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The Taming of the Shrew
, 4.2.61: "ancient angel"
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Act 4, Scene 2, line 61.
ancient angel:
i.e.
, a fellow of the good old stamp. The angel was a gold coin bearing the figure of the archangel Michael.
The coins are called angels after the Archangel Michael, first minted in 1465
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