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Chapter IX

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[312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.
Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"
(_Ad Polybium de Consolatione._) [313] Old ed. "these."
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The Works of John Marston. Volume 1

Chapter IX

Chapter 9 of The Works of John Marston. Volume 1 is here in full — 408 sentences across 82 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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[312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.
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Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"
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(_Ad Polybium de Consolatione._) [313] Old ed. "these."
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ACT V.
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act verb US /ækt/

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading “ACT V.”

cum noun US /kʌm/

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading “[312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.”

est noun US /est/

standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

From this reading “[312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.”

nec noun US /nek/

an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow

From this reading “[312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.”

non adverb US /nɑːn/

negation of a word or group of words

From this reading “[312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.”

scene noun US /siːn/

the place where some action occurs

From this reading “SCENE I.”

Seneca noun US /ˈsenəkə/

Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)

From this reading “[312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.”

strain noun US /streɪn/

(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

From this reading “[312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.”

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same strain adjective + noun

In this reading “[312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.”

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312

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

313

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From this reading (_Ad Polybium de Consolatione._) [313] Old ed. "these."

acceperit

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

ACTverbUS /ækt/

perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)

From this reading ACT V.

AdnounUS /æd/

a public promotion of some product or service

From this reading (_Ad Polybium de Consolatione._) [313] Old ed. "these."

commodavit

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

Consolatione

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From this reading (_Ad Polybium de Consolatione._) [313] Old ed. "these."

creditam

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

cujus

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

cumnounUS /kʌm/

the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

denounUS /diː/

a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies

From this reading (_Ad Polybium de Consolatione._) [313] Old ed. "these."

dedit

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

deinde

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

eam

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

ednounUS /ed/

impotence resulting from a man's inability to have or maintain an erection of his penis

From this reading (_Ad Polybium de Consolatione._) [313] Old ed. "these."

eo

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

estnounUS /est/

standard time in the 5th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 75th meridian; used in the eastern United States

From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

ferat

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

gratuitum

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

habeatur

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading SCENE I.

illum

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

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

From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

injustus

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

legem

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

mancipio

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

moleste

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

moralises

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

natura

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

necnounUS /nek/

an acute inflammatory disease occurring in the intestines of premature infants; necrosis of intestinal tissue may follow

From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

nonadverbUS /nɑːn/

negation of a word or group of words

From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

nonne

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

OldadjectiveUS /oʊld/

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading (_Ad Polybium de Consolatione._) [313] Old ed. "these."

pecuniam

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

Polybium

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From this reading (_Ad Polybium de Consolatione._) [313] Old ed. "these."

præsertim

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

quis

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

repetiit

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

Rerum

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/

Identical; not different.

From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

satietatem

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

SCENEnounUS /siːn/

the place where some action occurs

From this reading SCENE I.

senounUS /seɪ/

a toxic nonmetallic element related to sulfur and tellurium

From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

secuta

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

sed

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

SenecanounUS /ˈsenəkə/

Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD)

From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

SinounUS /siː/

a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors

From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

solvisse

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

strainnounUS /streɪn/

(physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces

From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

suam

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading (_Ad Polybium de Consolatione._) [313] Old ed. "these."

tibi

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

tuam

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

usum

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

VnounUS /viː/

a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt

From this reading ACT V.

vir

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From this reading Si quis pecuniam creditam solvisse se moleste ferat, eam præsertim cujus usum gratuitum acceperit, nonne injustus vir habeatur?"

visum

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From this reading [312] Seneca moralises in the same strain:--"Rerum natura illum tibi non mancipio dedit sed commodavit: cum visum est deinde, repetiit nec tuam in eo satietatem secuta est, sed suam legem.

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