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The attempt and not the deed
Confounds us.

— Macbeth, Act II Scene 2

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KEYWORD: verges

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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	Much Ado about Nothing [III, 3]	(stage directions)	1322	[Enter DOGBERRY and VERGES with the Watch]
2	Much Ado about Nothing [III, 3]	(stage directions)	1409	[Exeunt DOGBERRY and VERGES]
3	Much Ado about Nothing [III, 5]	(stage directions)	1580	[Enter LEONATO, with DOGBERRY and VERGES]
4	Much Ado about Nothing [III, 5]	Dogberry	1588	Goodman Verges, sir, speaks a little off the matter: an old man, sir, and his wits are not so blunt as, God help, I would desire they were; but, in faith, honest as the skin between his brows.
5	Much Ado about Nothing [III, 5]	Dogberry	1594	Comparisons are odorous: palabras, neighbour Verges.
6	Much Ado about Nothing [III, 5]	Dogberry	1610	A good old man, sir; he will be talking: as they say, when the age is in, the wit is out: God help us! it is a world to see. Well said, i' faith, neighbour Verges: well, God's a good man; an two men ride of a horse, one must ride behind. An honest soul, i' faith, sir; by my troth he is, as ever broke bread; but God is to be worshipped; all men are not alike; alas, good neighbour!
7	Much Ado about Nothing [IV, 2]	(stage directions)	1982	[Enter DOGBERRY, VERGES, and Sexton, in gowns; and] the Watch, with CONRADE and BORACHIO]
8	Much Ado about Nothing [V, 1]	(stage directions)	2280	[Enter DOGBERRY, VERGES, and the Watch, with CONRADE and BORACHIO]
9	Much Ado about Nothing [V, 1]	(stage directions)	2401	[Exeunt DOGBERRY and VERGES]

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