# Result number

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

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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.

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1

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Beatrice

538

Nay, if they lead to any ill, I will leave them at
the next turning.

2

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Claudio

556

Thus answer I in the name of Benedick,
But hear these ill news with the ears of Claudio.
'Tis certain so; the prince wooes for himself.
Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love:
Therefore, all hearts in love use their own tongues;
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent; for beauty is a witch
Against whose charms faith melteth into blood.
This is an accident of hourly proof,
Which I mistrusted not. Farewell, therefore, Hero!

3

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 3]

Balthasar

896

And an ill singer, my lord.

4

Much Ado about Nothing
[III, 1]

Hero

1160

No; rather I will go to Benedick
And counsel him to fight against his passion.
And, truly, I'll devise some honest slanders
To stain my cousin with: one doth not know
How much an ill word may empoison liking.

5

Much Ado about Nothing
[III, 2]

Claudio

1257

Yes, and his ill conditions; and, in despite of
all, dies for him.

6

Much Ado about Nothing
[III, 2]

Don John

1282

You may think I love you not: let that appear
hereafter, and aim better at me by that I now will
manifest. For my brother, I think he holds you
well, and in dearness of heart hath holp to effect
your ensuing marriage;—surely suit ill spent and
labour ill bestowed.

7

Much Ado about Nothing
[III, 4]

Beatrice

1537

'Tis almost five o'clock, cousin; tis time you were
ready. By my troth, I am exceeding ill: heigh-ho!

8

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 2]

Beatrice

2490

Very ill.

9

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 2]

Beatrice

2492

Very ill too.