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(p. 59) to translate the Lat. repetunt.

Reken, to, to reckon.

Renowme, renown. The old spelling is more agreeable to the derivation. Fr. renom. Repriued, reprieved. Retaynoure, retainer.

Reuerende, used (p. 110) as a noun, reverence,' if the spelling be correct. Rewle, rule. Rides.

See p. 219 n. Rounding, used (p. 74) for the mode of cropping the hair of bondmen, 'rownded a lytle aboue the eeres' (p. 68).

Rowme, room, position. St. Luke xiv. 8.

Rubbers, robbers.

Russhe-bucklers. See p. 146 n. Ryffe, rife.

S.

Sad, serious. Lit. sated; and so

heavy, oppressive.

Saffe, safe.

Saintuaries, sanctuaries.
Sauffe. See Saffe. Fr. sauf.
Scasely, scarcely. The r is want-
ing also in the cognate Spanish

escaso.

Sciences, used (p. 140) in the sense of arts.

Sclaunderer, slanderer. Fr. es

clandre, a scandal; Lat. scandalum. The is an interpolation.

Scoupe, scope. Joined (p. 63) with license.' The original idea of 'mark to aim at ' passes into that of space (as in 'scopelaw,' a distance allowed to one

running a race), and so into that of liberty.

Seal, to, to assure by written contract.

Seilie, Sely, Seely, silly, simple, . innocent. Germ. selig, 'blessed'; with which compare the history of the Fr. benêt and the Greek euethes.

Seke (to be to), to be wanting in, to be at a loss.

Selfe (in common use not joined to its pronoun, as 'it selfe.' Sometimes used as a noun, as 'the owne selfe ').

Sene (to be well), in anything, is to be well prepared, skilful in it. Comp. Taming of the Shrew, i. 2: A schoolmaster | well seen in music.'

Separrtion, separation.
Sethe, to, to boil.

Seuerall, separate. Lat. separatus.
For the change of pa to v comp.
Sèvre (the river), from Separis.
Sewere, sure.

Shamefastnes, a sense of what is becoming (p. 177), used to translate Lat. pudor. 'Shamefacedness' is a modern corruption. Trench compares 'rootfast,' 'rockfast,' &c.

Sheathes (p. 179), apparently in the sense of 'outsides,' 'cases.' Comp. Daniel vii. 15, where 'body' is an equivalent for 'sheath.' Sheffe,

sheaf. Shilter, shelter. The i preserves the connexion with 'shield.' Shrewedlye, cursedly, maliciously, and so roughly. Hen. VIII, v. 2: Do my lord of Canterbury a shrewd turn, and he is your friend for ever.' Shyere, shire.

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Sorte (a good), a good number or
quantity. We were set upon |
By a sort of country fellows.'-
Ben Jonson, Tale of a Tub, ii. 2.
Speces, spices. Lat. species.
Spill, to, to spoil, ruin. Halliwell

quotes from MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38: Allas! sche seyde, now am y spylte.'

States, men of high rank, like Estates. St. Mark vi. 21: 'Herod made a supper to his chief estates.'

Streken, stricken.

Stroke (to bear the). See p. 104 m. Stuffe, matter. The Tempest, ii. 1: 'What stuff is this? How say you?'

Lat. sub

Sturre, to, to stir. Stynte, to, to stint. Subiect, placed under. iectus. Subleuation, elevation. Applied (p. xcix) to the latitude of a place measured from the equator.

Suete, suit.

Sueters, suitors.

Surmount, to, to mount up, to swell.

Swing (to bear the), to have the chief influence. Halliwell quotes from Hall: 'Whiche in those quarters bare great swynge.' Comp. also the expression to give full swing to '; and the note on 'bearing the stroke,' p. 104. Sylie. See Seilie.

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beaten path,' from 'tread.' Skeat compares 'trade-wind,' a wind that blows habitually in one direction.

Traditions, rules delivered, or handed down.

Traine, Trayne, contrivance. Halliwell quotes from MS. Cantab. Ff. ii. 38: 'Have slayne Syr Roger be some trayne.' Trauayle, travail, labour. Trime, to, to trim. Trippe, trip, a fault.

Troughewyse, troughwise, like a trough.

Tuition, keeping, guardianship. Comp. Fr. tuteur.

V.

Valiaunt, strong. Fr. vaillant. Vewere, viewer, contemplator. Vielnes, vileness, worthlessness. Vmpier, umpire, arbiter. Vnconuenient, inconvenient, unfitting. Comp. Eph. v. 4: 'Nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient.' Vndoynge, undoing, destruction. Vnhonest, dishonourable. Vnpleasaunt, displeasing, disagreeable.

Vnquiete, to, to disquiet, to disturb.

Vnthyfty (p. 149), a misprint in

the original for 'vnthryfty.' Vntyed, untied, set free. Vnweldye, unwieldly, awkward, unmanageable. Used of impotent persons, and of armour. Vplandishe, rustic, countryfied.

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INDEX

A.

Abraxa, old name of Utopia, xliii,
118; meaning of name, 118 n.
Achoriens, the, 85.

Act of Parliament, on enclosures,
xxxvi.

Adam, of St. Victor, hymn of, 76-7.
Adamus (Ademus), new name of
the 'Prince' in Utopia, 148.
Adultery, 229, 231.
Advertising, abuse of, lxiv.
Aegidius, Petrus. See Giles, Peter.
Agnadello, battle of, xxxii.
Agriculture, carefully taught in
Utopia, 139.
Alaopolitanes, the, 244.

Aldus, Manutius, books printed by,
216; death of, 218 n.
Alphabet, the Utopian, xciv n.;
facsimile of, facing p. xciv.
Alsop, Bernard, lxxiv.

Alternation, of town and country
life, beneficial, lxii, 121.
Amaurote, chief city of Utopia, xxx,
xliv, xlv, 6, 119, 126, 177; origin
of name, 126 n.; described, 127;
council of, 169.
Ambuscades, 260.
Anaxagoras, saying of, 28 n.
Anemolians, the, 177.

Anemolius, poet laureate of Utopia,
xciii.

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