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1211 Richard II Mowbray 1.3.154 My native English, now I must forgo, | And now my tongue’s use is to me no more | Than an ^unstringed viol or harp^, | Or like a ^cunning instrument cased up^, | Or, being open, put into his hands | That knows no ^touch to tune the harmony^. Mow. (My natiue English) now I must forgo, | And now my tongues vse is to me no more, | Then an vnstringed Vyall, or a Harpe, | Or like a cunning Instrument cas'd vp, | Or being open, put into his hands | That knowes no touch to tune the harmony. 453 ... violl … ... violl … 1.3.160 1.3.160 1.3.160
1212 Richard II SD 1.3.237 ^Flourish^. Exeunt SD Exit. | Flourish. 537 - - 1.3.248 Flourish. Exit. 1.3.248 Flourish. Exit [Richard and his train] 1.3.247 Exit. Flourish.
1213 Richard II John of Gaunt 1.3.256.21 Suppose the ^singing birds musicians^, | The grass whereon thou tread’st the presence strewed, | The flowers fair ladies, and thy steps no more | Than a delightful ^measure or a dance^ - - Suppose the singing birds musitions, | The grasse whereon thou treadst, the presence strowd, | The flowers, faire Ladies, and thy steps, no more | Then a delightfull measure or a dance, | Suppose the singing birds musitions, | The grasse whereon thou treadst, the presence strowd, | The flowers, faire Ladies, and thy steps, no more | Then a delightfull measure or a dance, | 1.3.288 1.3.288 1.3.287
1214 Richard II John of Gaunt 2.1.5 O, but they say the tongues of dying men | Enforce attention, like ^deep harmony^. Oh but (they say) the tongues of dying men | Inforce attention like deepe harmony; 646 2.1.5 2.1.5 2.1.5
1215 Richard II John of Gaunt 2.1.11 More are men’s ends marked than their lives before. | The setting sun, and ^music at the close^, | As the last taste of sweets, is ^sweetest^ last Gau. More are men’s ends markt, then their liues before, | The setting Sun, and Musicke is the close, | As the last taste of sweetes, is sweetest last, 652 More are mens ends markt than their liues before: | The setting Sunne, and Musike at the close,... …at the close… 2.1.11 2.1.11 2.1.11
1216 Richard II Northumberland 2.1.150 His tongue is now a ^stringless instrument^. | Words, life, and all, old Lancaster hath spent. Nor. His tongue is now a stringlesse instrument, | Words, life, and all, old Lancaster hath spent. 796 2.1.149 2.1.149 2.1.149
1217 Richard II SD 2.1.224 ^Flourish^. Exeunt King, Queen . . . SD Flourish. 871 - - 2.1.223 2.1.223 [Flourish]… - -
1218 Richard II Northumberland 2.1.264 But, lords, we hear this fearful tempest ^sing^, | Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm. Nor. But Lords, we heare this fearefull tempest sing, | Yet seeke no shelter to auoid the storme: 913 2.1.263 2.1.263 2.1.263
1219 Richard II York 2.3.86 ^Tut, tut, grace me no grace^, nor uncle me no uncle. York. Tut, tut, Grace me no Grace, nor Vnckle me, 1198 Tut tut, grace me no grace, nor vnckle me no vnckle, Tut tut, grace me no grace, nor vnckle me no vnckle, 2.3.86 2.3.86 2.3.86 contemporary musical terms but not in a musical context here
1220 Richard II Welsh Captain 2.4.12 Rich men look sad, and ruffians ^dance and leap^ Capt. Rich men looke sad, and Ruffians dance and leape 1296 2.4.12 2.4.12 2.4.12