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As, that; (Pope, "That"); II. iv. 45.

ASCANIUS, the son of Æneas; III. ii. 116.

ASMATH, the name of an evil spirit; I. iv. 27. Assay'd, attempted; IV. v. 9. AT ONCE, in a word; III. i. 66. ATTAINTED, convicted of capital treason; II. iv. 59.

Avoid, avaunt, be gone; I. iv. 43. Awful, awe-inspiring; V. i. 98. Awkward, adverse; (Pope, "adverse"); III. ii. 83.

BAIT THY BEARS; bear-baiting was a popular amusement of Shakespeare's day; (F. 1, "bate"; F. 2, "baite"); V. i. 148.

BANDITTO, outlaw; (Ff., "Bandetto"); IV. i. 135. BAN-DOGS, fierce dogs held in bands, or chained; I. iv. 21. BANE, destruction, ruin; (Theobald, "bale";); V. i. 120.

"BARGULUS THE STRONG ILLYRIAN PIRATE"; The Contention reads "Abradas, the great Macedonian pirate,” to whom reference is made in Greene's Penelope's Web; Bargulus is mentioned in Cicero's De Officiis; his proper name was Bardylis; he was originally a collier, and ultimately became king of Illyria; he was defeated and slain in battle by Philip of Macedon; IV. i. 108.

BASILISK, a fabulous serpent supposed to kill by its look; III. ii. 52.

BASIMECU, a term of contempt
for a Frenchman; IV. vii. 32.
BEARD, defy; IV. x. 40.
BEARS; alluding to the cognizance

of the Nevils of Warwick, a bear and ragged staff; V. i. 144.

BEAR-WARD, bear-leader; (Pope's correction of Ff. 1, 2, "Berard," Ff. 3, 4, "Bearard); V. i. 149.

BEAT ON, hammer on, keep on thinking about; II. i. 20. BEDLAM, a hospital for lunatics; V. i. 131.

BEDLAM, lunatic; III. i. 51; V. i. 132.

BELDAM, term of contempt for an ld woman; I. iv. 45. BESHREW, woe to; a mild form of imprecation; III. i. 184. BESTED; "worse b.," "in a worse plight"; II. iii. 56.

BESTRID, bestrode, stood over him

in posture of defense; V. iii. 9. BETIME, in good time; III. i. 285. BEZONIANS, beggars; IV. i. 134. BILLS; "take up bills," get goods

o' credit, with a quibble on (1) "bills n halberds, (2) "bills" =promissory notes; IV. vii. 137.

BLABBING, blurting out secrets; IV. i. 1.

BLOOD-CONSUMING SIGHS, referring to the old idea that each sigh drew a drop of blood from the heart; III. ii. 61.

BONA TERRA, MALA GENS, i. e. "a good land, a bad people" (quoted by Lord Say, with reference to Kent); IV. vii. 64.

BONES; "by these ten b.," i. e. by these ten fingers; an old form of oath; I. iii. 196.

Book, learning; (Anon. conj.
"books"); IV. vii. 79.
Воот, booty; IV. i. 13.
BRAVE, defy; IV. x. 40.

BRAZEN, strong, impregnable;
III. ii. 89.

BREAK UP, break open; (Collier
MS., "break ope"); I. iv. 22.
BRISTOL (Ff., "Bristow"); III. i.
328.

BROKER, agent, negotiator; I. ii.
100.

BROOK; "flying at the b.," letting the falcon rise to pursue his game; II. i. 1.

BROOK, endure, bear; V. i. 92.
Brow, aspect, appearance (John-
son, "blow"; Becket, "browse";
Collier (Collier MS.), bloom";
Anon., "glow"; Cartwright,
"prime"); V. iii. 4.

BROWN BILL, a kind of halberd;
IV. x. 14.

BRUSH, hurt, injury; (Warbur-
ton, "bruise"); V. iii. 3.
BUCKLERS, shields, defends; III.
ii. 216.

BUCKRAM, coarse linen stiffened with glue; IV. vii. 28.

Bucks, linen for washing; IV. ii.

53.

BURGONET, a close-fitting helmet;

V. i. 200.

BUT THAT, only that one; II. i.

99.

Buz, whisper; I. ii. 99.

By, according to; III. i. 243.

CEASE, to cause to cease; V. ii. 45.

CENSURE, opinion; I. iii. 122.

CENSURE WELL, approve; III. i.
275.

CHAFE, heat, warm; III. ii. 141.
CHAPS, jaws, mouth; III. i. 259.
CHARM, appease, make silent; IV.
i. 64.
CHARNECO, a kind of sweet wine,
made at a village near Lisbon;
II. iii. 63.

CHECK'D, reproved, rebuked; I.
ii. 54.

CIRCUIT, circlet, diadem; III. i.
352.

CIRCUMSTANCE, detailed phrases;
I. i. 105.

CITED, incited, urged; III. ii. 281.
CLAPP'D UP, shut up; I. iv. 53.
CLERKLY, scholarly; III. i. 179.
CLIME, country; III. ii. 84.
CLIP, embrace, surround; (Theo-
bald's correction of Ff.,
"Cleape"; Pope, "Clap"); IV.
i. 6.

CLOSE, retired, private; II. ii. 3;
secret, II. iv. 73.

CLOUTED SHOON, patched shoes;
generally used for hobnailed
boots; IV. ii. 204.

COLLECT, gather by observation;
III. i. 35.

BY AND BY, immediately; II. i. COLOR, pretext; III. i. 236.

142.

BY THAT, about that, on that sub

ject; II. i. 16.

CADE, small barrel; IV. ii. 35.
CAGE, lock-up; IV. ii. 58.
CALLET, a low woman (Dyce's
emendation of Ff., "Callot");
I. iii. 88.

CALM'D, becalmed; IV. ix. 33.
CASK, casket (Rowe, "casket);
III. ii. 409.

COMMANDMENTS, "my ten c.," my

ten fingers; a cant phrase of the time, still in use; I. iii. 147.

COMMODITIES, goods, merchandise;

IV. vii. 135.

COMPANION, fellow; used contemptuously; IV. x. 34. COMPLOT, plot; III. i. 147. CONCERT (Ff., "Consort"); a company of musicians; III. ii. 327.

Condition, rank; V. i. 64.

CONDUCT, conductor, escort; II. iv. 101.

CONJURATIONs, incantations; I. ii. 99.

CONTROLLER, censurer, detracto", perhaps "dictator"; III. ii. 205.

CONVENIENT, proper, becoming; I. iv. 9.

CONVENTICLEs, secret assemblies; III. i. 166.

CORROSIVE, a pain-giving medicament; III. ii. 403.

COURT-HAND, the manner of writing used in judicial proceedings; IV. ii. 106.

COURTSHIP, courtliness; I. iii. 59. CRAB-TREE, tree that bears crabapples; III. ii. 214.

CULLIONS, base wretches; I. iii. 45.

CURST, shrewish, sharp; III. ii. 312.

CUSTOM'D, customary; V. i. 188.

Day, time, space; II. i. 2.

DEAD AS A DOOR-NAIL, a proverbial expression; "the door-nail is the nail on which, in ancient doors, the knocker strikes. It is therefore used as a comparison to any one irrecoverably dead, one who has fallen (as Virgil says) multa morte, that is, with abundant death, such as iteration of strokes on the head would naturally produce"; IV. x. 44.

DEATHFUL, deadly; III. ii. 404. DEATHSMAN, executioner; III. ii. 217.

DEDICATE, dedicated; V. ii. 37. DEEP-FET, deep-fetched; II. iv.

33.

DEMANDING or, questioning about; II. i. 176.

DEMEAN, deport, behave; I. i. 188. DEMEAN'D, conducted; I. iii. 106. DENAY'D, denied; (F. 4, "deny'ď"); I. iii. 109. DEPART, departure; I. i. 2. DISCHARGE, (?) payment; (perhaps "giving up the troops and turning them over to my command"); I. iii. 174. DISCOMFIT, discouragement; (Ff., "discomfite"; Capell, "discomfort"); V. ii. 86.

DISPENSE WITH, obtain dispensation from; V. i. 181. DISPURSED, disbursed; (F. 4, "dis

bursed"); III. i. 117. DISTRACT, distracted; III. ii. 318.

DOIT, the smallest piece of money; the twelfth part of a penny; III. i. 112. DRAIN, drop (Rann, Capell, "rain"); III. ii. 142.

EARNEST-GAPING, earnestly riveted; (Anon. conj. "earnest-gazing"); III. ii. 105.

EFFECTED, effectively proved; III. i. 170.

EMBLAZE, emblazon, glorify be

fore the world; IV. x. 79. EMMANUEL; an allusion to the fact that documents were frequently headed with the name (cp. Kelly's "Notices of Leicester," pp. 119, 207, 227); IV. ii. 112.

EMPTY, hungry, famished; III. i. 248.

ENTREAT, treat; II. iv. 81. ENVIOUS, spiteful; II. iv. 12; IL iv. 35; "e. load," load of malice; III. i. 157.

EXORCISMS, charms for raising spirits; I. iv. 5.

EXPEDIENT, expeditious; III. i. FORTHCOMING, in custody; II. i.

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FEE-SIMPLE, lands held in fee- Gather Head, assemble forces;

simple; IV. x. 28.

FELL-LURKING, lurking to do mischief; V. i. 146.

FELON, (?) felony; III. i. 132. FENCE, skill in fencing; II. i. 53.

FIFTEENS, fifteenths; IV. vii. 24. FIFTEENTH, the fifteenth part of all the personal property of a subject; I. i. 133.

FLAW, sudden burst of wind, gust; III. i. 354. FLOWER-DE-LUCE, the emblem of France (Ff. 1, 2, "Fleure-deLuce"; Ff. 3, 4, "Floure-deLuce"); V. i. 11. FOND, foolish; III. i. 36. Foot-cloth, a kind of housing for a horse, so long that it nearly swept the ground; IV. i. 54.

For, because, II. iii. 9; on account of (Ff. 2, 3, 4, "with"); IV. vii. 90.

FORCE PERFORCE, by very force; I. i. 258.

FORSOOTH, certainly, in truth; used contemptuously; III. ii.

183.

FORTH, forth from (Ff. 3, 4, "from"); III. ii. 89.

IV. v. 10.

GEAR, affair, business (Ff., "geer”), I. iv. 17; matter, III. i. 91. GEORGE, badge of the Order of the Garter; IV. i. 29. Ghost, corpse; III. ii. 161. GIRD, invest (Ff. and Qq.,

"girt"); I. i. 65. GNARLING, snarling; III. i. 192. Go; "let him g.," i. e. let him pass

from your thoughts; II. iii. 47. GO ABOUT, attempt; II. i. 146. Gobbers, mouthfuls; IV. i. 85. GONE Our; "had not gone out," i. e. "would not have taken flight at the game"; II. i. 4. Gor, secured; V. iii. 20. GRACELESS, impious; IV. iv. 38. GRAFT, grafted; III. ii. 214. GROAT, a small piece of money worth four pence; III. i. 113.

HALE, drag forcibly; IV. i. 131. HALF-FACED SUN, the device on the standard of Edward III; (Vaughan, "pale-faced"); IV. i. 98.

HAMMERING, pondering; I. ii. 47. HAMPER, fetter, entangle; I. iii.

150.

HAP, fortune; III. i. 314. HAPLY, perchance, perhaps; III. i. 240.

HAPPILY, haply, perhaps (Ff., 2,

3, 4, "haply); III. i. 306. HARDLY, with difficulty; with play upon hardly, scarcely, 1. 75 (Theobald, "hardily”); I. iv. 74.

HAVE, possess; V. iii. 20.

HAVE AT HIM, I shall hit at him; IV. ii. 136.

HEAVY, sad, sorrowful; III. ii.

306.

HEMPEN CAUDLE, a slang phrase for hanging ("caudle," a comforting drink); IV. vii. 95. HENRY, trisyllabic; III. ii. 131. HERE, at this point, IV. iv. 76; (Heath, "hence"; Hudson, Walker, "there"); II. iv. 79. HINDS, boors, peasants; III. ii. 271; IV. ii. 138.

HOISE, hoist, heave away (Ff., "hoyse"; Qq., "heaue"; Theobald, "hoist"); I. i. 169. HORSE, horse's (Ff., 3, 4, "horses; Rowe reads, "horse's"; Capell, "horse"); IV. iii. 14.

HOSE AND DOUBLETS; "in their h. and d.," i. e. without a cloak; IV. vii. 59.

HOUSEHOLD, family (Malone's correction (from Qq.) of F. 1, ‘‘housed"; Ff. 2, 3, 4, "houses); V. i. 201. HOUSEKEEPING, keeping open house, hospitality; I. i. 191.

ILL-Nurtured, ill-bred (F. 4, "illnatur'd"); I. ii. 42.

IMAGES (?) dissyllabic (Walker, "image"); I. iii. 65. IMPRIMIS, firstly, in the first place; I. i. 43.

IMPUGNS, opposes; III. i. 281.

IN, into; III. ii. 287.

IN CAPITE, a law term, signifying a tenure of the sovereign immediately as feudal lord; used quibbingly; IV. vii. 133.

INCH; "at an i.," in the nick of time; I. iv. 45.

INDIGESTED, formless, shapeless; V. i. 157.

INFORTUNATE, unfortunate; (Ff. 3, 4, "unfortunate"); IV. ix. 18.

INJURIOUS, insolent; I. iv. 51. INSTANCE, proof; III. ii. 159. INVITIS NUBIBUS, in spite of the clouds (vide "half-faced sun"); IV. i. 99.

IRIS, goddess of the rainbow and messenger of Juno; here, messenger; III. ii. 407. ITEM, originally, likewise, used in enumerating; I. i. 50.

JADED, no better than a jade; (Capell, from Qq., "jady"); IV. i. 52.

JADES, term of contempt or pity for a maltreated or worthless horse; applied to the dragons of Night's chariot; IV. i. 3. JAR, discord; IV. viii. 43. Jor, enjoy; III. ii. 365.

KEN, descry, discern; III. ii. 101.
KENNEL, gutter; IV. i. 71.
KERNES, Irish soldiers; III. i.
310.
KILLINGWORTH, an old form of
Kenilworth; IV. iv. 39.

LAID, beset, laid with traps; IV. x. 4.

LAUGH, smile; "the world may 1. again," i. e. fortune may smile on me again; II. iv. 82.

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