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Grizel (F1 “Grissell”): later form of the proper name ‘Grisilde’ borne by the heroine of Chaucer's Clerk's Tale (adapted from a story of Petrarch's), who is the proverbial type of a meek, patient wife Shr. II. i. 289 [297].
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.
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