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whom We met . . . to thanke Malone: The construction, I think, is whom to thank, &c. (or, for the purpose of thanking whom), we met or assembled here.—W. A. Wright: According to modern usage we should say ‘We are met,’ but the past tense is not infrequently found in such cases. See I, ix, 14. Compare also Every Man in his Humour, III, i: ‘Mat. Yes, faith, sir, we were at your lodging to seek you too. Wel. Oh, I came not there tonight.’

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