silverling


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silverling

(ˈsɪlvəlɪŋ)
n
(Currencies) a shekel or small silver coin
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We might think, here, of Marlowe's Barabas, tired of counting up "paltry silverlings" (1.1.6) and longing instead for "bags of fiery opals/ sapphires, amethysts/ Jacinths, hard topaz, grass-green emeralds" and "Beauteous rubies" (1.1.2527).
Jewel, purse, trash: reckoning and reputation in Othello
Unlike the landowner, Barabas, both a Renaissance merchant and Medieval usurer, must tally his hard won "paltry silverlings," "groats," and "coin" (6, 12, 13).
Media Translations: Words and Bodies in Christopher Marlowe's The Jew of Malta
4 Samnites) Samintes 6 silverlings) silverbings 82 But)By 110 servants) servant
Three Marlowe texts
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