere comes your man, now is your husband nie. | Here comes your man. Now is your husband nigh. | CE II.i.43 |
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| Spake hee so doubtfully, thou couldst not feele | Spake he so doubtfully thou couldst not feel | CE II.i.50 |
| his meaning. | his meaning? | CE II.i.51 |
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| Quoth who? | Quoth who? | CE II.i.69 |
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| Fie how impatience lowreth in your face. | Fie, how impatience loureth in your face. | CE II.i.86 |
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| Selfe-harming Iealousie; fie beat it hence. | Self-harming jealousy! Fie, beat it hence. | CE II.i.102 |
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| How manie fond fooles serue mad Ielousie? | How many fond fools serve mad jealousy! | CE II.i.116 |
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| Fie brother, how the world is chang'd with you: | Fie, brother, how the world is changed with you. | CE II.ii.161 |
| When were you wont to vse my sister thus? | When were you wont to use my sister thus? | CE II.ii.162 |
| She sent for you by Dromio home to dinner. | She sent for you by Dromio home to dinner. | CE II.ii.163 |
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| Dromio, goe bid the seruants spred for dinner. | Dromio, go bid the servants spread for dinner. | CE II.ii.196 |
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| Why prat'st thou to thy selfe, and answer'st not? | Why pratest thou to thyself, and answerest not? | CE II.ii.202 |
| Dromio, thou Dromio, thou snaile, thou slug, thou sot. | Dromio, thou Dromio, thou snail, thou slug, thou sot. | CE II.ii.203 |
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| If thou art chang'd to ought, 'tis to an Asse. | If thou art changed to aught, 'tis to an ass. | CE II.ii.209 |
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| Come, come, Antipholus, we dine to late. | Come, come, Antipholus, we dine too late. | CE II.ii.229 |
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| And may it be that you haue quite forgot | And may it be that you have quite forgot | CE III.ii.1 |
| A husbands office? shall Antipholus | A husband's office? Shall, Antipholus, | CE III.ii.2 |
| Euen in the spring of Loue, thy Loue-springs rot? | Even in the spring of love thy love-springs rot? | CE III.ii.3 |
| Shall loue in buildings grow so ruinate? | Shall love in building grow so ruinous? | CE III.ii.4 |
| If you did wed my sister for her wealth, | If you did wed my sister for her wealth, | CE III.ii.5 |
| Then for her wealths-sake vse her with more kindnesse: | Then for her wealth's sake use her with more kindness; | CE III.ii.6 |
| Or if you like else-where doe it by stealth, | Or if you like elsewhere, do it by stealth – | CE III.ii.7 |
| Muffle your false loue with some shew of blindnesse: | Muffle your false love with some show of blindness. | CE III.ii.8 |
| Let not my sister read it in your eye: | Let not my sister read it in your eye. | CE III.ii.9 |
| Be not thy tongue thy owne shames Orator: | Be not thy tongue thy own shame's orator. | CE III.ii.10 |
| Looke sweet, speake faire, become disloyaltie: | Look sweet, speak fair, become disloyalty. | CE III.ii.11 |
| Apparell vice like vertues harbenger: | Apparel vice like virtue's harbinger. | CE III.ii.12 |
| Beare a faire presence, though your heart be tainted, | Bear a fair presence, though your heart be tainted; | CE III.ii.13 |
| Teach sinne the carriage of a holy Saint, | Teach sin the carriage of a holy saint; | CE III.ii.14 |
| Be secret false: what need she be acquainted? | Be secret-false – what need she be acquainted? | CE III.ii.15 |
| What simple thiefe brags of his owne attaine? | What simple thief brags of his own attaint? | CE III.ii.16 |
| 'Tis double wrong to truant with your bed, | 'Tis double wrong to truant with your bed | CE III.ii.17 |
| And let her read it in thy lookes at boord: | And let her read it in thy looks at board. | CE III.ii.18 |
| Shame hath a bastard fame, well managed, | Shame hath a bastard fame, well managed; | CE III.ii.19 |
| Ill deeds is doubled with an euill word: | Ill deeds is doubled with an evil word. | CE III.ii.20 |
| Alas poore women, make vs not beleeue | Alas, poor women, make us but believe – | CE III.ii.21 |
| (Being compact of credit) that you loue vs, | Being compact of credit – that you love us. | CE III.ii.22 |
| Though others haue the arme, shew vs the sleeue: | Though others have the arm, show us the sleeve. | CE III.ii.23 |
| We in your motion turne, and you may moue vs. | We in your motion turn, and you may move us. | CE III.ii.24 |
| Then gentle brother get you in againe; | Then, gentle brother, get you in again. | CE III.ii.25 |
| Comfort my sister, cheere her, call her wise; | Comfort my sister, cheer her, call her wife. | CE III.ii.26 |
| 'Tis holy sport to be a little vaine, | 'Tis holy sport to be a little vain | CE III.ii.27 |
| When the sweet breath of flatterie conquers strife. | When the sweet breath of flattery conquers strife. | CE III.ii.28 |
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| What are you mad, that you doe reason so? | What, are you mad, that you do reason so? | CE III.ii.53 |
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| It is a fault that springeth from your eie. | It is a fault that springeth from your eye. | CE III.ii.55 |
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| Gaze when you should, and that will cleere your sight. | Gaze where you should, and that will clear your sight. | CE III.ii.57 |
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| Why call you me loue? Call my sister so. | Why call you me ‘ love ’? Call my sister so. | CE III.ii.59 |
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| That's my sister. | That's my sister. | CE III.ii.60.2 |
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| All this my sister is, or else should be. | All this my sister is, or else should be. | CE III.ii.65 |
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| Oh soft sir, hold you still: | O, soft, sir, hold you still. | CE III.ii.69.2 |
| Ile fetch my sister to get her good will.• Exit. | I'll fetch my sister to get her good will. | CE III.ii.70 |
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First he deni'de you had in him no right. | First, he denied you had in him no right. | CE IV.ii.7 |
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Then swore he that he was a stranger heere. | Then swore he that he was a stranger here. | CE IV.ii.9 |
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Then pleaded I for you. | Then pleaded I for you. | CE IV.ii.11.1 |
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That loue I begg'd for you, he begg'd of me. | That love I begged for you, he begged of me. | CE IV.ii.12 |
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With words, that in an honest suit might moue. | With words that in an honest suit might move. | CE IV.ii.14 |
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First, he did praise my beautie, then my speech. | First he did praise my beauty, then my speech. | CE IV.ii.15 |
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Haue patience I beseech. | Have patience, I beseech. | CE IV.ii.16.2 |
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Who would be iealous then of such a one? | Who would be jealous, then, of such a one? | CE IV.ii.23 |
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No euill lost is wail'd, when it is gone. | No evil lost is wailed when it is gone. | CE IV.ii.24 |
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How hast thou lost thy breath? | How hast thou lost thy breath? | CE IV.ii.30.1 |
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| Alas how fiery, and how sharpe he lookes. | Alas, how fiery and how sharp he looks! | CE IV.iv.48 |
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| And I am witnesse with her that she did: | And I am witness with her that she did. | CE IV.iv.87 |
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| Aye me poore man, how pale and wan he looks. | Ay me, poor man, how pale and wan he looks. | CE IV.iv.106 |
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| God helpe poore soules, how idlely doe they talke. | God help, poor souls, how idly do they talk! | CE IV.iv.127 |
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| God for thy mercy, they are loose againe. | God, for thy mercy, they are loose again! | CE IV.iv.142 |
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| She neuer reprehended him but mildely, | She never reprehended him but mildly, | CE V.i.87 |
| When he demean'd himselfe, rough, rude, and wildly, | When he demeaned himself rough, rude, and wildly. | CE V.i.88 |
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| Why beare you these rebukes, and answer not? | Why bear you these rebukes, and answer not? | CE V.i.89 |
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| Complaine vnto the Duke of this indignity. | Complain unto the Duke of this indignity. | CE V.i.113 |
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| Kneele to the Duke before he passe the Abbey. | Kneel to the Duke before he pass the abbey. | CE V.i.129 |
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| Nere may I looke on day, nor sleepe on night, | Ne'er may I look on day nor sleep on night | CE V.i.210 |
| But she tels to your Highnesse simple truth. | But she tells to your highness simple truth. | CE V.i.211 |