A' he; I. i. 68.

ABSEY BOOK, i. e. A B C book; a primer, which sometimes included a catechism; I. i. 196. ABSTRACT, epitome, summary; II.

i. 101.

ADJUNCT, consequent; III. iii. 57.

ADVANTAGE, profit, interest; III. iii. 22.

ADVERSE, inimicable, hostile; IV. ii. 172.

ADVICE, deliberate consideration; III. iv. 11.

ADVISED, "well a.," considerate;
III. i. 5.

AERY, eagle's brood; V. ii. 149.
AFFECTETH, resembleth; I. i. 86.
AFFECTIONS, passions, feelings;
V. ii. 41.
AFFLICTION, afflicted one; III. iv.
36.

to

AIM; "cry a."; an expression borrowed from archery: encourage the archers by crying out aim, when they were about to shoot, and then in a general sense to applaud, to encourage with cheers; II. i. 196.

AIRY, dwelling in the air; III. ii. 2.

AMAZED, bewildered; IV. ii. 137. AN; "an if"; an used to em

phasize if; I. i. 138.

ANATOMY, skeleton; III. iv. 40. ANGEL; a gold coin of the value

of ten shillings, with the figure of Michael and the dragon; II. i. 590; III. iii. 8; play upon "angel" and "noble" (value six shillings and eightpence); V. ii. 64.

ANGERLY, angrily; IV. i. 82. ANGIERS, Angers, the capital of Anjou; II. i. 1.

ANSWER, face; V. vii. 60. ANSWER'D, atoned; IV. ii. 89. APPARENT, plain, evident; IV. ii. 93.

ARMADO, fleet of war-ships; III. iv. 2.

ARMS, heraldic device; IV. iii. 47.

ARMS, "in arms," armed; III. i. 102; in embracement; III. i. 103. ARRAS, embroidered hangings which covered the walls; IV. i. 2.

ARTICLES, particular items in a writing or discourse; II. i. 111.

ARTIFICER, artisan; IV. ii. 201.
ASPECT, look, air; IV. ii. 72.
ASSURED, betrothed; II. i. 535.
AT by; V. ii. 75.
ATE (Folios, "Ace"), Goddess of
Mischief; II. i. 63.
AVAUNT, exclamation of con-

tempt or abhorrence, away! be-
gone! IV. iii. 77.

AWELESS, unawed, fearless; I. i. 266.

BECOME, adorn, grace; V. i. 55. BEDLAM, lunatic; II. i. 183. BEGUILED, cheated; III. i. 99. BEHALF; "in right and true b.," on behalf of the rightful and true claim; I. i. 7. BEHAVIOR, "in my b.," i

в. "in the tone and character which I here assume"; I. i. 3. BEHOLDING, beholden; I. i. 239. BELDAMS, old women, hags; used contemptuously; IV. ii. 185. BENT, directed, pointed; II. i. 37.

BEQUEATH, transfer; V. vii. 104. BESHREW MY SOUL, a mild oath; V. iv. 49.

BETIME, quickly, before it is too late; IV. iii. 98.

BETTERS, superiors in rank; I. i. 156.

BIAS, that which draws in a particular direction, preponderant activity; originally the weight of lead let into one side of a bowl in order to make it turn towards that side; II. i. 574. BLOOD, "lusty blood," hasty, impetuous spirit; II. i. 461. BLOOD; "true b.," blood of the rightful heir; III. iv. 147. BLOODS, men of mettle; II. i. 278. BLOTS, disfigurements; III. i. 45. BOISTEROUS, rude, violent; IV. i. 95.

BORROWED, false, counterfeit; I. i. 4.

BOTTOMS, ships; II. i. 73.

BOUGHT AND SOLD, betrayed; V. iv. 10.

BOUNDS, boundaries; III. i. 23. BRABBLER, quarreler, noisy fellow; V. ii. 162.

BRAVE, bravado, defiant speech; V. ii. 159.

BRAVE, defy; V. i. 70. BREATHES, takes breath; III. ii. 4.

BRIEF, short document; a legal term; II. i. 103.

BRIEF IN HAND, speedily to be
dispatched; IV. iii. 158.
BROKE OUT, escaped; V. vi. 24.
BROKE WITH, opened my heart,
communicated; IV. ii. 227.
BROKER, agent; II. i. 568.
BROWS, walls (used figuratively);
II. i. 38.

Buss, kiss; III. iv. 35.

BUT, except; III. i. 92; but that; IV. i. 128; "but now"=just now; V. vii. 66.

BY THIS LIGHT, a mild oath; I. i. 259..

CALF'S-SKIN, a coat made of

calf's-skin; the distinguishing garment of a fool; III. i. 129. CALL, a cry to entice birds to return; III. iv. 174.

CANKER, Corroding evil; V. ii. 14. CANKER'D, Venomous, wicked; II. i. 194.

CAPABLE OF, Susceptible to; III.

i. 12.

CENSURED, judged; II. i. 328. CHAFED (the Folios "cased"; Theobald's emendation), enraged; III. i. 259. "CHAMPION OF OUR CHURCH"; "the King of France was

styled the Eldest son of the Church and the Most Christian King"; III. i. 267.

CHAPS, jaws, the mouth; II. i.

352.

CHASTISED, Severely punished; V. ii. 84.

CHATILLON (Chatillion, in the Folios), quadrisyllabic; I. i. 30. CHECK, Control; an allusion to the game of chess; "the Queen of the chessboard was, in this country, invested with those remarkable powers that render her by far the most powerful piece in the game, somewhere about the second decade of the 16th century" (Staunton); II. i. 123. CHRISTENDOM, tianity; IV. i. 16. CHURLISH, rough, rude; II. i. 76; niggardly; II. i. 519. CINCTURE (Pope's reading; Folios "center," perhaps French ceinture), girdle; IV. iii. 155. CIRCUMSTANCE, details; II. i. 77.

baptism, Chris

CLAP UP, join hands to ratify a compact; III. i. 235. CLEARLY, completely; V. v. 7. CLIMATE, region of the sky; II. i. 344.

CLIPPETH ABOUT, embraceth; V. ii. 34.

CLOSE, Secret; IV. ii. 72.
CLOSELY, Secretly; IV. i. 133.
CLOSET, private apartment; IV.
ii. 267.

CLOUTS; "a babe of c.," a doll

made of pieces of cloth, a rag-
doll; III. iv. 58.

CLUTCH, shut close; II. i. 589.
COCKER'D, pampered; V. i. 70.
COIL, ado, turmoil; II. i. 165.

COLBRAND THE GIANT; a famous legendary giant, overthrown by Guy of Warwick before King Athelstan at Winchester (cp. Ballad of Guy and Colebrande, in Percy's Reliques); I. i. 225.

COLDLY, calmly, tranquilly; II. i.

53.

COMMANDMENT ON, command of,
over; IV. ii. 92.
COMMODITY, profit, self-interest;
II. i. 573.

COMPANIES company; IV. ii.

167.

COMPOSITION, compact; II. i. 561. COMPOUND, agree, settle; II. i. 281. COMPULSION, compelling circumstances; V. ii. 44.

CONCEIT, mental faculty, intelligence; III. iii. 50.

CONCLUDES, Settles the matter; I. i. 127.

CONDUCT, escort, guard; I. i. 29. CONFOUNDED, destroyed; V. vii. 58.

CONFUSION, ruin, overthrow; II. i. 359.

CONJURE, Solemnly enjoin; IV. ii. 269. CONSEQUENTLY, accordingly; IV. ii. 240.

CONTEMN'D, despised; V. ii. 13. CONTROL, Constraint; I. i. 17. CONTROLMENT, compulsion; I. i. 20.

CONVERSION, change to superior rank; I. i. 189.

CONVERTITE, convert; V. i. 19. CONVICTED, defeated, overpowered; III. iv. 2.

Coops, shuts up (for protection); II. i. 25.

CORRUPTIBLY, causing corruption; V. vii. 2.

COUNTRIES; "man of c.," traveler; I. i. 193.

COUSIN, any kinsman or kinswoman not nearly related; III. i. 339. COVETOUSNESS, eagerness, desire; IV. ii. 29.

CRACKER, blusterer, braggart; II. i. 147.

CREATE, created; IV. i. 107. CROSS'D, thwarted; III. i. 91. CULL, choose out, select; II. i. 40.

CUSTOMED, accustomed, customary, common; III. iv. 155.

DEAD NEWS, news of death; V. vii. 65.

DEAFS deafens; II. i. 147.
DEALT, acted; V. ii. 121.
DEAR; "my d. offense," "the of-
fense which has cost me dear";
I. i. 257.

DEFY, despise, renounce; III. iv.

23.

DEPARTED, parted; II. i. 563.
DEVICE, "cut and ornaments of
a garment"; I. i. 210.
DIM, "wanting the fresh aspect

of life and health"; III. iv. 85. DISALLOW OF, refuse; I. i. 16. DISCONTENTS, discontented spirits; IV. iii. 151.

DISHABITED, dislodged; II. i. 220. DISPITEOUS, pitiless; IV. i. 34. DISPOSE, disposal; I. i. 263. DISPOSED, managed, arranged; III. iv. 11.

DISTEMPER'D, disturbed by the elements; III. iv. 154; angry, ill-humored; IV. iii. 21. DOFF, take off; III. i. 128. DOGGED, cruel; IV. i. 129; IV. iii. 149. DOMINATIONS, dominion, sovereign power; II. i. 176.

DOUBT, suspect, fear; IV. i. 19. DOUBTLESS, free from fear; IV. i. 130.

DOWN-TRODDEN, trampled to the ground; II. i. 241.

DRAW, draw out, lengthen; II. i. 103.

DRAWN, drawn together; IV. ii. 118.

DREW, levied; V. ii. 113. DUNGHILL; a term of contempt for a person meanly born "dunghill cur"); IV. iii. 87. DUST, “a d.," a particle of dust; IV. i. 93.

EAT, eaten; I. i. 234.

EFFECT, import, tenor; IV. i. 38. EMBASSY, message entrusted to an ambassador; I. i. 6; I. i. 22. EMBATTAILED, drawn up in battle order; IV. ii. 200. EMBOUNDED, enclosed; IV. iii.

137.

ENDAMAGEMENT, injury, harm; II. i. 209.

ENFORCED, compelled; V. ii. 30. ENFRANCHISEMENT, release from

prison, deliverance; IV. ii. 52. EQUITY, justice; II. i. 241. EVEN, exactly, just; III. i. 233. EXCOMMUNICATE excommunicated; III. i. 173.

EXERCISE; "good exercise," education befitting a noble youth; IV. ii. 60.

EXHALATION, meteor; III. iv. 153.

EXPEDIENT, expeditious, quick; II. i. 60.

EXPIRE, come to an end, cease; V. iv. 36.

EXTREMES, acts of cruelty; IV. i. 108.

FAIR, clearly, distinctly; IV. i. 37.