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Be sure of it; give me the ocular proof.

— Othello, Act III Scene 3

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KEYWORD: nay

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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	Twelfth Night [I, 5]	Maria	296	Nay, either tell me where thou hast been, or I will not open my lips so wide as a bristle may enter in way of thy excuse: my lady will hang thee for thy absence.
2	Twelfth Night [II, 3]	Sir Andrew Aguecheek	704	Nay, my troth, I know not: but I know, to be up late is to be up late.
3	Twelfth Night [II, 3]	Maria	804	Nay, good Sir Toby.
4	Twelfth Night [II, 5]	Fabian	1030	Nay, I'll come: if I lose a scruple of this sport, let me be boiled to death with melancholy.
5	Twelfth Night [II, 5]	Fabian	1100	Nay, patience, or we break the sinews of our plot.
6	Twelfth Night [II, 5]	Malvolio	1135	'M, O, A, I, doth sway my life.' Nay, but first, let me see, let me see, let me see.
7	Twelfth Night [II, 5]	Maria	1221	Nay, but say true; does it work upon him?
8	Twelfth Night [III, 1]	Viola	1249	Nay, that's certain; they that dally nicely with words may quickly make them wanton.
9	Twelfth Night [III, 1]	Viola	1275	Nay, an thou pass upon me, I'll no more with thee. Hold, there's expenses for thee.
10	Twelfth Night [III, 4]	Maria	1674	Nay, pursue him now, lest the device take air and taint.
11	Twelfth Night [III, 4]	Sir Andrew Aguecheek	1722	Nay, let me alone for swearing.
12	Twelfth Night [III, 4]	Sir Toby Belch	1866	Nay, if you be an undertaker, I am for you.
13	Twelfth Night [IV, 1]	Sir Andrew Aguecheek	1983	Nay, let him alone: I'll go another way to work with him; I'll have an action of battery against him, if there be any law in Illyria: though I struck him first, yet it's no matter for that.
14	Twelfth Night [IV, 1]	Sir Toby Belch	1992	What, what? Nay, then I must have an ounce or two of this malapert blood from you.
15	Twelfth Night [IV, 1]	Olivia	2016	Nay, come, I prithee; would thou'ldst be ruled by me!
16	Twelfth Night [IV, 2]	Maria	2021	Nay, I prithee, put on this gown and this beard; make him believe thou art Sir Topas the curate: do it quickly; I'll call Sir Toby the whilst.
17	Twelfth Night [IV, 2]	Feste	2079	Nay, I am for all waters.
18	Twelfth Night [IV, 2]	Feste	2133	Nay, I'll ne'er believe a madman till I see his brains. I will fetch you light and paper and ink.

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