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_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

_King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

·daj010· _Suffolke._ I will my Lord.

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Chapter 20 of The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 5 is here in full — 464 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord. ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers. Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall. _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe. ·daj010· _Suffolke._ I will my Lord.

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Chapter 20 of The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 5 is here in full — 464 sentences across 93 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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Line 1

_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

Line 2

·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

Line 3

Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

Line 4

_King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

Line 5

·daj010· _Suffolke._ I will my Lord.

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accord verb US /əˈkɔːrd/

go together

From this reading “_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.”

anon adverb US /ˌæˈnɔːn/

at another time

From this reading “·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.”

draw verb US /drɔː/

cause to move by pulling

Duke noun US /duːk/

a British peer of the highest rank

From this reading “Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.”

enter verb US /ˈentər/

to come or go into

From this reading “Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.”

laid adjective US /leɪd/

set down according to a plan

From this reading “_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.”

smooth adjective US /smuːð/

having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities

From this reading “_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.”

Somerset noun US /ˈsʌmərset/

a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel

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All things adjective + noun

In this reading “·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.”

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005

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

006

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008

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010

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From this reading ·daj010· _Suffolke._ I will my Lord.

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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

accordverbUS /əˈkɔːrd/

go together

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

againe

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AlladjectiveUS /ɔːl/

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

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

anonadverbUS /ˌæˈnɔːn/

at another time

Buckingham

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From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

callverbUS /kɔːl/

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

Cardinall

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From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

cleare

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

cloathes

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

comesnounUS /kʌmz/

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

Curtaines

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daj

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daynounUS /deɪ/

time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

dide

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

drawverbUS /drɔː/

cause to move by pulling

DukenounUS /duːk/

a British peer of the highest rank

From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

enterverbUS /ˈentər/

to come or go into

From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

Exet

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firme

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getverbUS /ɡet/

come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

Gloster

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

goverbUS /ɡoʊ/

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

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

goneadjectiveUS /ɡɔːn/

destroyed or killed

hansome

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haue

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hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

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

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

himselfe

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

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

From this reading ·daj010· _Suffolke._ I will my Lord.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

KingnounUS /kɪŋ/

a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

laidadjectiveUS /leɪd/

set down according to a plan

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

LordnounUS /lɔːrd/

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

murtherers

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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

nowadverbUS /naʊ/

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

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

otheradjectiveUS /ˈʌðər/

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

owne

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

perceiue

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

Queene

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From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

rewarde

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seeverbUS /siː/

perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest

smoothadjectiveUS /smuːð/

having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

SomersetnounUS /ˈsʌmərset/

a county in southwestern England on the Bristol Channel

From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

stilladjectiveUS /stɪl/

not in physical motion

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

Suffolke

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

TellverbUS /tel/

express in words

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

ThenadverbUS /ðen/

subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

thingsnounUS /θɪŋz/

any movable possession (especially articles of clothing)

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

vnkle

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

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