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DOGBERRYISMS

3.2

True, and they are to meddle with none but the prince's subjects. (mingle)

You shall also make no noise in the streets; for, for the watch 
to babble and to talk is most tolerable and not to be endured. (intolerable)

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Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who (less) 
hath any honesty in him. 

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Adieu: be vigitant, I beseech you.

(vigilant)

3.3

First, who think you the most desertless man to be constable? (deserving) 

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You are thought here to be the most senseless and fit man for the constable of the watch

(sensible)

3.5

Comparisons are odorous.

(odious)

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Our watch, sir, have indeed comprehended two auspicious persons."

(apprehended, suspicious)

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[A]n old man, sir, and his wits are not so blunt as, God help, I would desire they were

(sharp)

4.2

Is our whole dissembly appeared?

(assembly)

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O villain! thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this. 

(damnation)

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