Note to Much Ado About Nothing, 5.1.16: "cry 'hem!' when he should groan"


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cry 'hem!': i.e., say "drink up." —In Shakespeare's The First Part of Henry IV Prince Henry says that bartenders "cry 'hem'" whenever they think someone isn't drinking fast enough.