LINEAL, hereditary, due by right

of birth; ii. 1. 85.

LIST, listen, give ear; ii. 1. 468. LITTER, a couch for ladies and sick persons in travelling; v. 3. 16.

MAKE UP = hasten forward; iii. 2. 5.

MANAGE, taking of measures, administration; i. 1. 37. MATTER, material, fuel; v. 2. 85.

MAY, can; v. 4. 21.

MEAGRE, thin, lean; iii. 4. 85. MEANS, intends, purposes; iii. 4. 119.

MEASURES, stately dances; here used for the music accompanying and regulating the motion of the dance; iii. 1. 304. MIGHT; "might behold," that is, could, were able, to behold; ii. 1.325.

MINION, favourite; ii. 1. 392. MISTEMPERED= distempered, ill-tempered; v. 1. 12. MISTOOK, mistaken; iii. 1. 274. MOCKING, deriding, ridiculing; v. 1. 72.

MODERN = commonplace, trite;

iii. 4. 42.

MODULE, mould, image (Hanmer
has "model"); v. 7. 58.
MOE, more; v. 4. 17.
MORE; "more requital"

greater requital; ii. 1. 34. MORTAL, deadly; iii. 1. 259. MOTION, impulse; i. 1. 212. MOUNTING, aspiring; i. 1. 206. MOUSING, worrying, tearing (as a cat does a mouse); ii. 1. 354. MUNITION, materials for war; v. ii. 98.

MUSE=marvel, wonder (often

so used by Shakespeare); iii. 1. 317. MUTINES, Mutineers, rebels ("Do like the mutines of Jerusalem, Be friends awhile." Malone cites a History of the Jews, which tells how three factions in Jerusalem, that had been fighting one another, made peace together, "intending to turn their cruelty upon the Romans, confirming and ratifying the same atonement and purpose by swearing one to another."); ii. 1. 378.

NEW, lately; iii. 1. 233. NICE; "makes nice of," is scrupulous about; iii. 4. 138. NOB, a contemptuous diminutive of Robert; i. 1. 147.

NO HAD = had I not (No had

was not an uncommon idiom in Shakespeare's day); iv. 2. 207.

NOTE; "of note," noted, well known (fire and iron are well noted as lacking mercy); iv. 1. 121.

NOTED, known; iv. 2. 21.

OCCASION, necessity, cause; ii. 1. 82; "occasions," opportunities; iv. 2. 62; "dreadful occasion " = course of events; iv. 2. 125.

O'ERBEARING, bearing down, overpowering; iii. 4. 9. OF= from; iii. 4. 55. OFFEND, harm, hurt; iv. 1. 132. OFFER = attempt; iv. 2. 94. OPPOSITE, contrary; iii. 1. 254. OPPRESSION; "our oppression" = oppression of us, our injury; iii. 1. 106.

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respect; i. 1. 188. REST; "in rest" either in possession, or in repose and peace; iv. 2. 55.

RETIRE THEMSELVES = retire, retreat; v. 3. 13.

REVOLTS, deserters, rebels; v. 2. 151.

RHEUM, moisture, here used for

tears; iii. 1. 22. RIBS = walls; ii. 1. 384. RIPE, ripen; ii. 1. 472. ROSE; "stick a rose;" it was the fashion in Queen Elizabeth's time to wear rosettes of ribbon, and sometimes real roses, stuck behind the ear; i. 1. 142.

ordinate; v. 2. 80.

SECURE, free from care or anxiety; iv. 1. 130.

SEMBLANCE, appearance, disguise; iv. 3. 4.

SET, a term at cards, as well as

at tennis; v. 2. 107.

SET FORWARD, start on the journey; iv. 3. 19. SHADOW; "shadow of myself form'd in her eye," that is, reflection of myself, etc.; ii. 1.

498.

SHADOWING, shielding, protecting; ii. 1. 14.

SHALL must; v. 2. 78.
SHREWD = evil, bad; v. 5. 14.
SHROUDS, sail-ropes; v. 7. 53.

ness; iv. 1. 52.

SIGHTLESS, unsightly, ugly; iii. 1. 45.

STILL AND ANON, now and again; iv. 1. 47.

STRAIGHT, straightway; 'ii. 1. 149.

222.

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gardly; v. 7. 42.

SET; "set mine eye mine eye; v. 7. 51. SKIN-COAT, that is, lion's skin (taken from Richard); ii. 1. 139.

SMACKS, Savours; ii. 1. 396. SMOKE, thrash, beat severely (a dialect word in the north of England); ii. 1. 139.

So if only; iv. 1. 17. SOLE, alone, unique; iv. 3. 52. SOLEMNITY, marriage ceremony (between Blanch and Lewis); ii. 1. 555.

SOOTH; "in sooth" in truth, indeed; iv. 1. 29.

STUMBLING NIGHT, night which causes stumbling and losing of one's way; v. 5. 18. SUDDEN, quick, hasty; iv. 1. 27; "sudden time," the time which came so unexpectedly that it found you unprepared; v. 6. 26. SUGGESTIONS, temptations, in

citements to evil-doing; iii. 1. 292.

SUSPIRE, draw breath; iii. 4. 80. SWINGED, thrashed, whipped, defeated; ii. 1. 288.

used intensitively); iii. 1. 121.

ture is painted); ii. 1. 503.

ing, terrifying; ii. 1. 383.

SOUND, give voice to, proclaim; iv. 2. 48.

SOUSE; a term in falconry; to

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pounce upon; v. 2. 150. SPED, succeeded; iv. 2. 141. SPEND, waste; v. 2. 39. SPIRIT ("spirits"), monosyllabic; ii. 1. 232; v. 1. 53. SPLEEN; "hasty spleen"= heat, passion, impetuosity; iv. 3. 97. SPOT stain, disgrace; v. 2. 30. SPRIGHTFUL, full of spirit, highspirited; iv. 2. 177. STAFF, lance; ii. 1. 318. STATE, power, majesty; iv. 2. 243. STATES; "mighty states " lords of high estate; ii. 1. 395. STAY, a peremptory check, a command to stop; ii. 1. 455.

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where three farthings goes." In Queen Elizabeth's time coined pieces of the value of three farthings were issued, which had the queen's head and the emblematic rose of England upon them (see ROSE); i. 1. 143.

TICKLING, cajoling, flattering; ii. 1. 573.

TIDES; "high tides," great days, or high festivals; iii. 1. 86. TIME'S ENEMIES, the enemies of the times, that is, of the present state of affairs; iv. 2. 61. TITHE; "tithe or toll," take tithe or toll; iii. 1. 154.

To; "And, to his shape" = besides, in addition to, etc.; i. 1. 144.

TOASTING-IRON, an iron used for toasting cheese; used contemptuously of a sword; iv.

3.99.

TOLL, take toll, raise a tax; iii. 1.

154.

TONGUE, alluding to the serpent's tongue, in which the venom was supposed to be secreted; iii. 1. 258.

TOOK IT ON HIS DEATH, swore by the certainty of his death; i. 1. 110.

sion; i. 1. 85.

TRUE, rightful, just; "my true defence," that is, "the defence of my honesty;" iv. 3. 84.

UNADVISED, without due thought or consideration; ii. 1. 45, 191. UNCONSTANT inconstant, unsteady, fickle; iii. 1. 243. UNDER-BEAR, bear, endure; iii. 1.65.

UNDERPROP, support; v. 2. 99. UNDER-WROUGHT, undermined; ii. 1. 95.

UNHAIR'D (Theobald's emendation of "vn-heard," the reading of the Folio), beardless; v. ii. 133.

UNOWED, unowned, left without an owner; iv. 3. 147. UNREVEREND, disrespectful; i.

232.

part of Normandy, more re