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Square, fair, just; II. ii. 188. Squares, squadrons; III. xi. 40. Stablishment, settled inheritance; III. vi. 9.

Staged, exhibited publicly; III. xiii. 30. Stain, eclipse (Theobald, "strain"; Warburton MS., and Boswell conj., adopted by Collier (ed. 2), "stay"; Jackson conj. "stun," etc.); III. iv. 27. Stall, dwell; V. i. 39.

Stand on, be particular about; IV. iv. 31.

Stands upon; "s. our lives u.," i.e. concerns us, as we value our lives; II. i. 50.

Station, mode of standing; III. iii. 22.
Stays upon, awaits; I. ii. 116.
Steer, direct, control; V. i. 32.
Still, continually, always; III. ii. 60.
Stirr'd, roused, incited; I. i. 43.
Stomach, inclination; II. ii. 50.
-, resent; III. iii. 12.
Stomaching, giving way to resent-
ment; II. ii. 9.

Straight, straightway, immediately;
II. ii. 171; IV. xii. 3.
Strangler, destroyer (Folios 2, 3, 4,
"stranger"; Rowe, " estranger");
II. vi. 122.

Stroy'd, destroyed; III. xi. 54.
Studied; " well s.," desire earnestly;
II. vi. 48.

Subscribe, sign; IV. v. 14.
Success, result, issue; III. v. 6.
Such, very great, very considerable;
III. iii. 44.

Suffer, sustain loss or damage; III. xiii. 34.

Sufficing, sufficient; IV. xiv. 117.
Sum; "the s.," i.e. tell me the whole
in few words; I. i. 18.
Sworder, gladiator; III. xiii. 31.
Synod, the assembly of the gods;

III. x. 5.

Tabourines, drums; IV. viii. 37. Take in, take, conquer; I. i. 23; III. vii. 24.

Tall, sturdy; II. vi. 7.

Targes, targets, shields; II. vi. 40. Teeth; "from his t.," not from his

heart; III. iv. 10. Telamon, Ajax Telamon; IV. xiii. 2. Temper, freedom from excess; I. i. 8. Temperance, chastity; III. xiii. 121. -, moderation, calmness; V. ii. 48.

Tended; "t. her i' the eyes," watched her very look; II. ii. 210. Terrene, terrestrial, earthly; III. xiii. 153.

Thanks, thanks for (Capell conj. "thanks for"); V. ii. 21. Them, themselves (Capell's emendation; Folios, "his"; Theobald, "their"); III. vi. 88.

Theme; "was th. for you," was undertaken in your interest; II. ii. 44.

Thereabouts, of that opinion; III. x. 30.
Thetis; "my Th.," i.e. "my sea-
goddess"; III. vii. 61.
Thick; "so th.," i.e. in such quick

succession; I. v. 63. Thickens, grows dim; II. iii. 27. Think; "th. and die," i.e. "despond and die" (Hanmer, "Drink"; Tyrwhitt conj. "Wink"; Becket conj. "Swink"); III. xiii. 1. Thought, sorrow; IV. vi. 36. Throes, puts in agony (Folios 1, 2, 3, "throwes"; Folio 4, " throus"; perhaps "throws forth" = brings forth); III. vii. 81.

Throw upon, bestow upon; I. ii. 189.
Tight, able, adroit; IV. iv. 15.
Timelier, earlier; II. vi. 52.
Tinct, tincture; I. v. 37.
Tires, head-dresses, head-gear; II

V. 22.

Token'd; "the t. pestilence, spotted plague; "the death of those visited by the plague was certain when particular eruptions appeared on the skin; and these were called Goa's tokens" (Steevens); III. x. 9.

Top, height of; V. i. 43.
To't, to get to it; III. x. 32.
Touch, attain; V. ii. 330.
Touches, sensations, feelings; I. ii. 182.
Toward, in preparation; II. vi. 74.
Toys, trifles; V. ii. 166.

Treaties, proposals for a treaty; III. xi. 62.

Triple, third; I. i. 12.
Triple-turn'd, three times faithless
(Jackson conj. "triple-traind");
IV. xii. 13.

Trull, worthless woman; III. vi. 95. Turpitude, extreme baseness; IV. vi. 33.

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Unstate, divest of estate and dignity; III. xiii. 30.

Unto, over; II. ii. 145. Upon the river, upon the shores of the river; II. ii. 190. Urge; "did u. me in his act," "made use of my name as a pretence for the war" (Warburton); II. ii. 46. Urgent, pressing; I. ii. 182. Use; "in u.," in usufruct; I. iii. 44. Use, are used, are accustomed; II. V. 32.

Useful, usefully; IV. xiv. 80.

Vacancy, empty and idle time; I. iv. 26.

Vantage, advantage; III. x. 12.

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Varletry, rabble (Folio 1, "Varlotarie"; Folios 2, 3, 4, lotry"); V. ii. 56.

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Waged, were opposed to each other (Folio 2, "way"; Folios 3, 4, "may"; Rowe, "weigh'd"; Ritson conj. "Weigh"); V. i. 31. Wail'd, bewailed; III. ii. 58. Waned, faded (Folios, "wand"; Johnson conj. "fond"); II. i. 21. Wassails, carousing (Pope's emendation of Folios 1, 2, 3, sailes" and "Vassails"

Vassals"); I. iv. 56.

"Vas

'; Folio 4,

Way's, way he is (so Folio 4; Folios 1, 2, 3, "wayes"; Hanmer, “way he's"); II. v. 117.

Weet, wit, know; I. i. 39.
Well said, well done; IV. iv. 28.
Wharfs, banks; II. ii. 216.
What, why (Collier MS., " Why");
V. ii. 313.

Which, who; I. ii. 4.

Whipp'd with wire; II. v. 65. (The engraving represents two Roman whips. The thongs of the larger one are set with bones taken from sheeps' feet, the other is composed of metal knobs and chains.) Whole, well again, IV. viii II. Windowed, placed in a window ; IV. xiv. 72.

With, by; I. i. 56; III. x. 7; V. ii. 17L

With's, with us; III. i. 36.
Woo't, wouldst thou (Capell,
"Wout"); IV. ii. 7.
Words, flatters with words, cajoles ;
V. ii. 191.
Worky-day, ordinary; I. ii. 51.
Worm, snake; V. ii. 243.
Wot'st, knowest; I. v. 22.
Wrongled, misled (Capell," wrong'd");
III. vi. 80.

Yare, light, active; III. vii. 39. -, ready; III. xiii. 131. be quick; V. ii. 283. Yarely, readily; II. ii. 214. Yield, reward, requite; IV. ii. 33

Roman whips (See II. v. 65.)

Notes.

I. 1. 18. Grates me: the sum.'; Folio 1, 'Grates me, the summe.'; Folios 2, 3, 'Rate me, the summe.'; Rowe, ' Rate me the sum.'; Pope, 'It grates me. Tell the sum.'; Capell, ''T grates me :-The sum.'; Steevens (1793), 'Grates me:-The sum.'.

I. i. 60-61. 'liar, who Thus speaks of him'; Pope reads 'liar Fame, Who speaks him thus.'

I. ii. 5. 'charge'; Warburton and Southern MS. conj., adopted by Theobald; Folios, 'change'; Jackson conj. ' chain'; Williams conj. ''hang.' I. ii. 38. 'fertile'; Warburton conj., adopted by Theobald; Folios, 'foretell' and 'foretel'; Pope, 'foretold'; Collier MS., 'fruitful.'

I. ii. 59-60. 'Alexas, come'; Theobald's reading of the Folio text, where Alexas is erroneously printed as though the name of the speaker.

I. ii. 79. Saw you my lord?'; so Folios 2, 3, 4; Folio I reads Saue you, my lord.'

I. ii. 100-105. The arrangement of the text was first given by Steevens. I. ii. 111. 'minds'; Warburton conj., adopted by Hanmer; Folios 1, 2, 'windes'; Collier conj. 'wints.'

I. ii. 129. ' enchanting'; so Folio 1; omitted in Folios 2, 3, 4; Rowe reads Ægyptian.'

I. ii. 138. a compelling occasion'; Rowe's emendation of Folios, 'a compelling an occasion'; Nicholson conj. ' so compelling an occasion,' etc.

I. ii. 195-196. 'like the courser's hair,' etc., alluding to the popular notion that horsehair put into water will turn into a snake or worm.

I. iv. 3. 'Our'; Heath and Johnson conj., adopted by Singer; Folios, 'One'; Hanmer, ' A.'

I. iv. 22. 'as'; Johnson conj. 'and.'

I. iv. 46. lackeying'; 'lacquying, Theobald's correction from Anon. MS.; Folios, lacking'; Pope, 'lashing'; Southern MS., backing.'

I. v. 48. 'an arm-gaunt'; Folios, 'an Arme-gaunt'; Hanmer, ' an armgirt'; Mason conj., adopted by Steevens, 1793, 'a termagant'; Jackson conj. 'a war-gaunt'; Boaden conj., adopted by Singer, 'an arrogant'; Lettsom conj. 'a rampaunt'; the latter ingenious emendation certainly commends itself; unless ' arm-gaunt'=' having lean fore-limbs.'

I. v. 50. 'beastly'; Hanmer, 'beast-like'; Collier MS., 'boastfully'; Becket conj. basely.'

II. i. 10. 'powers are crescent'; Theobald reads, 'power's a crescent'; Becket conj. 'power is crescent'; Anon. conj. 'power's a-crescent.'

II. ii. 44. Was theme for you,' i.e. had you for its theme'; Johnson conj. ' Had theme from you'; Collier (ed. 2), 'For theme was you'; Staunton conj. ' Had you for theme'; Orson conj. Was known for yours,' etc.

II. ii. 111. 'your considerate stone,' i.e. 'I am silent as a stone'; Heath conj. your confederates love'; Johnson, 'your considerate ones'; Blackstone conj. your consideratest one, etc., etc.

II. ii. 211. And made their bends adornings'; i.e. "and made their very act of obeisance an improvement on their beauty" (Steevens); the passage has been variously interpreted, but this seems the simplest solution.

II. ii. 218. Antony, enthroned i' the market-place, did sit alone.' A good idea of the public enthronement of the Roman emperors is afforded by the accompanying engraving of a coin of Trajan. The emperor super

intends the bestowal of gifts upon

*Anthony, enthroned i the market-place, his citizens by his steward.

did sit alone.

II. iii. 2. 'my prayers'; Rowe

reads in prayers'; Collier MS., ' with prayers.'

II. iii. 22. ' a fear'; Collier (ed. 2), Thirlby conj. 'afeard'; S. Walker conj. ' afear

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II. iii. 30. 'he away, 'tis'; Pope's emendation of Folio 1, he alway 'tis'; Folios 2, 3, 4, 'he alway is.'

II. iii. 36. His cocks do win the battle.' The accompanying representation of a cock-fight, presided over by two genii deeply interested in the game, is derived from a basrelief on an ancient Roman lamp in

terra cotta.

II. iii. 38. inhoop'd,' i.e. enclosed in a hoop; Hanmer, in-coop'd'; Seward conj., adopted by Capell ' in whoop'd-at.'

His cocks do win the battle.'

II. v. 12. 'Tawny-finn'd'; Theobald's emendation of Folios, Tawnyfine'; Rowe reads 'Tawny-fin.'

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