170
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From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
175
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From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
to or in a foreign country
From this reading Let's hence, for Bacons spirits be abroad.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
backe
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From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
BaconnounUS /ˈbeɪkən/
back and sides of a hog salted and dried or smoked; usually sliced thin and fried
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
Bacons
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From this reading Let's hence, for Bacons spirits be abroad.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Let's hence, for Bacons spirits be abroad.
bonnyadjectiveUS /ˈbɑːni/
very pleasing to the eye
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
BUNGAY
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From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
carrie
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From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
carriesnounUS /ˈkæriz/
plural of “carry” — the act of carrying something
From this reading Looke how he carries Bungay on his backe!
Devill
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From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
distresse
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From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
divell
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From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
earle
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From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
King of England and Ireland in 1936; his marriage to Wallis Warfield Simpson created a constitutional crisis leading to his abdication (1894-1972)
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
elsnounUS /elz/
plural of “el” — angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
to come or go into
From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
Exeunt
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From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
feare
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From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
FleesverbUS /fliːz/
third-person singular of “flee” — run away quickly
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Let's hence, for Bacons spirits be abroad.
friernounUS /ˈfraɪər/
flesh of a medium-sized young chicken suitable for frying
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Looke how he carries Bungay on his backe!
helpe
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From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
for this reason
From this reading Let's hence, for Bacons spirits be abroad.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
how
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From this reading Looke how he carries Bungay on his backe!
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
jollyadjectiveUS /ˈdʒɑːli/
full of or showing high-spirited merriment
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
lasse
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From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
the sound of laughing
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
go away from a place
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
Let's
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From this reading Let's hence, for Bacons spirits be abroad.
Looke
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From this reading Looke how he carries Bungay on his backe!
terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
Margret
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From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
assembled for use; especially by being attached to a support
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading 170 _Enter a_ Devill _and carrie_ BUNGAY _on his backe._ _Margret._ O, helpe, my lord! a devill, a devill, my lord!
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
(American football) a play that involves one player throwing the ball to a teammate
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
an alcoholic beverage that is distilled rather than fermented
From this reading Let's hence, for Bacons spirits be abroad.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
unkinde
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From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Margret._ Or els, my lord, we were passing unkinde To leave the frier so in his distresse.
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Exeunt._ _Edward._ Bacon, I laugh to see the jolly frier Mounted upon the divell, and how the earle 175 Flees with his bonny lasse for feare.
