Both Uses of
respite
in
Henry VIII
- I' the progress of this business, Ere a determinate resolution, he, I mean the Bishop, did require a respite; Wherein he might the King his lord advertise Whether our daughter were legitimate, Respecting this our marriage with the dowager, Sometimes our brother's wife.†
Scene 2.4
- This respite shook The bosom of my conscience, enter'd me, Yea, with a splitting power, and made to tremble The region of my breast; which forc'd such way, That many maz'd considerings did throng And press'd in with this caution.†
Scene 2.4 *
Definition:
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(respite) a temporary relief from harm or discomfort