Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English form of
lealty .
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Examples
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In verse 3, 'lewde lewte' means merely 'vulgar lute'; and 'Rotybulle Joyse' is the title of an old song.
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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Popular songs, 'Rotybulle Joyse,' with a burden of 'Rumbill downe, tumbill downe,' etc., accompanied by a 'lewde lewte'; clavichord playing; solfaing; singing of both 'prick -' and 'plain -' song, with
Shakespeare and Music With Illustrations from the Music of the 16th and 17th centuries 1900
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