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Chapter IV
Exit Lord Stanley, and Catesby. How now, Sirrha? how goes the World with thee? Purs. The better, that your Lordship please to aske Hast. I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
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an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading “The better, that your Lordship please to aske Hast.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.”
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading “How now, Sirrha? how goes the World with thee?”
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading “I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.”
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From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Exit Lord Stanley, and Catesby.
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From this reading The better, that your Lordship please to aske Hast.
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From this reading The better, that your Lordship please to aske Hast.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
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From this reading Exit Lord Stanley, and Catesby.
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From this reading Exit Lord Stanley, and Catesby.
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From this reading How now, Sirrha? how goes the World with thee?
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From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
an old form of “have”, used with “thou”
From this reading The better, that your Lordship please to aske Hast.
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From this reading How now, Sirrha? how goes the World with thee?
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
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From this reading Exit Lord Stanley, and Catesby.
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From this reading The better, that your Lordship please to aske Hast.
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From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
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From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
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From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
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From this reading How now, Sirrha? how goes the World with thee?
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
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From this reading The better, that your Lordship please to aske Hast.
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From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
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From this reading Purs.
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From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
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From this reading How now, Sirrha? how goes the World with thee?
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From this reading Exit Lord Stanley, and Catesby.
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From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The better, that your Lordship please to aske Hast.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading How now, Sirrha? how goes the World with thee?
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading How now, Sirrha? how goes the World with thee?
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From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The better, that your Lordship please to aske Hast.
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From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
at the time that
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
in or at the place that
From this reading I tell thee man, 'tis better with me now, Then when thou met'st me last, where now we meet: Then was I going Prisoner to the Tower, By the suggestion of the Queenes Allyes.
in the company of; together with
From this reading How now, Sirrha? how goes the World with thee?
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From this reading How now, Sirrha? how goes the World with thee?
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The better, that your Lordship please to aske Hast.
