King John & Henry VIII (67 page)

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becks
beckons

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gentle
kind/noble

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Coz
cousin

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advantage
profit/interest

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pay
repay

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voluntary
freely offered, willing

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bosom
i.e. heart

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tune
i.e. words, speech

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respect
regard

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bounden
indebted, obliged

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wanton
lively, playful

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gauds
showy playthings, attractive trifles

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give me audience
listen to me

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midnight bell
i.e. bell tolling midnight

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brazen
made of brass/shameless

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Sound on
continue striking

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race
course

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else
otherwise

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idiot
clown/fool

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keep
occupy, hold captive

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passion
emotion

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conceit
thought

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despite
spite

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watchful
wakeful/vigilant

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troth
faith

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what
whatever

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adjunct to
attendant upon, linked to

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yon
yonder, that

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so
in such a way

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powers
forces

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cousin
i.e. Arthur

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man
servant

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flood
sea

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armado
armada, fleet

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convicted
defeated

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fellowship
puns on “fellow ships”

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run
fared/followed a course

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Divers
various/several

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bloody
bloodstained/violent

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England
the King of England

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O’erbearing
overcoming

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interruption
resistance, obstacles

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spite
in defiance

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hot
active, vigorous, quick

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advice
prudence

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disposed
handled

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temperate
calm, composed

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want example
lack precedent

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kindred
related, allied in qualities

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like
similar

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So
provided that

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pattern
previous example

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grave
i.e. shell of the body, mere container

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issue
outcome

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peace
i.e. agreement, treaty

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defy
reject

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counsel
advice

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redress
assistance, comfort

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But
except

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amiable
lovable

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odoriferous
sweet-smelling

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sound
wholesome, healthy

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lasting
everlasting

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vaulty
empty/sepulchral

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gap of breath
i.e. mouth

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fulsome
repulsive

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carrion
skeletal/rotting

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buss
kiss

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affliction
i.e. afflicted one

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fell
terrible/cruel

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anatomy
skeleton

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modern
commonplace, everyday

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invocation
entreaty

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belie
slander

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like
likely

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sensible of
sensitive to, capable of feeling

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reasonable part
rational faculty

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delivered of
released from (perhaps with connotations of childbirth)

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babe of clouts
ragdoll

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clouts
cloths/rags

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different
distinct, individual

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plague
affliction

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Bind … tresses
in her distress, Constance’s hair is loose and disheveled

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silver drop
i.e. tear

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wiry friends
i.e. hairs (wiry does not necessarily suggest “coarse, tough”)

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sociable
sympathetic

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To … will
Constance’s response to Philip’s invitation earlier in the scene

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wherefore
why

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redeem
liberate

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envy at
resent

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know
recognize/be acquainted with

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Cain
in the Bible, Adam and Eve’s eldest son (who killed his brother Abel)

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suspire
(first) breathe

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gracious
filled with divine grace/virtuous/delightful

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canker-sorrow
the gnawing worm of grief

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bud
i.e. young son

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native
natural

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dim
dull/pale

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meagre
gaunt

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an ague’s fit
(the victim of) a bout of shaking caused by fever

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so
in that way/in that condition

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rising
i.e. from death/into heaven

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know
recognize

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heinous
grave, severe

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respect
view

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fond of
doting on

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room
place

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Remembers
reminds

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form
orderly arrangement

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outrage
passionate act of violence (i.e. suicide)

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joy
feel happy, take pleasure

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dull
bored/inattentive/sleepy

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word’s
i.e.
Life

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That
so that

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in the instant
at the precise moment

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repair
recovery

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fit
bout of illness

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day
i.e. battle (Lewis employs the more literal sense)

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had
would have (lost all those things)

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means
intends

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accounts
reckons

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rub
obstacle (a term from the game of bowls)

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mark
pay attention

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infant
young child/minor, too young to claim sovereignty (legal term)

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misplaced
i.e. usurping

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entertain
receive, experience

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boisterously
violently

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Makes … no
is not fussy about using any

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stay
prop, keep

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That
in order that

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green
young, inexperienced

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lays you plots
makes schemes for you

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steeps
soaks

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true
legitimate/royal

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untrue
deceptive/uncertain

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zeal
fervent loyalty

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none … advantage
not even the smallest opportunity

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check
inhibit, curb, control

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reign
rule (puns on “rein”)

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exhalation
vapor/meteor (considered a bad omen)

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scope
circumstance

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distempered
disordered/stormy

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customèd
customary, ordinary

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pluck away
disregard

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his
its

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cause
explanation

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prodigies
omens

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Abortives
abnormalities

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presages
signs, portents

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denouncing
declaring

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hold
consider

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himself
i.e. John

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in his prisonment
i.e. while Arthur is John’s prisoner

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approach
arrival

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kiss … of
i.e. welcome

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unacquainted
unfamiliar

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pick
extract/find

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strong matter of
compelling reason for

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Out … John
i.e. in John’s crimes, symbolized by his bloodstained hands

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hurly
uproar, turmoil

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on foot
underway

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breeds
develops

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call
decoy, bait/call to arms

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train
lure

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Anon
instantly

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wrought
fashioned

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top-full
brim-full

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offence
hostility, sense of wrong (in reaction to John’s deeds)

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whet on
encourage (as if sharpening a sword)

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strange actions
unusual/unexpected military deeds

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ay
yes

4.1
Location: England, a prison

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me
for me

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irons
branding tools

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look
be sure

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Within
behind

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arras
large tapestry wall-hanging

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heedful
watchful/careful

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bear out
support, authorize

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Uncleanly scruples
improper concerns/concerns about being morally tainted

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to say with
something to say to

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little
young, small (Arthur then shifts the sense)

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As … be
I am as little a prince as possible, despite having claims to being much greater

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sad
serious, solemn

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’Mercy
i.e. God’s mercy

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sad
serious/mournful/dark-colored

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Only
merely

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wantonness
foolish behavior/whim

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by my christendom
i.e. as I am a Christian

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So
provided that

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doubt
suspect, fear

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practises
plots

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would
wish

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so
if

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prate
chatter

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dispatch
put (him) to death/hurry up

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sooth
truth

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watch
stay awake

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warrant
assure (you)

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rheum
i.e. tears

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Turning … door
banishing pitiless torture

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brief
quick

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resolution
determination

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fair writ
written clearly, well

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effect
purpose

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knit
tied

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handkercher
handkerchief

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wrought it
embroidered it for