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881 Love's Labours Lost Boyet 4.1.122 [^sings^] ‘An I cannot’ Boy I cannot, cannot, cannot: | And I cannot 1116 And I cannot… 4.1.126 An I cannot… 4.1.126 (sings)… 4.1.120 [Singing]…
882 Love's Labours Lost Costard 4.1.145 ^Sola, sola^ Clo. Sowla, sowla. 1148 4.1.148 4.1.148 4.1.142 [hunting cry but may relate to notes so and la]
883 Love's Labours Lost Holofernes 4.2.92    [he ^sings^] ^ ‘Ut, re, sol, la, mi, fa^’ Nath. vt re | sol la mi fa 1261 4.2.98 4.2.98 (he sings)… 4.2.88 [Sings]…
884 Love's Labours Lost Nathaniel 4.2.108    Thy eye Jove’s lightning bears, thy ^voice his dreadful thunder^, | Which, not to anger bent, is ^music^ and sweet fire. | Celestial as thou art, O pardon, love, this wrong, | That ^singeth^ heaven’s praise with such an earthly tongue. Nath. Thy eye Ioues lightning beares, thy voyce his dreadfull thunder. | Which not to anger bent, is musique, and sweet fire. | Celestiall as thou art, Oh pardon loue this wrong, | That sings heauens praise, with such an earthly tongue. 1279 4.2.114 4.2.114 4.2.103
885 Love's Labours Lost Biron 4.3.153 You’ll not be perjured, ‘tis a hateful thing; | Tush, none but ^minstrels^ like of sonneting Bero. You'll not be periur'd, 'tis a hatefull thing: | Tush, none but Minstrels like of Sonnetting. 1494 4.3.154 4.3.155 4.3.149
886 Love's Labours Lost Biron 4.3.163    To see great Hercules whipping a gig, | And profound Solomon to ^tune a jig^ Bero. To see great Hercules whipping a Gigge, | And profound Salomon tuning a Iygge? 1504 …to tune a Iigge 4.3.164 4.3.165 4.3.159
887 Love's Labours Lost Biron 4.3.316 as ^sweet and musical^ | As bright ^Apollo’s lute strung^ with his hair; | And when love speaks, the voice of all the gods | Make heaven drowsy with the ^harmony^. Ber. as sweet and musicall, | As bright Apollo's Lute, strung with his haire. | And when Loue speakes, the voyce of all the Gods, | Make heauen drowsie with the harmonie. 1693 - 4.3.316 4.3.317 4.3.311 F2 prints line beginning "As bright Apollo's lute" twice
888 Love's Labours Lost Biron 4.3.353 For ^revels, dances, masques^, and merry hours | Forerun fair love, strewing her way with flowers. Ber. For Reuels, Dances, Maskes, and merry houres, | Fore-runne faire Loue, strewing her way with flowres. 1730 4.3.353 4.3.354 4.3.348
889 Love's Labours Lost Dull 5.1.130 I’ll make one in a ^dance^ or so, or I will ^play on the tabor^ | to the Worthies, and let them ^dance the hay^. Dull. Ile make one in a dance, or so: or I will play | on the taber to the Worthies, & let them dance the hey. 1884 5.1.147 5.1.140 5.1.124
890 Love's Labours Lost Rosaline 5.2.144 But shall we ^dance^ if they desire us to't? Ros. But shall we dance, if they desire vs too't? 2037 5.2.145 5.2.145 5.2.145