# 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

Measure for Measure
[III, 2]

Pompey

1552

I spy comfort; I cry bail. Here's a gentleman and a
friend of mine.

2

Measure for Measure
[III, 2]

Pompey

1584

I hope, sir, your good worship will be my bail.

3

Measure for Measure
[III, 2]

Pompey

1592

You will not bail me, then, sir?

4

Measure for Measure
[V, 1]

Vincentio

2772

Thou art the first knave that e'er madest a duke.
First, provost, let me bail these gentle three.
[To LUCIO]
Sneak not away, sir; for the friar and you
Must have a word anon. Lay hold on him.