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The gentleman is not in your books.

      — Much Ado about Nothing, Act I Scene 1

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KEYWORD: costard

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1

King Lear
[IV, 6]

Edgar

2858

Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor voke pass. An chud
ha' bin zwagger'd out of my life, 'twould not ha' bin zo long as
'tis by a vortnight. Nay, come not near th' old man. Keep out,
che vore ye, or Ise try whether your costard or my ballow be the
harder. Chill be plain with you.

2

Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 1]

Longaville

184

Costard the swain and he shall be our sport;
And so to study, three years is but short.

3

Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 1]

(stage directions)

186

[Enter DULL with a letter, and COSTARD]

4

Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 1]

Costard

223

Not a word of Costard yet.

5

Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 1]

Ferdinand

253

[Reads] 'which, as I remember, hight Costard,'—

6

Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 2]

Don Adriano de Armado

413

I will have that subject newly writ o'er, that I may
example my digression by some mighty precedent.
Boy, I do love that country girl that I took in the
park with the rational hind Costard: she deserves well.

7

Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 2]

(stage directions)

423

[Enter DULL, COSTARD, and JAQUENETTA]

8

Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 2]

Dull

424

Sir, the duke's pleasure is, that you keep Costard
safe: and you must suffer him to take no delight
nor no penance; but a' must fast three days a week.
For this damsel, I must keep her at the park: she
is allowed for the day-woman. Fare you well.

9

Love's Labour's Lost
[I, 2]

(stage directions)

462

[Exeunt MOTH and COSTARD]

10

Love's Labour's Lost
[III, 1]

(stage directions)

832

[Re-enter MOTH with COSTARD]

11

Love's Labour's Lost
[III, 1]

Moth

833

A wonder, master! here's a costard broken in a shin.

12

Love's Labour's Lost
[III, 1]

Moth

868

By saying that a costard was broken in a shin.
Then call'd you for the l'envoy.

13

Love's Labour's Lost
[III, 1]

Don Adriano de Armado

874

But tell me; how was there a costard broken in a shin?

14

Love's Labour's Lost
[III, 1]

Costard

876

Thou hast no feeling of it, Moth: I will speak that l'envoy:
I Costard, running out, that was safely within,
Fell over the threshold and broke my shin.

15

Love's Labour's Lost
[III, 1]

Don Adriano de Armado

881

Sirrah Costard, I will enfranchise thee.

16

Love's Labour's Lost
[III, 1]

Moth

896

Like the sequel, I. Signior Costard, adieu.

17

Love's Labour's Lost
[III, 1]

Biron

907

O, my good knave Costard! exceedingly well met.

18

Love's Labour's Lost
[IV, 1]

(stage directions)

1014

[Enter COSTARD]

19

Love's Labour's Lost
[IV, 1]

(stage directions)

1140

[Exit COSTARD, running]

20

Love's Labour's Lost
[IV, 2]

(stage directions)

1229

[Enter JAQUENETTA and COSTARD]

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