GLOSSARY TO THE LIFE OF KING HENRY V A', he (Rowe reads "he"); ii. 3. 10 et seq. ABOUNDING, rebounding, a bounding (the Quarto has "abundant;" Theobald, bounding "); iv. 3. 104. แล did not," etc.; that is, that they excited no exclamation of surprise; ii. 2. 108. ADVANCE, raise, unfurl their banners, or "signs of war;" ii. 2. 192. ABUTTING, contiguous; Pro- ADVANTAGEABLE, logue, i. 21. geous; v. 2. 88. advanta ACCEPT, declare our acceptance; ADVANTAGES, used here in the V. 2. 82. ACCOMPLISHING; "accomplish- account; Prologue, i. 17. ACHIEVEMENT; "for achievement;" that is, "instead of achieving a victory" (Malone and others explain, "to bring the affair to a conclusion "); iii. 5. 60. ACT; "act of order" = orderly action or working; i. 2. 189. ADDICTION, inclination; i. 1. 54. ADDREST, ready; iii. 3. 58. pecuniary sense of interest, additions; iv. 3. 50. ADVENTURES, risks; iv. 1. 115. ADVICE; "on his more advice;" Johnson explains "on his return to more coolness of mind; " ii. 2. 43. ADVISED; "be advised," consider; i. 2. 251. AFEARD, afraid; iv. 1. 140. AFFIANCE = confidence; Johnson says: "One of the worst consequences of breach of trust is the diminution of that confidence which makes the happiness of life, and the dissemination of [that] suspicion which is the poison of society;" ii. 2. 127. ADMIRATION; "That admiration | AFTER, afterwards; iv. 2. 59. ALL-UNABLE, very weak; Epi- | AVAUNT, away, begone; iii. 2. 19. AWKWARD; Schmidt explains, logue, 1. ALL-WATCHED, spent in watching; Prologue, iv. 38. ANCIENT, ensign; ii. 1. 3. ANNOY, hurt; ii. 2. 102. ANOTHER, the other; i. 2. 113. ANSWER, be ready for battle; ii. 4. 3. ANTICS, buffoons, fools; iii. 2. 30. APACE, quickly; iv. 8. 3. APPEARANCE, sight, visibleness; ii. 2. 76. APPERTINENTS, appurtenances; ii. 2. 87. APPREHENSION, capacity to ap prehend, perception; iii. 7. 132. APPROBATION, attestation, ratification; i. 2. 19. APT, ready; ii. 2. 86. ARBITREMENT, decision; iv. 1. 159. ARGUMENT; "for lack of argument;" that is, for lack of further cause of quarrel; iii. 1. 21; "is argument for them all," is subject to employ them all; iii. 7. 35. ARMOUR, suit of armour; iii. 7. 1, 8. ASSAYS; "hot assays," hostile attacks, incursions; i. 2. 151. As WERE, as though there were; ii. 4. 20. BALLS; Hunter says: "Balls is here used in word-play, implying comparison between eyeballs and cannon-balls;" v. 2. 17. BALM, consecrated oil used for anointing kings; iv. 1. 256. BAR, impediment, exception; i. 2. 35; "Unto this bar and royal interview; " that is, says Johnson, unto this "barrier, place of congress; " v. 2. 27. BARBASON, the name of a fiend; Steevens says: "The unmeaning tumour [bombast] of Pistol's speech very naturally reminds Nym of the sounding nonsense uttered by conjurers;" ii. 1. 52. BARLEY-BROTH, a contemptuous term for beer; iii. 5. 19. BASILISKS, (1) serpents who were supposed to kill by a glance; (2) large cannon; used here in both senses of the word; v. 2. 17. BATE, flap the wings, as the hawk does when, unhooded, she tries to fly at the game (used quibblingly); iii. 7. 109. ATHWART, across; Prologue, BATTLE = army; Prologue, iv. 9. " v. 9. "overbears attaint; ATTAINT; that is, represses the anxiety that wears on him; Prologue, iv. 39. AUNCHIENT LIEUTENANT, Ancient (ensign); Pistol's title according to Fluellen; iii. 6. 12; v. 1. 16. BAWCOOK; Schmidt says this is "a term of endearment, synonymous with chuck, but always masculine; "' iii. 2. 24. BEAVER, Visor of a helmet; iv. 2. 44. BECOME; "long become it," long grace it; i. 2. 8. BEFORE-BREACH, breach com mitted in former time; iv. 1. | BRAVELY; "bravely. 169. BENDING; "Our bending author;" Steevens explains as 66 unequal to the weight of his subject, and bending beneath it; or, he may mean, as in Hamlet (iii. 2. 145), Here stooping [bending] to your clemency';" Epilogue, 2. BEND UP, strain (like a bow); BENT, (1) glance, (2) aim; v. 2. 16. 223. BEST, bravest; iii. 2. 35. BLOOD; "not swerving with the BLOODY = bloodthirsty; ii. 4. 51. BLOODY; "bloody flag;" that is, signal of bloody war; i. 2. 101. BOLTED, sifted, refined; ii. 2. 137. BONNET, covering of the head, cap; iv. 1. 207. set;" that is, making a fine show or BRIM; "brim fulness;" brim is 32. BROKEN MUSIC; W. A. Wright, quoting Chappell (Popular Music of the Olden Time), explains: "Some instruments, such as viols, violins, flutes, etc., were formerly made in sets of four, which, when played together, formed a 'consort.' If one or more of the instruments of one set were substituted for the corresponding ones of another set, the result was no longer a 'consort,' but 'broken music;'" v. 2. 241. BRUISED, battered, dented; Prologue, v. 18. BUBUKLES, a corruption of carbuncles; iii. 6. 99. BOOTLESS, bootlessly, uselessly; BUFFET, exercise or play at box iii. 3. 24. ing; v. 2. 139. BOTTOMS, ships, vessels; Pro- BULLY, here, a brisk, dashing logue, iii. 12. BOUND; "bound my horse; "that fellow, which was one of the meanings of bully in Shakespeare's time; iv. 1. 48. BURNET, the name of an herb (sanguisorba officinalis); v. 2. 49, BUT, used after a strong assever- | CHILDERIC, Frankish king from CHOLER, wrath, anger; iv. 7. 175. CADWALLADER, the last of the CHRISTOM, that is, chrisom, a crown; ii. 1. 123. CAREFUL, full of care; iv. 1. 227. CAREFULLY; 66 more than carefully," Johnson explains as "with more than common care; " ii. 4. 2. CARRY COALS, pocket insults (see Romeo and Juliet, i. 1. 1, "we'll not carry coals," and lines 2 and 3); iii. 2. 45. CASE; "a case of lives;" that is, a pair or set of lives, two lives, or more than one life; iii. 2.3. CASQUES, helmets; Prologue, i. 13. CASTED, cast, cast off; iv. 1. 23. CHACES; chace (or chase) is a term in the game of tennis, signifying a strife on each side "to keep up the ball; " i. 2. 266. CHARGE, load, burden; i. 2. 15. CHEERLY, cheerfully; ii. 2. 192. white vesture put upon the child after baptism, and worn until the mother came to be churched; in the bills of mortality such children as died within the month were called chrisoms; ii. 3. 11. CHUCK, a term of endearment (see BAWCOCK); iii. 2. 24. CLEAR THY CRYSTALS == dry thine eyes (Mrs. Quickly had been weeping at the death of Falstaff); ii. 3. 54. CLOSE, cadence, union; i. 2. 182. COMES O'ER US; that is, reminds us, taunts us; i. 2. 267. COMPANIES, company, companions; i. 1. 55. COMPASSING, obtaining; iv. 1. 290. COMPELLED, enforced, exacted; iii. 6. 105. COMPLEMENT; "in modest |