Miss Dowdeswell - The Duchess of Malfi

Bosola: 'Some fellows, they say, are possessed with the _______________, but this great fellow were able to possess the greatest ______________ and make him worse.' A1S1

Bosola: 'Some fellows, they say, are possessed with the devil, but this great fellow were able to possess the greatest devil and make him worse.' A1S1

Antonio: 'She _______________ the time past, _______________ the time to come.' A1S2

Antonio: 'She stains the time past, lights the time to come.' A1S2

Ferdinand: 'She's a young _______________;/I would not have her _______________ again.' A1S2

Ferdinand: 'She's a young widow;/I would not have her marry again.' A1S2

Duchess: '_______________ are of most value / They say, that have passed through most _______________ hands.' A1S2

Duchess: 'Diamonds are of most value / They say, that have passed through most jewellers' hands.' A1S2

Duchess: 'All discord without this _______________ / Is only to be pitied and not feared.' A1S2

Duchess: 'All discord without this circumference / Is only to be pitied and not feared.' A1S2

Bosola: 'I look no _______________ than I can _______________.' A1S2

Bosola: 'I look no higher than I can reach.' A1S2

Antonio: 'She's exposed / Unto the worst of torture, _______________ and _______________.' A2S2

Antonio: 'She's exposed / Unto the worst of torture, pain and fear.' A2S2

Cardinal: 'You fear / My constancy because you have approved / Those _______________ and _______________ turnings in yourself' A2S4

Cardinal: 'You fear / My constancy because you have approved / Those giddy and wild turnings in yourself' A2S4

Ferdinand: 'A sister _______________ / She's loose i'th'hilts- / Grown a notorious _______________.' A2S5

Ferdinand: 'A sister damned / She's loose i'th'hilts- / Grown a notorious strumpet.' A2S5

Cardinal: 'There is not in nature / A thing that makes men so _______________, so beastly, / As doth _______________ nature.' A2S5

Cardinal: 'There is not in nature / A thing that makes men so deformed, so beastly, / As doth intemperate nature.' A2S5

Ferdinand: 'The _______________ lies in her rank blood.' A3S1

Ferdinand: 'The witchcraft lies in her rank blood.' A3S1

Duchess: 'Whether I am _______________ to live or die, / I can do both like a _______________.' A3S2

Duchess: 'Whether I am doomed to live or die, / I can do both like a prince.' A3S2

Ferdinand: 'Dost thou know what _______________ is?' A3S2

Ferdinand: 'Dost thou know what reputation is?' A3S2

Bosola: 'A most unvalued _______________ / You have in a wanton humour thrown away.' A3S2

Bosola: 'A most unvalued jewel / You have in a wanton humour thrown away.' A3S2

Cariola: 'I do not like this / jesting with _______________, this feigned _______________.' A3S2

Cariola: 'I do not like this / jesting with religion, this feigned pilgrimage.' A3S2

Ferdinand: 'You were too much _______________.' A4S1

Ferdinand: 'You were too much i'th'light.' A4S1

Ferdinand: 'That _______________ of hers / While that my blood ran _______________ in't, was more worth / Than that which thou wouldst comfort' A4S1

Ferdinand: 'That body of hers / While that my blood ran pure in't, was more worth / Than that which thou wouldst comfort' A4S1

Duchess: 'I am Duchess of Malfi _______________.' A4S2

Duchess: 'I am Duchess of Malfi still.' A4S2

Ferdinand: 'I bade thee, when I was _______________ of my wits, / Go kill my dearest _______________, and thou hast done't.' A4S2

Ferdinand: 'I bade thee, when I was distracted of my wits, / Go kill my dearest friend, and thou hast done't.' A4S2

Antonio: 'For better fall once, than be for ever _______________.' A5S1

Antonio: 'For better fall once, than be for ever falling.' A5S1

Doctor: 'A wolf's skin was _______________ on the outside / His on the _______________.' A5S2

Doctor: 'A wolf's skin was hairy on the outside / His on the inside.' A5S2

Julia: 'It lies not in me to _______________ it.' A5S2

Julia: 'It lies not in me to conceal it.' A5S2

Cardinal: 'The devil takes away my _______________ / For having any confidence in _______________.' A5S4

Cardinal: 'The devil takes away my heart / For having any confidence in prayer.' A5S4

Bosola: 'Thou, which stood'st like a huge _______________ / Begun upon a large and ample base, / Shalt end in a little _______________.' A5S5

Bosola: 'Thou, which stood'st like a huge pyramid / Begun upon a large and ample base, / Shalt end in a little point.' A5S5

Bosola: 'He and his brother are like ______________ trees that grow _______________ over standing-pools; they are rich and o'erladen with fruit, but none but crows, pies and _______________ feed on them' A1S1

Bosola: 'He and his brother are like plum trees that grow crooked over standing-pools; they are rich and o'erladen with fruit, but none but crows, pies and caterpillars feed on them' A1S1

Antonio: '_______________, madam, is a great man's madness.' A1S3

Antonio: 'Ambition, madam, is a great man's madness.' A1S3

Duchess: 'The _______________ of us that are born great! / We are _______________ to woo, because none _______________ woo us.' A1S3

Duchess: 'The misery of us that are born great! / We are forc'd to woo, because none dare woo us.' A1S3

Duchess: 'I account this world a tedious _______________,/For I do play a part in't 'gainst my will.' A4S1

Duchess: 'I account this world a tedious theatre,/For I do play a part in't 'gainst my will.' A4S1

Bosola: 'I'll join with thee in a most just _______________: / The weakest arm is strong enough that strikes / With the sword of _______________.' A5S2

Bosola: 'I'll join with thee in a most just revenge: / The weakest arm is strong enough that strikes / With the sword of justice.' A5S2

Ferdinand: 'Whether we fall by ambition, blood or _______________, / Like diamonds we are cut with our own _______________.' A5S5

Ferdinand: 'Whether we fall by ambition, blood or lust, / Like diamonds we are cut with our own dust.' A5S5

Ferdinand: 'This was my father's _______________...I'd loath to see't look rusty.'

Ferdinand: 'This was my father's poniard...I'd loath to see't look rusty.'

Duchess: 'Diamonds were changed to _______________.'

Duchess: 'Diamonds were changed to pearls.'

Ferdinand: 'I'll find _______________ to string my whips and fix her in a general _______________.'

Ferdinand: 'I'll find scorpions to string my whips and fix her in a general eclipse.'

Ferdinand: 'My _______________ will carry me to see her in the _______________ act of sin.'

Ferdinand: 'My imagination will carry me to see her in the shameful act of sin.'

Ferdinand: 'To purge _______________ blood.'

Ferdinand: 'To purge infected blood.'

Bosola: 'I would sooner eat a dead _______________ taken from the soles of the feet of one sick of the plague than _______________ one of you fasting.' A2S1

Bosola: 'I would sooner eat a dead pigeon taken from the soles of the feet of one sick of the plague than kiss one of you fasting.' A2S1

Bosola: 'There's no question but her tetchiness and most _______________ eating of the apricots are apparent signs of _______________ now!' A2S1

Bosola: 'There's no question but her tetchiness and most vulturous eating of the apricots are apparent signs of breeding now!' A2S1

Bosola: 'We are merely the stars' _______________ _______________, struck and banded / Which way please them.' A5S4

Bosola: 'We are merely the stars' tennis balls, struck and banded / Which way please them.' A5S4