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alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet you began rudely.
bring
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
concernes
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
curtesie
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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
deliuer
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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
eare
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
fearefull
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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
full
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
hand
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
haue
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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
hiddeous
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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
hold
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
homage
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
matter
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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
office
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From this reading Speake your office Vio.
Ol
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From this reading Ol.
Olyffe
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
ouerture
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
peace
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
rudely
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From this reading Yet you began rudely.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
some
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From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
Speake
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From this reading Speake your office Vio.
SurenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
taxation
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
Vio
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From this reading Speake your office Vio.
warre
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
words
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From this reading It alone concernes your eare: I bring no ouerture of warre, no taxation of homage; I hold the Olyffe in my hand: my words are as full of peace, as matter Ol.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet you began rudely.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Sure you haue some hiddeous matter to deliuer, when the curtesie of it is so fearefull.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Speake your office Vio.