10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COISTREL»
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coistrel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
coistrel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
MCMEND: She. There she stand, held steadfast by that coistrel. BRABBLE: I will
the coistrel have as well. For him I shall spend time with thee when thou can'st
have an hour for me. Pray, give me a kiss, leman. COISTREL: Your horse, milord
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Historical Resources, 2006
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Region, Religion and Patronage: Lancastrian Shakespeare
The reversal it operates works along the lines of the inversion of cloister into
coistrel. This is language as 'cheveril glove' with a vengeance, and the cloth it is
made of is the backcloth of religion. This reading is confirmed by what happens ...
Richard Dutton, Alison Gail Findlay, Richard Wilson, 2003
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Plays On Women: Anon, Arden of Faversham; Middleton and ...
Knock with thy sword; perhaps the slave will hear. Shakebag. [Knocking] It will
not be; the white-livered peasant Is gone to bed and laughs us both to scorn. Will.
And he shall buy his merriment as dear 40 As ever coistrel bought so little sport.
David M. Bevington, Kathleen McLuskie, 1999
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The English dialect dictionary
COISTREL, 5b. th. Yks. Nh . Also written coystrll N.Cy.l th.'; coystrell w. s.;
keausterll n.Yks. [koi'strL koi'stril.] A raw, inex'perienced lad; a boob . H.611}, th.' n
.Yka. It's better an a keauster'il be haw e, MERIch Praise Afr (I634) 36. w.Y'ka. W1
cunt ...
With drinking healths to my niece: I'll drink to her as long as there is a passage in
my throat, and drink in Illyria: he's a coward and a coistrel 40 that will not drink to
my niece till his brains turn o' th' toe, like a parish top. What, wench! Castiliano ...
William Shakespeare, J.M. Lothian, Thomas Wallace Craik, 1975
Say that he thrive, as 'tis great like he will, Why then from Ireland come I with my
strength 380 And reap the harvest which that coistrel sowed. For Humphrey
being dead, as he shall be, And Henry put apart, the next for me. Exit 3.2 Enter
two or ...
William Shakespeare, Roger Warren, 2003
... for this; I will, by this good heaven: nay, let him come, let him come, gentlemen,
by the body of St. George, I'll not kill him. ( They offer to fight again, and are
parted) Cas. Hold, hold, good gentlemen. Dow. You whoreson, bragging coistrel!
120 ...
Ben Jonson, Gerald Alfred Wilkes, 1999
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The Routledge Anthology of Renaissance Drama
Knock with thy sword; perhaps the slave will hear. shakebag It will not be; the
white-livered peasant Is gone to bed and laughs us both to scorn. black will And
he shall buy his merriment as dear 40 As ever coistrel bought so little sport. Ne'er
let ...
Simon Barker, Hilary Hinds, 2003
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Every Man in His Humour: Quarto Version
You whoreson bragging coistrel! 160 Enter thorello. Thorello. Why, how now?
What's the matter? What stir is here, Whence springs this quarrel? Piso, where is
he? Put up your weapons and put off this rage. My wife and sister, they are cause
...
Ben Jonson, Robert S. Miola, 2000
... 38 whitelivered cowardly. Cf.'the liver white and pale, which is the badge of
pusillanimity and cowardice' (2 Henry IV,IV.iii,103–4). 41 coistrel knave (see 1.59
for variant spelling) 44 hind fellow, servant 47 cockshut light'the close of the ...
Martin White, Tom Lockwood, 2014
