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King Henry VI, Part 3
King Henry VI, Part 3

Chapter IV

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Exit Post.
Lew.
But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.
Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?
War.
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King Henry VI, Part 3

Chapter IV

Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Exit Post.
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Lew.
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But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.
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Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?
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War.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Ere conjunction US /er/

an old word for “before”

From this reading “Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?”

One pronoun US /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading “Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

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

From this reading “But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading “But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?”

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adeterminerUS /ə/

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

From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

answer

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From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

battaile

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

bid

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

crosse

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

doubt

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From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

Edward

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

ereconjunctionUS /er/

an old word for “before”

From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

Exit

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From this reading Exit Post.

false

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

firme

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From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

fiue

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

follow

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

fresh

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

go

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From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

haue

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From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

Lew

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From this reading Lew.

Loyalty

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From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

mepronounUS /miː/

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

From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

men

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

Noble

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

occasion

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

onepronounUS /wʌn/

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

Oxford

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

Pledge

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From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

Post

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From this reading Exit Post.

Prince

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

Queen

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

Seas

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

serues

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

Shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

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

From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

Supply

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

ThoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

thousand

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

War

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From this reading War.

Warwicke

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From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

WhatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading But Warwicke, Thou and Oxford, with fiue thousand men Shall crosse the Seas, and bid false Edward battaile: And as occasion serues, this Noble Queen And Prince, shall follow with a fresh Supply.

YetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Yet ere thou go, but answer me one doubt: What Pledge haue we of thy firme Loyalty?