# Result number

Work The work is either a play, poem, or sonnet. The sonnets are treated as single work with 154 parts.

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1

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[I, 1]

Valentine

58

Sweet Proteus, no; now let us take our leave.
To Milan let me hear from thee by letters
Of thy success in love, and what news else
Betideth here in absence of thy friend;
And likewise will visit thee with mine.

2

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[I, 3]

Antonio

359

Lend me the letter; let me see what news.

3

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[I, 3]

Proteus

360

There is no news, my lord, but that he writes
How happily he lives, how well beloved
And daily graced by the emperor;
Wishing me with him, partner of his fortune.

4

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[II, 4]

Duke of Milan

698

Now, daughter Silvia, you are hard beset.
Sir Valentine, your father's in good health:
What say you to a letter from your friends
Of much good news?

5

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[II, 4]

Duke of Milan

725

Beshrew me, sir, but if he make this good,
He is as worthy for an empress' love
As meet to be an emperor's counsellor.
Well, sir, this gentleman is come to me,
With commendation from great potentates;
And here he means to spend his time awhile:
I think 'tis no unwelcome news to you.

6

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[III, 1]

Valentine

1279

My ears are stopt and cannot hear good news,
So much of bad already hath possess'd them.

7

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[III, 1]

Valentine

1288

No Valentine, if Silvia have forsworn me.
What is your news?

8

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[III, 1]

Proteus

1291

That thou art banished—O, that's the news!—
From hence, from Silvia and from me thy friend.

9

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[III, 1]

Speed

1355

How now, Signior Launce! what news with your
mastership?

10

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[III, 1]

Speed

1358

Well, your old vice still; mistake the word. What
news, then, in your paper?

11

Two Gentlemen of Verona
[III, 1]

Launce

1360

The blackest news that ever thou heardest.