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Glossary.

Abhorring, abomination; V. ii. 60.
Abode, staying; I. ii. 177.
Abstract; "the a. of all faults," a
microcosm of sinfulness; I. iv. 9.
Abused, ill-used; III. vi. 86.
Abysm, abyss; III. xiii. 147.
Admitted, acknowledg acknowledged; registered
(Theobald, "omitted"); V. ii. 140.
Afeard, afraid; II. v. 81.
Affect'st, pleases (Folio 1, " affects");
I. iii. 71.

Aid;

"pray in a.," seek assistance, call in help from another; V.ii. 27. Alcides, Hercules; IV. xii. 44. Alike;

"having a. your cause," "being engaged in the same cause with you" (Malone); II. ii. 51

All-obeying, obeyed by all; III. xiii.

Alms-drink, "leavings" (according

to Warburton a phrase amongst good fellows to signify that liquor of another's share which his companion drinks to ease him); II. vii. 5.

Angle, angling-line, fishing-line; II. V. 10. (Cp. illustration.)

Answer, render account; III. xiii. 27. Antoniad, the name of the flag-ship

of Cleopatra; III. x. 2.

Apace, fast; IV. vii. 6.
Appeal, impeachment; III. v. 12.
Approof; "and as my farthest band

shall pass on thy a.," i.e. "such
as when tried will prove to be
beyond anything that I can pro-
mise" (Schmidt); III. ii. 27.

Approves, proves; I. i. 60.
Arabian bird, i.e. the Phœnix: III.
ii. 12.

Argument, proof; III. xii. 3
Arm-gaunt (vide Note); I. v. 48.
Armourer, one who has care of the

armour of his master; IV. iv. 7. As, as if; I. ii. 100. As low as, lower than ; III. iii. 37. Aspic, asp, a venomous snake; V. ii. 293.

Aspic's (Folios 2, 3, 4, "Aspects"); V. ii. 350.

As 't, as if it; IV. viii. 6. At heel of, on the heels of, immediately after; II. ii. 159. Atone, reconcile; II. ii. 102. Attend, witness, take notice of; II. ii. 60.

-, await; III. x. 32. Augurer, diviner, foreteller; V. ii. 333. Auguring, prophesying; II. i. 10. Avoid, begone, withdraw; V. ii. 242. Awry, not straight (Pope's emendation of Folios, "away"); V. ii. 318

Band, bond; II. vi. 128; III. ii. 26.
Banquet, dessert; I. ii. 11.
Bark'd, peeled; IV. xii. 23.

Basket; "enter Clown bringing in | Bench-holes, holes of a privy; IV.

a basket"; V. ii. 241. (direc.). The annexed cuts represent ancient Egyptian baskets, fig. 2 showing also the fruit covered by a palm-leaf.

vii. 9.

Bereave, deprive; V. ii. 130.
Best, it were best; IV. vi. 26.
Bestrid, did stride over; V. ii. 82.
Betime, betimes, in good time: IV.

iv. 20.

Blown, swollen; V. ii. 348.
Blows, swells; IV. vi. 34.
Boar; "the b. of Thessaly," i.e.
the boar killed by Meleager;
IV. xiii. 2.

Boggler, inconstant woman; III.
xiii. 110.

Bolts up, fetters; V. ii. 6.
Bond, bounden duty" (Mason); I.
iv. 84.

Boot; "make b.," take advantage;
IV. i. 9.

Boot thee with, give thee to boot, give
thee in addition; II. v. 71.

Boy my greatness, alluding to the fact
of boys or youths playing female
parts on the stage in the time of
Shakespeare; V. ii. 220.

Branded, stigmatised; IV. xiv. 77.
Brave, defy; IV. iv. 5.
Break, communicate; I. ii. 179.
Breather, one who lives; III. iii. 24.
Breathing, utterance; I. iii. 14.
Breese, gadfly; III. x. 14.

Battery; "b. from my heart," i.e.
the battery proceeding from the
beating of my heart; IV. xiv. 39.
Battle, army; III. ix. 2.
Beck'd, beckoned; IV. xii. 26.
Bed; "the bed of Ptolemy"; I. iv. Brief, summary; V. ii. 138.
17. (Cp. illustration).

From a wall-painting on the tomb
Rameses III., at Thebes.

Beguiled, cheated; V. ii. 323.
Belike, I suppose; I. ii. 35.

Bring, take; III. v. 24.

Bring me, i.e. bring me word; IV. xiii. 10.

Brooch'd, adorned as with a brooch (Wray conj. "brook'd"); IV. xv. 25.

Burgonet, a close-fitting helmet; I. v. 24.

But, if not; V. ii. 103.

But being, except, unless we are;
IV. xi. 1.

But it is, except it be, if it be not;
V. i. 27.

By, according to; III. iii. 43.

Call on him, call him to account; (?) "visit" (Schmidt); I. iv. 28.

Cantle, piece; III. x. 6. Carbuncled, set with carbuncles; IV. viii. 28.

Carriage; "the c. of his chafe," the bearing of his passion, i.e. his angry bearing; I. iii. 85. Carries beyond, surpasses; III. vii. 76. Cast, cast up, calculate; III. ii. 17. Chance; "wounded ch.," broken

fortunes; unes; III. x. 36. -, fortune; V. ii. 174. -, occur; III. iv. 13. Chare, task; V. ii. 231. Chares, drudgery; IV. xv. 75. Charm, charmer; IV. xii 16. Check, rebuke; IV. iv. 31. Chuck, a term of endearment; IV.iv.2. Circle, crown; III. xii. 18. Clip, embrace; IV. viii. 8.

-, surround; V. ii. 358.

Close, hidden; IV. ix. 6. Cloth-of-gold of tissue, i.e. "cloth-ofgold in tissue or texture"; (?) cloth-of-gold on a ground of tissue; II. ii. 202.

Clouts, cloths; (?) blows, knocks; IV. vii. 6.

Cloyless, preventing satiety; II. i. 25. Colour, excuse, pretext; I. iii. 32. Comes dear'd, becomes endeared (Folios, "comes fear'd"); I. iv. 44. Comfort; "best of c.," i.e. "may the best of comfort be yours (Steevens); (Rowe, "Be of comfort"); III. vi. 89.

Command, all power to command; III. xi. 23. Commission, warrant; II. iii. 41. Comparisons, advantages, i.e. "things in his favour, when compared to me" (Pope, "caparisons"); III. xiii. 26.

Competitor, associate; I. iv. 3. Compose, come to a composition; II. ii. 15.

Composure, composition; I. iv. 22. Conclusion; "still c.," i.e. quiet inference (Collier MS., "still condition"); IV. xv. 28.

Conclusions, experiments; V. ii. 354. Confound, waste; I. i. 45.

-, destroy; III. ii. 58. Congealment, congealed blood; IV. viii. 10.

Content, agreed; IV. iii. 24. Continent ; "thy c.," that which encloses thee; IV. xiv. 40. Contriving; "many our c. friends," i.e. "many friends who are busy in our interest"; I. ii. 184. Conversation, deportment; II. vi. 123.

Corrigible, submissive to correction;
IV. xiv. 74.

Couch, lie; IV. xiv. 51.
Could, would gladly; I. ii. 128.
Course, pursue hotly; III. xiii. 11.
Court of guard, guard room; IV.
ix. 2.

Crack, burst of sound; V. i. 15.
Crescent, increasing; II. i. 10.
Crested, formed the crest of; V. ii.
83.

Crownet, crown; IV. xii. 27. Crownets, coronets; V. ii. 91. Cunning, "dexterous and trickish

in dissembling"; I. ii. 147. -, skill, art; II. iii. 34. Curious, careful; III. ii. 35. Curstness, ill-humour; II. ii. 25

Daff't, doff it, take it off (Folio 1,
"daft"; Folios 2, 3, 4, "doft";
Rowe, "doft"); IV. iv. 13.
Dare, defiance; I. ii. 186.
Darkens, obscures; III. i. 24.
Darkling, in the dark; IV. xv. Io.
Dealt on lieutenantry, acted by proxy;
III xi. 39.

Death and honour, honourable death ;
IV. ii. 44.

Declined, decayed, fallen; III. xiii. 27.

Defeat'st, dost destroy; IV. xiv. 68.
Defend, forbid; III. iii. 46.
Demon, attendant spirit; II. iii. 19.
Demurely, solemnly, gravely; IV.
xv. 29; IV. ix. 31.

Demuring, looking with affected

modesty; IV. xv. 29. Deputation; "in d.," by deputy (Folios, "disputation"); III. xiii. 74.

Derogately, disparagingly; II. ii. 34. Desires; "your d. are yours," your

desires are granted; III. iv. 28. Determine, decide, resolve; V. i. 59. Determines, comes to an end; III. xiii. 161.

Diminutives, insignificant creatures; IV. xii. 37. Disaster, disfigure; II. vii. 17. Discandy, melt; IV. xii. 22. Discandying, melting, thawing (Ff., "discandering"; Rowe, "discattering"); III. xiii. 165. Discontents, malcontents; I. iv. 39. Dislimns, effaces, blots out (Folios, " dislimes"); IV. xiv. 10. Dismission, dismissal, discharge; I. i. 26.

Disponge, pour down; IV. ix. 13. Dispose, dispose of; V. ii. 186. Disposed, settled matters (Collier MS., " compos'd"); IV. xiv. 123. Disposition; "pinch one another by the d.," " touch one another in a sore place" (Warburton); "try each other by banter" (Clarke); II. vii. 7.

Ebb'd, declined, decayed; I. iv. 43.

Edges, blades, swords; II. vi. 39. Edict; "make thine own e.," decree the reward you desire; III. xii. 32.

Effects, realisation; V. ii. 330. Egypt, i.e. the Queen of Egypt; I. iii. 78.

Egypt's widow, i.e. Cleopatra, who had been married to young Ptolemy, afterwards drowned; II. i. 37.

Elder, better, superior; III. x. 13. Embattle, be drawn up in battle

array; IV. ix. 3. Emboss'd, foaming at the mouth; a hunting term (Folios, " imbost"); IV. xiii. 3.

Enforce, urge; II. ii. 99. -, lay much stress upon; V. ii. 125.

Enfranched, enfranchised (Theobald, "enfranchis'd"); III. xiii. 149. Enfranchise, set free, deliver; I. i. 23.

Enow, enough (used as plural of Faction, dissension; I. iii. 48. Fairy, enchantress; IV. viii. 12. Fall, befall, fall upon; III. vii. 40. -, let fall; III. xi. 67.

Distractions, detachments; III. vii.

77.

Divine, prophesy, predict; II. vi.116.
Doits, the smallest sum of money
(Folios, "Dolts," i.e. fools; for
which reading much is to be
said); IV. xii. 37.
Doughty-handed, stout of hands; IV.
viii. 5.

Dread, fear; IV. xiv. 127.
Droven, driven; IV. vii. 5.
Dumb'd, silenced (Folios,

" dumb"

Warburton, "done"); I. v. 50.

Ear, plough; I. iv. 49.
Earing, tilling, ploughing; I. ii.

112.

enough); I. iv. II. Ensued, followed; IV. xiv. 77. Entertainment, reception; III. xiii. 140.

-, service; IV. vi. 17.

Enter with, recommend to; IV. xiv.
113.

Envy, malice; V. ii. 164.
Estridge, ostrich; III. xiii. 197.
Eternal; "e. in our triumph," i.e.
"be for ever recorded as the
most glorious trophy of our
triumph"; (Thirlby conj. "eter-
naling"); V. i. 66.

Every of, every one of; I. ii. 38.
Evidence, proof; I. iii. 74.
Exigent, exigency, decisive moment;
IV. xiv. 63.
Expedience, expedition; I. ii. 180.
Extended, seized upon; a law term;
I. ii. 102.

Eye, appear; I. iii. 97.

Fallible, blunder for infallible (Folio 1, "falliable"); V. ii. 258. Fame, rumour, report; II. ii. 165.

Frame to, conform; V. i. 55.
From, away from; II. vi. 30.
Front, oppose, face; I. iv. 79
Fronted, opposed; II. ii. 61.
Frustrate, frustrated; V. i. 2.
Fullest, most perfect; III. xiii. 87.

Fast and loose, a cheating game of Galley; II. vi. 82. (Cp. illustra

gipsies; IV. xii. 28.

Fats, vats; II. vii. 119.

Favour, face, countenance; II. v.

38.

Fear, frighten; II. vi. 24.

Fearful, full of fear; III. xi. 55.

Feature, external appearance; II. v.

Foison, plenty; II. vii. 21.
Follow'd, chased; V. i. 36.

Footmen, foot soldiers; III. vii. 45.

For, as for, as regards; III. vi. 34; III. xii. 19; V. ii. 66.

Forbear, withdraw; V. ii. 175.

tion.)

Gaudy, festive; III. xiii. 183.
Gests, deeds (Warburton's conj.,
adopted by Theobald; Folios,
"guests"); IV. viii. 2.

Get, win; IV. viii. 22.
Give, give out, represent; I. iv. 40.
Give off, go off, cease; IV. iii.
23.

Got, won; V. ii. 30.
Got upon, won, gained; IV. xiv.
98.

Grace, honour; III. xiii. 81.

.; "to gr.," by gracing; IV. xiv. 136.

Graceful, favourable; II. ii. 60.

Grants, allows, admits; III. i. 29.

Forbear me, leave me alone; I. ii. Grates me, it vexes me; I. i. 18.

122.

Formal, ordinary; II. v. 41.

'Greed, agreed; II. vi. 38.

Forspoke, gainsaid; III. vii. 3.

Green sickness, a disease of women, characterised by a pale, lurid

Forth, out of; IV. x. 7.

complexion; III. ii. 6.

For that, nevertheless; II. ii. 70.

Griefs, grievances; II. ii. 100.

-, because; III. vii. 30.

Grow to, be added to; II. ii. 25.

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