Chapter 4 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter IV
Chapter 4 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
_Tal_. And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_. _Pene_. Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye. _Tal_.
Chapter 4 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 is here in full — 401 sentences across 81 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
Reading 1/80 · 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.
make certain of
From this reading “Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.”
put or send forth
From this reading “And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.”
the organ of sight
From this reading “And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.”
a polite name for any woman
From this reading “And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.”
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading “Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.”
accept an excuse for
From this reading “Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.”
refrain from harming
From this reading “Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.”
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading “And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.”
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 And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
make certain of
From this reading Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.
put or send forth
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
the organ of sight
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
a polite name for any woman
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
not ever; at no time in the past or future
From this reading Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.
in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
accept an excuse for
From this reading Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Pene_.
term of address for a man
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
refrain from harming
From this reading Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.
having or denoting the characteristic taste of sugar
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading _Tal_.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Pardon my Lord, I have never a spare eye to cast away, I assure ye.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading And sweet Lady will yee cast a kinde eye now upon my Cosin, Sir _Gyles Goosecappe_.
Chapter 4 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen holds 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 4 holds 401 sentences of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3, unabridged, divided into 81 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 4 of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 401 sentences, grouped into 81 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 81 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
Each of the 81 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 4 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 3 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) [Editor] Bullen on this page, its source edition and its audio.
Yes. All 8735 sentences of Project Gutenberg eBook #10734 are kept, with a record of which sentences cover which part.
Project Gutenberg eBook #10734, unabridged. The Project Gutenberg header, footer and licence are removed.
About 600 minutes of reading across 1747 sections of 5 sentences each, at an unhurried pace.
How to work through A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 section by section, using the audio and the tap-to-define vocabulary.
Choose one of the 22 chapters of A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 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 3, each tappable for pronunciation and meaning.
