# 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

Much Ado about Nothing
[II, 1]

Benedick

578

Why, that's spoken like an honest drovier: so they
sell bullocks. But did you think the prince would
have served you thus?

2

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

Leonato

1708

Are these things spoken, or do I but dream?

3

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

Don John

1709

Sir, they are spoken, and these things are true.

4

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 1]

Dogberry

2288

Marry, sir, they have committed false report;
moreover, they have spoken untruths; secondarily,
they are slanders; sixth and lastly, they have
belied a lady; thirdly, they have verified unjust
things; and, to conclude, they are lying knaves.

5

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 2]

Beatrice

2452

'Then' is spoken; fare you well now: and yet, ere
I go, let me go with that I came; which is, with
knowing what hath passed between you and Claudio.