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King Henry VIII

Chapter IV

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Louell.
I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.
Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.
There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.
Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.
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King Henry VIII

Chapter IV

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Louell.
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I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.
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Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.
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There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.
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Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

Learner Dictionary

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

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.”

Free adjective US /friː/

acting without enough restraint or discipline

From this reading “Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.”

Make noun US /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading “There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.”

Take noun US /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.”

Those determiner US /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading “There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.”

Till preposition US /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading “Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

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

From this reading “Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.”

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againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

all

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From this reading Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

any

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.

beseech

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

blacke

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From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

blessings

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

Buck

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

Buckingham

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

cannot

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From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

charity

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

Commend

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

cry

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

doe

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

Enuy

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From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

euer

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

forgiue

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

forgiuen

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From this reading Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.

forsake

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

frankly

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

freeadjectiveUS /friː/

acting without enough restraint or discipline

From this reading Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.

Gainst

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From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

Grace

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

Graue

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From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

halfe

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

heart

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

Heauen

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

hid

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/

on condition that; in the event that

From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

Kings

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

Louell

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From this reading Louell.

makenounUS /make/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

malice

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

mee

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

met

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

now

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From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

numberlesse

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From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

offences

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From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

peace

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From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

pray

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

prayers

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

Sir

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From this reading Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.

Soule

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

speake

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

takenounUS /take/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

tellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

There

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From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

Thomas

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From this reading Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.

thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/

the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known

From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

tillprepositionUS /tɪl/

up to a particular time

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

vowes

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From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading There cannot be those numberlesse offences Gainst me, that I cannot take peace with: No blacke Enuy shall make my Graue.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

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

From this reading Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.

YetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Commend mee to his Grace: And if he speake of Buckingham; pray tell him, You met him halfe in Heauen: my vowes and prayers Yet are the Kings; and till my Soule forsake, Shall cry for blessings on him.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Sir Thomas Louell, I as free forgiue you As I would be forgiuen: I forgiue all.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading I doe beseech your Grace, for charity If euer any malice in your heart Were hid against me, now to forgiue me frankly Buck.