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SEVERAL, different; V. ii. 20.
SHALL, will; III. i. 186.

SHALL ALONG, shall go along; III.
iii. 4.

SHAPE; "to our s.", to act our
part; IV. vii. 151.

SHARDS, fragments of pottery; V.
i. 263.

SHARK'D UP, picked up without
selection; I. i. 98.

SHEEN, brightness, lustre; III. ii.
172.

SHEETED, enveloped in shrouds;
I. i. 115.

SHENT, put to the blush, re-
proached; III. ii. 430,

SHORT; "kept s.", kept, as it
were, tethered, under control;
IV. i. 18.

SHOULD, Would; III. ii. 326.
SHREDS AND PATCHES, alluding to
the motely dress worn by the
clown, and generally by the
Vice; III. iv. 102.

SHREWDLY, keenly, piercingly; I.
iv. 1.

SHRIVING-TIME, time for confes-

sion and absolution; V. ii. 47.
SIEGE, rank; IV. vii. 77.
SIMPLE, silly, weak; I. ii. 97.
SIMPLES, herbs; IV. vii. 145.
SITH, since; IV. iv. 12.
SKIRTS, outskirts, borders; I. i.
97.

SLANDER, abuse; I. iii. 133.
SLEDDED, travelling in sledges; I.
i. 63.

SLIPS, faults, offences; II. i. 22.
SLIVER, a small branch of a tree;
IV. vii. 175.

So, such; III. i. 69; provided
that; IV. vii. 61.
SOFTLY, slowly; (Ff. "safely");
IV. iv. 8.

SOFT YOU NOW, hush, be quiet;
III. i. 88.

SOIL, stain; I. iv. 20.

SOLE, only; III. iii. 77.

SOLICITED, urged, moved; V. ii.
380.

SOMETHING, somewhat; (Ff.
"somewhat"); I. iii. 121.
SOMETIMES, formerly; I. i. 49.
SORT, associate; II. ii. 280.
turn out; I. i. 109.
SOVEREIGNTY; "your s. of reason,'
the command of your reason;
I. iv. 73.

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SPLENITIVE, passionate, impetu-
ous; V. i. 293.

SPRINGES, snares; I. iii. 115.
SPURNS, kicks; IV. v. 6.

STAND ME UPON, be incumbent on
me; V. ii. 63.

STAR, Sphere; II. ii. 143.
STATION, attitude in standing;
III. iv. 58.

STATISTS, statesman; V. ii. 33.
STATUTES, "particular modes of
recognizance or acknowledg-
ment for securing debts, which
thereby become a charge upon
the party's land" (Ritson); V.
i. 118.

STAY, wait for; V. ii. 24.
STAY'D, waited; I. iii. 57.
STAYS, waits for me; III. iii.
95.

STAY UPON, await; III. ii. 117.
STICK FIERY OFF, "stand in bril-

liant relief"; V. ii. 279.
STIFFLY, strongly; I. v. 95.
STILL, always; I. i. 122.
STITHY, Smithy; (F. 1, "Stythe";
(Ff. 2, 3, 4, "Styth"; Theobald,
"Smithy"); III. ii. 93.
STOMACH, courage; I. i. 100.
STOUP, drinking cup; V. i. 69.
STRAIGHT, Straightway; II. ii. 467.
STRANGER; "as a s.", i. e. without
doubt or question; I. v. 165.
STREWMENTS, strewing of flowers

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SUPPLY, aiding; II. ii. 24. SUPPOSAL, opinion; I. ii. 18. SWADDLING CLOUTS, swaddling clothes; (Ff. "swathing"); II. ii. 414.

SWEET, Sweetheart; III. ii. 240. SWINISH; "with s. phrase," by calling us swine; (a pun on "Sweyn" has been found in the phrase); I. iv. 19. SWITZERS, Swiss guards; "Swissers"); IV. v. 97. SWOOPSTAKE, sweepstake; (the term is taken from a game of cards, the winner sweeping or drawing the whole stake); IV.

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'SWOUNDS, a corruption of God's wounds; an oath; II. ii. 625. SWOUNDS, SWoons, faints; (Qq. 25, Ff. 1, 2, "sounds"); V. ii. 330.

TABLE, tablet; I. v. 98.

TABLES, tablets, memorandumbook; I. v. 107.

TAINTS, stains, blemishes; II. i. 32.

TAKE ARMS AGAINST A SEA; an allusion to a custom attributed to the Kelts by Aristotle, Strabo, and other writers; "they throw themselves into the foaming floods with their swords drawn in their hands," etc. (Fleming's trans. of Aelian's Histories, 1576); III. i. 59.

TAKES, affects, enchants; (Ff. 1, 2, "talkes"; Ff. 3, 4, "talks"); I. i. 163.

TAKE YOU, pretend; II. i. 13.
TARDY; "come t. off," being too
feebly shown; III. ii. 31.
TARRE, incite; II. ii. 380.
TAX'D, censured; I. iv. 18.
TELL, Count; I. ii. 238.
TEMPER'D, compounded; (Ff.
"temp'red"); V. ii. 350.

TEMPLE, (applied to the body);
I. iii. 12.

TEND, wait; IV. iii. 50.

TENDER, regard, have a care for; I. iii. 107.

TENDERS, promises; I. iii. 106. TENT, probe; II. ii. 647. TERMAGANT, a common character in the mystery-plays, represented as a most violent tyrant; often referred to in association with Mahoun, and seemingly as a Saracen god; III. ii. 17.

TETTER, a diseased thickening of the skin; I. v. 71.

THAT, that which; II. ii. 7.

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TOILS, makes to toil; I. i. 72.

Too TOO, (used with intensive force); I. ii. 129.

TOPP'D, overtopped, surpassed. (Ff. "past"); IV. vii. 89. TOUCH'D, implicated; IV. v. 210. TOWARD, forthcoming, at hand; I. i. 77.

TOY IN BLOOD, a passing fancy; I. iii. 6.

Toys, fancies; I. iv. 75.
TRACE, follow; V. ii. 127.
TRADE, business; III. ii. 358
TRANSLATE, transform, change;
III. i. 114.

TRAVEL, stroll, go on tour in the provinces (used technically); II. ii. 353.

TRICK, toy, trifle; IV. iv. 61; faculty, skill; V. i. 101; habit; IV. vii. 189.

TRICK'D, adorned; a term of heraldry; II. ii. 497.

TRISTFUL, Sorrowful; III. iv. 50. TROPICALLY, figuratively; III. ii. 253.

TRUANT, idler; I. ii. 173.
TRUANT, roving; I. ii. 169.
TRUE-PENNY, honest fellow; I. v.
150.

TRUMPET, trumpeter; I. i. 150.
TRUSTER, believer; I. ii. 172.
TURN TURK, change utterly for
the worse; (a proverbial
phrase); III. ii. 295.

TWELVE FOR NINE; this phrase, according to the context, must mean "twelve to nine," i. e. twelve on one side, to nine on the other; V. ii. 179. TYRANNICALLY, enthusiastically, vehemently; II. ii. 366.

UMBRAGE, shadow; V. ii. 128. UNANELED, not having received extreme unction; I. v. 77. UNBATED, not blunted, without a button fixed to the end; IV. vii. 139.

UNBRACED, unfastened; II. i. 78. UNCHARGE, not charge, not accuse; IV. vii. 68.

UNDERGO, bear, endure; I. iv. 34. UNEFFECTUAL; "u. fire;" i. e. in

effectual, being "lost in the light of the morning"; I. v. 90. UNEQUAL, unequally; II. ii. 510. UNGALLED, unhurt; III. ii. 291. UNGORED, unwounded; V. ii. 272. UNGRACIOUS, graceless; I. iii. 47.

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UNLIMITED; "poem u.", i. e. (probably regardless of the Unities of Time and Place; II. ii. 432.

UNMASTER'D, unbridled; I. iii. 32. UNPREGNANT, unapt, indifferent to; II. ii. 616.

UNPREVAILING, unavailing, useless; I. ii. 107.

UNPROPORTION'D, unsuitable; I. iii. 60.

UNRECLAIMED, untamed, wild; II. i. 34.

UNSHAPED, confused; IV. v. 8. UNSIFTED, untried; I. iii. 102. UNSINEW'D, weak; IV. vii. 10. UNSURE, insecure; IV. iv. 51. UNVALUED, low born, mean; I. iii. 19.

UNWRUNG, not wrenched, ungalled; III. ii. 260. UNYOKE, your day's work is done; V. i. 60.

Up, “drink u.” (used with intensive force); V. i. 308. UPON; 'u. your hour,' i. e. on the stroke of, just at your hour; I. i. 6.

UPON MY SWORD, i. e. Swear upon my sword, (the hilt being in form of a cross); I. v. 147. UPSHOT, conclusion; V. ii. 406. UP-SPRING, the wildest dance at the old German merry-makings; I. iv. 9.

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VARIABLE, various; IV. iii. 26. VAST, void; (so Q. 1; Q. 2, F. 1, 'wast'; Ff. 2, 3, 4, 'waste'); I. ii. 198.

VENTAGES, holes of the recorder; III. ii. 386.

VICE OF KINGS, buffoon, clown of a king; alluding to the Vice, the comic character, of the old morality plays; III. iv. 98. VIDELICET, that is to say, namely; II. i. 61.

VIGOR; "sudden v.", rapid power; I. v. 68.

VIOLET, emblem of faithfulness; IV. v. 187.

VIRTUE, power; IV. v. 157. VISITATION, Visit; II. ii. 25. VOICE, vote, opinion; V. ii. 271. VOUCHERS; "double v., his recoveries," "a recovery with double voucher is the one usually suffered, and is so denominated from two persons (the latter of whom is always the common cryer, or some such inferior person) being successively vouched, or called upon, to warrant the tenant's title" (Ritson); V. i. 119.

WAG, move; III. iv. 39.

WAKE, hold nightly revel; I. iv. 8. WANDERING STARS, planets; V. i. 288.

WANN'D, turned pale; II. ii. 601. WANTON; effeminate weakling; V. ii. 321.

-, wantonly; III. iv. 183. WANTONNESS, affectation; III. i.

154.

WARRANTY, warrant; V. i. 259.
WASH, Sea; III. ii. 171.
WASSAIL, carousal, drinking bout;
I. iv. 9.

WATCH, state of sleeplessness;
II. ii. 150.
WATER-FLY (applied to Osric);
"a water-fly skips up and
down upon the surface of the
water without any apparent
purpose or reason, and is
thence the proper emblem of
a busy trifler" (Johnson); V.
ii. 84.

WAVES, beckons; (Ff. "wafts"); I. iv. 68.

WE; "and we," used loosely after conjunction instead of accusation of regard, i. e. “as for us;" I. iv. 54.

WEEDS, robes; IV. vii. 81. WELL-TOOK, well undertaken; II. ii. 83.

WHARF, bank; I. v. 33. WHAT, who; IV. vi. 1. WHEEL, the burden or refrain of a song, (or, perhaps, the spinning-wheel to which it may be sung); IV. v. 174. WHETHER, (monosyllabic); II. ii.

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WHICH, Who; IV. vii. 4. WHOLESOME, reasonable, sensible; III. ii. 339.

WILDNESS, madness; III. i. 40. WILL; "virtue of his will," i. e.

his virtuous intention; I. iii. 16. WIND; "to recover the w. of me,"

a hunting term, meaning to get to windward of the game, so

that it may not scent the toil or its pursuers; III. ii. 375. WINDLASSES, winding, indirect

ways; II. i. 65. WINKING; "given my heart a w.", closed the eyes of my heart; (Qq. 2-5, "working"); II. ii. 139.

WINNOWED, (vide "Fond").
WIT, wisdom; II. ii. 90.
WITHAL, with; I. iii. 28.
WITHDRAW; "to w. with you,” “to

speak a word in private with you" (Schmidt); III. ii. 373. WITHERS, the part between the shoulder-blades of a horse; III. ii. 260.

WITHIN'S, within this; III. ii. 140. WITTENBERG, the University of Wittenberg (founded 1502); I. ii. 113. WONDER-WOUNDED,

struck with

surprise; V. i. 289. WOODCOCKS, birds supposed to be brainless; hence proverbial use; I. i. 115.

Woo'T, contraction of wouldst thou; V. i. 307.

WORD, watch-word; I. v. 110. WORLDS; "both the w.", this

world and the next; IV. v. 136. WOULD, wish; I. ii. 235. WOUNDLESS, invulnerable; IV. i. 44.

WRECK, ruin; II. i. 113.

WRETCH, here used as a term of endearment; II. ii. 169. WRIT; "law of w. and liberty," probably a reference to the plays written with or without decorum, i. e. the supposed canons of dramatic art,= "classical" and "romantic" plays; (according to some, "adhering to the text or extem

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