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1311 Romeo and Juliet Mercutio 2.3.128 Farewell, ancient lady. Farewell, [^sings^] ‘lady, lady, lady’. Mer. Farewell auncient Lady: | Farewell Lady, Lady, Lady. 1240 Farewell ancient Ladie, farewell sweete Ladie. 2.4.141 [No singing] 2.3.133 2.4.119 ... [singing] … Refrain from a ballad.
1312 Romeo and Juliet Juliet 2.4.22 Though news be sad, yet tell them merrily; | If good, thou sham’st the ^music^ of sweet news | By ^playing it^ to me with so sour a face. Iul. Though newes, be sad, yet tell them merrily. | If good thou sham'st the musicke of sweet newes, | By playing it to me, with so sower a face. 1334 - 2.5.22 2.4.21 2.5.22
1313 Romeo and Juliet Nurse 2.4.75 But you shall ^bear the burden^ soon at night. Nur. But you shall beare the burthen soone at night. 1389 But you must beare the burden soone at night. 2.5.77 2.4.75 2.5.75 [? music]
1314 Romeo and Juliet Romeo 2.5.25 thy skill be more | To ^blazon^ it, then sweeten with thy breath | This neighbour ^air^, and let rich ^music’s tongue^ | Unfold the imagined happiness Fri[er] thy skill be more | To blason it, then sweeten with thy breath | This neighbour ayre, and let rich musickes tongue. | Vnfold the imagin'd happinesse 1418 - 2.6.25 2.5.25 2.6.25
1315 Romeo and Juliet Mercutio 3.1.41 ^Consort^? What, dost thou make us ^minstrels^? An | thou make ^minstrels^ of us, look to hear nothing but ^discords^. | Here’s my ^fiddlestick^; here’s that shall | make you ^dance^. Zounds—‘^Consort^’. Mer. Consort? what dost thou make vs Minstrels? & | thou make Minstrels of vs, looke to heare nothing but discords: | heere's my fiddlesticke, heere's that shall make you | daunce. Come consort. 1477 Consort Zwounes consort? the slaue wil make fidlers of vs. If you doe sirra, look for nothing but discord: For heeres my fiddle-sticke. 3.1.45 3.1.45 3.1.40
1316 Romeo and Juliet Juliet 3.2.67 Then, dreadful ^trumpet, sound^ the general doom Iul. Then dreadfull Trumpet sound the generall doome, 1717 Then let the trumpet sound a generall doome, 3.2.67 3.2.67 3.2.67
1317 Romeo and Juliet Juliet 3.5.2 It was the ^nightingale^, and not the ^lark^, | That ^pierced^ the fear-full hollow of thine ear. | Nightly she ^sings^ on yon pom’granate tree. | Believe me, love, it was the ^nightingale^. Iul. It was the Nightingale, and not the Larke, | That pier'st the fearefull hollow of thine eare, | Nightly she sings on yond Pomgranet tree, | Beleeue me Loue, it was the Nightingale. 2034 It was the Nightingale and not the Larke | That pierst the fearfull hollow of thine eare: | Nightly she sings on yon Pomegranate tree, | Beleeue me loue, it was the Nightingale. 3.5.2 3.5.2 3.5.2
1318 Romeo and Juliet Romeo 3.5.6 It was the ^lark^, the herald of the morn, | No ^nightingale^. Rom. It was the Larke the Herauld of the Morne: | No Nightingale: 2038 It was the Larke, the Herald of the Morne, | And not the Nightingale. 3.5.6 3.5.6 3.5.6
1319 Romeo and Juliet Romeo 3.5.21 that is not the ^lark whose notes do beat^ | The vaulty heaven so high above our heads. Rom. that is not Larke whose noates do beate | The vaulty heauen so high aboue our heads, 2053 Ile say it is the Nightingale that beates | The vaultie heauen so high aboue our heads, | And not the Larke the Messenger of Morne. 3.5.21 3.5.21 3.5.21
1320 Romeo and Juliet Juliet 3.5.27 It is the ^lark that sings so out of tune, | Straining harsh discords and unpleasing sharps. | Some say the lark makes sweet division; | This doth not so, for she divideth us^. Iuli. It is the Larke that sings so out of tune, | Straining harsh Discords, and vnpleasing Sharpes. | Some say the Larke makes sweete Diuision; | This doth not so: for she diuideth vs. 2059 It is the Larke that sings so out of tune, | Straining harsh Discords and vnpleasing Sharpes. | Some say, the Larke makes sweete Diuision: 3.5.27 3.5.27 3.5.27