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Complaynte of Them that ben To Late Maryed choose

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[UK] R. Copland Complaynte of Them that ben To Late Maryed 10: My wyfe shewed to me her proper dugge, / On the mornynge her delyte for to make, / And to haue me for to play nugge a nugge.
at play nug a nug (v.) under play (at)..., v.
[UK] R. Copland Complaynte of Them that ben To Late Maryed 10: Whan I se her lye in shetes fayre and whyte, [...] With good wyll wolde I take then delyte; / Neuertheles I lete her haue her repose, [...] For thy [i]nstrument is not yet well in poynt.
at instrument, n.
[UK] R. Copland Complaynte of Them that ben To Late Maryed in Collier Illustrations I 10: My wyfe shewed to me her proper dugge, / On the mornynge her delyte for to make, / And to haue me for to play nugge a nugge.
at nug, v.
[UK] R. Copland Complaynte of Them that ben To Late Maryed 11: But comynge to bed delycyous / For to holde the spere in full hande, / It plyeth and fayleth, for wyll not stonde.
at stand, v.1
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