Publications, Volume 34Shakespeare Society, and to be had of W. Skeffington, 1847 |
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ACTUS aduise Alyface Annot Arostus Bicause brest brother chaunce ciuyll commeth cruell Dame Custance death deuided doth Dough e'en eche Eton Eubulus Euen father feare Ferrex Gawyn Goodlucke Goddes Gorboduc grace harte hast hath haue Inner Temple king kynge lande letter liue Lord Lordship loue lyfe lyue maister Mary maye Mery Merygreeke minde mischiefe Mistresse Custance Mumbl Mumblecrust mynde myne neuer Nicholas Udall noble Norton perchaunce Porrex prince printed Queen Ralph Roister Doister realme reigne reuenge Roister Doister Royster Sackville sayd SCENA Scrivener selfe selues shal Sharpenhoe shewe shuld sithe sonne sory staie Streatley Suresby Talk thee therfore thing thinke Thomas Thomas Norton Thomas Sackville thou Tibet Trilla Trupenie Trusty tyme Udall's vertue vnto vpon Whan whome wise woman wretched wyll yelde yeres yond
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