of the Italian prò vi faccia"; "much good may it do you "; V. iii. 28.

Project, expectation; I. iii. 29. Proof; come to any proof," show themselves worth anything when it comes to the test; IV. iii. 93. Proper, handsome; II. ii. 72. Proper, appropriate; I. iii. 32. Proper, own; V. ii. 109. Proposal, suppose; V. ii. 92. Pulsidge, Mrs. Q.'s blunder for pulse; II. iv. 24. Funish by the heels, the technical term for committing to prison; I. ii. 133.

Purchased; used probably in its legal sense, acquired by a man's own act, as opposed to an acquisition by descent (Malone); IV. v. 200. Push, thrust; II. ii. 40.

35; beggarly, V. ii. 38. Ragged'st, roughest (Theobald conjectured" rugged'st"); I. i. 151.

Ralph (Quarto, "Rafe"; Folios 1, 2, "Ralphe "); III. ii. 106. Rampallian, an abusive epithet

(cp." rapscallion "); II. i. 61. Rapier, a small sword used in thrusting; II. iv. 209. Rascals; originally lean deer not fit to hunt or kill; II. iv. 43.

Rash, quickly ignited; IV. iv. 48.

Rated, chided; III. i. 68. Recordation to, memory of; II. iii. 61.

Red lattice, an ale-house window, commonly red; II. ii. 86. (Cp. illustration.)

Red wheat, late wheat, spring wheat; V. i. 16.

Remember'd, mentioned; V. ii.

142.

Remembrance, memory; II. iii. 59; admonition; V. ii. 115. Render'd, reported, told; I. i.

27.

Resolved correction, the chastisement determined upon; IV. i. 213.

Respect, regard, consideration; I. i. 184.

Rheumatic, probably a blunder for splenetic; II. iv. 60. Rides the wild-mare, plays at see-saw; II. iv. 259. Rigol, circlet; IV. v. 36. Ripe, mature; IV. i. 13. Rising, insurrection; I. i. 204. Robin Hood, Scarlet and John; V. iii. 103. (Cp. illustration.)

From the editio princeps (1686) of Robin Hood's Garland.

iii. 75.

Saving your manhoods, saving

your reverence; II. i. 27. Scab, a term of contempt and disgust; III. ii. 290.

Scattered stray, stragglers; IV. ii. 120.

Set on, begin to march; I. iii. 109.

Seven stars, the Pleiades; II. iv. 196. Shadows;

s. to fill up the muster-book," i.e. we have in the muster-book many names for which we receive pay, though we have not the men" (Johnson); III. ii. 143. Shall, will; I. ii. 24. Sherris-sack, sherry; a Spanish wine, so called from the town of Xeres; IV. iii. 99. Shot, marksman; III. ii. 289. Shove-groat; "s. shilling," alluding to a game which consisted in pushing pieces of money on a board to reach certain marks; II. iv. 200. (Cp. illustration in Merry Wives.)

Shrewd, mischevious; II. iv.

220.

Shrove-tide, a time of special merriment, as the close of the carnival season; V. iii. 36. Sights, eye-holes; IV. i. 121. Sign of the leg, the sign over a bootmaker's shop; II. iv. 262. Silkman, silk mercer; II. i. 29. Single, simple, silly (used quibblingly); I. ii. 198.

Soon; soon at night," this very night; V. v. 91.

Sort, manner; IV. v. 201.
South, south wind; II. iv. 382.
Spirits, monosyllabic (as oft-
en); I. i. 198.

Spoke on, spoken of (Folios, spoken of "); II. ii. 69.

Stand;

s. my good lord," be my kind master, patron; IV. iii. 85.

Stand upon, insist upon; I. ii.

Stops, the holes in a wind instrument by the opening or closing of which by the fingers the sounds are produced; Induct. 17. Strained, excessive; I. i. 161. Strange-achieved, (?) strangely acquired (by wrong means); according to some, "gained in foreign lands' (Schmidt, "gained and not yet enjoyed ") ; IV. v. 72. Stratagem," anything amazing and appalling"; I. i. 8. Strengths, armies, forces; I. iii. 76.

Strond, strand; I. i. 62.
Studied, inclined; II. ii. 10.
Success, succession, continua-
tion; IV. ii. 47.
Successively, by right of suc-
cession; IV. v. 202.
Sufferance, suffering; V. iv. 28.
Suggestion, temptation; IV. iv.

45.

Supplies, additional forces, reserves; IV. ii. 45. Surecard; "surecard was used

as a term for a boon-companion as lately as the latter end of the last century (Malone); (Quartos, "Soccard"); III. ii. 94. Suspire, breathe; IV. v. 33. Swaggerers, bullies, blusterers; II. iv. 80.

Sway on, move on (Collier "Let's away"); IV. i. 24. Swinge-bucklers, roisterers:

III. ii. 23.
Swinged, whipped; V. iv. 21.

Tables; table-books, memorandum books; II. iv. 280. Ta'en up, taken up, levied (Quarto, tane"; Folios,

taken "); IV. ii. 26. Take the heat, get the start of him; II. iv. 314-5.

Take such order, give such orders; III. ii. 194.

Take up, encounter; I. iii. 73.
Taking up, obtaining on trust;
I. ii. 45.

Tall, used ironically; V. i. 62.
Tall, sturdy; III. ii. 66.
Tap for tap, tit for tat; II. i. 201.
Tempering, becoming soft like
wax; IV. iii. 136.
Temperality, Mrs. Q.'s blunder
for temper; II. iv. 24.
Tends, contributes

(Folios, "tends"; Quarto, "intends"); I. ii. 9.

Tester, sixpence; III. ii. 291. Tewksbury mustard, mustard made in Tewkesbury; II. iv. 253.

That that, that which; IV. iv. That, so that; I. i. 197.

Theme, business; I. iii. 22. Thewes, muscles and sinews; III. ii. 271.

Thick, fast; II. iii. 24.

Thin man in a censer, evidently meaning that the officer wore the kind of cap which is here likened to a censer; V. iv. 20. (Cp. Censer.) Three-man beetle, "a heavy rammer with three handles used in driving piles, requiring three men to wield it"; I. ii. 246.

Wanton, luxurious, effiminate; I. i. 148.

Warder, staff of command; IV. i. 125.

Wassail candle, a large candle lighted up at a feast; I. ii. 169. Watch-case, sentry-box; III. i. 17.

Water-work, water colours; II. i. 152.

Well conceited, clevered, retorted; V. i. 37.

Well encounter'd, well met; IV. ii. I.

What, an exclamation of impatience; V. i. 2. What, who; I. i. 2.