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Play (50 lines) |
Old spellings |
Modern spellings |
Modern/Total (%) |
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LLL. 1.1-50 |
46 |
93 |
67 |
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Ham. 1.1-50 |
26 |
73 |
74 |
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Temp. 1.1-50 |
35 |
92 |
72 |
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1H4. 1.2.1-50 |
44 |
98 |
69 |
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H5.3.1.1-50 |
59 |
132 |
69 |
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Total |
210 |
488 |
70 |
Note: The table ignores common grammatical words (e.g. the, of, wilt), personal names (e.g. Francisco), and singular/plural variants (e.g. night/nights)
Sample spellings (Ham. 1.1.1-50)
againe, appear'd, appeare, assaile, beleefe, burnes, centinels, downe, eares, fantasie, farewel, hast, heare, houre, intreated, leige-men, peece, reliev'd, saies, seene, selfe, sicke, speake, starre, strook, thinke
against, all, along, answer, apparition, approve, beating, bed, bell, bid, carefully, come, course, Dane, dreaded, enter, exit, eyes, fortified, friends, get, give, good, goodnight, ground, guard, have, heart, heaven, hold, holla, honest, illume, king, last let, live, long, made, make, meet, minutes, mouse, night, nothing, one, part, place, pole, quiet, rivals, same, say, sight, sit, soldier, stand, stirring, story, take, there, therefore, thing, touching, tush, twelve, twice, two, unfold, watch, welcome, westward, yond