# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

Character Indicates who said the line. If it's a play or sonnet, the character name is "Poet."

Line Shows where the line falls within the work.

The numbering is not keyed to any copyrighted numbering system found in a volume of collected works (Arden, Oxford, etc.) The numbering starts at the beginning of the work, and does not restart for each scene.

Text The line's full text, with keywords highlighted within it, unless highlighting has been disabled by the user.

1

Much Ado about Nothing
[I, 1]

Beatrice

130

You always end with a jade's trick: I know you of old.

2

Much Ado about Nothing
[III, 1]

Hero

1170

He is the only man of Italy.
Always excepted my dear Claudio.

3

Much Ado about Nothing
[III, 3]

Verges

1379

You have been always called a merciful man, partner.

4

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 1]

Borachio

2376

No, by my soul, she was not,
Nor knew not what she did when she spoke to me,
But always hath been just and virtuous
In any thing that I do know by her.

5

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 2]

Margaret

2417

To have no man come over me! why, shall I always
keep below stairs?