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... offence ( seduction of a virgin ) was never punishable by death in the English law , though rape ( ravish- ment ) was , and was so by a re - enact- ment in Elizabeth's reign ( 1573 ) . In Whetstone's play ( see Introduction ) rape is ...
... offence ( seduction of a virgin ) was never punishable by death in the English law , though rape ( ravish- ment ) was , and was so by a re - enact- ment in Elizabeth's reign ( 1573 ) . In Whetstone's play ( see Introduction ) rape is ...
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... offence . 20 25 30 Enter ISABELLA . I am come to know your pleasure . How now , fair maid ? Ang . That you might know it , would much better please me Than to demand what ' tis . Your brother cannot live . Isab . Even so . Heaven keep ...
... offence . 20 25 30 Enter ISABELLA . I am come to know your pleasure . How now , fair maid ? Ang . That you might know it , would much better please me Than to demand what ' tis . Your brother cannot live . Isab . Even so . Heaven keep ...
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... offence . . . made ] To make offence ( commit a fault ) is frequent in Shakespeare . " You " is pleonastic . 17. strange picklock ] The word " picklock was used of a thief and also of a lawyer . Ritson suggests that kind of lock ...
... offence . . . made ] To make offence ( commit a fault ) is frequent in Shakespeare . " You " is pleonastic . 17. strange picklock ] The word " picklock was used of a thief and also of a lawyer . Ritson suggests that kind of lock ...
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