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Exceedingly well read.

      — King Henry IV. Part I, Act III Scene 1

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1

All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 5]

Bertram

1358

I pray you, stay not, but in haste to horse.

2

All's Well That Ends Well
[III, 3]

Duke of Florence

1543

The general of our horse thou art; and we,
Great in our hope, lay our best love and credence
Upon thy promising fortune.

3

All's Well That Ends Well
[III, 6]

Parolles

1773

'But a drum'! is't 'but a drum'? A drum so lost!
There was excellent command,—to charge in with our
horse upon our own wings, and to rend our own soldiers!

4

All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 3]

First Soldier

2218

[Reads] 'First demand of him how many horse the
duke is strong.' What say you to that?

5

All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 3]

Parolles

2236

Five or six thousand horse, I said,— I will say
true,—or thereabouts, set down, for I'll speak truth.

6

All's Well That Ends Well
[IV, 3]

Parolles

2375

Ay, and the captain of his horse, Count Rousillon.

7

All's Well That Ends Well
[V, 1]

Helena

2608

And you shall find yourself to be well thank'd,
Whate'er falls more. We must to horse again.
Go, go, provide.

8

Antony and Cleopatra
[I, 5]

Cleopatra

543

O Charmian,
Where think'st thou he is now? Stands he, or sits he?
Or does he walk? or is he on his horse?
O happy horse, to bear the weight of Antony!
Do bravely, horse! for wot'st thou whom thou movest?
The demi-Atlas of this earth, the arm
And burgonet of men. He's speaking now,
Or murmuring 'Where's my serpent of old Nile?'
For so he calls me: now I feed myself
With most delicious poison. Think on me,
That am with Phoebus' amorous pinches black,
And wrinkled deep in time? Broad-fronted Caesar,
When thou wast here above the ground, I was
A morsel for a monarch: and great Pompey
Would stand and make his eyes grow in my brow;
There would he anchor his aspect and die
With looking on his life.

9

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 1]

Ventidius

1581

I'll humbly signify what in his name,
That magical word of war, we have effected;
How, with his banners and his well-paid ranks,
The ne'er-yet-beaten horse of Parthia
We have jaded out o' the field.

10

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 2]

Domitius Enobarus

1615

They are his shards, and he their beetle.
[Trumpets within]
So;
This is to horse. Adieu, noble Agrippa.

11

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 2]

Domitius Enobarus

1656

[Aside to AGRIPPA] He were the worse for that,
were he a horse;
So is he, being a man.

12

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 6]

Octavius

1869

Why have you stol'n upon us thus! You come not
Like Caesar's sister: the wife of Antony
Should have an army for an usher, and
The neighs of horse to tell of her approach
Long ere she did appear; the trees by the way
Should have borne men; and expectation fainted,
Longing for what it had not; nay, the dust
Should have ascended to the roof of heaven,
Raised by your populous troops: but you are come
A market-maid to Rome; and have prevented
The ostentation of our love, which, left unshown,
Is often left unloved; we should have met you
By sea and land; supplying every stage
With an augmented greeting.

13

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 7]

Domitius Enobarus

1943

[Aside] Well, I could reply:
If we should serve with horse and mares together,
The horse were merely lost; the mares would bear
A soldier and his horse.

14

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 7]

Antony

2007

Can he be there in person? 'tis impossible;
Strange that power should be. Canidius,
Our nineteen legions thou shalt hold by land,
And our twelve thousand horse. We'll to our ship:
Away, my Thetis!
[Enter a Soldier]
How now, worthy soldier?

15

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 7]

Soldier

2026

You keep by land
The legions and the horse whole, do you not?

16

Antony and Cleopatra
[III, 10]

Canidius

2103

To Caesar will I render
My legions and my horse: six kings already
Show me the way of yielding.

17

Antony and Cleopatra
[IV, 14]

Antony

2988

That which is now a horse, even with a thought
The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct,
As water is in water.

18

As You Like It
[III, 3]

Touchstone

1568

As the ox hath his bow, sir, the horse his curb, and
the falcon her bells, so man hath his desires; and as pigeons
bill, so wedlock would be nibbling.

19

As You Like It
[III, 4]

Celia

1628

O, that's a brave man! He writes brave verses, speaks brave
words, swears brave oaths, and breaks them bravely, quite
traverse, athwart the heart of his lover; as a puny tilter, that
spurs his horse but on one side, breaks his staff like a noble
goose. But all's brave that youth mounts and folly guides. Who
comes here?

20

As You Like It
[V, 3]

Second Page

2373

I'faith, i'faith; and both in a tune, like two gipsies
on a horse.
SONG.
It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
That o'er the green corn-field did pass
In the spring time, the only pretty ring time,
When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
Between the acres of the rye,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
These pretty country folks would lie,
In the spring time, &c.
This carol they began that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
How that a life was but a flower,
In the spring time, &c.
And therefore take the present time,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
For love is crowned with the prime,
In the spring time, &c.

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