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Shakespeare's First Folio
Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXVIII

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Luci.
Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.
Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?
Why dost not speake? what deafe?
Not a word?
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Shakespeare's First Folio

Chapter XXVIII

Reading 1/292 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Luci.
Line 2
Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.
Line 3
Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?
Line 4
Why dost not speake? what deafe?
Line 5
Not a word?

Learner Dictionary

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

Dost auxiliary verb US /dɑːst/

an old form of “do”, used with “thou”

From this reading “Why dost not speake? what deafe?”

Good noun US /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.”

Hand noun US /hand/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.”

Thou pronoun US /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading “Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?”

Thy determiner US /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading “Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?”

Whether conjunction US /ˈweðər/

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading “Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?”

Worthy adjective US /ˈwɜːr.ði/

Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.

From this reading “Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.”

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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 Not a word?

AndconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

Andronicus

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

Base

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

burning

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

conuay

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From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

deafe

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From this reading Why dost not speake? what deafe?

deuill

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

dostauxiliary verbUS /dɑːst/

an old form of “do”, used with “thou”

From this reading Why dost not speake? what deafe?

Empresse

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

eye

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

face

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From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

fiend-like

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From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

Fruit

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

goodnounUS /good/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

Goth

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

growing

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From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

hand

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

heere's

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

Image

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From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

incarnate

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

Luci

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From this reading Luci.

lust

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading Why dost not speake? what deafe?

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

Oh

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

Pearle

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

pleas'd

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

rob'd

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From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

Say

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From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

slaue

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From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

speake

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From this reading Why dost not speake? what deafe?

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/

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

From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/

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

From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

wall-ey'd

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From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

whatpronounUS /wʌt/

used to ask for information about something

From this reading Why dost not speake? what deafe?

whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/

used to introduce two or more possibilities

From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

Why

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From this reading Why dost not speake? what deafe?

word

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From this reading Not a word?

worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/

Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.

From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.

would'st

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From this reading Say wall-ey'd slaue, whether would'st thou conuay This growing Image of thy fiend-like face?

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading Oh worthy Goth, this is the incarnate deuill, That rob'd Andronicus of his good hand: This is the Pearle that pleas'd your Empresse eye, And heere's the Base Fruit of his burning lust.