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Search phrase: crier

Plays

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Hamlet	Ham III.ii.3	as many of your players do, I had as lief the town crier	as many of your Players do, I had as liue the Town-Cryer
King John	KJ II.i.134.2	Hear the crier!	Heare the Cryer.
The Merry Wives of Windsor	MW V.v.41	Crier Hobgoblin, make the fairy oyes.	Crier Hob-goblyn, make the Fairy Oyes.

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Glossary

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crier	officer who makes announcements in a court of law
O-yea	[unclear meaning] public crier [who shouts Oyez, ‘Hear ye’]

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O-yea

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...t to the players] i had as lief the town crier spoke my lines 1h4 iv ii 17 [falstaff a...

Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
CRIER	BASIC	see CRY

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