| Notes from "A Lamentation of Queen Elizabeth" | |
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Ensample |
A practical warning |
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Wot |
to know |
| Fere |
A companion, spouse; a husband or wife |
| Wit | The faculty of thinking and reasoning in general |
| holp | helped |
| Vaileth | Benefit or Advantage |
| Gear | Apparel or dress |
| Delice | Worldly Pleasure |
| Blandishing | Soft flattering |
| Divinatrice | That divines, divining. |
| Aye | ever |
| Sundry wise | in various or different ways; variously, diversely |
| Westminster | A Lady Chapel was built at Westminster by Elizabeth's husband, Henry VII. Elizabeth was laid to rest at Westminster |
| Vouchsafe | to bestow on a person |
| Edify | to establish or strengthen a person; build up with materials |
| Concord | A state of peace and amity between contending parties or nations |
| source: http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl by: Tracy L. Havill | |