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Wherefore doth the First Citizen urge his fellows to slay Caius Marcius? | He seeketh to end their famishment, for if the chief enemy be slain, the people shall have corn at their own price. | ### Question: Wherefore doth the First Citizen urge his fellows to slay Caius Marcius?
### Answer: He seeketh to end their famishment, for if the chief enemy be slain, the people shall have corn at their own price. |
How doth the First Citizen view the abundance of the patricians? | He declareth that the superfluity whereon the patricians surfeit would relieve the poor, yet the great ones find the citizens' misery but an inventory of their own wealth. | ### Question: How doth the First Citizen view the abundance of the patricians?
### Answer: He declareth that the superfluity whereon the patricians surfeit would relieve the poor, yet the great ones find the citizens' misery but an inventory of their own wealth. |
In what manner doth the First Citizen answer the report of Marcius's services to his country? | He granteth the fame of such deeds, yet averreth that Marcius is paid by his own pride and acted only to that end. | ### Question: In what manner doth the First Citizen answer the report of Marcius's services to his country?
### Answer: He granteth the fame of such deeds, yet averreth that Marcius is paid by his own pride and acted only to that end. |
Whither must Titus Lartius depart, and for what purpose? | He must hie him back to Corioli, there to send the best men unto Rome that they may articulate for the common good. | ### Question: Whither must Titus Lartius depart, and for what purpose?
### Answer: He must hie him back to Corioli, there to send the best men unto Rome that they may articulate for the common good. |
What boon doth Coriolanus crave of his Lord General? | He doth beseech the freedom of a poor host who used him kindly, whose piteous cries were once drowned by the wrath of battle. | ### Question: What boon doth Coriolanus crave of his Lord General?
### Answer: He doth beseech the freedom of a poor host who used him kindly, whose piteous cries were once drowned by the wrath of battle. |
How many times hath the noble Marcius o'ercome Aufidius in combat? | Five times hath he been beaten by Marcius, and Aufidius feareth he should be bested as often as they do eat, should they encounter again. | ### Question: How many times hath the noble Marcius o'ercome Aufidius in combat?
### Answer: Five times hath he been beaten by Marcius, and Aufidius feareth he should be bested as often as they do eat, should they encounter again. |
Unto whom do the tribunes bid the people lay the blame for their choice? | They charge the citizens to lay the fault upon their tribunes, Brutus and Sicinius, as though their voices were constrained by commandment. | ### Question: Unto whom do the tribunes bid the people lay the blame for their choice?
### Answer: They charge the citizens to lay the fault upon their tribunes, Brutus and Sicinius, as though their voices were constrained by commandment. |
What noble lineage doth Brutus claim for the candidate to stir the people's memory? | He springeth from the noble house of the Marcians, a line of kings and worthy ancestors like Ancus Marcius, who brought the very water by conduits hither. | ### Question: What noble lineage doth Brutus claim for the candidate to stir the people's memory?
### Answer: He springeth from the noble house of the Marcians, a line of kings and worthy ancestors like Ancus Marcius, who brought the very water by conduits hither. |
By what means shall the people justify the revoking of their sudden approbation? | They must say they were preoccupied by the tribunes' lectures and, scaling his present bearing with his past, found him to be their fixed enemy. | ### Question: By what means shall the people justify the revoking of their sudden approbation?
### Answer: They must say they were preoccupied by the tribunes' lectures and, scaling his present bearing with his past, found him to be their fixed enemy. |
Unto what creature doth the son liken his solitary departure? | He likeneth himself unto a lonely dragon, which from his fen breedeth more terror and talk than he is seen by mortal eye. | ### Question: Unto what creature doth the son liken his solitary departure?
### Answer: He likeneth himself unto a lonely dragon, which from his fen breedeth more terror and talk than he is seen by mortal eye. |
Wherefore doth Cominius desire to attend the exile for a month's space? | He seeketh to devise a place of rest, that news of a repeal might reach the wanderer ere the heat of advantage doth cool. | ### Question: Wherefore doth Cominius desire to attend the exile for a month's space?
### Answer: He seeketh to devise a place of rest, that news of a repeal might reach the wanderer ere the heat of advantage doth cool. |
What promise doth the departing man render unto his kin regarding his future conduct? | He voweth that while he remaineth above the ground, they shall hear naught of him but what accordeth with his former noble self. | ### Question: What promise doth the departing man render unto his kin regarding his future conduct?
### Answer: He voweth that while he remaineth above the ground, they shall hear naught of him but what accordeth with his former noble self. |
By what means doth Menenius claim his name should grant him passage? | He doth avouch himself the general's lover and the very book of his good acts, having ever verified his friend's fame with the utmost verity. | ### Question: By what means doth Menenius claim his name should grant him passage?
### Answer: He doth avouch himself the general's lover and the very book of his good acts, having ever verified his friend's fame with the utmost verity. |
How doth the First Senator characterize the intercession of Menenius? | He mocketh him as a decayed dotant whose palsied pleas cannot front the general's revenges, nor can the easy groans of women stay his hand. | ### Question: How doth the First Senator characterize the intercession of Menenius?
### Answer: He mocketh him as a decayed dotant whose palsied pleas cannot front the general's revenges, nor can the easy groans of women stay his hand. |
At what hour doth Menenius desire to speak with the general? | He seeketh not to speak with him until he hath dined, for he would wait until after dinner to move his suit. | ### Question: At what hour doth Menenius desire to speak with the general?
### Answer: He seeketh not to speak with him until he hath dined, for he would wait until after dinner to move his suit. |
Whither doth the lady command the bearers to carry the holy load? | She bids them hie toward Chertsey, that the corse taken from Paul's may be interred there. | ### Question: Whither doth the lady command the bearers to carry the holy load?
### Answer: She bids them hie toward Chertsey, that the corse taken from Paul's may be interred there. |
By what name of sorcery doth Lady Anne address the intruder who stops their charitable deed? | She demandeth what black magician hath conjured up such a fiend to stay their holy progress. | ### Question: By what name of sorcery doth Lady Anne address the intruder who stops their charitable deed?
### Answer: She demandeth what black magician hath conjured up such a fiend to stay their holy progress. |
How doth Gloucester threaten the gentleman who biddeth him stand back? | The Duke calleth him an unmanner'd dog and vows, by Saint Paul, to strike him to his foot and spurn him for his boldness. | ### Question: How doth Gloucester threaten the gentleman who biddeth him stand back?
### Answer: The Duke calleth him an unmanner'd dog and vows, by Saint Paul, to strike him to his foot and spurn him for his boldness. |
What manner of thing hath bred a sudden remorse in the Second Murderer's breast? | The mere urging of the word 'judgment' hath birthed this holy humour within his soul. | ### Question: What manner of thing hath bred a sudden remorse in the Second Murderer's breast?
### Answer: The mere urging of the word 'judgment' hath birthed this holy humour within his soul. |
Wherein doth the Second Murderer's conscience presently abide? | Marry, he saith his conscience is even now tucked away within the Duke of Gloucester's purse. | ### Question: Wherein doth the Second Murderer's conscience presently abide?
### Answer: Marry, he saith his conscience is even now tucked away within the Duke of Gloucester's purse. |
What memory hath restored the knave's resolve to dispatch his victim? | The remembrance of the reward to be gained hath driven away his dregs of conscience, making him resolute for the deed. | ### Question: What memory hath restored the knave's resolve to dispatch his victim?
### Answer: The remembrance of the reward to be gained hath driven away his dregs of conscience, making him resolute for the deed. |
What small weapon doth the young York crave of his uncle? | He doth beseech his kinsman for a dagger, a mere toy which he deems no grief to part withal. | ### Question: What small weapon doth the young York crave of his uncle?
### Answer: He doth beseech his kinsman for a dagger, a mere toy which he deems no grief to part withal. |
Wherefore doth the Lord of Gloucester deny the lad his sword? | The Duke denieth the blade for that it is too heavy for his Grace to wear, being a burden ill-suited to his small stature. | ### Question: Wherefore doth the Lord of Gloucester deny the lad his sword?
### Answer: The Duke denieth the blade for that it is too heavy for his Grace to wear, being a burden ill-suited to his small stature. |
How doth the Prince Edward describe the nature of his brother's speech? | The Prince declareth that York will ever be cross in his talk, mocking his elders with a sharp-provided wit. | ### Question: How doth the Prince Edward describe the nature of his brother's speech?
### Answer: The Prince declareth that York will ever be cross in his talk, mocking his elders with a sharp-provided wit. |
Whither doth the Lady Anne bend her footsteps this day? | She journeyeth toward the Tower, moved by heart's devotion to greet the tender princes. | ### Question: Whither doth the Lady Anne bend her footsteps this day?
### Answer: She journeyeth toward the Tower, moved by heart's devotion to greet the tender princes. |
By what authority doth Master Brakenbury deny the ladies entrance to the princes? | He hath a strait charge from the Lord Protector, whom he miscalled King, to suffer no such visitation. | ### Question: By what authority doth Master Brakenbury deny the ladies entrance to the princes?
### Answer: He hath a strait charge from the Lord Protector, whom he miscalled King, to suffer no such visitation. |
How doth the Duchess of York justify her right to behold the imprisoned youths? | She claimeth her right as she is the mother to their father, and will not be stayed from seeing them. | ### Question: How doth the Duchess of York justify her right to behold the imprisoned youths?
### Answer: She claimeth her right as she is the mother to their father, and will not be stayed from seeing them. |
By what means doth Richard seek to win the Queen's daughter? | He chargeth the Queen to be the attorney of his love, pleading not his past ill-deserts but the merit he shall hereafter deserve. | ### Question: By what means doth Richard seek to win the Queen's daughter?
### Answer: He chargeth the Queen to be the attorney of his love, pleading not his past ill-deserts but the merit he shall hereafter deserve. |
What dire calamities shall befall the land should this union fail? | Without her, there followeth death, desolation, ruin, and decay to the realm and many a Christian soul. | ### Question: What dire calamities shall befall the land should this union fail?
### Answer: Without her, there followeth death, desolation, ruin, and decay to the realm and many a Christian soul. |
How doth Richard justify the slaughter of the Queen's children? | He claimeth to bury them within her daughter's womb, where they shall breed anew like a nest of spicery for her comfort. | ### Question: How doth Richard justify the slaughter of the Queen's children?
### Answer: He claimeth to bury them within her daughter's womb, where they shall breed anew like a nest of spicery for her comfort. |
What treasure doth the speaker prize above all earthly things? | He deemeth a spotless reputation the purest treasure mortal times afford, for without it, men are but gilded loam. | ### Question: What treasure doth the speaker prize above all earthly things?
### Answer: He deemeth a spotless reputation the purest treasure mortal times afford, for without it, men are but gilded loam. |
Where shall the swords and lances of these foemen decide their bitter strife? | The King hath commanded they be ready at Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day, to let their weapons arbitrate their hate. | ### Question: Where shall the swords and lances of these foemen decide their bitter strife?
### Answer: The King hath commanded they be ready at Coventry, upon Saint Lambert's day, to let their weapons arbitrate their hate. |
Why doth Henry Bolingbroke refuse to cast down his gage and yield? | He will not wound his honour with such feeble wrong nor show pale beggar-fear before a dastard, lest he appear crest-fallen in his father's sight. | ### Question: Why doth Henry Bolingbroke refuse to cast down his gage and yield?
### Answer: He will not wound his honour with such feeble wrong nor show pale beggar-fear before a dastard, lest he appear crest-fallen in his father's sight. |
By what means hath the King despoiled the common people of their wealth and affection? | The King hath pill'd the commons with grievous taxes and daily exactions, whereby he hath quite lost their hearts. | ### Question: By what means hath the King despoiled the common people of their wealth and affection?
### Answer: The King hath pill'd the commons with grievous taxes and daily exactions, whereby he hath quite lost their hearts. |
How doth the King's spending in times of peace compare unto the deeds of his ancestors? | Alas, he hath spent more in peace than his noble forefathers did in wars, basely yielding what they achieved with blows. | ### Question: How doth the King's spending in times of peace compare unto the deeds of his ancestors?
### Answer: Alas, he hath spent more in peace than his noble forefathers did in wars, basely yielding what they achieved with blows. |
Whence doth the King seek gold to fund his Irish wars, seeing his own coffers are spent? | He findeth no coin despite his heavy taxes, but seeketh it by the shameful robbing of his banished kinsman, the Duke. | ### Question: Whence doth the King seek gold to fund his Irish wars, seeing his own coffers are spent?
### Answer: He findeth no coin despite his heavy taxes, but seeketh it by the shameful robbing of his banished kinsman, the Duke. |
To what celestial body doth the Duke of York liken the appearance of King Richard? | The King doth appear as the blushing and discontented sun, emerging from the fiery portal of the east whilst envious clouds seek to dim his glory. | ### Question: To what celestial body doth the Duke of York liken the appearance of King Richard?
### Answer: The King doth appear as the blushing and discontented sun, emerging from the fiery portal of the east whilst envious clouds seek to dim his glory. |
In what manner doth Bolingbroke intend to meet the King upon this plain? | He seeketh a meeting of such terror as the elements of fire and water, yet he voweth to be the yielding water and rain his grief upon the earth rather than upon the King's person. | ### Question: In what manner doth Bolingbroke intend to meet the King upon this plain?
### Answer: He seeketh a meeting of such terror as the elements of fire and water, yet he voweth to be the yielding water and rain his grief upon the earth rather than upon the King's person. |
Wherefore doth King Richard chide the bending of the knee before him? | The King marvelleth at the delay of such duty, questioning how any subject dare forget to pay lawful and awful reverence unto his royal presence. | ### Question: Wherefore doth King Richard chide the bending of the knee before him?
### Answer: The King marvelleth at the delay of such duty, questioning how any subject dare forget to pay lawful and awful reverence unto his royal presence. |
By what manner did the people greet the duke, great Bolingbroke, as he passed? | The multitude did cry 'God save thee, Bolingbroke!' while young and old darted greedy looks from their casements to welcome him. | ### Question: By what manner did the people greet the duke, great Bolingbroke, as he passed?
### Answer: The multitude did cry 'God save thee, Bolingbroke!' while young and old darted greedy looks from their casements to welcome him. |
How did the fallen King Richard bear the dust cast upon his sacred head? | With gentle sorrow he shook the dust away, his countenance showing a strife betwixt tears and smiles, the very badges of his patience. | ### Question: How did the fallen King Richard bear the dust cast upon his sacred head?
### Answer: With gentle sorrow he shook the dust away, his countenance showing a strife betwixt tears and smiles, the very badges of his patience. |
Wherefore did the hearts of men not melt with pity at the sight of Richard's grief? | God, for some secret and strong purpose, did steel the hearts of men; else, even barbarism would have wept to see his state. | ### Question: Wherefore did the hearts of men not melt with pity at the sight of Richard's grief?
### Answer: God, for some secret and strong purpose, did steel the hearts of men; else, even barbarism would have wept to see his state. |
Wherefore doth the servant seek out those of learned mind? | The simple fellow seeketh the learned for he cannot discern the names the writing person hath here writ. | ### Question: Wherefore doth the servant seek out those of learned mind?
### Answer: The simple fellow seeketh the learned for he cannot discern the names the writing person hath here writ. |
What remedy doth Benvolio prescribe for a grief-stricken heart? | He biddeth him take some new infection to his eye, that the rank poison of the old may die. | ### Question: What remedy doth Benvolio prescribe for a grief-stricken heart?
### Answer: He biddeth him take some new infection to his eye, that the rank poison of the old may die. |
In what manner doth Romeo claim to be bound more than a madman? | He is shut up in prison and kept without food, whipp'd and tormented even as a wretch in darkness. | ### Question: In what manner doth Romeo claim to be bound more than a madman?
### Answer: He is shut up in prison and kept without food, whipp'd and tormented even as a wretch in darkness. |
With whom hath Romeo been feasting, and what injury hath he sustained? | He hath feasted with his enemy, whereat he was wounded by one whom he likewise did wound. | ### Question: With whom hath Romeo been feasting, and what injury hath he sustained?
### Answer: He hath feasted with his enemy, whereat he was wounded by one whom he likewise did wound. |
Upon whom is the heart's dear love of Romeo now set? | His love is set upon the fair daughter of rich Capulet, and her heart is fixed on his in return. | ### Question: Upon whom is the heart's dear love of Romeo now set?
### Answer: His love is set upon the fair daughter of rich Capulet, and her heart is fixed on his in return. |
Wherefore doth the Friar chide the young man concerning Rosaline? | The holy man marvels that she is so soon forsaken, for Romeo's cheeks yet bear the salt stains of tears shed for her sake. | ### Question: Wherefore doth the Friar chide the young man concerning Rosaline?
### Answer: The holy man marvels that she is so soon forsaken, for Romeo's cheeks yet bear the salt stains of tears shed for her sake. |
Wherefore doth Romeo maintain that no world existeth beyond the walls of Verona? | He deemeth all lands without those walls to be naught but purgatory, torture, and hell itself, for his heaven bideth only where Juliet dwells. | ### Question: Wherefore doth Romeo maintain that no world existeth beyond the walls of Verona?
### Answer: He deemeth all lands without those walls to be naught but purgatory, torture, and hell itself, for his heaven bideth only where Juliet dwells. |
How hath the Prince shown mercy unto Romeo, according to the Friar's words? | The Prince, taking Romeo's part, hath set aside the law's demand for death and turned that black sentence into banishment. | ### Question: How hath the Prince shown mercy unto Romeo, according to the Friar's words?
### Answer: The Prince, taking Romeo's part, hath set aside the law's demand for death and turned that black sentence into banishment. |
In what manner doth Romeo compare his state unto that of the carrion-flies? | He vows that flies possess more honourable state than he, for they may seize upon the white wonder of Juliet's hand while he is forced to fly from her presence. | ### Question: In what manner doth Romeo compare his state unto that of the carrion-flies?
### Answer: He vows that flies possess more honourable state than he, for they may seize upon the white wonder of Juliet's hand while he is forced to fly from her presence. |
By what likeness doth Capulet describe the icy grip of Death upon his daughter? | He likeneth Death unto an untimely frost that falleth upon the sweetest flower of all the field. | ### Question: By what likeness doth Capulet describe the icy grip of Death upon his daughter?
### Answer: He likeneth Death unto an untimely frost that falleth upon the sweetest flower of all the field. |
How doth the father characterize his new and ghastly son-in-law? | Lord Capulet proclaimeth that Death himself hath wedded his child and become his sole heir, seizing all life and living. | ### Question: How doth the father characterize his new and ghastly son-in-law?
### Answer: Lord Capulet proclaimeth that Death himself hath wedded his child and become his sole heir, seizing all life and living. |
Wherefore is Lady Capulet's heart so heavily burdened with woe on this morning? | She lamenteth because cruel Death hath snatched away her only child, the one poor thing wherein she found solace and joy. | ### Question: Wherefore is Lady Capulet's heart so heavily burdened with woe on this morning?
### Answer: She lamenteth because cruel Death hath snatched away her only child, the one poor thing wherein she found solace and joy. |
Wherefore doth the King heave such heavy sighs? | He mourns not for his own plight, but for his son, whom he hath unnaturally disinherited. | ### Question: Wherefore doth the King heave such heavy sighs?
### Answer: He mourns not for his own plight, but for his son, whom he hath unnaturally disinherited. |
What conditions must York fulfill to inherit the crown? | He must swear a holy oath to cease the civil war, to honour King Henry whilst he breathes, and to eschew all treason and hostility. | ### Question: What conditions must York fulfill to inherit the crown?
### Answer: He must swear a holy oath to cease the civil war, to honour King Henry whilst he breathes, and to eschew all treason and hostility. |
Whither shall the Lord Montague repair now that York and Lancaster be reconciled? | The noble Montague betakes himself unto the sea, from whence he first arrived. | ### Question: Whither shall the Lord Montague repair now that York and Lancaster be reconciled?
### Answer: The noble Montague betakes himself unto the sea, from whence he first arrived. |
What taunt doth Queen Margaret fling at Warwick regarding their former encounter at Saint Alban's? | The Queen mocketh him, saying his legs did better service than his hands, for he did flee the field in great haste. | ### Question: What taunt doth Queen Margaret fling at Warwick regarding their former encounter at Saint Alban's?
### Answer: The Queen mocketh him, saying his legs did better service than his hands, for he did flee the field in great haste. |
By what foul name doth Richard address Clifford, and for what cause? | He calleth him a cruel child-killer, for Clifford did treacherously slay the tender brother Rutland. | ### Question: By what foul name doth Richard address Clifford, and for what cause?
### Answer: He calleth him a cruel child-killer, for Clifford did treacherously slay the tender brother Rutland. |
How doth King Henry assert his right when the Queen biddeth him hold his peace? | The King declareth himself privileged to speak without limits, for he sitteth upon the throne as a sovereign liege. | ### Question: How doth King Henry assert his right when the Queen biddeth him hold his peace?
### Answer: The King declareth himself privileged to speak without limits, for he sitteth upon the throne as a sovereign liege. |
Wherefore hath Queen Margaret journeyed unto the presence of King Lewis? | She craveth his just and lawful aid, for her lord King Henry is banished and his regal seat usurped by the Duke of York. | ### Question: Wherefore hath Queen Margaret journeyed unto the presence of King Lewis?
### Answer: She craveth his just and lawful aid, for her lord King Henry is banished and his regal seat usurped by the Duke of York. |
How faring is the state of Henry's people and his treasures? | Alas, his treasures be seized and the people misled, leaving the queen and her son in most heavy plight. | ### Question: How faring is the state of Henry's people and his treasures?
### Answer: Alas, his treasures be seized and the people misled, leaving the queen and her son in most heavy plight. |
Whom doth Margaret name as the breeder of her sorrow that boldy approacheth? | 'Tis the Earl of Warwick, the greatest friend to Edward, who moveth both wind and tide against her. | ### Question: Whom doth Margaret name as the breeder of her sorrow that boldy approacheth?
### Answer: 'Tis the Earl of Warwick, the greatest friend to Edward, who moveth both wind and tide against her. |
Wherefore doth King Edward deem it wise to mask his true intent? | He judgeth it wisdom to conceal his meaning until such time as his forces grow more puissant and strong. | ### Question: Wherefore doth King Edward deem it wise to mask his true intent?
### Answer: He judgeth it wisdom to conceal his meaning until such time as his forces grow more puissant and strong. |
What bruit doth Gloucester purpose to spread abroad? | Gloucester intendeth to proclaim Edward king out of hand, that the report thereof may draw many friends to their side. | ### Question: What bruit doth Gloucester purpose to spread abroad?
### Answer: Gloucester intendeth to proclaim Edward king out of hand, that the report thereof may draw many friends to their side. |
Whither shall the host march when the morning sun doth rise? | When the sun's car mounteth above the horizon, they shall hie them toward Warwick and his fellows, for King Edward wotteth well that Henry is no soldier. | ### Question: Whither shall the host march when the morning sun doth rise?
### Answer: When the sun's car mounteth above the horizon, they shall hie them toward Warwick and his fellows, for King Edward wotteth well that Henry is no soldier. |
By what terms doth the Queen seek to hold her guest? | She bids him choose to remain either as a prisoner, paying his fees at departure, or as a guest most welcome. | ### Question: By what terms doth the Queen seek to hold her guest?
### Answer: She bids him choose to remain either as a prisoner, paying his fees at departure, or as a guest most welcome. |
How doth Polixenes describe the fellowship of their youth? | He likeneth them to twinned lambs that did frisk i' the sun, knowing naught of the doctrine of ill-doing. | ### Question: How doth Polixenes describe the fellowship of their youth?
### Answer: He likeneth them to twinned lambs that did frisk i' the sun, knowing naught of the doctrine of ill-doing. |
What fate would have befallen their spirits had they remained in their boyish innocence? | They should have answered Heaven most boldly 'not guilty,' being cleared of even that sin which is hereditary ours. | ### Question: What fate would have befallen their spirits had they remained in their boyish innocence?
### Answer: They should have answered Heaven most boldly 'not guilty,' being cleared of even that sin which is hereditary ours. |
For what intent hath the Lady Paulina sought the presence of the King? | She cometh to deliver a most needful conference touching his highness' gossips and to present the infant daughter born of the good Queen. | ### Question: For what intent hath the Lady Paulina sought the presence of the King?
### Answer: She cometh to deliver a most needful conference touching his highness' gossips and to present the infant daughter born of the good Queen. |
By what means doth Antigonus govern his wife when she taketh the rein? | He letteth her run freely, for he perceiveth she will not stumble, though he warned her she should not visit the King upon peril of displeasure. | ### Question: By what means doth Antigonus govern his wife when she taketh the rein?
### Answer: He letteth her run freely, for he perceiveth she will not stumble, though he warned her she should not visit the King upon peril of displeasure. |
How doth the King revile Paulina when she presenteth the babe? | The King, in his wrath, biddeth her begone, calling her a mankind witch and a most intelligencing bawd. | ### Question: How doth the King revile Paulina when she presenteth the babe?
### Answer: The King, in his wrath, biddeth her begone, calling her a mankind witch and a most intelligencing bawd. |
Whither was this poor knave journeying ere he was despoiled? | He was bound for a kinsman's house, scarce three quarters of a mile distant, to seek money and such things as he lacked. | ### Question: Whither was this poor knave journeying ere he was despoiled?
### Answer: He was bound for a kinsman's house, scarce three quarters of a mile distant, to seek money and such things as he lacked. |
What manner of man is this Autolycus, of whom they speak? | He is a rogue of many knavish trades, once a servant to the prince, who hath been an ape-bearer, a bailiff, and a maker of motions. | ### Question: What manner of man is this Autolycus, of whom they speak?
### Answer: He is a rogue of many knavish trades, once a servant to the prince, who hath been an ape-bearer, a bailiff, and a maker of motions. |
How might this robbed soul have vanquished the cowardly thief? | Had he but looked big and spit at the rogue, the craven fellow would have turned and run amain. | ### Question: How might this robbed soul have vanquished the cowardly thief?
### Answer: Had he but looked big and spit at the rogue, the craven fellow would have turned and run amain. |
Wherefore doth the Clown counsel the Shepherd to declare the maid a changeling? | He deemeth that if she be none of his flesh and blood, then his own kin hath not offended the king and shall escape his heavy hand. | ### Question: Wherefore doth the Clown counsel the Shepherd to declare the maid a changeling?
### Answer: He deemeth that if she be none of his flesh and blood, then his own kin hath not offended the king and shall escape his heavy hand. |
What manner of knavery doth the speaker first profess to hold? | He holdeth it a greater knavery to conceal the matter than to reveal it, for in such secrecy he remaineth constant to his rogue's profession. | ### Question: What manner of knavery doth the speaker first profess to hold?
### Answer: He holdeth it a greater knavery to conceal the matter than to reveal it, for in such secrecy he remaineth constant to his rogue's profession. |
What token doth the Shepherd intend to show the King to make him scratch his beard? | The Shepherd leadeth the way with a fardel, containing secret things found with the maid, which shall surely move the King's mind. | ### Question: What token doth the Shepherd intend to show the King to make him scratch his beard?
### Answer: The Shepherd leadeth the way with a fardel, containing secret things found with the maid, which shall surely move the King's mind. |
Whither doth Paulina, like unto an old turtle, intend to wing herself? | She shall betake herself to some wither'd bough, there to lament her lost mate until she herself be lost. | ### Question: Whither doth Paulina, like unto an old turtle, intend to wing herself?
### Answer: She shall betake herself to some wither'd bough, there to lament her lost mate until she herself be lost. |
By what means doth King Leontes purpose to provide Paulina a new spouse? | The King hath matched her by vow unto Camillo, whose worth and honesty is richly noted and justified by a pair of kings. | ### Question: By what means doth King Leontes purpose to provide Paulina a new spouse?
### Answer: The King hath matched her by vow unto Camillo, whose worth and honesty is richly noted and justified by a pair of kings. |
What petition doth Leontes make unto his brother and Hermione regarding his past doubt? | He craveth both their pardons for that he did put his ill suspicion between their holy looks. | ### Question: What petition doth Leontes make unto his brother and Hermione regarding his past doubt?
### Answer: He craveth both their pardons for that he did put his ill suspicion between their holy looks. |
What manner of person doth Lord Angelo command the Provost to remove? | He biddeth the Provost see the fornicatress be removed, yet granteth her such needful means as be not lavish. | ### Question: What manner of person doth Lord Angelo command the Provost to remove?
### Answer: He biddeth the Provost see the fornicatress be removed, yet granteth her such needful means as be not lavish. |
Wherefore doth Isabella find herself at strife within her own soul? | The maiden is at war 'twixt will and will not, for she must plead for a vice she doth most abhor to save her brother's life. | ### Question: Wherefore doth Isabella find herself at strife within her own soul?
### Answer: The maiden is at war 'twixt will and will not, for she must plead for a vice she doth most abhor to save her brother's life. |
How doth the Deputy respond when Isabella seeketh mercy for the doer and not the deed? | Angelo declareth it a cipher of his function to fine the fault while letting the actor go free, for the law is set against the offence itself. | ### Question: How doth the Deputy respond when Isabella seeketh mercy for the doer and not the deed?
### Answer: Angelo declareth it a cipher of his function to fine the fault while letting the actor go free, for the law is set against the offence itself. |
Upon what charge is Pompey led away to his confinement? | He is apprehended for being a bawd, yea, a bawd-born knave of great antiquity. | ### Question: Upon what charge is Pompey led away to his confinement?
### Answer: He is apprehended for being a bawd, yea, a bawd-born knave of great antiquity. |
Doth Lucio intend to provide the bail required for Pompey's liberty? | Nay, he denieth him utterly, saying it is not the wear and he shall rather pray to increase his bondage. | ### Question: Doth Lucio intend to provide the bail required for Pompey's liberty?
### Answer: Nay, he denieth him utterly, saying it is not the wear and he shall rather pray to increase his bondage. |
What rumors doth Lucio report concerning the whereabouts of the Duke? | Some do say he bideth with the Emperor of Russia, whilst others affirm he is in Rome, having stolen away from his state. | ### Question: What rumors doth Lucio report concerning the whereabouts of the Duke?
### Answer: Some do say he bideth with the Emperor of Russia, whilst others affirm he is in Rome, having stolen away from his state. |
By what means shall the Duke ensure the desert of his deputies be remembered 'gainst the tooth of time? | The Duke declares their merit deserves a forted residence writ with characters of brass, lest it be locked in a covert bosom and lost to oblivion. | ### Question: By what means shall the Duke ensure the desert of his deputies be remembered 'gainst the tooth of time?
### Answer: The Duke declares their merit deserves a forted residence writ with characters of brass, lest it be locked in a covert bosom and lost to oblivion. |
What petition doth Isabella lay before the Royal Duke upon her knees? | She cries out for justice, beseeching his Grace to vail his regard upon a wronged maid and hear her true complaint before all other objects. | ### Question: What petition doth Isabella lay before the Royal Duke upon her knees?
### Answer: She cries out for justice, beseeching his Grace to vail his regard upon a wronged maid and hear her true complaint before all other objects. |
Whither doth the Duke bid Isabella seek her redress, and how doth she reply? | The Duke bids her reveal her wrongs unto Lord Angelo, yet she protests that to do so is to seek redemption of the very devil. | ### Question: Whither doth the Duke bid Isabella seek her redress, and how doth she reply?
### Answer: The Duke bids her reveal her wrongs unto Lord Angelo, yet she protests that to do so is to seek redemption of the very devil. |
By what tokens doth Christopher Sly assure himself that he waketh and is a lord indeed? | He doth perceive with his senses that he sleepeth not; for he seeth, heareth, and speaketh, while smelling sweet savours and feeling things most soft. | ### Question: By what tokens doth Christopher Sly assure himself that he waketh and is a lord indeed?
### Answer: He doth perceive with his senses that he sleepeth not; for he seeth, heareth, and speaketh, while smelling sweet savours and feeling things most soft. |
How many years hath the Lord Sly remained in a dream, according to the servant's report? | By our Lady, the knave saith he hath been in a dream these fifteen years, waking only as if he yet slept. | ### Question: How many years hath the Lord Sly remained in a dream, according to the servant's report?
### Answer: By our Lady, the knave saith he hath been in a dream these fifteen years, waking only as if he yet slept. |
What idle words did Sly utter against the hostess during his long slumber? | He did rail upon her most fiercely, threatening to present her at the leet for bringing stone jugs in place of seal'd quarts. | ### Question: What idle words did Sly utter against the hostess during his long slumber?
### Answer: He did rail upon her most fiercely, threatening to present her at the leet for bringing stone jugs in place of seal'd quarts. |
What dower doth Petruchio promise unto his bride, should she outlive him? | He doth assure her of her widowhood in all his lands and leases whatsoever. | ### Question: What dower doth Petruchio promise unto his bride, should she outlive him?
### Answer: He doth assure her of her widowhood in all his lands and leases whatsoever. |
How doth Petruchio intend to conquer the proud spirit of the maid? | As extreme gusts blow out great fires, so shall his rough and peremptory nature compel her to yield. | ### Question: How doth Petruchio intend to conquer the proud spirit of the maid?
### Answer: As extreme gusts blow out great fires, so shall his rough and peremptory nature compel her to yield. |
By what means did the lady show her displeasure toward the music master? | When he did seek to teach her fingering, she broke the lute upon him in a most impatient and devilish spirit. | ### Question: By what means did the lady show her displeasure toward the music master?
### Answer: When he did seek to teach her fingering, she broke the lute upon him in a most impatient and devilish spirit. |
What base and churlish names doth Petruchio bestow upon his serving-men? | He doth call them logger-headed and unpolish'd grooms, peasant swains, and whoreson malt-horse drudges. | ### Question: What base and churlish names doth Petruchio bestow upon his serving-men?
### Answer: He doth call them logger-headed and unpolish'd grooms, peasant swains, and whoreson malt-horse drudges. |
Wherefore did the knaves fail to appear in seemly attire to greet their master? | Nathaniel's coat was yet unmade, Gabriel's pumps lacked pinking at the heel, and Walter's dagger remained at the sheath, leaving the most part ragged and beggarly. | ### Question: Wherefore did the knaves fail to appear in seemly attire to greet their master?
### Answer: Nathaniel's coat was yet unmade, Gabriel's pumps lacked pinking at the heel, and Walter's dagger remained at the sheath, leaving the most part ragged and beggarly. |
How doth Petruchio chastise the rogue who pulleth his boot awry? | He biddeth the villain mend his clumsy hand at the other foot and striketh him for his lack of grace. | ### Question: How doth Petruchio chastise the rogue who pulleth his boot awry?
### Answer: He biddeth the villain mend his clumsy hand at the other foot and striketh him for his lack of grace. |
By what logic doth the widow claim Petruchio judgeth Hortensio's state? | She saith Petruchio, being himself vexed by a shrewish wife, doth measure another man's sorrow by his own bitter woe. | ### Question: By what logic doth the widow claim Petruchio judgeth Hortensio's state?
### Answer: She saith Petruchio, being himself vexed by a shrewish wife, doth measure another man's sorrow by his own bitter woe. |
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