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The Lover’s Melancholy choose

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[UK] Ford Lover’s Melancholy III i: Keep off, ... Else, if thou touch me, touch me but behind. In palaces, such as pass in before Must be great princes; for at the back-door Tatterdemalions wait, who know not how to get admittance.
at back-door, n.
[UK] Ford Lover’s Melancholy III i: Vanish, doodles, vanish!
at doodle, n.1
[UK] Ford Lover’s Melancholy IV ii: By your leave, gallants, I come to speak with a young lady, as they say, the old Trojan’s daughter of this house.
at Trojan, n.
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