- Will: Things are looking up for me and no mistake. Already I have not one but three plays in Burbage's repertoire, and what's more they're all called Henry the Sixth, which must surely be some sort of record.
- Will: [about the printed word] Woe to Albion that through this new invention any clueless arsemongle may make his peurile twitterings known to the world.
- Will: Getting a bad review is much worse than getting the plague because at least with the plague the person that gave it to you dies.
- Will: I can't fight him, Kit. I'm no dashing blade! Where I went to school we did our duelling with conkers and the loser had to give everyone a bite of his carrot.