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 __Shakespearean vocabulary__

Shakespeare's wrote in the late sixteenth (1590s) and early seventeenth centuries (1600-1611), and English was much different back then. Here are some translations, as well as some other key words that appear in the text:

**//to accost =//** to attack **//ay =//** yes  **//doth =//** does  **//ducat =//** a gold coin used in Europe before World War I  **//eunuch =//** a man who has been castrated, usually in order to make him a better and more devoted servant to his master**//hath =//** has  **//thee/ thou =//** you  <span style="display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 90%; text-align: left;">**//twelfth night =//** the 12th day of Christmas, which was the Feast of the Epiphany; it was observed with a lot of drinks and partyingyonder = over there

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