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89 Cards in this Set
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beyond
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more than
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masters of some merchant
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officers of merchant ship
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the merchant
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one who owns the ships goods
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peace
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please be quiet
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porridge
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made from peas
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visitor
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parishioner who comforts the sick and suffering
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entertain
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attend; receive
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dolor
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sorrow
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spare
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refrain; stop
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desert
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uninhabited
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subtle/temperate
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mild climate
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Temperance
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1 of 4 cardinal virtues/ name of woman
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lusty
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flourishing
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eye
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shade
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rarity
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exceptional quality
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pocket up
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conceal
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Dido
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queen of Carthage
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Aeneas
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king of Troy
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a pox o'
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curses on
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Claribel
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Dido's sister
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Tunis
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thought to be built over Carthage
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Carthage
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ancient city ruled by Dido
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Amphion
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raised walls of Thebes with magic harp
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kernels
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seeds
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bate
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except for
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doublet
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short; close fitting jacket
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stomach
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desire, inclination, sense, feeling
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rate
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estimation
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removed
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separated by space
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surges
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waves
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breasted
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confronted boldly
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loathness and obedience
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disinclination to marriage and obedience to father
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plaster
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medicated bandage
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chirurgeonly
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like a surgeon
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plantation
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to plant
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docks
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variety of coarse weedy herbs
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mallows
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wild plant with hairy stems and leaves
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by contraries
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opposite to customary
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traffic
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commerce
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letters
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literature/ learning, study
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succession
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inheritance
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bourn, bound of land
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boundary
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corn
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wheat
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occupation
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mechanical or mercantile employment
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engine
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military weapon
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idle
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lazy, worthless
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The Golden Age
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1st age of man's abundance and success
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Ovid's Metamorphoses
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famous ancient book that is basis of mythology
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minister occasion
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provide opportunity
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flatlong
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harmlessly or with flat of sword
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mettle
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spirit
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a-batfowling
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bird catching at night with a long pole called a bat to beat trees
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warrant
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promise, guarantee
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adventure
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risk
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heavy
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sleepy
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thunderstroke
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impact of lightning stroke
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sleepy language
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language appropriate to sleep
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my custom
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that I ordinarily am
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standing water
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patiently waiting
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cough
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chattering crow
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razorable
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bearded
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kibe
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sore on a heel from exposure to cold
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flats
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swamps/marshes
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by inchmeal
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inch by inch
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urchin-shows
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apparitions of goblins
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like a firebrand in the dark
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as if ignus fatuus
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ignis fatuus
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phosphorescent light that hovers over swampy ground at night
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mow
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grimace/making faces
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foul
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dirty
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bombard
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jug for liquor
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poor-John
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dried fish
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"make a man"
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make it's owners fortune/ to be equivalent to Englishman
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doit
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tiny coin
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o' my troth
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by my faith
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gaberdine
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cloak
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shroud
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take shelter
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swabber
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sailer who swabs a deck
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scurvy
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disease from lack of Vitamin C
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siege
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excrement
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mooncalf
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monster blamed on the influence of the moon
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vent
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excrete
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brave
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splendid/admirable
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butt of sack
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barrel of sweet wine
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crabs
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crab apples/ crabs
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pignuts
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earth nuts/edible nuts
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marmoset
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small monkey
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filberts
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hazelnuts
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scamels
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sea mel or sea mew (bird) otherwise unknown
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trenchers
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wooden boards or plates for food
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