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1071 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro 2.3.51 Why, these are very ^crotchets^ that he speaks— | Note ^notes^, forsooth, and nothing! Prince. Why these are very crotchets that he speaks, | Note notes forsooth, and nothing. 892 2.3.55 2.3.57 2.3.48
1072 Much Ado About Nothing SD 2.3.52 [The ^accompaniment^ begins] - - 2.3.55 [Balthasar plays] 2.3.58 The accompaniment begins 2.3.49 [Music]
1073 Much Ado About Nothing Benedick 2.3.53 Now, ^divine air^! Now is his soul ^ravished^. Is it not | strange that ^sheep’s guts^ should hale souls out of men’s bodies? | Well, a ^horn^ for my money, when all’s done. Bene. Now diuine aire, now is his soule rauisht, is it | not strange that sheepes guts should hale soules out of | mens bodies? well, a horne for my money when all's | done. 894 2.3.56 2.3.59 2.3.50 Now, divine air, now…
1074 Much Ado About Nothing Balthasar 2.3.56 [^sings^] ‘Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more. . . ^Sing no more ditties, sing no more | Of dumps so dull and heavy^’ - The Song. | Sigh no more Ladies, sigh no more, | … | Sing no more ditties, sing no moe, | Of dumps so dull and heauy, 898 2.3.59 2.3.63 2.3.53 The Song | …Sing no more ditties, sing no mo | …
1075 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro 2.3.72 By my troth, a ^good song^. Prince. By my troth a good song. 912 2.3.76 2.3.79 2.3.69
1076 Much Ado About Nothing Balthasar 2.3.73 And an ^ill singer^, my lord. Balth. And an ill singer, my Lord. 913 2.3.77 2.3.80 2.3.70
1077 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro 2.3.74 Ha, no, no, faith. Thou ^singest^ well enough for a | shift. Prince. Ha, no, no faith, thou singst well enough for a | shift. 914 2.3.78 2.3.81 2.3.71
1078 Much Ado About Nothing Don Pedro 2.3.80 I pray thee | get us some excellent ^music^, for tomorrow night we would | have it at the Lady Hero’s chamber window. Prince. I pray | thee get vs some excellent musick: for to morrow night | we would haue it at the Lady Heroes chamber window. 921 2.3.85 2.3.88 2.3.76
1079 Much Ado About Nothing Claudio 3.2.49 Nay, but his jesting spirit, which is now crept into a | ^lute-string^, and now ^governed by stops^. Clau. Nay, but his iesting spirit, vvhich is now crept | into a lute-string, and now gouern'd by stops. 1260 3.2.53 3.2.55 3.2.44 A few lines before, Claudio talks about the greatest note of it…?
1080 Much Ado About Nothing Hero 3.4.35 Why, how now? Do you speak in the ^sick tune^? Hero. Why how now? do you speake in the sick tune? 1541 3.4.38 3.4.40 3.3.31