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Representative English Comedies, v. 1. From the beginnings to Shakespeare

Note 413 — ROISTER DOISTER BY NICHOLAS UDALL

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Hazlitt: intentional nonsense for 'nobis miscebetur[!] miserere.' Liturgical words muttered indistinctly and used here jocosely. Heywood: "betweene you and your Ginifinee Nycebecetur" (Prov. 1, ch. 11, p. 57 = 'What's her name?' Nescio quid dicitur?).

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