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55 Cards in this Set
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By my troth
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a mild oath like "Upon my word"
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aught
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anything
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surfeit
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overindulge
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mean
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small, inconsiderable
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to be seated in the mean
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to be located in the middle between excess and want
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Superfluity
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excess
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comes sooner by white hairs
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ages the person more quickly
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competency
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sufficiency
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sentences
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sayings
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pronounced
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delivered
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divine
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clergyman
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blood
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emotions, feelings
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meshes
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nets used in pursuit of hares
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in the fashion
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of the sort
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whereof
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whereby
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who
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whoever
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his
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your father's
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overname them
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say their names over
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level
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aim at; guess
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appropriation
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addition
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good parts
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achievements
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played false
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committed adultery
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smith
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blacksmith
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County
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count
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as who should say
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as much as to say
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An
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if
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choose
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do as you please
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weeping philosopher
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Heraclitus of Ephesus, who wept at people's consuming desire for riches
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death's head
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skull
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How say you by
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what do you say about
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throstle
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thrush
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straight
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immediately
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acap'ring
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dancing
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to madness
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madly
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come into the court and swear
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bear witness
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have a poor pennyworth in the English
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speak little English
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proper man's picture
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the picture of an ideal man
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dumb show
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someone who does not speak (literally, a part of a play presented without speech)
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suited
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dressed
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doublet
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jacket
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round hose
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wide breeches
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he borrowed a box of ear of the Englishman, and swore he would pay him again when he was able.
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he let the Englishman slap his ear and, instead of defending himself, swore that he'd pay him back later
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became his surety and sealed under for another
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perhaps, guaranteed that the Scot would pay back the Englishman and promised to add his own blow as well; or perhaps, let the Englishman slap his ear as well, promising to retaliate
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An the worst fall
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if worst befall, happen
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make shift
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find a way
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casket
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small ornamental chest for holding jewels and other valubles
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deep
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tall
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contrary
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wrong
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by some other sort
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in some other way
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imposition
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order, command
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Sibylla
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the Sybil of Cumae, to whom Apollo granted as many years of life as there are grains in the handful of sand
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Diana
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goddess of chastity
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condition
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character
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shrive me
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grant me adsolution
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Sirrah
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a term of address to a male social inferior
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