Word: boyster
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...girl of his own county, but the night before his wedding, he ran away to London, where the opening of the play finds him. Here he became much enamored of another Luce, a goldsmith's daughter, whom he planned to marry at the house of the Wise-Woman. Boyster, "a blunt fellow," also loved the gold smith's daughter, but he had made no progress in his courtship. Meanwhile the country Luce had come to London after Chartley, and, disguised as a page, she overheard the plans for the wedding. She then engaged herself as a boy in the service...