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counsel (n.)

Old form(s): counsell

private reflection, self-communing

1H4 IV.iii.11	[Vernon to Douglas] I hold as little counsel with weak fear / As you
RJ II.ii.53.1	[Juliet to hidden Romeo] What man art thou that, thus bescreened in night, / So stumblest on my counsel?