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Using Elizabethan Words Below is a list of words or phrases used in Shakespeare's time. Write letter to a friend or family member using at least twenty different words or phrases from the list. Remember, your letter should make sense! ado: a big deal don: put on an: if, since dott: take off anon: soon, immediately dost: you do aye: yes doth: does nay: no hast: you have but: only, except for hath: has (he, she, it, they) haply: perhaps thow/thee: you hence: away from here thy/thine: your whence: from where minion: worthless being hie: hurry jacks: rascals hither: here mark: watch, look, take notice whither: where oer: over thither: there yon: that thing over there would: wish (verb) hot: angry ere: before fray: fight is: itis art: are wherefore: why wast: were forth: ahead lest: unless, or else marry: indeed “bite my thumb”: an insulting gesture wilt: will, will you “soft”: an expression meaning, “Wait a minuie!” hereafter: later, from now on chinks: money bade: bid, offer strange: shy, reserved railest: complain hilding: worthiess being

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