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The works of Thomas Middleton, Volume 1 (of 5)

Note 330 — ACT V. SCENE I.

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as he is my sovereign, I do give him two crowns for it, &c.] “Here is some poor pun. A sovereign was a gold coin worth ten shillings; or, is the wit in some fancied similarity of sound between duke and ducat (a piece of the same value as the other)?”—Gifford.

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