Verona shall not hold thee. Here she stands: I hold him but a fool that will endanger Duke. The more degenerate and base art thou, I do applaud thy spirit, Valentine, And think thee worthy of an empress' love: 130 140 150 Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserved her. Val. I thank your grace; the gift hath made me happy. I now beseech you, for your daughter's sake, To grant one boon that I shall ask of you. Duke. I grant it, for thine own, whate'er it be. Val. These banish'd men that I have kept withal Are men endued with worthy qualities: Forgive them what they have committed here, And let them be recall'd from their exile: They are reformed, civil, full of good, And fit for great employment, worthy lord. Duke. Thou hast prevail'd; I pardon them and thee: Dispose of them as thou know'st their deserts. Come, let us go: we will include all jars 160 With triumphs, mirth, and rare solemnity. Val. And, as we walk along, I dare be bold With our discourse to make your grace to smile. What think you of this page, my lord? Duke. I think the boy hath grace in him; he blushes. Val. Please you, I'll tell you as we pass along, 170 That done, our day of marriage shall be yours; Glossary. Account of, appreciates; II. i. 61. Advice; 66 more advice," i.e. "further knowledge' II. iv. 207; consideration; III. i. 73. Agood, in good earnest; IV. iv. 170. Aim, conjecture; III. i. 28. Aimed at, guessed; III. i. 45. Ale, ale-house (with perhaps an allusion to church-ale, or rural festival); II. v. 61. Allycholly, corrupted from melancholy"; IV. ii. 27. Apparent, manifest; III. i. 116. Applaud, approve; I. iii. 48. Approved, proved by experi 66 ence; V. iv. 43. Auburn, flaxen; IV. iv. 194. Awful, filled with reverence for authority; IV. i. 46. Bare, mere (with a quibble on the other sense of naked); III. i. 272. Abbot Islip, Base, in the game in Westmin ster Abbey, 1522 (Cp. 'Ve of "prisoner's base" "to bid tusta Monu menta'). the base" was to challenge to a contest of speed; I. ii. 97. From Millæus's Praxis criminis persequendi (Paris, 1541). Character'd, written; II. vii. 4. Circumstance, circumstantial deduction; I. i. 36; I. i. 84; the position in which one has placed one's self, conduct; I. i. 37; detail, particulars, III. ii. 36. Cite, incite; II. iv. 85. Close, union; V. iv. 117. Clerkly, scholarly; II. i. 106. Codpiece, "a part of the male attire, indelicately conspicuous in the poet's time"; II. vii. 53. Coil, fuss, ado; I. ii. 99. Commit, sin; V. iv. 77. Compass, obtain; IV. ii. 91. Competitor, confederate; II. vi. 35. Conceit, opinion; III. ii. 17. Conceitless, devoid of understanding; IV. ii. 95. Condition, quality; III. i. 273. ΙΟΙ Consort, a company; IV. i. 64; a company of musicians playing together; III. ii. 84. Conversed, associated; II. iv. 63. Crews, bands; IV. i. 74. Dazzled (trisyllabic); II. iv. 210. Deign, condescend to accept; I. i. 152. Descant; "counterpoint, or the adding one or more parts to a theme, which was called 'the plain song'"; I. ii. 94. Diet; "takes diet "" is under a strict regimen "; II. i. 24. Dispose, disposal; II. vii. 86. Doublet, inner garment of a man, sometimes worn without the jerkin, with which at times it was confounded; II. iv. 20. Dump, slow, melancholy tune; III. ii. 85 (see end of Notes). Earnest, pledge, token of future bestowal (with a quibble on "earnest " as opposed to "jest "); III. i. 163. Else, elsewhere; IV. ii. 124. Engine, instrument; III. i. 138. Entertain, take into service; II. iv. 104; IV. iv. 68. Exhibition, allowance; I. iii. 69. Extreme (accented on the first syllable); II. vii. 22. Farthingale, hoop petticoat; II. vii. 51. Feature, shape, form; II. iv. 73. |