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And craves no other tribute at thy hands
But love, fair looks and true obedience;
Too little payment for so great a debt.
Such duty as the subject owes the prince
Even such a woman oweth to her husband;
And when she is froward, peevish, sullen, sour,
And not obedient to his honest will,
What is she but a foul contending rebel,
And graceless traitor to her loving lord?
I am ashamed that women are so simple
To offer war where they should kneel for peace;
Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway,
When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Why are our bodies soft and weak and smooth,
Unapt to toil and trouble in the world,
But that our soft conditions and our hearts
Should well agree with our external parts?
Come, come, you froward and unable worms!
My mind hath been as big as one of yours, 170
My heart as great, my reason haply more,

To bandy word for word and frown for frown;
But now I see our lances are but straws,
Our strength as weak, our weakness past com-
pare,

That seeming to be most which we indeed least

are.

Then vail your stomachs, for it is no boot, And place your hands below your husband's foot:

In token of which duty, if he please,

My hand is ready, may it do him ease.

Pet. Why, there's a wench! Come on, and kiss

me, Kate.

180

Luc. Well, go thy ways, old lad; for thou shalt

ha 't.

Vin. 'Tis a good hearing, when children are toward. Luc. But a harsh hearing, when women are froward.

Pet. Come, Kate, we 'll to bed.

We three are married, but you two are sped. 'Twas I won the wager, though you hit the white; [To Lucentio. And, being a winner, God give you good night! [Exeunt Petruchio and Katharina. Hor. Now, go thy ways; thou hast tamed a curst

shrew.

Luc. 'Tis a wonder, by your leave, she will be [Exeunt.

tamed so.

185. "You two are sped"; that is, the fate of you both is decided; for you both have wives who exhibit early proofs of disobedience.— H. N. H.

GLOSSARY

By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A.

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AFFIED, affianced, betrothed; IV. iv. 49.

AGENOR; "the daughter of A.," i. e. "Europa, for whose sake Jupiter translated himself into a bull"; I. i. 173. AGLET-BABY, the tag of a point

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or lace, with a head formed into a small figure; I. ii. 79. AIM'D, guessed; II. i. 240. AL'CE, a contracted form of "Alice"; Induct. ii. 112. "A LITTLE POT, AND SOON HOT,' alluding to the proverb, "a little pot is soon hot"; IV. i. 6. "ALLA NOSTRA CASA BEN VENUTO,' &c., Welcome to our house, my much honored Signior; I. ii. 25-6.

AMORT, dejected; IV. iii. 36.
AN, if; I. i. 132.

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ANCIENT, old, former; Induct. ii. 35; I. ii. 47.

AND ALL ONE, but it does not matter; IV. ii. 101.

ANGEL; "ancient angel," prob

ably a cant term for a good old soul; IV. ii. 61. ANNA, the sister of Dido; I. i. 159.

ANTIC, buffoon, oddity; Induct. i. 101.

APES; "lead apes in hell," alluding to the old belief that spinsters lead apes in hell; II: i. 34.

APPLY, i. e. "ply," or (?) apply myself to; I. i. 19.

ARGOSY, a merchant-ship; II. i. 382.

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BALK; "b. logic," i. e. (probably) chop logic; I. i. 34. BALM, anoint; Induct. i. 48. BARS, prevents; Induct. ii. 140. BASTA (Italian), enough; I. i. 203.

BATE, flap the wings; IV. i. 204. BEAR-HERD, a leader of a tame bear; Induct. ii. 21.

BEARS ME FAIR IN HAND, gives me every encouragement; IV. ii. 3.

BEHOLDING, beholden; I. ii. 280. BELIKE, perhaps, probably; Induct. i. 75.

BE-METE, be-measure; IV. iii. 113.

BEMOILED, besmirched, bedraggled; IV. i. 80.

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BEN VENUTO; "I shall be your b.
v." i. e. "I will guarantee your
welcome"; I. ii. 288.
BESTRAUGHT= distraught
tracted; Induct. ii. 27.
BIAS, a weight on one side of a
bowl, which affects its direc-
tion; IV. v. 25.

BILL, with a play upon the two
senses of "bill"; IV. iii. 154.
BLEAR'D, dimmed; V. i. 127.
BLUE COATS; the dress of com-

mon serving-men; IV. i. 97. BOARD, woo; I. ii. 96.

Books; "put me in thy books," i. e. good books; used with a playful quibble; II. i. 231. Boor, avail, use; V. ii. 176. BOOT-HOSE, stocking suited

to

wear with boots; III. ii. 69. Boss'D, embossed, studded; II. i. 361.

BOTTOм, a ball (of thread); IV. iii. 138.

Bow'D, bent; II. i. 154. BRACH, a kind of scenting-dog, properly a female hound

("brach merriman," 1. 17, vide note); Induct. i. 18.

BRAVE, i. e. handsomely clad; Induct. i. 40.

BRAVED, used in double sense, (1) made fine, and (2) outbraved; (similarly "face," ibid); IV. iii. 125. BRAVERY, finery; IV. iii. 57. BRAVES, bullying; III. i. 15. BREATHED, in full career; Induct. ii. 51.

BREECHING, liable to be whipped;
III. i. 18.

BRING = take; IV. i. 188.
BUCKLER, shield; III. ii. 246.
BUGS, bugbears; I. ii. 214.
BURST, broken; Induct. i. 8; IV.
i. 86.

BURTON-HEATH, probably Bar-
ton-on-the-heath, a village in
Warwickshire; Induct. ii. 19.
BUT, except, unless; III. i. 64;
IV. iv. 2.

BUTTERY, a place for keeping provisions, especially liquor; Induct. i. 102.

Buzz, used equivocally with a play upon "be" (="bee") and "buzz," an interjection to command silence; II. i. 212. BUZZARD; II. i. 212-214 (vide note).

CAROUSING TO, drinking healths to; III. ii. 175.

CARPETS, probably "table-covers"; IV. i. 54.

CART (used as a play upon "court"), to punish a culprit by carting, a punishment akin to the ducking-stool; I. i. 55. CAST ON NO WATER, alluding to the old catch, "Scotland burneth, Scotland burneth! Fire, fire, fire, fire! Cast on water,

cast on water!" IV. i. 21. CENSER, a fire pan, which was used for burning perfumes; IV. iii. 91.

'CERNS concerns; V. i. 79. CHAFED, made furious; I. ii. 206. CHAPELESS, without a chape; the "chape" was the metal part at the end of the scabbard; III. ii. 48.

CHECKS (So the Folios and Quar

to; Blackstone "ethics"; the old play in corresponding passage "Aristotle's walks"), austere rules; I. i. 32.

CLOSE, Secretly; Induct. i. 127. Cock's, common corruption of the name of God; IV. i. 124. COMFORMABLE, compliant, yielding; II. i. 285. COMONTY; Sly's blunder "Comedy"; Induct. ii. 142. COMPASSED, round; IV. iii. 141. CONDITIONS; "soft c." gentle qualities; V. ii. 167.

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CONSERVES, preserves; Induct. ii.

3.

CONTENTED, pleased; IV. iv. 107.
CONTENTS, pleases; IV. iii. 183.
CONTENT YOU, keep your temper;
II. i. 349.

CONTRIVE, while away; I. ii. 282.
CON TUTTO, &c.; with all my
heart, well met! I. ii. 24.
CONY-CATCHED, deceived, tricked;
V. i. 105.

CONY-CATCHING, trickery, foolery; IV. i. 47.

COPATAIN HAT, a high crowned hat; V. i. 71.

COUNTENANCE, do honor to; IV. i. 105.

COUNTERPOINTS, counterpanes; II. i. 359.

COXCOMB, the ornament on & fool's cap; II. i. 232.

CRAB, crab-apple; II. i. 236. CRACK-HEMP, one who deserves hanging; V. i. 48.

CRAVEN, a beaten cock; II. i. 234. CREDIT, do honor to; IV. i. 110. CRIED; "he cried upon it at the merest loss," i. e. he gave the cry when the scent seemed utterly lost; Induct. i. 23. CULLION, base fellow; IV. ii. 20. CUM PRIVILEGIO AD IMPRIMENDUM

SOLUM, i. e. "with exclusive copyright," used with reference to marriage rights; IV. iv. 93. CUNNING, skill, art; Induct. i. 92. CUNNING, Skillful, clever; I. i. 97; II. i. 56.

CURIOUS, punctilious; IV. iv. 36. CURST, shrewish; I. i. 185. CUSTARD-COFFIN; the raised crust of a custard was called a coffin; IV. iii. 82.

CYTHEREA, Venus; Induct. ii. 54.

DANCE BARE-FOOT; "I must dance

barefoot on her wedding day," alluding to the old custom that the elder unmarried sisters danced without shoes at the

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marriage of the youngest daughter; II. i. 33. DECLINING; "d. head into" head d. into; Induct. i. 119. DEEP-MOUTH'D, having a deepsounding bark; Induct. i. 18. DEMI-CANNON, a kind of ordnance; IV. iii. 88.

DENIER, a very small coin; the twelfth part of a sou; Induct. i. 9.

DIAPER, a towel of figured linen; Induct. i. 57.

DIGRESS, deviate (from his promise); III. ii. 111.

DOG-WEARY, "tired as a dog"; IV. ii. 60.

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