# 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

Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1]

Tranio

1180

'Twas a commodity lay fretting by you;
'Twill bring you gain, or perish on the seas.

2

Taming of the Shrew
[II, 1]

Baptista Minola

1182

The gain I seek is quiet in the match.