# 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, 5]

Dogberry

1633

Go, good partner, go, get you to Francis Seacole;
bid him bring his pen and inkhorn to the gaol: we
are now to examination these men.

2

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

(stage directions)

1642

[Enter DON PEDRO, DON JOHN, LEONATO, FRIAR FRANCIS,]
CLAUDIO, BENEDICK, HERO, BEATRICE, and Attendants]

3

Much Ado about Nothing
[IV, 1]

Leonato

1644

Come, Friar Francis, be brief; only to the plain
form of marriage, and you shall recount their
particular duties afterwards.

4

Much Ado about Nothing
[V, 4]

(stage directions)

2543

[Enter LEONATO, ANTONIO, BENEDICK, BEATRICE,]
MARGARET, URSULA, FRIAR FRANCIS, and HERO]