The Famous History of the Life of Henry the Eighth: About the Play
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Word Frequency
The following table shows the frequency of
spoken
words longer than three letters in the play. These numbers should not be considered authoritative.
that:
324
your:
270
this:
256
have:
192
with:
164
lord:
124
good:
119
what:
112
shall:
110
they:
105
will:
100
king:
96
from:
89
would:
85
which:
83
more:
79
their:
70
know:
61
there:
60
must:
57
well:
52
such:
52
grace:
51
like:
51
ever:
50
when:
50
these:
50
than:
50
cardinal:
49
upon:
49
most:
48
noble:
47
heaven:
46
then:
46
come:
45
much:
45
honour:
45
should:
43
pray:
43
make:
43
great:
42
here:
40
speak:
39
take:
38
highness:
38
were:
37
where:
37
lords:
37
queen:
36
i'll:
35
made:
35
king's:
34
think:
34
those:
33
never:
33
mine:
33
business:
32
lady:
32
give:
32
little:
32
leave:
31
some:
31
thus:
29
into:
29
time:
28
against:
28
hear:
28
duke:
28
again:
27
please:
26
life:
26
thou:
25
madam:
25
before:
25
find:
25
fair:
24
conscience:
24
long:
24
hath:
24
love:
24
could:
24
many:
24
them:
24
place:
23
truth:
23
state:
23
fear:
22
every:
22
cause:
21
peace:
21
tell:
21
master:
21
once:
21
still:
21
done:
20
been:
20
cannot:
20
dare:
20
first:
20
heart:
20
poor:
20
full:
20
thomas:
19
sent:
19
bear:
19
world:
19
stand:
19
true:
19
soul:
19
hand:
18
there's:
18
thee:
18
woman:
18
does:
17
till:
17
being:
17
best:
17
ladies:
17
thank:
17
court:
17
cromwell:
17
other:
16
further:
16
about:
16
royal:
16
fall:
16
person:
16
late:
16
without:
15
pleasure:
15
better:
15
else:
15
high:
15
after:
15
name:
15
friend:
15
said:
15
both:
14
father:
14
under:
14
yourself:
14
hour:
14
indeed:
14
tongue:
14
none:
14
last:
14
play:
14
together:
14
malice:
14
live:
14
away:
13
buckingham:
13
though:
13
might:
13
whose:
13
words:
13
only:
13
goodness:
13
wish:
13
sure:
13
friends:
13
present:
13
prayers:
13
he's:
12
pity:
12
reverend:
12
came:
12
very:
12
holy:
12
fellow:
12
hope:
12
found:
12
feel:
12
fell:
12
gave:
12
honest:
12
power:
12
near:
12
sweet:
12
england:
12
part:
12
himself:
12
patience:
12
makes:
12
believe:
11
bold:
11
back:
11
whom:
11
down:
11
call:
11
wife:
11
kingdom:
11
half:
11
service:
11
heard:
11
since:
11
farewell:
11
that's:
11
canterbury:
11
nature:
11
mind:
11
women:
10
living:
10
even:
10
alas:
10
myself:
10
private:
10
archbishop:
10
right:
10
each:
10
counsel:
10
care:
10
brought:
10
ones:
10
griffith:
10
death:
10
favour:
10
comes:
10
faith:
10
welcome:
10
keep:
10
gentle:
10
thanks:
10
mean:
10
among:
10
nothing:
10
rome:
10
night:
10
given:
10
council:
10
point:
10
bring:
10
french:
10
tower:
9
remember:
9
virtue:
9
loved:
9
english:
9
doubt:
9
door:
9
princes:
9
glory:
9
comfort:
9
trial:
9
deserve:
9
gone:
9
forgive:
9
glad:
9
young:
9
look:
9
let's:
9
happy:
9
witness:
9
subject:
9
bless:
9
therefore:
9
known:
9
commission:
9
left:
9
hearts:
9
justice:
9
thousand:
9
duty:
9
thing:
9
graces:
9
you're:
9
pass:
9
read:
9
next:
9
times:
9
free:
8
devil:
8
things:
8
gentleman:
8
obedience:
8
grow:
8
sick:
8
sorry:
8
merry:
8
judge:
8
above:
8
hold:
8
lovell:
8
fears:
8
honesty:
8
head:
8
greatness:
8
honours:
8
meant:
8
learned:
8
turn:
8
thought:
8
land:
8
almost:
8
charge:
8
france:
8
strange:
8
something:
8
o'er:
8
eyes:
8
marriage:
8
show:
8
envy:
7
sake:
7
call'd:
7
cardinal's:
7
majesty:
7
loves:
7
daughter:
7
ne'er:
7
knew:
7
what's:
7
york:
7
weak:
7
answer:
7
heartily:
7
whole:
7
face:
7
blood:
7
spoke:
7
ready:
7
to't:
7
emperor:
7
deliver:
7
cranmer:
7
able:
7
charity:
7
blessings:
7
sudden:
7
servant:
7
presence:
7
worthy:
7
lost:
7
held:
7
christian:
7
katharine:
7
proceed:
7
knows:
7
beseech:
7
certain:
7
god's:
7
follows:
7
prove:
7
office:
7
angels:
7
divorce:
7
prithee:
7
beauty:
7
lordship:
7
you'll:
7
attend:
7
judgment:
7
pleasures:
7
sound:
7
news:
7
already:
7
coming:
6
seal:
6
same:
6
morning:
6
clear:
6
commanded:
6
virtues:
6
talk:
6
mercy:
6
work:
6
save:
6
paper:
6
hither:
6
bound:
6
self:
6
another:
6
shame:
6
rest:
6
humble:
6
hopes:
6
gentlemen:
6
stay:
6
music:
6
between:
6
fortune:
6
mistress:
6
henry:
6
looks:
6
crown:
6
falls:
6
three:
6
beyond:
6
pardon:
6
voice:
6
prince:
6
fail:
6
earth:
6
days:
6
betwixt:
6
gracious:
6
worst:
6
heed:
6
in's:
6
heads:
6
hast:
6
stood:
6
anger:
6
lose:
6
freely:
6
although:
6
burthen:
6
twill:
6
house:
6
while:
6
laid:
6
truly:
6
note:
6
lead:
6
sovereign:
6
going:
6
princess:
6
alone:
6
people:
6
either:
6
unto:
6
wrong:
6
cure:
6
wisdom:
6
on't:
6
winchester:
6
company:
6
open:
6
course:
6
is't:
6
respect:
6
hands:
6
title:
6
general:
6
least:
6
wolsey:
6
running:
5
tongues:
5
short:
5
for't:
5
marry:
5
creature:
5
priest:
5
seek:
5
health:
5
needs:
5
charles:
5
just:
5
humbly:
5
follow:
5
chamber:
5
integrity:
5
sharp:
5
it's:
5
norfolk:
5
require:
5
queen's:
5
weighty:
5
thoughts:
5
become:
5
weep:
5
fool:
5
appear:
5
finger:
5
dear:
5
cast:
5
false:
5
scruple:
5
banquet:
5
sleep:
5
chamberlain:
5
corrupt:
5
strangely:
5
black:
5
amen:
5
earl:
5
ta'en:
5
haste:
5
easy:
5
load:
5
ruin:
5
affairs:
5
piece:
5
wise:
5
cried:
5
language:
5
duchess:
5
suit:
5
neither:
5
longer:
5
allow'd:
5
stands:
5
mouth:
5
over:
5
hard:
5
presently:
5
tears:
5
sorrow:
5
guilty:
5
fire:
5
desire:
5
forth:
5
moved:
5
who's:
5
main:
5
secretary:
5
quiet:
5
pomp:
5
anne:
5
pope:
5
anon:
5
break:
5
proud:
5
opinion:
5
wench:
5
mark:
5
tender:
5
follow'd:
5
swear:
5
kind:
5
ends:
5
writ:
5
promises:
5
coronation:
5
issue:
5
draw:
5
wherein:
5
forward:
5
through:
5
morrow:
5
having:
5
within:
5
pleased:
5
enemies:
5
close:
5
virtuous:
5
wretched:
5
doing:
5
pride:
5
surrey:
4
twas:
4
secret:
4
earthly:
4
child:
4
learn'd:
4
gardiner:
4
troth:
4
christendom:
4
breast:
4
moment:
4
hence:
4
cold:
4
dangerous:
4
confess:
4
foreign:
4
labour:
4
suffer:
4
hopkins:
4
an't:
4
boys:
4
received:
4
liege:
4
ring:
4
show'd:
4
wait:
4
nicholas:
4
holiness:
4
mighty:
4
league:
4
walk:
4
wear:
4
rise:
4
goes:
4
carry:
4
suddenly:
4
unmannerly:
4
sands:
4
man's:
4
view:
4
dead:
4
letters:
4
limbs:
4
reach:
4
ways:
4
went:
4
desired:
4
toward:
4
thither:
4
deed:
4
matter:
4
committed:
4
displeasure:
4
receive:
4
stubborn:
4
venture:
4
surveyor:
4
rude:
4
wild:
4
deny:
4
bishop:
4
fall'n:
4
danger:
4
died:
4
sorrows:
4
behold:
4
persons:
4
men's:
4
worth:
4
surely:
4
years:
4
fairly:
4
brother:
4
means:
4
fortunes:
4
pronounce:
4
in't:
4
prisoner:
4
spare:
4
letter:
4
hate:
4
beholding:
4
story:
4
monk:
4
help:
4
parted:
4
articles:
4
return:
4
she's:
4
princely:
4
methinks:
4
spirits:
4
strong:
4
greater:
4
twenty:
4
chosen:
4
spirit:
4
perceive:
4
grave:
4
command:
4
entreat:
4
traitor:
4
along:
4
content:
4
physic:
4
fathers:
4
durst:
4
parts:
4
laws:
4
contrary:
4
pace:
4
lived:
4
need:
4
arms:
4
equal:
4
wishes:
4
root:
4
less:
4
mischief:
4
advise:
4
fear'd:
4
wealth:
4
learning:
4
mere:
4
kiss:
4
confessor:
4
single:
4
told:
4
dread:
4
dignities:
4
profess:
4
blessed:
4
ambassador:
4
ambition:
4
enough:
4
question:
4
manners:
4
used:
4
meditations:
3
abroad:
3
utter:
3
press:
3
others:
3
offer:
3
perish:
3
quench:
3
troop:
3
spoken:
3
order:
3
taken:
3
bullen:
3
seen:
3
alike:
3
trumpets:
3
knowledge:
3
ashes:
3
whither:
3
seems:
3
evil:
3
comforts:
3
rich:
3
born:
3
petition:
3
word:
3
religious:
3
bearing:
3
practises:
3
look'd:
3
campeius:
3
says:
3
vain:
3
raised:
3
innocence:
3
side:
3
train:
3
taxation:
3
reason:
3
return'd:
3
butts:
3
bears:
3
actions:
3
silence:
3
broken:
3
leaves:
3
tied:
3
confirm:
3
stir:
3
sickness:
3
fresh:
3
sing:
3
sink:
3
want:
3
counsels:
3
heavenly:
3
dwell:
3
water:
3
spleen:
3
succor:
3
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