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mistress_n 487_o benefice_n 511_o bird_n in_o a_o cage_n 476_o birth_n of_o merlin_n 466_o black_a prince_n 27_o blaze_a world_n 392_o blind_a beggar_n of_o alexandria_n 60_o blind_a beggar_n of_o bednal-green_a 118_o blind_a lady_n 276_o bloody_a banquet_n 519_o brother_n 207_o duke_n 527_o blurt_n mr._n constab._n 371_o bondman_n 354_o bonduca_n 207_o brazen_a age._n 260_o brenoralt_n 498_o bridal_n 392_o bride_n 380_o break_a heart_n 219_o brother_n 483_o brutus_n of_o alba._n 500_o bury_v fair._n 445_o bussy_n d'amboyse_n 60_o byron_n conspiracy_n and_o tragedy_n 61_o c._n caesar_n borgia_n 321_o caesar_n &_o pomp._n 62_o caesar_n revenge_n 527_o caius_n marius_n 397_o calisto_n 92_o cambyses_n k._n of_o persia._n 440_o captain_n 207_o cardinal_n 483_o careless_a lover_n 418_o shepherdess_n 234_o carnival_n 407_o case_n be_v alter_v 298_o cataline_n conspiracy_n 288_o chabot_n admiral_n of_o france_n 477_o challenge_n at_o tilt._n 288_o for_o beauty_n 262_o chance_n 207_o change_n 477_o changeling_n 371_o charles_n the_o first_o 528_o the_o eight_o of_o france_n 92_o chaste_a maid_n in_o cheapside_n 371_o cheat_n 513_o of_o scapin_n 397_o christ_n passion_n 437_o christian_a turn_v turk_n 117_o christmas_n masque_n 288_o cicilia_n and_o clorinda_n 312_o cid_n 431_o circe_n 116_o citizen_n turn_v gentleman_n 422_o city_n heiress_n 19_o madam_n 354_o match_n 337_o nightcap_n 116_o politic_n 93_o wit._n 35_o claricilla_n 312_o cleopatra_n 101_o 363_o cloridia_n 288_o cloud_n 490_o cobler_n prophecy_n 513_o coelum_fw-la britannicum_fw-la 43_o colas_n fury_n 41_o combat_n of_o cap_n 528_o of_o love_n and_o friendship_n 365_o comedy_n of_o error_n 455_o committee_n 276_o committee-man_n curry_v 471_o commons_o conduit_n 528_o commonwealth_n of_o woman_n 180_o conflict_n of_o conscience_n 513_o conquest_n of_o china_n 440_o of_o granada_n 157_o conspiracy_n 309_o 511_o constant_a maid_n 477_o nymph_n 528_o constantine_n the_o great_a 322_o contention_n betw_o york_z and_o lancaster_n 528_o of_o ajax_n and_o ulysses_n 485_o for_o honour_n and_o riches_n 478_o coriolanus_n 455_o cornelia_n 316_o coronation_n 208_o 478_o costly_a whore_n 528_o covent_n garden_n 380_o covent_n garden_n weed_v 35_o covent_n of_o pleas._n 392_o counterfeit_v bridegr_n 528_o counterfeit_n ib._n countess_z of_o pembroke_n ivy-church_n 224_o country_n captain_n 386_o girl_n 31_o innocence_n 319_o wife_n 514_o wit._n 94_o courageous_a turk_n 234_o court_n beggar_n 36_o secret_n 484_o coxcomb_n 208_o croesus_n 3_o cromwell_n hist._n 529_o cruel_a brother_n 107_o debtor_n 529_o cuckold_n haven_n 501_o cunning_a lover_n 32_o cupid_n and_o death_n 478_o cupid_n revenge_n 208_o whirligig_n 529_o cure_n for_o a_o cuckold_n 510_o custom_n of_o the_o country_n 208_o cutter_n of_o coleman-street_n 81_o cymbeline_n 456_o cynthia_n revel_n 289_o revenge_n 493_o cyrus_n k._n of_o persia._n 529_o cytherea_n 488_o d._n dame_n dobson_n 419_o damoiselle_n 36_o damoiselles_n a-la-mode_o 200_o damon_n &_o pythias_n 529_o darius_n his_o tragedy_n 3_o k._n of_o persia._n 94_o david_n and_o bethsabe_n 401_o debauchee_n 529_o deorum_fw-la dona._n 11_o deserve_a favourite_n 47_o destruction_n of_o jerusalem_n 95_o 529_o destruction_n of_o troy_n 7_o devil_n be_v a_o ass._n 289_o devil_n charter_n 9_o devil_n law-case_n 509_o devil_n of_o a_o wife_n 280_o dick_n scorner_n 529_o dido_n q._n of_o carthage_n 383_o disappointment_n 489_o disobedient_a child_n 280_o distract_v state_n 502_o distress_n 107_o divine_a comedian_n 504_o divine_a masque_n 530_o doctor_n dodipole_n 556_o doctor_n faustus_n 342_o don_n carlos_n 398_o don_n sebastian_n 161_o double_a marriage_n 208_o doubtful_a heir_n 484_o duke_n &_o no_o duke_n 501_o duke_n of_o guise_n 163_o duke_n of_o lerma_n 276_o duke_n of_o milan_n 355_o duke_n mistress_n 478_o dumb_a knight_n 334_o dumb_a lady_n 318_o dutch_a courtesan_n 348_o dutch_a lover_n 19_o duchess_n of_o malfi_n 609_o duchess_n of_o suff._n 262_o e._n 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three_o of_o france_n 473_o henry_n the_o four_o 456_o five_o ib._n six_o 457_o eighth_n ib._n heraclius_n 48_o hercules_n