Act 1, Violence

"What bloody man is that? He can report,

As seemeth by his plight, of the revolt

The newest state" (Act 1, Scene 2, line 1)

"Say to the king the knowledge of the broil

As thou didst leave it.

Doubtful

As two spent swimmers, that do cling together,

And choke their art." (Act 1, Scene 2, line 6-9)

"If it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well

It were done quickly. If the assassination

Could trammel up the consequence, and catch

With his surcease success; that but this blow

Might be the be-all and the end-all here,

But here, upon this bank and shoal of time,

We’d jump the life to come." (Act 1, Scene 7, line 1-5)

"I would, while it was smiling in my face,

Have plucked my nipple from his boneless gums

And dashed the brains out, had I so sworn as you

Have done to this." (Act 1, Scene 7, line 56-59)