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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 I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
agree
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
away
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
beare
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
beleeue
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From this reading Such as giue Their Money out of hope they may beleeue, May heere finde Truth too.
Brow
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
deserue
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From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
draw
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
Eight
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From this reading The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight THE PROLOGVE.
Eye
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
fall
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From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
Famous
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From this reading The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight THE PROLOGVE.
finde
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From this reading Such as giue Their Money out of hope they may beleeue, May heere finde Truth too.
flow
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
full
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
giue
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From this reading Such as giue Their Money out of hope they may beleeue, May heere finde Truth too.
heere
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From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
Henry
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From this reading The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight THE PROLOGVE.
high
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
History
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From this reading The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight THE PROLOGVE.
hope
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From this reading Such as giue Their Money out of hope they may beleeue, May heere finde Truth too.
houres
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
Ile
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
King
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From this reading The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight THE PROLOGVE.
laugh
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight THE PROLOGVE.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
Money
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From this reading Such as giue Their Money out of hope they may beleeue, May heere finde Truth too.
more
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
Noble
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
now
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight THE PROLOGVE.
Onely
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
out
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From this reading Such as giue Their Money out of hope they may beleeue, May heere finde Truth too.
passe
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
Pitty
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From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
Play
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
present
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
PROLOGVE
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From this reading The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight THE PROLOGVE.
Richly
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
Sad
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
Scoenes
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
see
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
Serious
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
shilling
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
show
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
State
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
Subiect
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From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
Teare
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From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight THE PROLOGVE.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Such as giue Their Money out of hope they may beleeue, May heere finde Truth too.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
Things
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
thinke
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From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
too
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From this reading Such as giue Their Money out of hope they may beleeue, May heere finde Truth too.
Truth
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From this reading Such as giue Their Money out of hope they may beleeue, May heere finde Truth too.
two
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
vndertake
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
Weighty
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
well
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From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Those that can Pitty, heere May (if they thinke it well) let fall a Teare, The Subiect will deserue it.
willing
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From this reading Those that come to see Onely a show or two, and so agree, The Play may passe: If they be still, and willing, Ile vndertake may see away their shilling Richly in two short houres.
Woe
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
working
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From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I Come no more to make you laugh, Things now, That beare a Weighty, and a Serious Brow, Sad, high, and working, full of State and Woe: Such Noble Scoenes, as draw the Eye to flow We now present.
