Chapter V
Cleo. What say you? Strikes him. Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe. Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
Antony and Cleopatra
Chapter V
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Cleo.
What
say
you?
Strikes
him.
Hence
horrible
Villaine,
or
Ile
spurne
thine
eyes
Like
balls
before
me:
Ile
vnhaire
thy
head,
She
hales
him
vp
and
downe.
Thou
shalt
be
whipt
with
Wyer,
and
stew'd
in
brine,
Smarting
in
lingring
pickle
Mes.
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Line 1
Cleo.
Line 2
What
say
you?
Line 3
Strikes
him.
Line 4
Hence
horrible
Villaine,
or
Ile
spurne
thine
eyes
Like
balls
before
me:
Ile
vnhaire
thy
head,
She
hales
him
vp
and
downe.
Line 5
Thou
shalt
be
whipt
with
Wyer,
and
stew'd
in
brine,
Smarting
in
lingring
pickle
Mes.
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Before
preposition
US /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.”
Hence
adverb
US /hens/
for this reason
From this reading “Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.”
Shalt
modal verb
US /ʃælt/
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading “Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.”
Thine
pronoun
US /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading “Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.”
Thou
pronoun
US /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.”
Thy
determiner
US /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading “Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.”
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
balls
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
brine
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From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
Cleo
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From this reading Cleo.
downe
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
eyes
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
hales
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
head
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
HenceadverbUS /hens/
for this reason
From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Strikes him.
horrible
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
Ile
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
Like
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
lingring
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From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
Mes
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From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
pickle
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From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
say
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From this reading What say you?
shaltmodal verbUS /ʃælt/
an old form of “shall”, used with “thou”
From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
Smarting
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From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
spurne
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
stew'd
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From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
Strikes
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From this reading Strikes him.
thinepronounUS /ðaɪn/
an old word for “yours”
From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
Villaine
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
vnhaire
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
vp
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From this reading Hence horrible Villaine, or Ile spurne thine eyes Like balls before me: Ile vnhaire thy head, She hales him vp and downe.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What say you?
whipt
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From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
Wyer
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From this reading Thou shalt be whipt with Wyer, and stew'd in brine, Smarting in lingring pickle Mes.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading What say you?