Chapter 15 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 is here in full — 374 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XV
Chapter 15 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 is here in full — 374 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Card_. The King--'tis from the King I come. _Onae_. A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie. _Card_.
Chapter 15 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 is here in full — 374 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5
These definitions explain words found in the current reading and keep every example grounded in its original sentence.
Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, and audio.
one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading “The King--'tis from the King I come.”
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading “A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.”
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading “The King--'tis from the King I come.”
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading “A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.”
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading “The King--'tis from the King I come.”
Every word in these five lines is listed here, and every one of them can be played on its own.
Dictionary details are shown only when verified; these are not licensed Oxford entries.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.
one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
From this reading _Card_.
move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading The King--'tis from the King I come.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The King--'tis from the King I come.
the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action
From this reading A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The King--'tis from the King I come.
a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom
From this reading The King--'tis from the King I come.
assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
From this reading A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.
a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
From this reading A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Onae_.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The King--'tis from the King I come.
plural of “ti” — a light strong grey lustrous corrosion-resistant metallic element used in strong lightweight alloys (as for airplane parts); the main sources are rutile and ilmenite
From this reading The King--'tis from the King I come.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A name I hate: Oh I am deafe now to your Embassie.
Chapter 15 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen holds 374 sentences, grouped into 75 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 15 holds 374 sentences of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1, unabridged, divided into 75 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 15 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 374 sentences, grouped into 75 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 75 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 75 sections in this chapter is short enough to read once, hear once, and then re-read with the vocabulary in view. Tapping a word plays it alone and opens its dictionary entry with IPA, part of speech and meaning, so the reader is never forced to guess a pronunciation from spelling. Working section by section keeps a long chapter from becoming an undifferentiated wall of text, which is the usual reason a reader abandons a work of this period.
Yes — every sentence and every individual word in chapter 15 can be played aloud in United States English.
Audio covers the whole chapter: any sentence can be played, and any single word within it can be played on its own. The voice uses United States English. For a work of this period that matters, because spelling is an unreliable guide to pronunciation for vocabulary that has fallen out of daily use, and a learner who guesses wrong tends to keep the error. Hearing the word in its own sentence, and then alone, settles it.
Common questions about reading A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 7531 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #10388 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #10388, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 1507 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 20 chapters of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 to begin.
Each section holds 5 sentences; read it once through.
Play the section aloud, then tap any unfamiliar word for its entry.
Words and structures a reader meets early in A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
