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ballad sb. (2 used contemptuously in H5 V. ii. 166)
1. light, simple song MND. IV. i. 222 “to write a ballad of this dream,” AYL. II. vii. 148.
2. popular song, esp. one celebrating or scurrilously attacking some person or thing Wint. IV. iii. [iv.] 186, 2H4 IV. iii. 52.
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    • William Shakespeare, As You Like It, 2.7
    • William Shakespeare, Henry V, 5.2
    • William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, 4.1
    • William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, 4.3
    • William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, 4.4
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