# 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

King Lear
[V, 3]

(stage directions)

3122

Enter, in conquest, with Drum and Colours, Edmund; Lear and Cordelia as prisoners; Soldiers, Captain.

2

King Lear
[V, 3]

Edmund

3151

Come hither, Captain; hark.
Take thou this note [gives a paper]. Go follow them to prison.
One step I have advanc'd thee. If thou dost
As this instructs thee, thou dost make thy way
To noble fortunes. Know thou this, that men
Are as the time is. To be tender-minded
Does not become a sword. Thy great employment
Will not bear question. Either say thou'lt do't,
Or thrive by other means.

3

King Lear
[V, 3]

Edmund

3424

Well thought on. Take my sword;
Give it the Captain.

4

King Lear
[V, 3]

(stage directions)

3433

Enter Lear, with Cordelia [dead] in his arms, [Edgar, Captain, and others following].

5

King Lear
[V, 3]

(stage directions)

3481

Enter a Captain.