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Act I., Scene 3.

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FILL-HORSE--shaft horse; cf. "filler" and "thiller"; Merchant of Venice, Act II., Scene 2.

PROUD ON--proud of; Much Ado, Act IV., Scene 1

ODDS--difference; cf. "wide odds"; As you Like It, Act I., Scene 2.

COME YOUR WAYS--come on; As You Like It, Act I., Scene 2.

TO SAUCE--to be impertinent; As You Like It, Act III., Scene 5.

THE MOTION--the usual form; Winter's Tale, Act IV., Scene 2.

INCHMEAL--bit by bit; Tempest, Act II., Scene 2.

FILBERDS--filberts; Tempest, Act II., Scene 2.

TO LADE--to bale (liquid); 3 King Henry VI., Act III., Scene 3.

TO LAP--to wrap; King Richard III., Act II., Scene 1; Macbeth, Act I., Scene 2.

BITTER SWEETING--an apple of poor quality grown from a kernel; cf. "bitter sweet"--the same; Romeo and Juliet, Act II., Scene 4.

VARSAL WORLD--universal world; Romeo and Juliet, Act II., Scene 4.

MAMMET--a puppet; cf. "mommet"--scarecrow; Romeo and Juliet,

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