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dole 1 (in 2H4 I. i. 169=distribution)
1. share, portion All'sW. II. iii. 176 “what of honour Flies where you bid it.”
2. portion or lot in life, destiny, in phr. “happy man be his ,” i.e. may his lot be to be called ‘Happy man!’ Wiv. III. iv. 68, Shr. I. i. 143, Wint. I. ii. 163, 1H4 II. ii. 84.
A Shakespeare Glossary. C. T. Onions. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1911.

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