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Search phrase: statute

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
The Comedy of Errors	CE I.i.9	Have sealed his rigorous statutes with their bloods,	Haue seal'd his rigorous statutes with their blouds,
The Comedy of Errors	CE I.ii.6	According to the statute of the town	According to the statute of the towne,
The Comedy of Errors	CE V.i.126	Against the laws and statutes of this town,	Against the Lawes and Statutes of this Towne,
Coriolanus	Cor I.i.82	statutes daily to chain up and restrain the poor. If the	Statutes daily, to chaine vp and restraine the poore. If the
Hamlet	Ham V.i.102	time a great buyer of land, with his statutes, his recognizances,	time a great buyer of Land, with his Statutes, his Recognizances,
Henry VI Part 2	2H6 IV.vii.14	Then we are like to have biting statutes,	Then we are like to haue biting Statutes
Henry VI Part 3	3H6 V.iv.79	His statutes cancelled, and his treasure spent;	His Statutes cancell'd, and his Treasure spent:
King Edward III	E3 II.i.268	It is a penalty to break your statutes,	It is a pennalty to breake your statutes,
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL I.i.17	My fellow-scholars, and to keep those statutes	My fellow Schollers, and to keepe those statutes
Love's Labour's Lost	LLL V.ii.281	Well, better wits have worn plain statute-caps.	Well, better wits haue worne plain statute caps,
Macbeth	Mac III.iv.75	Ere humane statute purged the gentle weal;	Ere humane Statute purg'd the gentle Weale:
Measure for Measure	MM I.iii.19	We have strict statutes and most biting laws,	We haue strict Statutes, and most biting Laws,
Measure for Measure	MM I.iv.67	And follows close the rigour of the statute	And followes close the rigor of the Statute
Measure for Measure	MM V.i.318	But faults so countenanced that the strong statutes	But faults so countenanc'd, that the strong Statutes
Much Ado About Nothing	MA III.iii.77	knows the statutes, he may stay him; marry, not without	knowes the Statutes, he may staie him, marrie not without
Richard II	R2 IV.i.212	My acts, decrees, and statutes I deny.	My Acts, Decrees, and Statutes I denie:

Poems

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Play	Key Line	Modern Text	Original Text
Sonnets	Sonn.134.9	The statute of thy beauty thou wilt take,	The statute of thy beauty thou wilt take,

Glossary

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statue	F alternative to 'statute'
statute	bond securing a debt with the debtor's land; legal security
statute	law, decree, regulation
statute-cap	woollen cap ordered (by an Act of 1571) to be worn on Sundays and holy days by all below a certain social rank

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Themes and Topics

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...ng basin or soup-bowl statute-cap lll v ii 281 m f ...

Words Families

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Word Family	Word Family Group	Words
CAP	TYPE	statute-cap n
STATUTE	BASIC	statute n
STATUTE	CLOTHING	statute-cap n

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