# 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

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

2619

Know'st thou not any whom corrupting gold
Would tempt unto a close exploit of death?

2

Richard III
[IV, 2]

Page

2621

My lord, I know a discontented gentleman,
Whose humble means match not his haughty mind:
Gold were as good as twenty orators,
And will, no doubt, tempt him to any thing.

3

Richard III
[IV, 4]

Richard III (Duke of Gloucester)

3233

Ay, if the devil tempt thee to do good.