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All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 1] |
Parolles |
191 |
Little Helen, farewell; if I can remember thee, I
will think of thee at court.
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2 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Steward |
384 |
May it please you, madam, that he bid Helen come to
you: of her I am to speak.
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3 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Countess |
386 |
Sirrah, tell my gentlewoman I would speak with her;
Helen, I mean.
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4 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Clown |
408 |
That man should be at woman's command, and yet no
hurt done! Though honesty be no puritan, yet it
will do no hurt; it will wear the surplice of
humility over the black gown of a big heart. I am
going, forsooth: the business is for Helen to come hither.
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5 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Countess |
455 |
You know, Helen,
I am a mother to you.
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6 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Countess |
489 |
Yes, Helen, you might be my daughter-in-law:
God shield you mean it not! daughter and mother
So strive upon your pulse. What, pale again?
My fear hath catch'd your fondness: now I see
The mystery of your loneliness, and find
Your salt tears' head: now to all sense 'tis gross
You love my son; invention is ashamed,
Against the proclamation of thy passion,
To say thou dost not: therefore tell me true;
But tell me then, 'tis so; for, look thy cheeks
Confess it, th' one to th' other; and thine eyes
See it so grossly shown in thy behaviors
That in their kind they speak it: only sin
And hellish obstinacy tie thy tongue,
That truth should be suspected. Speak, is't so?
If it be so, you have wound a goodly clew;
If it be not, forswear't: howe'er, I charge thee,
As heaven shall work in me for thine avail,
Tell me truly.
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7 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Countess |
565 |
But think you, Helen,
If you should tender your supposed aid,
He would receive it? he and his physicians
Are of a mind; he, that they cannot help him,
They, that they cannot help: how shall they credit
A poor unlearned virgin, when the schools,
Embowell'd of their doctrine, have left off
The danger to itself?
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8 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[I, 3] |
Countess |
583 |
Why, Helen, thou shalt have my leave and love,
Means and attendants and my loving greetings
To those of mine in court: I'll stay at home
And pray God's blessing into thy attempt:
Be gone to-morrow; and be sure of this,
What I can help thee to thou shalt not miss.
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9 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 2] |
Countess |
881 |
An end, sir; to your business. Give Helen this,
And urge her to a present answer back:
Commend me to my kinsmen and my son:
This is not much.
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10 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 3] |
Parolles |
938 |
Mort du vinaigre! is not this Helen?
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11 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[II, 5] |
Bertram |
1322 |
I shall obey his will.
You must not marvel, Helen, at my course,
Which holds not colour with the time, nor does
The ministration and required office
On my particular. Prepared I was not
For such a business; therefore am I found
So much unsettled: this drives me to entreat you
That presently you take our way for home;
And rather muse than ask why I entreat you,
For my respects are better than they seem
And my appointments have in them a need
Greater than shows itself at the first view
To you that know them not. This to my mother:
[Giving a letter]
'Twill be two days ere I shall see you, so
I leave you to your wisdom.
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12 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[V, 3] |
Lafeu |
2755 |
Come on, my son, in whom my house's name
Must be digested, give a favour from you
To sparkle in the spirits of my daughter,
That she may quickly come.
[BERTRAM gives a ring]
By my old beard,
And every hair that's on't, Helen, that's dead,
Was a sweet creature: such a ring as this,
The last that e'er I took her at court,
I saw upon her finger.
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13 |
All's Well That Ends Well
[V, 3] |
King of France |
2766 |
Now, pray you, let me see it; for mine eye,
While I was speaking, oft was fasten'd to't.
This ring was mine; and, when I gave it Helen,
I bade her, if her fortunes ever stood
Necessitied to help, that by this token
I would relieve her. Had you that craft, to reave
her
Of what should stead her most?
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All's Well That Ends Well
[V, 3] |
King of France |
2846 |
The heavens have thought well on thee Lafeu,
To bring forth this discovery. Seek these suitors:
Go speedily and bring again the count.
I am afeard the life of Helen, lady,
Was foully snatch'd.
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