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1231 Richard II SD 3.3.207 ^Flourish^. Exeunt SD Flourish. | Exeunt. 1805 - - 3.3.209 3.3.207 3.3.208
1232 Richard II First Lady 3.4.6 Madam, we’ll ^dance^. La. Madame, wee'le Dance. 1813 3.4.6 3.4.6 3.4.6
1233 Richard II Queen 3.4.7 My legs can keep no ^measure^ in delight | When my poor heart no measure keeps in grief; | Therefore no ^dancing^, girl. Some other sport. Qu. My Legges can keepe no measure in Delight, | When my poore Heart no measure keepes in Griefe. | Therefore no Dancing (Girle) some other sport. 1814 3.4.7 3.4.7 3.4.7
1234 Richard II Second Lady 3.4.19 Madam, I’ll ^sing^. La. Madame, Ile sing. 1827 3.4.19 3.4.19 3.4.19
1235 Richard II Queen 3.4.23 And I could ^sing^, would weeping do me good. Qu. And I could sing, would weeping doe me good, 1831 3.4.22 3.4.22 3.4.22
1236 Richard II King Henry 5.3.77 Our scene is ^altered^ from a serious thing, | And now ^changed^ to ‘The Beggar and the King’. Bul. Our Scene is alter'd from a serious thing, | And now chang'd to the Begger, and the King. 2579 5.3.78 5.3.78 5.3.78 Title of a ballad.
1237 Richard II SD 5.5.41 The ^music plays^ SD Musick 2704 the musike plaies the musike plaies 5.5.41 5.5.41 5.5.41
1238 Richard II Richard 5.5.41 ^Music do I hear^. | Ha; ha; ^keep time^! How sour ^sweet music^ is | When ^time is broke^ and no ^proportion^ kept. | So is it in the ^music^ of men’s lives. | And here have I the daintiness of ear | To check ^time broke in a disordered string^; | But for the ^concord^ of my state and time | Had not an ^ear to hear my true time broke^. Rich. Musicke do I heare? | Ha, ha? keepe time: How sowre sweet Musicke is, | When Time is broke, and no Proportion kept? | So is it in the Musicke of mens liues: | And heere haue I the daintinesse of eare, | To heare time broke in a disorder'd string: | But for the Concord of my State and Time, | Had not an eare to heare my true Time broke. 2707 ...To checke time broke in a disordered string:… ...To checke time broke in a disordered string:… 5.5.41 …do I hear? 5.5.41 5.5.41 …do I hear? ...To checke time broke in a disordered string:… [F2, F3 and F4]
1239 Richard II Richard 5.5.51 My thoughts are minutes, and with sighs they ^jar^ Rich. My Thoughts, are minutes; and with Sighes they iarre, 2717 5.5.51 5.5.51 5.5.51
1240 Richard II Richard 5.5.55 Now, sir, the sounds that tell what hour it is | Are ^clamorous groans that strike upon my heart, | Which is the bell^. Rich. Now sir, the sound that tels what houre it is, | Are clamorous groanes, that strike vpon my heart, | Which is the bell: 2721 5.5.55 …sound that tells… 5.5.55 5.5.55 …sound that tells…