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A Contract of Marriage Between Wit and Wisdom choose

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[UK] F. Merbury Marriage Between Wit and Wisdom I iii: Ah, that drab! she can cackle like a caddow.
at cackle, v.
[UK] F. Merbury Marriage Between Wit and Wisdom III i: I am as very a turncote as the wethercoke of Poles; For now I will calle my name Due Disporte. So, so, finely I can turne the catte in the pane.
at cat in (the) pan (n.) under cat, n.1
[UK] F. Merbury Marriage Between Wit and Wisdom I ii: Trick this pretty doddy.
at doddypoll, n.
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