GLOSSARY KING HENRY VIII = ABHOR; "I utterly abhor, yea, | ARROGANCY, arrogance; ii. 4. Refuse you for my judge;' "" 110. Blackstone says that abhor As; " as they grew together" and refuse are technical terms as if they grew together; i. 1. of the canon law [White, how- 10. ever, says "it is far from prob- ASHER- HOUSE; Asher was the able that Shakespeare meant old spelling of Esher, a place to use them technically"]; ii. near Hampton Court [As Wol4. 81. sey was himself Bishop of Winchester, Malone thinks that Shakespeare meant, by "my Lord of Winchester's," to say, "You must confine yourself to that house which you possess as Bishop of Winchester"]; iii. 2.231. ABODED= foreboded; i. 1. 93. AFTER, afterwards; iii. 2. 202. 152. ALLEGIANT, loyal; iii. 2. 176. i. 1. 124. APPROVE, confirm (the Collier word in New England; a bait is a bite or a nip]; v. 4. 78. BANQUET, dessert; "running banquet;" that is, hasty refreshment (used here figuratively); i. 4. 12. BAR, prevent; iii. 2. 17. BEHOLDING = beholden [beholding for beholden is not uncommon in modern times, and though generally regarded as a sign of lack of culture, it has Shakespearian authority]; i. 4. 41. BENEFICIAL, beneficent; "beneficial sun; " that is, the king; i. 1. 56. BESHREW ME, a mild [and in Shakespeare a common] oath; ii. 3. 24. BESIDE besides; Prologue, 19. BEVIS, alluding to the old legend of the Saxon hero Bevis, whom William the Conqueror made Earl of Southampton; he was credited with performing incredible deeds of valour; he conquered the giant Ascapard [or Ascabart; see Scott's Lady of the Lake]; i. 1. 38. BEVY, a company of ladies (originally a flock of birds, especially quails); i. 4. 4. BLISTER'D, slashed, puffed [Grant White says: "This word blister'd' describes with picturesque humour the appearance of the slashed breeches, covered as they were with little puffs of satin lining which thrust themselves out through the slashes "]; i. 3.31. BLOW US blow us up; v. 4. 44. BOMBARDS, large leathern ves sels to carry liquors [see BAIT ING; and see Tempest, ii. 2. 21, and 1 Henry IV. ii. 4. 436]; v. 4. 78. BOOK learning; i. 1. 122. BORES undermines, reaches; i. 1. 128. BOSOM UP, treasure up, in mind or heart; i. 1. 112. Bow'D; "a three-pence bow'd;" that is, bent; perhaps alluding to the old custom of ratifying an agreement by a bent coin; or, it may be, merely equivalent to a "worthless coin;" ii. 3.36. BRAZIER, used quibblingly in double sense of (1) a worker in brass, (2) a portable fireplace; v. 4. 38. BROKEN WITH, communicated with, broached the subject to; v. 1. 47. BROOMSTAFF, broom staff's length; v. 4. 52. BY DAY AND NIGHT! an exclamation; an oath [see Hamlet, i. 5. 164, and Lear, i. 3. 4]; i. 2. 213. CAMLET, a light woollen stuff originally made of camel's hair; v. 4. 86. CAPABLE OF; "capable of our flesh; "that is, says Verplanck, "Liable to, or capable of, the weaknesses belonging to flesh and blood;" v. 3. 11. CARRIED; that is, carried out, managed; i. 1. 100. CAUTION= warning; ii. 4. 186. CENSURE = judgment; i. 1. 33. CERTAIN, certainly; ii. 4. 71. CERTES, certainly; i. 1. 48. CHAFED angry, enraged; i. 1. 123. CHALLENGE, the legal right of | COLBRAND, the Danish giant objecting to being tried by a person [we now have the same term in our challenge of a juror]; ii. 4. 77. CHAMBERS (in stage-direction), small cannon discharged on festal occasions; i. 4. 49. CHERUBINS, cherubs [cherubins and cherubin are the forms universally found in the folio; never cherubims or cherubim]; 1. 1. 23. who, according to the old legend, was slain by Sir Guy of Warwick; v. 4. 20. COLD, coldness; iv. 2. 98. COLOUR=pretext; i. 1. 178. COME OFF= get out, escape [the meaning of this speech by Norfolk is, that the cardinal is no longer to be feared, because he is inextricably fixed in the king's displeasure]; iii. 2. 23. COMMENDS = delivers; ii. 3. 61. CHEVERIL, kid-skin, used adjec- COMMISSIONS, warrants; i. 2. 20. tively; ii. 3. 32. CHIDING, sounding or noisy; iii. 2. 197. CHINE, joint of beef; v. 4. 24. CLERKS, clergy [the original, but now obsolete, meaning of the word, from the Latin clericus ... priest]; ii. 2. 89. CLINQUANT, glittering with gold or silver lace [Grant White calls this "a descriptive word, derived from the tinkle or gentle clash of metal ornaments;" clinquant and clink (Middle English clinken) are generically identical]; i. 1. 19, CLOTHARIUS, one of the Merovingian kings of France; taken as a type of antiquity; i. 3. 10. 'CLUBS!' Nares says: "In any public affray, the cry was Clubs! Clubs! by way of calling for persons with clubs to part the combatants; clubs were the weapons of the London apprentices [see 1 Henry VI, i. 3.83]; v. 4. 48. COASTS, creeps along, like a vessel following the windings of the coast; iii. 2. 38. COMPELL'D; "compell'd for tune," fortune thrust upon one, unsought; ii, 3. 87. COMPLETE, accomplished; i. 2. 118. CONCEIT = conception, opinion; ii. 3. 74. CONCEIVE; "Hardly conceive of me" [that is, think hardly of me, have hard thoughts of me]; i. 2. 105. CONCLAVE; "the holy conclave;" that is, the College of Cardinals; ii. 2. 97. CONFEDERACY = conspiracy; i. 2. 3. CONFIDENT; "I am confident;" that is, I am confident of you; or, I have confidence in you; ii. 1. 146. CONJUNCTION; the technical term in astrology for "conjunction " of two planets ["Now, all my joy Trace the conjunction!" that is, may all joy follow the union of these two]; iii. 2. 45. the CONSULTING; "not consulting;" that is, not consulting with one another, but spontaneously; i. 1. 91. CONTRARY = contradictory; iii. DUNSTABLE; that is, Dunstable 2. 26. CONVENTED = convened, summoned; v. 1. 52. COPE; "in the fear to cope;" that is, in the fear of encountering; i. 2. 78. COVENT, convent [covent is the Old English form of convent; Covent Garden, in London, was once a garden belonging to the Convent of Westminster]; iv. 2. 19. Cow; "I would not for a cow, God save her!" [critical objection has been taken to this expression; but Rolfe's edition quotes the phrase, "Oh, I would not do that for a cow, save her tail!"which" is in use to this day in the south of England"]; v. 4. 25. Priory; iv. 1. 27. EASY ROADS easy journeys, easy stages; iv. 2. 17. ELEMENT; "One, certes, that promises no element In such a business " [that is, says Schmidt, "Of whom it would not be expected that he would find his proper sphere in such a business"]; i. 1. 48. EMBALLING, investment with the ball, which was placed in the left hand of the queen (or king) as one of the insignia of royalty used at a coronation [see Henry V. iv. 1. 256, "the balm, the sceptre, and the ball "]; ii. 3. 47. END; "The cardinal is the end of this;" that is, is at the bottom (the cause) of it; ii. 1. 40. ENVY = malice, hatred; ii. 1. 85. EQUAL, impartial; ii. 2. 105. ESTATE, state; ii. 2. 67. "with exclu- EVEN sive right;" i. 3. 34. CURE, curacy; 1. 4. 33. consistent, free from blemish; iii. 1. 37. EVER; "not ever;" that is, not always; v. 1. 129. EXOLAMATION; " or else you suffer Too hard an exclamation;" that is, you suffer from too harsh an outcry against you; i. 2. 52. EXHALATION = meteor, shooting star; iii. 2. 226. DEAR; "So dear in heart"= 80 116. DUE; "carries The due o' the verdict; " that is, carries the right verdict; v. 1. 131. FAIL; "our fail;" that is, our failure of having an heir; i. 2. 145. = "makes died; i. 2. 184. FAINTS; "it faints me me faint; ii. 3. 103. FAITH= · faithfulness, fidelity; ii. 1. 143. |