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A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2

Chapter III · Chapter 3

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_Ele_.
Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.
_Hen_.
Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.
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A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2

Chapter III · Chapter 3

Chapter 3 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 is here in full — 373 sentences across 75 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/74 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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_Ele_.
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Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.
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_Hen_.
/hen/
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Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.
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_Ele_.

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doe noun US /doʊ/

the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

From this reading “Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.”

enforce verb US /enˈfɔːrs/

ensure observance of laws and rules

From this reading “Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.”

Hen noun US /hen/

adult female chicken

ignoble adjective US /ˌɪɡˈnoʊbəl/

completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose

From this reading “Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.”

Landlords noun US /ˈlændlɔːrdz/

plural of “landlord” — a landowner who leases to others

From this reading “Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.”

rent verb US /rent/

let for money

From this reading “Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.”

Tenement noun US /ˈtenəmənt/

a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

From this reading “Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.”

whore noun US /hɔːr/

a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

From this reading “Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

Beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/

earlier than; in front of

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

cannot

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From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

doenounUS /doʊ/

the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

dwellverbUS /dwel/

think moodily or anxiously about something

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

Ele

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From this reading _Ele_.

Eleonora

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From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

enforceverbUS /enˈfɔːrs/

ensure observance of laws and rules

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

faire

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From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

fortnounUS /fɔːrt/

a fortified military post where troops are stationed

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

goodnesse

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From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

HennounUS /hen/

adult female chicken

From this reading _Hen_.

Henrico

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From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

honournounUS /ˈɑːnər/

the state of being honored

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

hungryadjectiveUS /ˈhʌŋɡri/

feeling hunger; feeling a need or desire to eat food

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

ignobleadjectiveUS /ˌɪɡˈnoʊbəl/

completely lacking nobility in character or quality or purpose

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

in't

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From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

IntoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/

moving to the inside of something

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

LandlordsnounUS /ˈlændlɔːrdz/

plural of “landlord” — a landowner who leases to others

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

leastadjectiveUS /liːst/

the superlative of “little” that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by “the”; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

leftnounUS /left/

location near or direction toward the left side; i.e. the side to the north when a person or object faces east

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

meanes

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From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

moreadjectiveUS /mɔːr/

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/

used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

ohnounUS /oʊ/

a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

owne

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

Pish

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From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

QuarternounUS /ˈkwɔːrtər/

one of four equal parts

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

rentverbUS /rent/

let for money

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

someadjectiveUS /sʌm/

(quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

sureadjectiveUS /ʃʊr/

having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

TenementnounUS /ˈtenəmənt/

a run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

ThedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

thinke

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

turne

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

upadjectiveUS /ʌp/

being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

WhereconjunctionUS /wer/

in or at the place that

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

whorenounUS /hɔːr/

a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

wifenounUS /waɪf/

a married woman; a man's partner in marriage

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/

Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

YieldverbUS /jiːld/

be the cause or source of

From this reading Pish! some hungry Landlords would have rent before The Quarter day,--I doe no more: by faire meanes Yield up your fort; the Tenement is mine owne And I must dwell in't.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Will you enforce mine honour? oh, _Henrico_, Where have you left your goodnesse? sure you cannot Be so ignoble, if you thinke me worthy To be your wife at least, to turne _Eleonora_ Into a whore.

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