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261 3 Henry VI King Henry 5.6.43 Shall rue the hour that ever thou wast born. | The ^owl shrieked^ at thy birth—an evil sign; | The ^night-crow cried^, aboding luckless time; | dogs howled, and hideous tempests shook down trees; | The ^raven rooked^ her on the chimney’s top; | And chatt’ring pies in dismal ^discords sung^. Hen. Shall rue the houre that euer thou was't borne. | The Owle shriek'd at thy birth, an euill signe, | The Night-Crow cry'de, aboding luckless time, | Dogs howl'd, and hiddeous Tempest shook down Trees: | The Rauen rook'd her on the Chimnies top, | And chatt'ring Pies in dismall Discords sung: 3117 ...aboding lucklesse tune, …discord sung… 5.6.43 5.6.43 5.6.43
262 3 Henry VI SD 5.7 ^Flourish^. Enter King Edward ... SD Flourish. Enter King, Queene, Clarence, Richard, Hastings, Nurse, and Attendants. 3170 - 5.7 5.7 5.7
263 3 Henry VI King Edward 5.7.42 And now what rests but that we spend the time | With stately triumphs, mirthful comic shows, | Such as befits the pleasure of the court? | ^Sound drums and trumpets^—farewell sour annoy! King. And now what rests, but that we spend the time | With stately Triumphes, mirthfull Comicke shewes, | Such as befits the pleasure of the Court. | Sound Drums and Trumpets, farwell sowre annoy, | For heere I hope begins our lasting ioy. 3213 5.7.42 5.7.42 5.7.42
264 3 Henry VI SD 5.7.46 [^Flourish^.] Exeunt
265 A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus 1.1.18 But I will wed thee in another ^key^-- | With pomp, with triumph, and with ^revelling^. The. But I will wed thee in another key, | With pompe, with triumph, and with reuelling. 22 1.1.18 1.1.18 1.1.18
266 A Midsummer Night's Dream Egeus 1.1.30 Thou hast by moonlight at her window ^sung^ | With feigning voice verses of feigning love Eg. Thou hast by Moone-light at her window sung, | With faining voice, verses of faining loue, 38 1.1.30 1.1.30 1.1.30
267 A Midsummer Night's Dream Theseus 1.1.73 ^Chanting^ faint ^hymns^ to the cold fruitless moon. The. Chanting faint hymnes to the cold fruitlesse Moone, 82 1.1.73 1.1.73 1.1.73
268 A Midsummer Night's Dream Helena 1.1.183 Your eyes are lodestars, and your ^tongue’s sweet air^ | More ^tuneable^ than ^lark^ to shepherd’s ear Hel. Your eyes are loadstarres, and your tongues sweet ayre | More tuneable then Larke to shepheards eare, 195 1.1.183 1.1.183 1.1.183
269 A Midsummer Night's Dream Helena 1.1.188 My ear should catch your voice, my eye your eye, | My tongue should ^catch^ your ^tongue’s sweet melody^. Hel. My eare should catch your voice, my eye, your eye, | My tongue should catch your tongues sweet melodie, 200 1.1.188 1.1.188 1.1.188
270 A Midsummer Night's Dream SD 1.2. Enter Quince . . . and ^Flute^ the bellows-mender . . . SD Enter Quince ... Flute the bellowes-mender, Snout … 266 1.2. 1.2. 1.2.