Vulgar words in Sejanus: His Fall (Page 1)

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ass x 4
bastard x 4
blockhead x 2
buffoon x 3
dildo x 1
            
hussy x 2
pimp x 1
turd x 3
            

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Another comedy of less merit is "The Devil is an Ass," acted in 1616.

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This volume published, in a carefully revised text, all the plays thus far mentioned, excepting "The Case is Altered," which Jonson did not acknowledge, "Bartholomew Fair," and "The Devil is an Ass," which was written too late.

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I do accuse thee here, Cremutius Cordus, To be a man factious and dangerous, A sower of sedition in the state, A turbulent and discontented spirit, Which I will prove from thine own writings, here, The Annals thou hast publish'd; where thou bit'st The present age, and with a viper's tooth, Being a member of it, dar'st that ill Which never yet degenerous bastard did Upon his parent.

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The cause is public, and the honour, name, The immortality of every soul, That is not bastard or a slave in Rome, Therein concern'd: whereto, if men would change The wearied arm, and for the weighty shield So long sustain'd, employ the facile sword, We might soon have assurance of our vows.

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This ass's fortitude doth tire us all: It must be active valour must redeem Our loss, or none.

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ANTIC, ANTIQUE, clown, buffoon.

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ANTIC, like a buffoon.

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APPLE-JOHN, APPLE-SQUIRE, pimp, pander.

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BY-CHOP, by-blow, bastard.

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COTQUEAN, hussy.

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DILDO, refrain of popular songs; vague term of low meaning.

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GOOSE-TURD, colour of.

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(See Turd).

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JOLTHEAD, blockhead.

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NOWT-HEAD, blockhead.

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QUEAN, hussy, jade.

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SLIP, counterfeit coin, bastard.

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SOUSED ("Devil is an Ass"), fol.

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TURD, excrement.

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VICE, the buffoon of old moralities; some kind of machinery for moving a puppet (Gifford).

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