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Act I., Scene 1; _comedy of Errors_, Act Iv., Scene 1.

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FALSING--the present participle of the verb "to false"; Comedy of Errors, Act II., Scene 2; Cymbeline, Act II., Scene 3.

FALL--verb active; Comedy of Errors, Act II., Scene 2; Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V., Scene 1.

CUSTOMERS--companions; Comedy of Errors, Act IV., Scene 4.

KNOTS--flower beds; Love's Labour's Lost, Act I., Scene 1; Richard II., Act III., Scene 4.

TALENT--for talon; cf. "tenant" for tenon; Love's Labour's Lost, Act IV., Scene 2.

METHEGLIN--mead, a drink made from honey; Love's Labour's Lost, Act V., Scene 2; Merry Wives, Act V., Scene 5.

HANDKERCHER--handkerchief; King John, Act IV., Scene 1; King Henry V., Act III., Scene 2.

NOR NEVER SHALL--two negatives strengthening each other; King John,

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