used with play upon the letter

32.

38. (The annexed copy of an elegant Chinese miniature painting represents some ladies engaged at this amusement, where the quails are actually inhooped.)

and the word; IV. vii. 8.

Hap, accident, chance; II. iii.
Haply, perhaps; III. xiii. 48.
Hardly, with diff

difficulty; V. i. 74.

Harried, vexed, put in fear; III. iii. 43.

Hearts; "my h.," a familiar appellation; IV. ii. 41. Heaviness, used with play upon the two senses of the word, (i.) weight, (ii.) sorrow; IV. xv.

33.

Heavy, sad; IV. xv. 40.
Held my cap off, acted as a faithful
servant; II. vii. 60.
Herod, a common character in the
old Mystery plays; typically, a
fierce tyrant; I. ii. 28.

Hie, hasten; II. iii. 15.
Hie thee, hasten; V. ii. 194.
High-battled, commanding proud
armies; III. xiii. 29.
His, its; III. xii. 10.
Holding, burden of the song; II.
vii. 115.
Homager, vassal; I. i. 31.
Home, "without reserve, without

ceremony"; I. ii. 106. Hope, suppose; II. i. 38. Humanity, human nature; V. i. 32.

no

Idleness, frivolousness; I. iii. 92.
If that, if; III. xiii. 80.
Immoment, insignificant, of
moment; V. ii. 166.
Immortal, blunder for mortal, deadly;
V. ii. 247.

Imperious, imperial; IV. xv. 23.

Import, carry with them; II. ii. 134.

Impress, press, impressment; III. vii. 37.

In, in for it; II. vii. 34.
Inclips, encloses; II. vii. 71.

Ingross'd, collected, got together;
III. vii. 37.

Injurious, hurtful, malignant; IV. xv. 76.

Intend; "how i. you," what do you mean; II. ii. 40. Intrinsicate, intricate(Capell's Errata, " intrinsecate"; Wray conj. " intricate"); V. ii. 304.

Isis, one of the chief Egyptian divinities; originally the goddess of the Earth, afterwards of the Moon; her worship was afterwards introduced into Rome; I. ii. 61.

It own, its own; II. vii. 46.

Jack, term of contempt; III. xiii.

Marble-constant, firm as marble; V.

ii. 240.

Mechanic, vulgar, journeyman-like;

IV. iv. 32.

Medicine, elixir; (?) physician; I. ν. 36.

Meeter, more fitting; V. i. 49. Meetly, well; I. iii. 81. Mered; "m. question," i.e. "the sole cause and subject of the war"; (Rowe, “meer”; Johnson, "mooted"; Jackson, "meted"; Kinnear, "merest," etc.); III. xiii. 10.

Merely, absolutely; III. vii. 8; III. vii. 48.

Merits, deserts ; V. ii. 178. Mermaids; II. ii. 210. (Cp. illustration.)

From L. Andrewe's Myrrour and Dyscrypcyon of the Worlde, n.d.

Mind; "less noble m.," i.e. being of less noble mind (Rowe, Pope, " less noble-minded"); IV. xiv. 60.

Mingle, union; I. v. 59.
Misdoubt, mistrust; III. vii. 63.
Mislike, dislike; III. xiii. 147.
Missive, messenger; II. ii. 74.

Mis-thought, misunderstood, misjudged; V. ii. 176.

Modern, ordinary; V. ii. 167.
Moe, more; IV. xiv. 18.

with less cause; I. ii. 144.

Moody, sad; II. v. 1.
Moons, months; III. xii. 6.
Morn-dew, morning-dew; III. xii. 9.
Mortal, deadly; V. ii. 303.
Most, utmost; II. ii. 168.

Motion; "in my m.," intuitively;
II. iii. 14.

Mount, "at the M.," i.e. M. Misenum; II. iv. 6.

Muleters, muleteers, mule-drivers (Folios 2, 3, 4, "Muliters"; Folio 1, " Militers"); III. vii. 36. Mused of, thought of, dreamed of; III. xiii. 83.

Muss, "a scramble, when any small objects are thrown down, to be taken by those who can seize them" (Nares); III. xiii. 91.

Naught, worthless; IV. xv. 78. Negligent; "in n. danger," i.e. in danger through being negligent;

III. vi. 81.

Nessus; "the shirt of N.," the shirt dipped in the poisoned blood of Nessus, which caused Hercules the most terrible agony when he unwittingly put it on; IV. xii. 43.

Nice, tender, dainty; III. xiii. 180. Nick'd, "set the mark of folly on "; III. xiii. 8.

Noises it, causes a disturbance; III. vi. 96.

Number, put into verse; III. ii. 17.

O, circle; V. ii. 81.

Oblivion, oblivious memory, forget-
fulness; I. iii. 90.
Observance, powers of observation;
III. iii. 25.

Obstruct, obstruction (Warburton conj., adopted by Theobald ;

-, about, concerning; II. vi. 116.

,

from; IV. viii. 22.

-, for; IV. xv. 60.

-, with; V. ii. 212. Office, function, service; I. i. 5. On, of; I. v. 27; II. ii. 85; III. ii. 61. Oppression, difficulty (Warburton conj., adopted by Hanmer, "opposition"); IV. vii. 2. Orbs, spheres; III. xiii. 146. Ordinary, meal; II. ii. 230. Ostentation, display

(Theobald,

" ostent" ; S. Walker conj. tion"); III. vi. 52.

"osten

Out-go; "the time shall not o.," "life shall not last longer than "; III. ii. 61.

Outstrike, strike faster than; IV. vi. 36.

Owe, own; IV. viii. 31.

Pace, break in; II. ii. 64.
Pack'd, sorted, shuffled in an unfair
Pelleted, formed into small balls;
III. xiii. 165.
Penetrative, penetrating; IV. xiv. 75.
Perforce, of necessity; III. iv. 6.
Period, end; IV. ii. 25.

Persisted; "most p. deeds," deeds

most persisted in; V. i. 30. Petition; "p. us at home," request us to come home; I. ii. 185. Piece, masterpiece; III. ii. 28.

و

master-piece (Warburton, adopted by Theobald, "prize"); V. ii. 99.

Presently, immediately; II. ii. 160.
Process, mandate; I. i. 28.
Project, shape, form (Hanmer,

"parget"; Warburton, "procter "; Orger conj. "perfect"); V. ii. 121. Proof of harness, armour of proof, tested and tried armour; IV. viii. 15.

Proper, fine, nice; III. iii. 41.
Propertied, endowed with qualities;
V. ii. 83.
Prorogue, "linger out, keep in a
languishing state"; II. i. 26.
Prosecution, pursuit; IV. xiv. 65.

Placed, fixed, firm; V. ii. 238.
Plant, place; IV. vi. 9.
Planted, rise (Warburton
"planned"); I. iii. 26.

MS.,

Plants, the soles of the feet (used
quibblingly); II. vii. 2.
Plated, clothed in armour; I. i. 4.
Plates, pieces of money, silver coins;
V. ii. 92.
Pleach'd, folded; IV. xiv. 73.
Points, tagged laces, used for tying
parts of the dress; III. xiii. 157.
Pole, load-star; IV. xv. 65.
Port, gate; IV. iv. 23.
-, carriage, bearing; IV. xiv. 52.
Possess, give possession; III. xi. 21.
Possess it, i.e. (?) " be master of it "
(Collier MS., "Profess it";
Kinnear conj. "Pledge it," etc.);
II. vii. 104.

Power, armed force; III. vii. 58.
-, vital organ; III. xii. 36.
Practised, plotted; II. ii. 40.
Practise on, plot against; II. ii. 39.
Pray ye, I pray you, are you in
earnest or jesting?; II. vi. 113.
Precedence, what has preceded; II.v.51.
Prescript, direction; III. viii. 5.
Precedent, former; IV. xiv. 83.
Pregnant, in the highest degree
probable; II. i. 45.
Present, present purpose, business;
II. vi. 30.

Present, represent; V. ii. 217.

belonging to the line of the Ptolemies, the Macedonian dynasty in Egypt; I. iv. 6. Purchased, acquired; I. iv. 14. Purge, be cured; I. iii. 53. Pyramises, pyramids; II. vii. 35.

Quality, character; I. ii. 193.
Queasy, disgusted; III. vi. 20.
Quick, lively, sprightly; V. ii. 216.
Quicken, receive life; IV. xv. 39.
Quit, requite; III. xiii. 124.

Race; " r. of heaven," " of heavenly origin" (Schmidt); "smack or flavour of heaven" (Warburton); (Hanmer, "ray"); I. iii. 37. Rack, floating vapour; IV. xiv. 10. Ram, thrust (Hanmer, Rain"; Delius conj. " Cram"); IL v. 24.

66

Ranges, ranks; III. xiii. 5.

Rates, is worth; III. xi. 69.

Raught, reached; IV. ix. 29.
Reel, stagger as a drunkard; I. iv. 20.
Regiment, sway; III. vi. 95.
Religion, sacred, holy obligation;
V. ii. 199.
Remarkable, worthy of note, dis-
tinguished; IV. xv. 67.
Remove, removal, departure; I. ii.
198.

Render. give up; III. x. 33.
Render'd, gave up (Folio 1,

"ren

dred"; Folios 2, 3, 4, "tendred");
IV. xiv. 33.

Reneges, denies; I. i. 8.
Reports, reporters; II. ii. 47.
Requires, begs, asks; III. xii. 12.
Revolted, who have revolted; IV.
ix. 8.

Ribaudred, lewd (Steevens conj., adopted by Malone, "Yon'ribaldrid nag"; Tyrwhitt conj. Collier (ed. 2), "Yon ribald hag," etc); III. x. 10.

Riggish, wanton; II. ii. 243.
Right, very, true; IV. xii. 28.
Rivality, co-partnership; III. v. 8.
Rive, split, sever; IV. xiii. 5.

Safe, make safe; I. iii. 55.

Safed, conducted safely (Steevens conj.; Folios, "saft"); IV. vi. 26.

Salt, wanton; II. i. 21.

Scald, scabby, scurvy; V. ii. 215. Scantly, grudgingly; III. iv. 5. Scotches, cuts; IV. vii. 10. Scrupulous, "prying too nicely into the merits of either cause"; I. iii. 48.

Seal, make an end (Hanmer, "sleep”; Johnson conj. seel"); IV. xiv.

trumpet or cornet; II. vii. 17 (direc.).

Several, separate; I. v. 62.
Shall, will; II. i. 1.
Shards, wing-cases of beetles; III.
ii. 20.

Should make, ought to have made;
V. i. 14.

Shown, appeared, shown yourselves; IV. viii. 7.

-, made a show of, exhibited; IV. xii. 36.

Shows, seems, appears; I. ii. 165. Shrewd, bad; IV. ix. 5. Shrowd, shelter, protection (Hanmer, "shrowd, the great,"; Collier MS., "shrowd, who is"; Bulloch conj. " stewardship"; Gould conj. "shield"); III. xiii. 71.

Signs; "it s. well," it is a good omen; IV. iii. 14.

Sirs, used with reference to the waiting-women; IV. xv. 85. Snare, trap; IV. viii. 18. So, if only (according to some = thus); I. iii. 73.

-, if; III. xiii. 15. Sober, modest, demure; V. ii. 54. Soils, blemishes (Folios, "foyles" and "foyls"; Collier conj. "foibles"); I. iv. 24. Something, somewhat; IV viii. 20; V. ii. 348.

Soonest, quickest; III. iv. 27.
Soothsay, predict; I. ii. 48.
Sottish, stupid; IV. xv. 79.
Space, space of time, time enough;
II. i. 31.

Spaniel'd, followed like a spaniel, a