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The most peaceable way for you if you do take a thief, is to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company.

— Much Ado about Nothing, Act III Scene 3

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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	Othello [I, 2]	Othello	240	The servants of the duke, and my lieutenant. The goodness of the night upon you, friends! What is the news?
2	Othello [I, 2]	Cassio	243	The duke does greet you, general, And he requires your haste-post-haste appearance, Even on the instant.
3	Othello [I, 2]	Othello	310	What if I do obey? How may the duke be therewith satisfied, Whose messengers are here about my side, Upon some present business of the state To bring me to him?
4	Othello [I, 2]	Brabantio	318	How! the duke in council! In this time of the night! Bring him away: Mine's not an idle cause: the duke himself, Or any of my brothers of the state, Cannot but feel this wrong as 'twere their own; For if such actions may have passage free, Bond-slaves and pagans shall our statesmen be.
5	Othello [I, 3]	(stage directions)	326	[The DUKE and Senators sitting at a table; Officers attending]
6	Othello [I, 3]	Desdemona	593	Nor I; I would not there reside, To put my father in impatient thoughts By being in his eye. Most gracious duke, To my unfolding lend your prosperous ear; And let me find a charter in your voice, To assist my simpleness.
7	Othello [I, 3]	(stage directions)	651	[Exeunt DUKE OF VENICE, Senators, Officers, &c]
8	Othello [IV, 1]	Iago	2646	Something from Venice, sure. 'Tis Lodovico Come from the duke: and, see, your wife is with him.
9	Othello [IV, 1]	Lodovico	2651	The duke and senators of Venice greet you.

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