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How do you say these in Elizabethan English?

Here are some common phrases and how they would be said in Shakespearian English:

- Hello: “Hullo” or “What ho!”

- Goodbye: “Farewell” or “Adieu”

- Thank you: “I thank thee” or “Gramercy”

- You're welcome: “Thou art welcome”

- Yes: “Aye” or “Yea”

- No: “Nay”

- I love you: “I do love thee” or “Mine own heart”

- I'm sorry: “I crave your pardon” or “I am most humble”

- Good luck: “Mayhap thou shalt find what thou seek’st”

- Happy birthday: “Mayhap thou shalt have a day of great fortune and joy”

- How are you?: “How fares thee?”

- I am well: “I am well favored”

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