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I must become a borrower of the night
For a dark hour or twain.

— Macbeth, Act III Scene 1

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KEYWORD: jest

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# 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	Comedy of Errors [II, 2]	Antipholus of Syracuse	393	The gold I gave to Dromio is laid up Safe at the Centaur; and the heedful slave Is wander'd forth, in care to seek me out By computation and mine host's report. I could not speak with Dromio since at first I sent him from the mart. See, here he comes. [Enter DROMIO of Syracuse] How now sir! is your merry humour alter'd? As you love strokes, so jest with me again. You know no Centaur? you received no gold? Your mistress sent to have me home to dinner? My house was at the Phoenix? Wast thou mad, That thus so madly thou didst answer me?
2	Comedy of Errors [II, 2]	Dromio of Syracuse	413	I am glad to see you in this merry vein: What means this jest? I pray you, master, tell me.
3	Comedy of Errors [II, 2]	Antipholus of Syracuse	415	Yea, dost thou jeer and flout me in the teeth? Think'st thou I jest? Hold, take thou that, and that.
4	Comedy of Errors [II, 2]	Dromio of Syracuse	418	Hold, sir, for God's sake! now your jest is earnest: Upon what bargain do you give it me?
5	Comedy of Errors [II, 2]	Antipholus of Syracuse	420	Because that I familiarly sometimes Do use you for my fool and chat with you, Your sauciness will jest upon my love And make a common of my serious hours. When the sun shines let foolish gnats make sport, But creep in crannies when he hides his beams. If you will jest with me, know my aspect, And fashion your demeanor to my looks, Or I will beat this method in your sconce.
6	Comedy of Errors [II, 2]	Antipholus of Syracuse	457	Well, sir, learn to jest in good time: there's a time for all things.
7	Comedy of Errors [III, 1]	Antipholus of Ephesus	760	Do so. This jest shall cost me some expense.

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