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Musicians, O musicians, “Heart’s ease,”

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Peter
Musicians, O musicians, “Heart’s ease,”
“Heart’s ease.” O, an you will have me live, play
“Heart’s ease.”
First Musician
Why “Heart’s ease?”
Peter
O musicians, because my heart itself plays “My
heart is full.” O, play me some merry dump to
comfort me.

I’ll re you, I’ll fa you.
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Act 4
Scene 5
Line 106

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Come, ho! and wake Diana with a hymn

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Lorenzo
Come, ho! and wake Diana with a hymn.
With sweetest touches pierce your mistress’ ear,
And draw her home with music.
Music plays.
Jessica 
I am never merry when I hear sweet music.
Lorenzo
The reason is,
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Act 5
Scene 1
Line 74

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Tomorrow is the joyful day, Audrey

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Touchstone
Tomorrow is the joyful day, Audrey. Tomorrow
will we be married.
Audrey
I do desire it with all my heart, and I hope it is
no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.

It was a lover and his lass,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey-nonny-no

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Act 5
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