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Re-stem, retrace; I. iii. 37.

From the leaden seal of the Confraternity Revolt, inconstancy; III. iii. 188.

of Purse-makers (Boursiers) of Paris.

Put on, incite, instigate; II. iii. 357

Rich, valuable, precious; II. iii. 195.

Roman (used ironically); IV. i. 121. Round, straightforward, plain; I. iii. 90.

Qualification, appeasement; II. i. Rouse, bumper, full measure; II.

281.

Qualified, diluted; II. iii. 41.

Quality; "very q.," i.e. very nature;

I. iii. 252.

Quarter; "in q.," in peace, friendship; II. iii. 180.

Quat, pistule, pimple (used contemptuously); (Quarto 1, "gnat"; Theobald, "knot," etc.); V. i. 11. Question, trial and decision by force of arms; I. iii. 23.

Quests, bodies of searchers; I. ii. 46.

Quicken, receive life; III. iii. 277.
Quillets, quibbles; III. i. 25.
Quirks, shallow conceits; II. i. 63.

Raised up, awakened; II. iii. 250.
Rank, coarse; II. i. 314.

iii. 66.

Rude, harsh; III. iii. 355.

Ruffian'd, been boisterous, raged;
II. i. 7.

Sadly, sorrowfully; II. i. 32.
Safe, sound; IV. i. 272.
Sagittary, a public building in

Venice; I. 1. 159. Salt, lustful; II. i. 245. Sans, without; I. iii. 64. 'Sblood, a corruption of God's blood; an oath (the reading of Quarto 1; omitted in others); I. i. 4.

Scant, neglect; I. iii. 268.
'Scapes, escapes; I. iii. 136.
Scattering, random; III. iii. 151.
Scion, slip, off-shoot (Quartos, “syen";
Folios, "Seyen"); I. iii. 337.

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121.

Sibyl, prophetess; ophetess; III. iv. 70.
Siege, rank, place; I. ii. 22.
Simpleness, simplicity; I. iii. 247.
Sir; "play the s.," play the fine

gentleman; II. i. 176.

Sith, since (Quartos, "since"); III. iii. 380.

Skillet, boiler, kettle; I. iii. 273. The accompanying illustration represents an old sixteenth century helmet used as a skillet, which was found in dredging the Thames near the Tower of London.

Slight, worthless, frivolous; II. iii. 279.

Slipper, slippery; II. i. 246.
Slubber, sully, soil; I. iii. 227.
Snipe, simpleton (Folio 1, "Snpe";
Folio 2, "a Swaine"; Folios 3,
4, " a Swain"); I. iii. 390.
Snorting, snoring; I. i. 90.
Soft, mild, hild, gentle; I. iii. 82.
Soft you, hold; V. ii. 338.
Something, somewhat; II. iii. 199.
Sorry, painful (Quartos, " sullen";
Collier MS., “ sudden "); III. iv.
51.

Spake, said, affirmed (Quarto 3,
"speake"); V. ii. 327.
Spartan dog, the dogs of Spartan
breed were fiercest; V. ii,
361.

Speak i' the nose, "the Neapolitans have a singularly drawling nasal twang in the utterance of their dialect; and Shylock tells of 'when the bagpipe sings i' the nose" (Clarke); (Collier MS., "squeak"; etc.); III. i. 5.

Speak parrot, talk nonsense; II. iii.

280.

Speculative, possessing the power of
seeing; I. iii. 271.
Spend, waste, squander; II. iii. 195.
Spleen, choler, anger; IV. i. 89.
Splinter, secure by splints; II.iii. 329.
Squire, fellow (used contemptu-
ously); IV. ii. 145.
Stand in act, are in action; I. 1. 152.
Start, startle, rouse; I. i. 101.
Startingly, abruptly (Folios 3, 4,
"staringly"); III. iv. 79.
Stay, are waiting for; IV. ii. 170.
Stead, benefit, help; I. iii. 344.
Still, often, now and again; I.iii. 147.
Stomach, appetite; V. ii. 75.

Stop; " your s.," the impediment you
can place in my way; V. ii. 264.
Stoup, a vessel for holding liquor;
II. iii. 30.
Stow'd, bestowed, placed; I. ii. 62.
Straight, straightway; I. i. 138.
Strain, urge, press; III. iii. 250.
Strangeness, estrangement (Quartos,
"strangest"); III. iii. 12.
Strawberries; the accompanying
engraving is copied from "a piece
of Elizabethan needlework in
which the strawberry and pink
alternate over a ground of fawn-
coloured silk"; III. iii. 435.

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Tells o'er, counts; III. iii. 169.
Theoric, theory; I. i. 24.
Thick-lips; used contemptuously for
"Africans"; I. i. 66.

Thin, slight, easily seen through; I. iii. 108.

Thread, thread of life; V. ii. 206.

Thrice-driven, "referring to the selection of the feathers by driving with a fan, to separate the light from the heavy" (Johnson); I. iii. 232.

Thrive in, succeed in gaining; I. iii. 125.

Time, life; I. i. 162.
Timorous, full of fear; I. i. 75.

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Tire, make tired, weary out; II. i. Uses, manners, habits (Quarto 1,

65.

" usage"); IV. iii. 105.

Toged, wearing the toga; I. i. 25.

Told, struck, counted (Folios 3, 4, Vantage; "to the v.," over and

" toll'd"); II. ii. 11.

Toy, fancy; III. iv. 156.

Toys, trifles; I. iii. 269.

Trash, worthless thing, dross; II. i. 311.

-, keep back, hold in check (a hunter's term); II. i. 311.

Traverse, march, go on; I. iii. 378.

Trimm'd in, dressed in, wearing; I. i. 50.

Turn; "t. thy complexion," change colour; IV. ii. 62.

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Unsure, uncertain; III. iii. 151. Unvarnish'd, plain, unadorned; I. iii. 90.

Unwitted, deprived of understanding; II. iii. 182.

Upon, incited by, urged by; I. i. Use, custom; IV. i 277.

100.

above; IV. iii. 85.

Vessel, body; IV. ii. 83.

Vesture, garment; II. i. 64.

Violence, bold action; I. iii. 250. Virtuous, having efficacy, powerful ; III. iv. 111.

Voices, votes; I. iii. 261. Vouch, assert, maintain; I. iii. 103, 106.

-, bear witness; I. iii. 262. -, testimony; II. i. 148.

Wage, venture, attempt, I. iii. 30.
Watch, watchman; V. i. 37-
Watch him, keep him from sleeping;

a term in falconry; III. iii. 23. Wearing, clothes; IV. iii. 16. Well said, well done (Quartos, “ well

sed"); II. i. 168. What, who; I. i. 18. Wheeling, errant (Quarto 2, " wheedling"); I. i. 137.

Whipster, one who whips out his sword (used contemptuously); V. ii. 244.

White (used with a play upon white and wight); II. i. 134. Wholesome, reasonable; III. i. 49. Wicker, covered with wicker-work; (Folios, "Twiggen"); II. iii. 152. Wight, person (applied to both sexes); II. i. 159.

Wind; "let her down the w."; the falconers always let the hawk fly against the wind; if she flies with the wind behind her she seldom returns. If therefore a hawk was for any reason to be dismissed, she was let down the wind, and from that time shifted for herself and preyed at fortune" (Johnson); III. iii. 262. Wind-shaked, wind-shaken; II. i. 13. With, by; II. i. 34. Withal, with; I. iii. 93.

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