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Bussy D'ambois and the Revenge of Bussy D'ambois · George Chapman — chapter 91 of 92 · ~142 words · public domain

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=swindging=, swinging to and fro.

=tall=, excellent, brave.

=temper=, regulate.

=touch=, censure.

=toy=, whim.

=tracts=, tracks, traces.

=train=, stratagem.

=triumphs=, pageants.

=troe=, an exclamation of surprise, added after a question.

=trumpet=, trumpeter.

=trusse=, seize (used specially of birds of prey).

=warning peece=, a shot discharged as a signal.

=weather=, tempestuous commotion.

=weed=, garment.

=witty=, intelligent.

=wrack=, wreck.

=wreak=, revenge.

=unready=, undressed.

=vennie=, bout at fencing.

Transcriber's Note:

No changes have been made to spelling or punctuation in the plays.

The following corrections have been made to notes and commentary:

page xxxiv--"sequel to his most popular[original has popuular] play"

page xxxvii--"et Monsorellum transactum fuit."[original is missing ending quotation mark]

page xl--"well-known passage (II, i[original has 1], 205 ff.)"

page 298--added missing ending quotation mark in note =188=, 335-42.

The following words used an oe ligature in the original:

Noevius Oetaeus oeil Phoenician Oeta

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