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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Carey looked worried and Doctor Agrippa sat as if a spectator at some masque or mummer's play.
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Comus is a masque in which a young lady's chastity is tried and not vanquished.
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Gundulic also wrote dramas, masques and pastorals.
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Of course, it was a load of mummery, Fat Henry playing at masques and mystery.
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Once the macabre masque was over, Ranulf stepped back.