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Act Iv., Scene 1, and Act V., Scene 7.

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CONTRARY--stress on the penultimate syllable; cf. "matrimony," "secretary," "January," etc.; King John, Act IV., Scene 2.

To RESOLVE--to dissolve; King John, Act V., Scene 4; Hamlet, Act I., Scene 2.

STROND--strand; cf. "hommer"--hammer, "opples"--apples, etc.; 1 King Henry IV., Act I., Scene 1.

APPLE JOHN--John Apple (?); 1 King Henry IV., Act III., Scene 3; 2 King Henry IV., Act II., Scene 4.

GULL--young cuckoo; 1 King Henry IV., Act V., Scene 1.

TO BUCKLE--to bend; 2 King Henry IV., Act I., Scene 1.

NICE--weak; cf. "naish"--weak; 2 King Henry IV., Act I., Scene 1.

OLD--extreme, very good; 2 King Henry IV., Act II., Scene 4.

PEASCOD-TIME--peapicking time; 2 King Henry IV., Act II., Scene 4.

WAS LIKE--had nearly; King Henry V., Act I., Scene 1.

SCAMBLING--scrambling; King Henry V., Act I., Scene 1.

MARCHES--boundaries; cf. Moreton-in-the-Marsh, i.e., March; King Henry V., Act I., Scene 2.

SWILLED--washed; King Henry V., Act III., Scene 1.

To DRESS--to decorate with evergreens, etc.; Taming of the Shrew,

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