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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 5
The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 5

Chapter XX

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_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.
·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.
Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.
_King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.
·daj010· _Suffolke._ I will my Lord.
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The Works of William Shakespeare — Vol. 5

Chapter XX

Reading 1/93 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.
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·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.
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Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.
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_King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.
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·daj010· _Suffolke._ I will my Lord.

Learner Dictionary

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

About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.”

May modal verb US /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading “_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.”

Shall modal verb US /ʃæl/

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

From this reading “·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.”

Still noun US /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.”

Tell noun US /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “_King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.”

All words in this reading · 73

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005

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

006

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

008

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

010

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From this reading ·daj010· _Suffolke._ I will my Lord.

2

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

accord

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

againe

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

All

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

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

From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

anon

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

Buckingham

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From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

butconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

call

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

Cardinall

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From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

cleare

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

cloathes

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

comes

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

Curtaines

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

daj

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

day

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

dide

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

doauxiliary verbUS /duː/

used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

draw

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

Duke

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From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

enter

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From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

Exet

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

firme

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

get

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

Gloster

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

go

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

gone

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

hansome

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

haue

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

himselfe

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

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

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading ·daj010· _Suffolke._ I will my Lord.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

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

From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

King

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

laid

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

Lord

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

maymodal verbUS /meɪ/

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

murtherers

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

NodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

now

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

other

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

owne

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

perceiue

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

Queene

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From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

rewarde

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

see

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/

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

From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

smooth

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

Somerset

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From this reading Then enter the King and Queene, the Duke of _Buckingham_, and the Duke of _Somerset_, and the Cardinall.

stillnounUS /still/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

Suffolke

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

TellnounUS /tell/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

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

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

Then

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From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

things

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From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

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

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

vnkle

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From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading _Suffolke._ Then see the cloathes laid smooth about him still, That when the King comes, he may perceiue No other, but that he dide of his owne accord.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading _King._ My Lord of Suffolke go call our vnkle (Gloster, Tell him this day we will that he do cleare himselfe.

youpronounUS /juː/

the person or people being spoken to

From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.

yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/

belonging to the person or people being spoken to

From this reading ·daj005· _2._ All things is hansome now my Lord. [daj006] _Suffolke._ Then draw the Curtaines againe and get you gone, And you shall haue your firme rewarde anon. [daj008] _Exet_ murtherers.