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631 Hamlet Ophelia 4.5.163 [^song^] ‘They bore him barefaced on the bier’ Ophe. They bore him bare fac'd on the Beer 2917 - Song… 4.1.162 [Sings]… 4.5.165 (Sings)… 4.5.164 Song…
632 Hamlet Ophelia 4.5.169 You must ^sing^ ‘Down, a-down’, and you, ‘Call him a | down-a’. O, how the wheel becomes it! Ophe. You must sing downe a-downe, and you call | him a-downe-a. Oh, how the wheele becomes it? 2923 I pray now, you shall sing a downe, 4.1.168 4.5.171 4.5.170
633 Hamlet Ophelia 4.5.182 [^song^] ‘For bonny sweet Robin is all my joy’ Ophe. For bonny sweet Robin is all my ioy. 2938 For bonny sweete Robin is all my ioy. 4.5.182 (Sings)… 4.5.187 (She sings…) 4.5.182 [Sings]…
634 Hamlet Ophelia 4.5.185 [^song^] ‘And will a not come again’ Ophe. And will he not come againe 2941 And will he not come againe? Song. And will a not... 4.5.185 [Sings]… 4.5.190 (Sings)… 4.5.185 Song…
635 Hamlet Queen 4.7.148 Which time she ^chanted snatches of old tunes^, | As one incapable of her own distress. Qu. Which time she chaunted snatches of old tunes, | As one incapable of her owne distresse, 3169 Chaunting olde sundry tunes vncapable | As it were of her distresse …of old laudes… 4.7.149 4.7.152 4.7.177 …snatches of old lauds…
636 Hamlet Queen 4.7.152 Till that her garments, heavy with their drink, | Pulled the poor wretch from her ^melodious lay^ | To muddy death. Qu. Till that her garments, heauy with her drinke, | Pul'd the poore wretch from her melodious buy, | To muddy death. 3173 Till that her clothes, being heauy with their drinke, | Dragg'd the sweete wretch to death. …melodious lay… 4.7.153 4.7.156 4.7.181
637 Hamlet Gravedigger 5.1.57 [^sings^] ‘In youth when I did love’ Clo. Sings. | In youth when I did loue, did loue, 3251 A picke-axe and a spade,… Song… 5.1.61 (Sings)… 5.1.60 (He digs and sings)… 5.1.51 Song…
638 Hamlet Hamlet 5.1.61 Has this fellow no feeling of his business that a ^sings^ at | grave-making? Ham. Ha's this fellow no feeling of his businesse, that | he sings at Graue-making? 3256 Hath this fellow any feeling of himselfe, | That is thus merry in making of a graue? …a sings in …. 5.1.65 5.1.64 5.1.55
639 Hamlet Gravedigger 5.1.66 [^sings^] ‘But age with his stealing steps’ SD; Clo. Clowne sings. | But Age with his stealing steps 3262 A pick-axe and a spade, a spade, Song… 5.1.71 (Sings)… 5.1.69 (Sings)… 5.1.60 Song…
640 Hamlet Hamlet 5.1.70 That skull had a tongue in it and could ^sing^ once. Ham. That Scull had a tongue in it, and could sing | once: 3267 - 5.1.75 5.1.73 5.1.64