Chapter II · Chapter 2

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From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

on a ship, train, plane or other vehicle

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

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From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

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

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

third-person singular of “arm” — prepare oneself for a military confrontation

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

a mark to indicate a direction or relation

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

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

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

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

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

an unofficial association of people or groups

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

long strip of cloth or paper used for decoration or advertising

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

a vessel containing liquid in which something is immersed (as to process it or to maintain it at a constant temperature or to lubricate it)

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

immersing the body in water or sunshine

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

the -ing form of “be”

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

inflected form of “bleed” — lose blood from one's body

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

inflected form of “blow” — exhale hard

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

cause to be bored

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

inflected form of “bear” — have

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

take something or somebody with oneself somewhere

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

a degree on the centigrade scale of temperature

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

offensively bold

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

plural of “city” — a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

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From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

a distinguishing emblem

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

someone who is victorious by force of arms

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

(United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

having an (artificial) crown on a tooth

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

past form of “dart” — move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

the quality of being beautiful and delicate in appearance

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

a fat-soluble vitamin that is essential for normal reproduction; an important antioxidant that neutralizes free radicals in the body

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

a division of the United Kingdom

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

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From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

-ing form of “express” — give expression to

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

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From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

a degree on the Fahrenheit scale of temperature

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

a social unit living together

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

widely known and esteemed

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

start firing a weapon

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

superlative of “fit” — meeting adequate standards for a purpose

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

superlative of “free” — not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

the Romance language spoken in France and in countries colonized by France

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

coins made of gold

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

a nonmetallic univalent element that is normally a colorless and odorless highly flammable diatomic gas; the simplest and lightest and most abundant element in the universe

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

United States architect who formed and important architectural firm with John Merven Carrere (1860-1929)

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

occupied or in the control of; often used in combination

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

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From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

one of the major dialects of Old English

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

plural of “liberty” — immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

prefer or wish to do something

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

plural of “lion” — large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

engage in

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

the force of workers available

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

immediately following in time or order

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

(comparative of “near” or “close”) within a shorter distance

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

a brief written record

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

used to join alternatives or possibilities

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

a city in southern England to the northwest of London; site of Oxford University

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

in walking position with right foreleg raised

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

unrestrained and violent

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

-ing form of “retain” — hold back within

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

precisely, exactly

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

Identical; not different.

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

a division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

hurting

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

the season of growth

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

attend a dance or a party without a female companion

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

having a supporting base

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit of a poem

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

not in physical motion

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

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From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

Maintained an upright posture.

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

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From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

causing surprise or wonder or amazement

From this reading [Note b: _Expressing their freedom, as still retaining their ancient liberties, by surprising the Conqueror like a mouing Wood._] [Note c: _An expressiõ of King Harolds death, slaine with an Arrow in the head, at the Battaile of Hastings, fighting against the Conqueror._] [Stanza 66]

a county in southeastern England on the Thames

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

a county in southern England on the English Channel; formerly an Anglo-Saxon kingdom that was captured by Wessex in the 9th century

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

the fifth day of the week; the fourth working day

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

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

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

the one or ones belonging to them

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

from one end or side of something to the other

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

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

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

the upper part of anything

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

walking with your feet in shallow water

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

United States writer and poet (1905-1989)

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

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

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

a Caucasian

From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

which person or people

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

belonging to which person

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

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From this reading [Note d: _The first famous Earle of that Countrey._] [Note e: _Expressing the pleasantnesse of the scituation of that County, lying vpon the French sea._] [Stanza 67] The [f]Deuonshire Band, a Beacon set on fire, Sommerset [g]a Virgine bathing in a Spring, Their Cities Armes, the men of Glostershire, In Gold three [h]Bloudy Cheuernells doe bring; Wiltshire a Crowned[a] Piramed; As nigher Then any other to martch to the King; Barkshire a [b]Stag, vnder an Oake that stood, Oxford a White Bull wading in a Flood.

in the company of; together with

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

the feeling aroused by something strange and surprising

From this reading [Note f: _As lying the fittest to expell or forwarne Inuasion._] [Note g: _Expressing the delicacy of the Bath, their chiefe Citty._] [Note h: _The Armes of the ancient Family of Clare Earle of Gloster borne by the City._] [Note a: _Stonidge being the first wonder of England, standing in Wiltshire._]

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

From this reading First, in the [b]Kentish Stremer was a Wood, Out of whose top an arme that held a Sword, As their right Embleme; and to make it good, They aboue other onely had a Word, Which was; Vnconquer’d; as that freest had stood. [c]Sussex the next that was to come Aboard Bore a Blacke Lyon Rampant, sore that bled, With a Field-Arrow darted through the head.

inflected form of “wear” — be dressed in

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

plural of “wrestler” — combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.

time long past

From this reading The men of [d]Surrey, Cheeky Blew and gold, (Which for braue Warren their first Earle they wore, In many a Field that honour’d was of olde:) And Hamshere next in the same Colours bore, Three Lions Passant, th’ Armes of Beuis bould, Who through the World so famous was of yore; A siluer[e] Tower, Dorsets Red Banner beares; The Cornishmen two Wrestlers had for theirs.