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The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge
The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge

Chapter II

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_Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.
And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.
Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.
Whose worth indeede a Temple ought to haue.
_Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.
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The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge

Chapter II

Chapter 2 of The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge is here in full — 396 sentences across 80 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/79 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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_Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.
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And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.
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Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.
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Whose worth indeede a Temple ought to haue.
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_Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

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bankes verb US /bæŋks/

third-person singular of “bank” — tip laterally

From this reading “And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.”

Bastards noun US /ˈbæstərdz/

plural of “bastard” — insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

From this reading “Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.”

Moue noun US /muː/

a disdainful grimace

From this reading “Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.”

Pompey noun US /ˈpɑːmpi/

Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)

protract verb US /proʊˈtrækt/

lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

From this reading “Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.”

scape noun US /skeɪp/

erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip

From this reading “Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.”

sterne noun US /stɜːrn/

English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766)

From this reading “_Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.”

Stygian adjective US /ˈstɪdʒiən/

hellish

From this reading “And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.”

Word partnerships in these lines

English keeps certain words together, and knowing the pair is worth more than knowing each word alone. Every partnership below was counted across our whole published library, and earns its place by appearing far more often than two unrelated words of the same frequency would.

Shown as this reading writes them, with the form the library counts, what kind of pairing it is, and how often it occurs.

glorious day adjective + noun

In this reading “Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.”

perish in verb + particle

In this reading “Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.”

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800

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From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

810

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

820

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

Achillas

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From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

AlexandernounUS /ˌæləɡˈzændər/

European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb

From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

ambitionnounUS /æmˈbɪʃən/

a cherished desire

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

andeterminerUS /æn/

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

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

angryadjectiveUS /ˈæŋɡri/

feeling or showing anger

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

AnthonynounUS /ˈænθəni/

Roman general under Julius Caesar in the Gallic wars; repudiated his wife for the Egyptian queen Cleopatra; they were defeated by Octavian at Actium (83-30 BC)

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

appeaseverbUS /əˈpiːz/

cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

ashesnounUS /ˈæʃ.ɪz/

The powdery residue left after the burning of a substance.

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

bankesverbUS /bæŋks/

third-person singular of “bank” — tip laterally

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

barbarousadjectiveUS /ˈbɑːrbərəs/

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

baselyadverb

in a despicable, ignoble manner

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

BastardsnounUS /ˈbæstərdz/

plural of “bastard” — insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

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

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

Bessus

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

bloodnounUS /blʌd/

The red fluid that circulates in the heart and blood vessels.

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

bodynounUS /ˈbɑːdi/

the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

buildverbUS /bɪld/

make by combining materials and parts

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

CaesarnounUS /ˈsiːzər/

conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

caus'd

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

causenounUS /kɑːz/

events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

ceaseverbUS /siːs/

put an end to a state or an activity

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

CleopatranounUS /ˌkliːəˈpætrə/

beautiful and charismatic queen of Egypt; mistress of Julius Caesar and later of Mark Antony; killed herself to avoid capture by Octavian (69-30 BC)

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

compassionnounUS /kəmˈpæʃən/

a deep awareness of and sympathy for another's suffering

From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

Darius

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

datenounUS /deɪt/

the specified day of the month

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

daunger

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

deathnounUS /deθ/

the event of dying or departure from life

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

deserued

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

dieverbUS /daɪ/

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

Dolo

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

Dolobella

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From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

drawes

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

enbalme

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

endnounUS /end/

either extremity of something that has length

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

enemiesnounUS /ˈenəmiz/

plural of “enemy” — an opposing military force

From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

enemynounUS /ˈenəmi/

an opposing military force

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

EnterverbUS /ˈentər/

to come or go into

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

enuy

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From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

fledverbUS /fled/

inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

foorth

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

forenounUS /fɔːr/

front part of a vessel or aircraft

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

Fortunius

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From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

foundverbUS /faʊnd/

set up or found

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

funerall

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

GhostnounUS /ɡoʊst/

a mental representation of some haunting experience

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

gloriousadjectiveUS /ˈɡlɔːriəs/

having or deserving or conferring glory

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

GoverbUS /ɡoʊ/

change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

goldnounUS /ɡoʊld/

coins made of gold

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

graue

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

greateradjectiveUS /ˈɡreɪtər/

greater in size or importance or degree

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

guiltyadjectiveUS /ˈɡɪlti/

responsible for or chargeable with a reprehensible act

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

handnounUS /hænd/

the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

haue

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From this reading Whose worth indeede a Temple ought to haue.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

HereadverbUS /hiːr/

in or at this place; where the speaker or writer is

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

honournounUS /ˈɑːnər/

the state of being honored

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

how

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

indeede

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From this reading Whose worth indeede a Temple ought to haue.

Intomb'd

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

letauxiliary verbUS /let/

used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

lieverbUS /laɪ/

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

liues

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

longadjectiveUS /lɔːŋ/

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

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

LordnounUS /lɔːrd/

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

mannounUS /mæn/

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

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

manyadjectiveUS /ˈmeni/

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 Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

marblenounUS /ˈmɑːrbəl/

a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

mightyadjectiveUS /ˈmaɪti/

having or showing great strength or force or intensity

From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

minde

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

minepronounUS /maɪn/

the one or ones belonging to the person speaking

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

mou'd

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From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

MouenounUS /muː/

a disdainful grimace

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

nobleadjectiveUS /ˈnoʊbəl/

impressive in appearance

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

nowadverbUS /naʊ/

in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/

used with “to” to say what is right or advisable

From this reading Whose worth indeede a Temple ought to haue.

perishverbUS /ˈperɪʃ/

pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

pleadverbUS /pliːd/

appeal or request earnestly

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

PompeynounUS /ˈpɑːmpi/

Roman general and statesman who quarrelled with Caesar and fled to Egypt where he was murdered (106-48 BC)

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

princelyadjectiveUS /ˈprɪnsli/

ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

protractverbUS /proʊˈtrækt/

lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

proudadjectiveUS /praʊd/

feeling self-respect or pleasure in something by which you measure your self-worth; or being a reason for pride

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

Ptolomey

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From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

putverbUS /pʊt/

put into a certain place or abstract location

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

quiteadverbUS /kwaɪt/

to a degree (not used with a negative)

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

Rhadamant

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From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

ruenounUS /ruː/

European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

sacrificenounUS /ˈsækrəfaɪs/

the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

scapenounUS /skeɪp/

erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

SeeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

Sempronius

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From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

shaltmodal verbUS /ʃælt/

an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

sitsverbUS /sɪts/

third-person singular of “sit” — be seated

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

slewverbUS /sluː/

turn sharply; change direction abruptly

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

sorrowed

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

soyle

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

stabd

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

sternenounUS /stɜːrn/

English writer (born in Ireland) (1713-1766)

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

strifenounUS /straɪf/

lack of agreement or harmony

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

StygianadjectiveUS /ˈstɪdʒiən/

hellish

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

teares

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

tel

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From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

TemplenounUS /ˈtempəl/

place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity

From this reading Whose worth indeede a Temple ought to haue.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

thenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

ThereadverbUS /ðer/

in or at that place or location

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/

in spite of the fact that

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

ThydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

an old word for “your”, speaking to one person

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

toparticleUS /tuː/

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

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

Traytorous

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From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

vayne

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From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

Vertue

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

vertues

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

vndeserued

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

Vnhapy

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

Vnworthy

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From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

Vrne

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From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

vs

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From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

wandring

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From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

warsnounUS /wɔːrz/

plural of “war” — the waging of armed conflict against an enemy

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

weepes

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From this reading _Dolo._ See how compassion drawes foorth Princely teares 820 And Vertue weepes her enemies funerall, So sorrowed the mighty _Alexander_, When _Bessus_ hand caus'd _Darius_ to die.

wertauxiliary verbUS /wɜːrt/

an old form of “were”, used with “thou”

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

WhosedeterminerUS /huːz/

belonging to which person

From this reading Whose worth indeede a Temple ought to haue.

whynounUS /waɪ/

the cause or intention underlying an action or situation, especially in the phrase “the whys and wherefores”

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading Thy princely vertues and thy noble minde, Moue me to rue thy vndeserued death, That found a greater daunger then it fled; 810 Vnhapy man to scape so many wars, And to protract thy glorious day so long, Here for to perish in a barbarous soyle, And end liues date stabd by a Bastards hand, But yet with honour shalt thou be Intomb'd, I will enbalme thy body with my teares, And put thy ashes in an Vrne of gold, And build with marble a deserued graue.

worthnounUS /wɜːrθ/

an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

YetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading And let your guilty blood appease his Ghost, That now sits wandring by the Stygian bankes, Vnworthy sacrifice to quite his worth, For _Pompey_ though thou wert mine enemy, And vayne ambition mou'd vs to this strife; Yet now in death when strife and enuy cease.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading _Enter Caesar, Cleopatra, Anthony, Dolobella, a Lord,_ _Caesar._ There sterne _Achillas_ and _Fortunius_ lie, Traytorous _Sempronius_ and proud _Ptolomey_, Go plead your cause fore the angry _Rhadamant_, 800 And tel him why you basely _Pompey_ slew.

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