Chapter IX
Grif. Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water. May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now? Kath. Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.
King Henry VIII
Chapter IX
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Grif.
Noble
Madam:
Mens
euill
manners,
liue
in
Brasse,
their
Vertues
We
write
in
Water.
May
it
please
your
Highnesse
To
heare
me
speake
his
good
now?
Kath.
Yes
good
Griffith,
I
were
malicious
else
Grif.
LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
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Grif.
Line 2
Noble
Madam:
Mens
euill
manners,
liue
in
Brasse,
their
Vertues
We
write
in
Water.
Line 3
May
it
please
your
Highnesse
To
heare
me
speake
his
good
now?
Line 4
Kath.
Line 5
Yes
good
Griffith,
I
were
malicious
else
Grif.
Learner Dictionary
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Good
noun
US /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?”
May
modal verb
US /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?”
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Brasse
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else
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euill
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goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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Grif
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Griffith
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heare
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Highnesse
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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Kath
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liue
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Madam
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malicious
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manners
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Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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Mens
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Noble
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now
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please
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speake
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theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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Vertues
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Water
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WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Noble Madam: Mens euill manners, liue in Brasse, their Vertues We write in Water.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yes good Griffith, I were malicious else Grif.
write
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Yes
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yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading May it please your Highnesse To heare me speake his good now?