Chapter XVI

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From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

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

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

shockingly brutal or cruel

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

having undesirable or negative qualities

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

damaged by blows or hard usage

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

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From this reading PEACE _beginneth_.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

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From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

the yard associated with a church

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

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From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

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From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

with ease (“easy” is sometimes used informally for “easily”)

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

a feeling of grudging admiration and desire to have something that is possessed by another

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

the temporal end; the concluding time

From this reading FINIS.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

past form of “imprint” — establish or impress firmly in the mind

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

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

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

in an interchangeable manner

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

an intervening period or episode

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

the basic unit of thermodynamic temperature adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

a metric unit of capacity, formerly defined as the volume of one kilogram of pure water under standard conditions; now equal to 1,000 cubic centimeters (or approximately 1.75 pints)

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

the literary culture

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

the force of workers available

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

government that is inefficient or dishonest

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

a structure erected to commemorate persons or events

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

very recently

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

possessive form of “paul” — United States feminist (1885-1977)

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

the state prevailing during the absence of war

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

participate in games or sport

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

text handwritten in the style of printed matter

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

an economic state of growth with rising profits and full employment

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

do one's shopping

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

forming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

plural of “stamp” — the distinctive form in which a thing is made

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

United States sociologist (1840-1910)

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

From this reading ENVY, and the } for another man SUMNER } Imprinted at London, in Paul's Churchyard at the Sign of the Swan, by JOHN KING [IMPATIENT POVERTY.]

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

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

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

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

moved around an axis or center

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

a subdivision of a particular kind of thing

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

employed in accomplishing something

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading ] A NEW INTERLUDE OF IMPATIENT POVERTY NEWLY IMPRINTED, 1560 Four men may well and easily play this Interlude PEACE, and } COLHAZARD, and } for one man CONSCIENCE } ABUNDANCE and } for another man MISRULE } IMPATIENT POVERTY } PROSPERITY, and } for one man POVERTY }

Damaged or thinned by continuous use.

From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]

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From this reading * * * * * [The printing of this play in the original is atrocious--_à_ _la_ Cock-Robin shop: type worn and battered; bad spelling; turned letters--b, d, f, long s, k, l--all long "stamps" used interchangeably; throughout a monument of bad Caxtonship.]