ABUSED, deceived; III. v. 80.
ACCORD, consent; V. iv. 139.
ADDRESS'D, prepared; V. iv. 162.

ALL AT ONCE, all in a breath; III. v.
36.
ALLOTTERY, allotment, allotted share;
I. i. 76.

ALL POINTS
AMAZE, confuse; I. ii. 115.
AN, if; IV. i. 31.

at all points; I. iii. 118.

ANATOMIZE, expose; I. i. 162. ANSWERED, satisfied; II. vii. 99. ANTIQUE, ancient, old; II. i. 31; II.

iii. 57.

ANY, any one; I. ii. 149. ARGUMENT, reason; I. ii. 291. ARM'S END, arm's length; II. vi. 10. As, to wit, namely; II. i. 6. ASSAY'D, attempted; I. iii. 131. ATALANTA'S BETTER PART; variously interpreted as referring to Atalanta's "swiftness," "beauty,' "spiritual part"; probably the reference is to her beautiful form; III. ii. 155. ATOMIES, motes in a sunbeam; III. ii. 245.

ATONE TOGETHER, are at one; V. iv. 116.

BANDY, contend; V. i. 61.

BANQUET, dessert, including wine; II. v. 64.

BAR, forbid, V. iv. 131; "bars me," i.e. excludes me from, I. i. 20. BATLET little bat, used by laundresses; II. iv. 49. BEHOLDING, beholden; IV. i. 60. BESTOWS HIMSELF, carries himself; IV. iii. 87.

BETTER, greater; III. i. 2.

BLOOD, affection; II. iii. 37; passion,
V. iv. 59.

Bов, rap, slap; II. vii. 55.
BONNET, hat; III. ii. 398.

BOTTOM, "neighbour b.," the neighbouring dell; IV. iii. 79.

BOUNDS, boundaries, range of pasture; II. iv. 83.

Bow, yoke; III. iii. 80.

BRAVERY, finery; II. vii. 80. BREATHED; "well breathed," in full display of my strength; I. ii. 230. BREATHER, living being; III. ii.

297.

a

BREED, train up, educate; I. i. 4. BRIEF, in brief; IV. iii. 151. BROKE, broken; II. iv. 40. BROKEN MUSIC; "Some instruments such as viols, violins, etc., were formerly made in sets of four, which, when played together, formed 'consort.' If one or more of the instruments of one set were substituted for the corresponding ones of another set, the result is no longer a 'consort,' but 'broken music (Chappell); I. ii. 149.

BRUTISH, animal nature; II. vii. 66. BUCKLES IN, surrounds; III. ii. 140. BUGLE, a tube-shaped bead of black glass; III. v. 47.

BURDEN; the "burden" of a song was the base, foot, or under-song; III.ii. 261. BUTCHERY, slaughter-house; II. iii.

27.

CALLING, appellation; I. ii. 245.

CAPABLE, sensible, receivable; III. v.

23.

CAPON LINED,alluding to the customary gifts expected by Elizabethan magistrates, capon justices," as they were occasionally called; II. vii. 154.

CAPRICIOUS, used with a play upon its original sense; Ital. capriccioso, fantastical, goatish; capra, a goat; III. iii. 8.

CARLOT, little churl, rustic; III. v. 108.

CAST, cast off; III. iv. 16. CENSURE, criticism; IV. i. 7. CHANGE, reversal of fortune; I. iii. 104. CHANTICLEER, the cock; II. vii. 30. CHARACTER, Write; III. ii. 6. CHEERLY, cheerily; II. vi. 14. CHOPT, chapped; II. iv. 50. CHRONICLERS (Folio 1 "chronoclers ") perhaps used for the "jurymen," but the spelling of Folio 1 suggests 66 oners" for "chroniclers ; IV. i.

105.

cor

CHURLISH, miserly; II. iv. 80. CICATRICE, a mere mark (not the scar of a wound); III. iv. 23. CITY-WOMAN, citizen's wife; II. vii. 75.

CIVIL; "c. sayings," sober, grave maxims, perhaps "polite"; III. ii. 136.

CIVILITY, politeness; II. vii. 96.
CLAP INTO'T, to begin a song briskly;
V. iii. II.

CLUBS, the weapon used by the London prentices, for the preservation of the public peace, or for the purposes of riot; V. 45.

CODs, strictly the husks containing the peas; perhaps here used for "peas"; II. iv. 53.

COLOUR, nature, kind; I. ii. 107-8. -
COMBINE, bind; V. iv. 156.
COME OFF, get off; I. ii. 32.

COMFORT, take comfort; II. vi. 5. COMMANDMENT, command; II. vii.

109.

COMPACT, made up, composed; II. vii. 5. COMPLEXION; "good my c.," perhaps little more than the similar exclamation "goodness me!" or "good heart!" possibly, however, Rosalind appeals to her complexion not to betray her; III. ii. 204. CONCEIT, imagination; II. vi. 8; mental capacity; V. ii. 59: CONDITION, mood; I. ii. 276. CONDUCT, leadership.; V. iv. 163. CONNED, learnt by heart; III. ii. 289. CONSTANT, accustomed, ordinary; III.

V. 123.

CONTENTS; "if truth holds true c." i.e. "if there be truth in truth"; V. iv. 136.

CONTRIVER, plotter; I. i. 151. CONVERSED, associated; V. ii. 66. CONVERTITES, converts; V. iv. 190. CONY, rabbit; III. ii. 357. COPE, engage with; II. i. 67. COPULATIVES, those desiring to be united in marriage; V. iv. 58. COTE; "cavenne de bergier; a shepherd's cote; a little cottage or cabin made of turfs, straw, boughs, or leaves" (Cotgrave); II. iv. 83. COULD, would gladly; I. ii. 259. COUNTENANCE; his countenance probably his entertainment of me, the style of living which he allows me"; I. i. 19.

COUNTER, worthless wager; originally pieces of false money used as a means of reckoning; II. vii. 63. COURTSHIP, Court life; III. ii. 364. COUSIN, niece; I. iii. 44. COVER, set the table; II. v. 32. 11: CROSS, used equivocally in the sense of (1) misfortune, and (2) money; the ancient penny had a double cross

with a crest stamped on, so that it might easily be broken into four pieces; II. iv. 12.

CROW, laugh heartily; II. vii. 30. CURTLE-AXE, a short sword; I. iii.

119.

DAMNABLE, worthy of condemnation; V. ii. 68.

DEFIED, disliked; Epil. 21. DESPERATE, bold, daring, forbidden; V. iv. 32.

DEVICE, aims, ambitions; I. i. 174. DIAL, an instrument for measuring time in which the hours were marked; a small portable sun-dial; II. vii. 20. DISABLE, undervalue; IV. i. 34. DISABLED, disparaged; V. iv. 80. DISHONEST, immodest; V. iii. 4. DISLIKE express dislike of; V. iv. 73. DISPUTABLE, fond of disputing; II. v. 36.

DIVERTED, diverted from its natural course; II. iii. 37.

pro

DOG-APES, baboons; II. v. 27. DOLE, grief; I. ii. 139. DUCDAME, burden of Jaques' song, variously interpreted by editors, e.g. "duc ad me," "huc ad me; bably, however, the word is an ancient refrain, of Celtic origin; Halliwell notes that dus-adam-meme occurs in a MS. of Piers Plow man, where ordinary texts read How, trolly, lolly (C. ix. 123); it is probably a survival of some old British game like "Tom Tidler," and is said to mean in Gælic "this land is mine"; according to others it is a Welsh phrase equivalent to 11 come to me." Judging by all the evidence on the subject the Galic interpretation seems to be most plausible; n.b. 1. 61, "to call fools into a circle"; II. v. 56. DULCET DISEASES, [? an error for "dul

EAST, eastern; III. ii. 93.
EAT, eaten; II. vii. 88.
EFFIGIES, likeness; II. vii. 193.
ENCHANTINGLY, as if under a spell;
I. i. 174.

ENGAGE, pledge; V. iv. 172.
ENTAME, bring into a state of tame-
ness; III. v. 48.

ENTREATED, persuaded; I. ii. 158. ERRING, wandering; III. ii. 138. ESTATE, bequeath, settle; V. ii. 13. ETHIOPE, black as an Ethiopian; IV. iii. 35.

EXEMPT, remote; II. i. 15. EXPEDIENTLY, expeditiously; III. i.

18.

EXTENT, seizure; III. i. 17. EXTERMINED, exterminated; III. v. 89.

FAIR, beauty; III. ii. 100.
FALLS, lets fall; III. v. 5.
FANCY, love; III. v. 29.
FANCY-MONGER, love-monger; III. ii.
382.

FANTASY, fancy; II. iv. 31.
FAVOUR, aspect; IV. iii. 87; counten-
ance; V. iv. 27.

FEATURE, shape, form; used perhaps equivocally, but with what particular force is not known; "feature" may have been used occasionally in the sense of "verse-making" (cp. Note); III. iii. 3.

FEED, pasturage; II. iv. 83.
FEEDER, servant ("factor" and
"fedary" have been suggested);
IÍ. iv. 99.

FEELINGLY, by making itself felt; II. i. II.

FELLS, woolly skins; III. ii. 55.
FLEET, make to fly; I. i. 124.

FLOUT, mock at, jeer at ; I. ii. 48.
FOND, foolish; II. iii. 7.

FOR, for want of; II. iv. 75; II. vi. 2; because; III. ii. 134; as regards; IV. iii. 139.

FORKED HEADS, i.e. "fork-heads," which Ascham describes in his Toxophilus as being "arrows having two points stretching forward"; II. i. 24. FORMAL, having due regard to dignity; II. vii. 155.

FREE, not guilty; II. vii. 85. FREESTONE-COLOUR'D, dark coloured, of the colour of Bath-brick; IV. iii. 25.

FURNISHED, apparelled; Epilogue 10.

GARGANTUA'S MOUTH; alluding to "the large-throated" giant of Rabelais, who swallowed five pilgrims, with their pilgrims' staves, in a salad: though there was no English translation of Rabelais in Shakespeare's time, yet several chap-book histories of Gargantua were published; III. ii. 238.

GENTILITY, gentleness of birth; I. i.

among whom Ovid lived in banishment; III. iii. 9.

GRACE, gain honour; I. i. 155. GRACE ME, get me credit, good repute; V. ii. 64.

GRACIOUS, looked upon with favour; I. ii. 200.

GRAFF, graft; III. ii. 124.

GRAVELLED, stranded, at a standstill IV. i. 74.

HARM, misfortunes; III. ii. 80.
HAVE WITH YOU, come along; I. ii.
268.

HAVING, possession; III. ii. 396.
HE=man; III. ii. 414.

HEADED, grown to a head; II. vii. 67.
HEART, affection, love; I. i. 175.
HERE MUCH, used ironically, in a
negative sense, as in the modern
phrase "much I care!" IV. iii. 2.
HIM he whom; I. i. 46.
HINDS, serfs, servants; I. i. 20.
HOLLA; cry holla to"; restrain;
III. ii. 257.

HOLY, sacramental; III. iv. 15.
HONEST, virtuous; I. ii. 41, 42.
HOOPING, "out of all hooping,"
beyond the bounds of wondering;
III. ii. 203.

HUMOROUS, full of whims, capricious; I. ii. 278; II. iii. 8; fanciful; IV. i.

20.

HURTLING, din, tumult; IV. iii. 132. HYEN, hyena; IV. i. 156.

ILL-FAVOURED, ugly in face, bad looking; V. iv. 60. ILL-FAVOUREDLY, ugly; I. ii. 42. IMPRESSURE, impression; III. v. 23. INCISION; "God make in." i.e. " give thee a better understanding"; a reference perhaps to the cure by blood-letting; it was said of a very silly person that he ought to be cut for the simples; III. ii. 75.