My most dread sovereign, may it like your grace K. Hen. Well, well, my lords, respect him; Am, for his love and service, so to him, Make me no more ado, but all embrace him; I have a suit, which you must not deny me; Cran. The greatest monarch now alive may glory In such an honour; how may I deserve it, K. Hen. Come, come, my lord, you'd spare your spoons; you shall have Two noble partners with you; the old duchess of Norfolk, And lady marquis Dorset ; will these please you? Once more, my lord of Winchester, I charge you, Embrace, and love this man. Gar. With a true heart, And brother-love, I do it. Cran. And let heaven Man. Alas, I know not; how gets the tide in? As much as one sound cudgel of four foot (You see the poor remainder) could distribute, I made no spare, sir. Port. You did nothing, sir. Man. I am not Samson, nor sir Guy, nor Colbrand, to mow them down before me: but, if I spared any, that had a head to hit, either young or old, he or she, cuckold or cuckold-maker, let me never hope to see a chine again; and that I would not for a cow, God save her. [Within.] Do you hear, master porter? Port. I shall be with you presently, good master puppy.-Keep the door close, sirrah. Man. What would you have me do? Port. What should you do, but knock them down by the dozens? Is this Moorfields to muster in? or have we some strange Indian with the great tool come to court, the women so besiege us? Bless me, what a fry of fornication is at door! On my Christian conscience, this one christening will beget a thousand; here will be father, godfather, and all together. Man. The spoons will be the bigger, sir. There is a fellow somewhat near the door, he should be a brazier by his face, for, o'my conscience, twenty of the dog-days now reign in's nose; all that stand about him are under the line, they need no other penance: that fire-drake did I hit three times on the head, and three times was his nose discharged against me: he stands there, like a mortar-piece, to blow us. There was a haberdasher's wife of small wit near him, that railed upon me till her pinked porringer fell off her head, for kindling such a combustion in the state. I missed the meteor once, and hit that woman, who cried out, clubs! when I might see from far some forty truncheoneers draw to her succour, which were the hope of the Strand, where she was quartered. They fell on; I made good my place; at length they came to the broom-staff with me, I defied them still; when suddenly a file of boys behind them, loose shot, delivered such a shower of pebbles, that I was fain to draw mine honour in, and let them win the work: the devil was among them, I think, surely. Port. These are the youths that thunder at a play-house, and fight for bitten apples; that no audience, but the Tribulation of Tower-hill, or the limbs of Limehouse, their dear brothers, are able to endure. I have some of them in limbo patrum, and there they are like to dance these three days; besides the running banquet of two beadles, that is to come. Enter the Lord Chamberlain. Cham. Mercy o'me, what a multitude are here! They grow still too, from all parts are they coming, As if we kept a fair here! Where are these porters, These lazy knaves? Ye have made a fine hand, fellows. There's a trim rabble let in are all these Great store of room, no doubt, left for the ladies We are but men; and what so many may do, Cham. As I live, If the king blame me for't, I'll lay ye all By the heels, and suddenly; and on your heads knaves: And here ye lie baiting of bumbards, when SCENE IV. THE PALACE. Port. You i'the camlet, get up o'the rail; I'll pick you o'er the pales else. [exeunt. Enter trumpets, sounding; then two Aldermen, Lord Mayor, Garter, Cranmer, Duke of Norfolk with his marshall's staff, Duke of Suffolk, two Noblemen bearing great standing-bowls, for the christening gifts; then four Noblemen bearing a canopy, under which the Duchess of Norfolk, Godmother, bearing the Child, richly habited in a mantle, &c. Train borne by a Lady; then follows the Marchioness of Dorset, the other Godmother, and Ladies. The troop pass once about the stage, and Garter speaks. Gart. Heaven, from thy endless goodness, send prosperous life, long, and ever happy, to the high and mighty princess of England, Elizabeth! Flourish. Enter King and Train. More covetous of wisdom, and fair virtue, Her foes shake like a field of beaten corn, In her days, every man shall eat in safety Who, from the sacred ashes of her honour That were the servants to this chosen infant, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches Cran. [kneeling.] And to your royal grace, and To all the plains about him.-Our children's children Shall see this, and bless heaven. K. Hen. Thou speakest wonders. Cran. She shall be, to the happiness of England, To the ground, and all the world shall mourn ber. Thou hast made me now a man; never, before I thank ye all.-To you, my good lord mayor, lords ; Ye must all see the queen, and she must thank ye, GLOSSARY. ABJECTS, the lowest of subjects. Aby, to pay dear for, to suffer Bases, a kind of loose breeches, Per. Basta, 'tis enough. Ital. and Span. Abysm, abyss; Tempest, signifying there time long since Bastard, a sweet Italian wine. passed. Accite, to call or summons. Aconitum, wolfsbane. Adam, the name of an outlaw, noted for his skill in archery. Much Ado. Adam Cupid, an allusion to the same person. R. & J. Addrest, ready prepared, Advertising, attentive. Aery or Aiery, a nest. Affect the letter, to practise alliteration. Love's Lab. Affects, affections or passions. Affeered, a law-term for confirmed, Affied, betrothed. Affined, joined by affinity. Affray, to affright. Affront, sometimes, to face or confront. Affy, to betroth in marriage; also, to put trust in. Bate, strife or contention. Mer. Wives. Batlet, the instrument with which linen is beaten. Bavin, brushwood, which, fired, burns fiercely, but is soon out. Bawcock, a fondling or coaxing term. Bay curtal, a bay docked horse. Bay windows, bow windows. Beadsmen, chaplains, or persons maintained by charity to pray for their benefactor. Bear a brain, to have a perfect remembrance. Beck, a salutation made with the head; in the North, it means curtsying. Becomed, becoming. Rom. and Jul. Bedabbled, wetted. Behests, commands. Behowl, to howl at. Aglet-baby, a diminutive being, not exceeding in size the Beldame, ancient mother. Hen. IV. 1st Part. tag of a point or lace; from aiguillettes. Agnize, acknowledge, confess, avow. Aiery, a hawk's or eagle's nest. Rich. III. Airy fame, verbal eulogium. Be-lee'd, becalmed. Belongings, endowments. Be-mete, bemeasure. Bemoiled, bedraggled, bemired. Alder-liefest, dear above, or preferred to, all things; from Benison, blessing. leve or lefe, dear and alder, of all, A'life, at life. Almain, a German. Ames-ace, the lowest chance of the dice. Amazonian chin, a chin without a beard. Besmirch, to foul or dirty. Bestraught, distracted. Beteem, to give or bestow, or to permit, deign, or suffer. Bevy, a company, or number, originally applied to larks. Bezonian, a term of reproach: from bisognoso, a needy person. Bid the base, to challenge in a contest. Two Gent. Bilbo, a Spanish blade, flexible and elastic; the best of which are made at Bilboa. Bilboes, a bar of iron, with fetters annexed to it, by which refractory or negligent sailors were anciently linked together. Bill, articles of accusation. Hen. VI. 1st Part. Bill, the old weapon of English infantry, still used by the watchmen in some towns. Assay, to take the assay, applied to those who tasted wine Blacks, mourning made of stuffs of different colours dyed Assinego, an ass driver, a foolish fellow. Astringer, a gentleman falconer; from austercus, a goshawk. | Blank, i. e. of the eye, the white, or the white mark at which Bolting-hutch, a wooden receptacle into which the meat is bolted. Bombard, a barrel. Hen. IV. 1st Part.-Temp. Bores, stabs, or wounds. Borne in hand, deceived, imposed upon. Bosky, woody: bosky acres, are fields divided by hedgerows; from boscus and bosquet. Bots, worms in the stomach of a horse.-A bots light upon, an imprecation. Bottled spider, a large, bloated, glossy spider. Capped, saluted by taking off the eap. Capable impressure, hollow mark. As you. Capocchia, a sot, or dull, heavy gull; from the Italian capocchio. Capricious, lascivious. As you. Captious, for capacious. All's Well. Carbinado'd, marked with scars. Carbonado, a piece of meat cut crossways for the gridiron. Carded, mixed. Carieres, i. e. to pass the carieres, a military phrase. Mer. Wiv. Means that the common bounds of good behaviour Carkanet, a kind of necklace or chain. Carlot, a peasant or churl; from carl. Braying, an epithet applied to the sound of the trumpet, Carouses, drinks. harsh, grating. K. John. Break, to begin. Tit. And. Break up, to carve. Breakwith, to break the matter to. Breast, voice. Twel. Night. Carpet knight, a term of reproach, spoken of one knighted" Carriage, import. Ham. Case, skin. Twel. Night. Outside; to case, to run a fox down. All's Well. Breath, speech. K. John. Timon-Exercise, Troilus and Case of lives, a set of lives, or pair of any thing. Cress. A slight exercise of arms, ibid. Breathing-courtsy, verbal compliment. Breeched, foully sheathed, or mired. Mac. Breeching, liable to school discipline. Tam. Shrew. Bridal, a nuptial feast; a word yet used in the North. Cage, a prison. Hen. VI. 2d Part. All's Cased lion, a lion irritated by confinement. K. John. Cassock, a loose outward coat. Cast, to empty. Mea. for Mea. To throw or reject. Cast the water, to find out disorders by inspecting the urine Cataian, a liar, a romancer; the first adventurers who Catling, a small lute-string made of catgut. Cavalero-justice, a cant term. Cavalero, an airy, sprightly, irregular fellow. Caviare, too good for, or foreign_to; the pickled roe of sturgeon. Cautel, subtlety, deceit, treachery. Cautelous, artful, or insidious. Cauterizing, burning, or blistering. Cearment, the wrapping of an embalmed body. Cease, decease, die. All's Well. Censer, an incense-dish. Censure, opinion. Hamlet. Certes, certainly, surely, verily Cess, measure, tax, or subsidy. Chaliced, i. e. flowers, with cups, from calix. Challenge, law-term, the right of refusing a juryman. VIII. Hen. Cain-coloured, yellow; Cain was represented of that colour Cheveril, kid skin, soft leather. Caddises, worsted lace. Cheater, for escheatour, an officer in the Exchequer. Cade, a barrel. Cadent, falling. Check, command, control. Cym. Troil. and Cres. Chewet, or chuet, a pie, a noisy, chattering bird, or a fat pudding. Hen. IV. 1st Part. Calculate, to foretell or prophesy. Jul. Cæs. Caliver, a light kind of musket. Callet, or Callat, a bad woman, witch, or drab. Chide, resound, re-echo. Hen. V-Mid. Night. Calling, appellation. As you. Choppine, a high shoe or clog. Camelot, a place where king Arthur is supposed to have Chopping, jabbering, talking glibly. Chough, a bird of the jackdaw kind. French, clucas. Canaries, the name of a brisk light dance; to canary, to Chrystals, eyes. dance. Canker, the canker-rose, dog-rose, or hip. Much Ado. Canstick, candlestick. Cantle, a corner, or piece of any thing. Cantons, used for cantos. Twel. Night. a ship-boy. Chuck, chicken, a term of endearment. Circumstance, circumlocution, evasion. (th. Canvas-climber, one who climbs the mast to furl the canvas, Cital, recital, accusation. Clack-dish, a beggar's dish. Cling, to dry or shrink up. Mac. Clinquant, glittering, shining. Credent, probable, credulous. Cressets, a light set upon a beacon, from croissette, French. Clipt, twined around, embraced. Temp. Ant. and Cleo. &c. Crone, old worn-out woman. Clout, the white mark at which archers shoot. Clouted, strengthened with clout nails. Clutch, to clasp, or grasp. Coasting, conciliating, inviting. Troil, and Cres. Cob-lonf, a crusty, uneven, lumpy loaf. Cock and pye, a popular adjuration. Cocker'd, fondled, dandled. Cockshut-time, twilight. Cockle, a weed which grows up with corn. Cockled, like the fish called a cockle. Cockle-hat, cockle-shell-hat, such as pilgrims wore. Cross-gartered, an article of puritanical dress. Crownet, last purpose. Ant, and Cleo. Cruel, worsted. Lear, applied to garters. Crusado, a Portuguese coin. Cry, a pack, or troop. Cor. Ham. Cub-drawn, i. e. bear, one whose dugs are drawn dr Cuisses, armour for the thighs, cuisses, French. Cunning, knowing, skilful, in a good meaning. Cockney, a vulgar term of reproach for a person bred in the Curled, ostentatiously dressed. Oth. Ant. and Cleo. city. Codding, amorous. Codpiece, a piece of dress. Coffin, ancient term for the raised crust of a pie. Tam. Collection, consequence or corollary. Cym. Ham. Collied, black, smutted with coal, discoloured. Curious, scrupulous. Tam. Shrew. Ant. and Cleo. Curtail-dog, one which misses the game. Customer, a common woman. Oth. &c. or one who visits Cut, horse. Twel. Night. Hen IV. 1st Part. Cut and long-tail, a phrase from dogs, poor or rich. Daff, or Doff, to put off. Collier, a term of reproach, from the impositions of coal- Damn, condemn. Jul. Cæs. dealers. Dank, wet, rotten. Darkling, in the dark. Darraign, range, put in order. Dauberry, counterfeit disguise. Day-bed, a couch. Dealt, fought by proxy. Ant. and Cleo. Dear, sometimes means immediate, consequential Dearn, direful, lone, solitary. Deboshed, debauched. Deck, of cards, a pack. Hen. VI. 3d Part. Decked, sprinkled Decline, as in grammar, to run through from first to last. Rich. 111. &c. Deem, opinion, surmise. Troil, and Cres. Default, (in the) at a need. All's Well. Defeat, to free, to disembarrass. All's Well Defeature, alteration of features. Defence, the art of fencing. As you. Deftly, adroitly, dexterously. Delighted, spirit, accustomed to delight. Mca. for Mea. Denay, denial. Convey, steal, conveyance, theft. Mer. Wiv. and Hen. VI. Denayed, denied. Denotements, indications, discoveries. Denude, strip, divest. Depart and part, often synonymous. Deprive, disinherit. Lear. Deracinate, force up by the roots. Derogate, degraded. Lear. Descant, a term in music, or to harangue upon. Deserved, deserving. Cor. Despatched, bereft. Detected, suspected or charged. Mea. for Mea. Dibble, an instrument in gardening. Dickon, Richard. Coster-monger, a dealer in costers, or costards, a kind of Diet, to put under a regimen, to oblige to fast, or to ioath. Counter-caster, one who reckons by counters. Countercheck, an old term in the game of chess. County, ancient term for a nobleman. Much Ado. Rom. Courser's-hair, alluding to the notion that the hair of a horse, dropt into corrupted water, will turn to an animal. Ant. and Cleo. Courses, the mainsail and foresail. Temp. Court-cupboard, sideboard. Cowed, restrained, or made cowardly. Cower, to sink by bending the hams. Cowlstaff, a staff for carrying a large tub or basket with two Disseat, displace. handles. Coyed, condescended reluctantly. Coystril, a coward cock, a paltry fellow. Coxier, a tailor, from cousu; or a cobbler, or sowter. Distained, unstained. Com. Er. Distaste, to corrupt. Troil, and Cres. |