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(cxlii. 8) and 'in act her bed-vow broke' (clii. 37) have been held to imply that the woman denounced by Shakespeare was married.
A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892
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(noun) - Marriage vow. --C.T. Onions' Oxford Shakespeare Glossary, 1911
January 27, 2018