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Chastelard, a Tragedy
Chastelard, a Tragedy

Chapter IX

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3D CITIZEN.
Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.
Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.
3D CITIZEN.
I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.
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Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Chastelard, a Tragedy

Chapter IX

Reading 1/41 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
3D CITIZEN.
Line 2
Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.
Line 3
Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.
Line 4
3D CITIZEN.
Line 5
I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Burn verb US /bɜːrn/

To consume or be consumed by fire.

From this reading “I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.”

Hath auxiliary verb US /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading “Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.”

Moreover adverb US /mɔːˈroʊvər/

in addition to what has just been said

From this reading “Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.”

Nay exclamation US /neɪ/

an old word for “no”

From this reading “Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.”

Ours pronoun US /ˈaʊərz/

the one or ones belonging to us

From this reading “I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.”

Part noun US /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.”

Well noun US /well/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.”

All words in this reading · 70

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2

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

3

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From this reading 3D CITIZEN.

Ah

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

all

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

back

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

black

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

blinking

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

burnverbUS /bɜːrn/

To consume or be consumed by fire.

From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

cheek

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

CITIZEN

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From this reading 3D CITIZEN.

D

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From this reading 3D CITIZEN.

damned

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

day

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

face

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

fire

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

flagging

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

foul

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

fouler

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

friend

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

God's

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

goes

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

hathauxiliary verbUS /hæθ/

an old form of “has”

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

head

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

heed

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From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

hell's

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

indeed

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

jowl

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

knave

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

leave

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

lewd

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

man

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From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

moreoveradverbUS /mɔːˈroʊvər/

in addition to what has just been said

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

NayexclamationUS /neɪ/

an old word for “no”

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

onion's

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/

the one or ones belonging to us

From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

partnounUS /part/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

peeled

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

please

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From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

pope's

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From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

priest

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

say

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

shame

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

show

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From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

sirs

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From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

TakenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

thief's

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

uspronounUS /ʌs/

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Ah! by God's leave, not so; If the knave show us his peeled onion's head And that damned flagging jowl of his-- 2D CITIZEN.

well

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

whore's

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From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading I say That if priest whore's friend with the lewd thief's cheek Show his foul blinking face to shame all ours, It goes back fouler; well, one day hell's fire Will burn him black indeed.

words

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From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Nay, sirs, Take heed of words; moreover, please it you, This man hath no pope's part in him.