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ENDAMAGE, injure; ii. 1. 77. ENRANK, place in order, battle array; i. 1. 115.

ENTERTAIN, maintain, keep; v. 4. 175.

ESPIALS, spies (an espial is one who espies, or spies); i. 4. 8. EXEMPT, cut off, excluded from; ii. 4, 93.

EXEQUIES, obsequies, funeral rites; iii. 2. 133.

EXIGENT, extremity, end (Vaughan has "exeunt "); ii. 5.9.

EXPULSED, expelled; iii. 3. 25. EXTIRPED, extirpated (see Measure for Measure, iii. 2. 95); iii. 3. 24.

EXTREMES, "most extremes,"

greatest extremities of danger (Hanmer reads "worst extremes"); iv. 1. 38.

to their former misfortunes; i. 2. 19.

FORTH, forth from, from out; i.
2.54.

FORTUNE, fate; iv. 4. 39.
FRANCE HIS SWORD, France's
sword; that is, the sword of
the King of France; iv. 6. 3.
FROISSART; born 1337, died 1410;
a celebrated French chronicler,
his great work being Chro-
nique de France, d'Angleterre,
d'Ecosse, et d'Espagne, which
was among the first books to
be printed; i. 2. 29.

GIGLOT, wanton (the adjective is also found in Cymbeline, iii. 1. 31, and the noun in Measure for Measure, v. 1. 345, where it is spelled "giglets "); iv. 7. 41. GIMMORS, gimcracks, any curious mechanism or contrivances; i. 2. 41.

FACE, put on a false face, or act the hypocrite; v. 3. 142. FAMILIAR, familiar spirit; iii. 2. GIRD, invest (the Folio has

122.

FANCY, love; v. 3. 91.

FASHION; Pope here reads “pas-
sion," and Theobald, "fac-
tion;" if fashion be the right
reading, then it might mean,
"I scorn thee, and all like
thee,"
all of thy fashion; ii.
4. 76.

GIRD, rebuke; iii. 1. 131.

"gyrt "); iii. 1. 171.

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GLEEKS; "Charles his gleeks; ' that is, Charles's mocks or scoffs; iii. 2. 123.

GLOSS, specious appearance; iv. 1. 103.

GOLIASES, Goliaths; i. 2. 33. GRAVE, dignified (Collier reads "brave "); v. 1. 54.

FEATURE, form, shape; v. 5. GRISLY, grim, terrible; i. 4. 47.

68.

FLESH, imbrue; iv. 7. 36.

FLOWER DE LUCES, the white
lilies, the emblem of France;
i. 1. 80.

FOND, foolish; ii. 3. 45.
FOOT-BOYS, lackeys; iii. 2. 69.
FORGED, Counterfeit; iv. 1. 102.
FORLORN, apparently referring

GUARDANT, guard, sentinel; iv.

7.9.

HALCYON DAYS (the Folio reads "Halcyons days"); calm days; halcyon is the old name of the King-fisher. In Holland's Pliny (book x. chap. 32) occurs the following illustrative passage:

"They [the King-fishers] lay | INKHORN mate, bookman, book

and sit about mid-winter when days be shortest; and the times whiles they are brooding is called Halcyon days, for during that season the sea is calm and navigable, especially on the coast of Sicily;" i. 2. 131. HAND; "out of hand;" that is, directly, at once; iii. 2. 102. HAUGHTY, high-spirited, adventurous; ii. 5. 79; iii. 3. 78; iv. 1. 35.

HAVE WITH THEE, I'll go with you; ii. 4. 114.

HEAD; "gather'd head; " that

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is, have collected an armed JUGGLING (trisyllabic); v. 4. 68. force; i. 4. 100.

HEART-BLOOD = heart's blood; KINDLY, appropriate, suitable; 1. 3. 82.

HEAVENS; "Hung be the heavens with black;" heavens was the technical word applied to the upper part of the stage, which was overhung with black when a tragedy was enacted; i. 1. 1. HIS; "his beams;" its beams; i. 1. 10. HUNGRY-STARVED, starved with hunger (see 3 Henry VI. i. 4. 5, where it is "hunger-starved; the Folio here reads "hungry," but Rowe, "hunger"); i. 5. 16.

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ICARUS, the son of Dædalus,

"sire of Crete," who, attempting to follow his father's example and fly on wings, was drowned in the sea; iv. 6. 55, 7. 16.

IMMANITY, ferocity (immanity is from the Latin immanitas monstrousness, enormity, savageness, etc.); v. 1. 13.

iii. 1. 131.

LATTER, last (Pope reads “latest"); ii. 5. 38.

LIE, dwell; iii. 2. 129. LIFT, lifted (old form of past tense); i. 1. 16.

LIKE; "like me"= liken, compare me (see 2 Henry IV. ii. 1. 86); iv. 6. 48. LINSTOCK (in the stage-direction), a stick to hold the gunner's match; i. 4. 56. LITHER, soft, pliant; iv. 7. 21. LOADEN, laden; ii. 1. 80. 'LONG OF, because of; iv. 3. 33. LOWLY, brought low, lying low (Warburton reads "lovely," but the next line would appear to bear out Johnson's definition of "lowly babe" as "the babe lying low in death"); iii. 3. 47. LowTED, treated as a lout, made a fool of (Grey reads "flouted;" Vaughan, "letted"); iv. 3. 13.

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MACHIAVEL (Machiavelli), used | MULETERS, mule-drivers (Rowe proverbially for a crafty politi

cian; v. 4. 74. MALICE;"Will not this malice be left?" that is, will not this enmity and ill-will between the two factions cease; iv. 1. 108.

MANIFEST, obvious, evident; i. 3. 33.

MEAN, moderation, medium (there is a play on mean in the next line); i. 2. 121. MEAN, means, instrument; iii.

2. 10.

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METHOD; "the method of my pen; that is, the order in which I wrote it down (Vaughan reads "rehearse them off my pen "); iii. 1. 13. MICKLE, great, much (Theobald reads "milky "); iv. 6. 35. MINOTAURS, alluding to the fabled monster in the Cretan Labyrinth whom Theseus slew; v. 3. 189.

MISCARRY, be lost, die; iv. 3. 16. MISCONCEIVED! misjudging,

mistaken ones (Capell reads "misconceivers "); v. 4. 49. MISER, used in its radical but obsolete sense of miserable wretch; v. 4. 7.

MONARCH OF THE NORTH, Lucifer (as in Milton), or perhaps the devil Zimimar, mentioned by Reginald Scot (Discoverie of Witchcraft) as "the king of the north; Johnson says "the north was always supposed to be the particular habitation of bad spirits;" v. 3. 6. MORTALITY, death; iv. 5. 32. MOTION, Offer, proposal; v. 1. 7. MOUTH, bark, bay; ii. 4. 12.

reads "muleteers "); iii. 2. 68. MUNITION, ammunition; i. 1. 168.

MUSE, marvel, wonder; ii. 2. 19.

NEGLECTION, neglect; iv. 3. 49. NEPHEW, used loosely for cousin (Rowe reads "cousin"); ii. 5. 64.

NESTOR - LIKE, that is, like Nestor, the oldest and wisest hero before Troy; ii. 5. 6.

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NOBLE, a gold coin of the value of six shillings and eight pence (the Shepherd misunderstands Pucelle's use of "noble" in the preceding line); v. 4. 23. NOURISH (so the Folio), probably = nurse (often spelt "norice," or "nurice" in older English); Theo bald conjectured "nourice," the French spelling. Steevens states that a stew, in which fish are preserved, was anciently called a "nourish." Pope reads "marish," the older form of marsh); i. 1. 50.

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OBJECTED; "well objected' = well proposed (objected is here used in its radical sense of thrown out, put before); ii. 4. 43.

OBLOQUY, disgrace; ii. 5. 49. OBSTACLE; Johnson says this is "a vulgar corruption of obstinate, which has oddly lasted since our author's time till now (Walker reads "obstinate"); v. 4. 17.

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OLIVERS AND ROWLANDS; Warburton says this is an allusion to the two most famous of

Charlemagne's twelve peers; i. 2. 30. ORDER; "take some order," make the necessary dispositions, take measures; iii. 2. 126.

"From the custom of planting sharp staves in the ground against the hostile horse came the signification of marshalling, arranging in a military sense;" iii. 1. 103.

ORDNANCE, a small gun or can- | PITHLESS, nerveless, strength

non; i. 4. 15.

OTHERWHILES, at other times (not used elsewhere by Shakespeare); i. 2. 7.

less; ii. 5. 11.

PLATFORMS, plans, schemes (a primitive but obsolete use of the word); ii. 1. 77.

OVERPEER, look down on; i. 4. PLAY'D, play the part; i. 6. 16.

11.

PACKING; "be packing;'
" that
is, go away, make haste (a
phrase still often heard in
New England in this sense);
iv. 1. 46.

POST, hasten, speed; v. 5. 87. PRACTISANTS, confederates, fellow plotters (Hanmer reads "partizans "); iii. 2. 20. PRACTISE, contrive, plot; ii. 1. 25. PREFERR'D, presented; iii. 1. 10. PARTAKER, confederate; ii. 4. PRESENTLY, immediately; i. 2. 100.

149.

reads "Portend "); iv. 1. 54. PREVENTED, anticipated; iv. 1.

71.

PARTIES, parts, sides (Pope reads PRETEND, mean, indicate (Rowe "parts"); v. 2. 12. PARTY, part, side; ii. 4. 32. PATRONAGE, maintain, make good (used nowhere else by Shakespeare); iii. 1. 48, 4. 32. PEEL'D, shaven (the Folio reading is "Piel'd;' " Collier reads "Pill'd"); i. 3. 30.

PRODITOR, traitor, betrayer, a
faithless revealer of secrets (a
Latin word); i. 3. 31.
PROPER, handsome, comely; v.
3. 37.

PUZZEL, drab, hussy; i. 4. 107. PYRAMIS, pyramid (Rowe reads "pyramid "); i. 6. 21.

PEEVISH, Silly, childish; ii. 4. PURBLIND, half blind; ii. 4. 21. 76. PURSUIVANTs, forerunners, herPENDRAGON, the father of King alds; ii. 5. 5. Arthur; Pendragon is from pen head (in Welsh) and dragon = leader, and was a title anciently conferred on British chiefs; iii. 2. 95. PERIAPTS, amulets, charms; v. 3.2.

PERIOD, end; iv. 2. 17.

PERUSE, scan, examine; iv. 2.

43.

PITCH, height; ii. 3. 55.

QUAINT, crafty, artful (an obso-
lete sense); iv. 1. 102.
QUELL, destroy; i. 1. 163.
QUI EST LÀ (Malone's emenda-
tion of "Che la " of the Folio;
Rowe reads "Qui va là?"); iii.
2. 13.

PITCH A FIELD; Schmidt says: QUILLETS, tricks in argument,

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RASCAL-LIKE, like lean and worthless deer (the Century Dictionary says: "In hunting, [a rascal was] a refuse or despicable beast . . . unfit to chase or to kill, on account of ignoble quality or lean condition "); iv. 2. 49.

REFLEX, let shine, reflect (Warburton reads "reflect "); v. 4. 87.

REGARD; "your regard;" that is, care for your own safety; iv. 5. 22. REGUERDON, reward (see iii. 4. 23, for the use of the verb); iii. 1. 170.

REMORSE, pity (the most common meaning in Shakespeare); v. 4. 97.

REPUGN, oppose (from the Latin repugno, to fight back, resist); | iv. 1. 94.

RESOLVED, Convinced, satisfied; iii. 4. 20.

RESTS, remains; 1. 3.70; ii. 1. 75. | RESOLVE ON, be assured of; i. 2. 91.

RIVE, discharge (Mason suggests

that rive is here used because "a cannon, when fired, has so much the appearance of bursting;" Johnson reads "drive"); iv. 2. 29.

RUIN, fall (see TENDERING); iv. 7. 10.

SAINT DENIS, the patron saint of France; i. 6. 28.

SCRUPLE, doubtful perplexity;

v. 3. 93.

SECURE, unsuspecting, confident; ii. 1. 11. SHOT, shooters, marksmen (see Henry VIII. v. 4. 53); i. 4. 53.

SIRRAH, an appellation addressed to inferior persons; iii. 1. 62. SMEAR'D; "smear'd with captivity;" that is, says Johnson, "stain'd and dishonoured with [by] captivity;" iv. 7. 3. SOLICIT, rouse, stir up (from the Latin sollus whole, and citus, cière to excite); v. 3. 190. SORT, choose, select (see Romeo and Juliet, iv. 2. 34); ii. 3.

27.

iv.

SPLEEN, ardour, impetuosity; 6. 13. STAND, withstand, resist; i. 1. 123.

STERN; "sit at chiefest stern;" that is, at the highest position of management and direction; i. 1. 177.

STILL; "still motions; " that is, continually moves and excites to; i. 3. 63. STOMACHS, angry tempers; i. 3. 89; iv. 1. 141. SUBSCRIBE, submit, yield; ii. 4

44. SWART, swarthy, dark-complexioned; i. 2. 84.

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