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GLOSSARY

By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A.

ABODE, delay; II. vi. 21.
ABRIDGED; "to be a.," i. e. "at be-
ing a."; I. i. 126.
ADDRESS'D ME, prepared myself;
II. ix. 19.

ADVICE, reflection; IV. ii. 6. ADVISED, cautious, heedful; I. i. 142.

ADVISEDLY, intentionally; V. i. 253.

AFFECTION, feeling; II. viii. 48. APPROVE, prove, confirm; III. ii.

79.

ARGOSIES, merchant-ships (originally the large and richly freighted ships of Ragusa); I.

i. 9.

ATTEMPT, tempt; IV. i. 433. ATTENDED, attended to, marked; V. i. 103.

BANED, poisoned; IV. i. 46. BARE, bare-headed; II. ix. 44. BATED, reduced; III. iii. 32. BEHOLDING, beholden; I. iii. 106. BEST-REGARDED, best-looking,

handsomest; II. i. 10. BLENT, blended; III. ii. 183. BLEST, used with a superlative force, and perhaps a contracted form of "blessed'st"; II. i. 46. BONNET, head-gear; I. ii. 87. BOTTOм, hold of a vessel; I. i. 42. BREAK UP, break open; II. iv. 10. BREATHING, verbal; V. i. 141. BURIAL, burial-place; I. i. 29. By, at hand, near by; IV. i. 266.

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ONTINENT, that which contains anything; III. ii. 131. ONTRARY, wrong; I. ii. 112. ONTRIVE, conspire; IV. i. 364. OPE, requite; IV. i. 424. OUNTERFEIT, likeness; III. ii. 115.

OUNTY, Count; I. ii. 52. DUSIN, kinsman; III. iv. 50. OVER, wear hats; II. ix. 44. URELESS (the reading of the Quartos; the Folios read "endless") beyond cure; IV. i. 142.

JANGER, absolute power (to harm); IV. i. 184.

DEATH = death's head; II. vii. 63.

DEFACE, cancel, destroy; III. ii. 301.

DIFFERENCE, dispute; IV. i. 174. DISABLED, crippled; I. i. 123. DISABLING, undervaluing; II. vii.

30.

DISCOVER, reveal; II. vii. 1. DoIT, a small coin; I. iii. 141. DRIVE, Commute; IV. i. 384. DUCATS; the value of the Venetian silver ducat was about that of the American dollar; I. iii. 1.

EANLINGS, lambs just born; I. iii. 80.

ENTERTAIN, maintain; I. i. 90. EQUAL, equivalent; I. iii. 150. ESTATE, state; III. ii. 239. EXCESS, interest; I. iii. 63. EXCREMENT, hair; "valour's ex.," i. e. “a brave man's beard"; III. ii. 87. EYE; "within the eye of honor"; i. e. "within the sight of h."; "within the scope of honour's vision"; I. i. 137.

FAIRNESS, beauty; III. ii. 94. FAITHLESS, unbelieving; II. iv. 38. FALL, let fall; I. iii. 89.

FALLS, falls out; III. ii. 204. FANCY, love; III. ii. 63, 68. FEAR'D, frightened; II. i. 9. FEARFUL, filling one with fear; I. iii. 176.

FIFE; "wry-necked f.," a small flute, called flute à bec, the upper part or mouthpiece resembling the beak of a bird, hence the epithet "wry-necked"; according to others "fife" here means the musician, cp. "A fife is a wry-neckt musician, for he always looks away from his instrument" (Barnaby Riche's Aphorisms, 1616); II. v. 31. FILL-HORSE, shaft-horse; II. ii. 111.

FIND FORTH, find out, seek; I. i. 143.

FLOOD, waters, seas; I. i. 10; IV. i. 72.

FOND, foolish; II. ix. 27.
FOOT, spurn with the foot; I. iii.

119.

FOOT, path; II. iv. 36.
FOOTING, footfall; V. i. 24.
FOR, of; III. iv. 10.

FRAUGHT, freighted; II. viii. 30.
FRETTEN, fretted; IV. i. 77.

GABERDINE, a large loose cloak of
coarse stuff; I. iii. 113.
GAGED, pledged; I. i. 130.
GAPING PIG, a roast pig with a

lemon in its mouth; IV. i. 47. GARNISH, apparel; II. vi. 45. GEAR; "for this g.," i. e. for this matter, business: "a colloquial expression perhaps of no very determinate import"; I. i. 110; II. ii. 189.

GELT, mutilated; V. i. 144.
GRATIFY, reward; IV. i. 418.
GROSS; "to term in gross," to sum
up; III. ii. 160.
GUARD, guardianship; I. iii. 176.
GUARDED, ornamented; II. ii. 175.
GUILED, full of guile, treache.-
ous; III. ii. 97.

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HABIT, behavior; II. ii. 213. HEAVENS; "for the heavens," for heaven's sake; II. ii. 13. HEAVINESS, sadness; "his braced h."; the sadness which he hugs; II. viii. 52. HIGH-DAY, holiday, high-flown, extravagant; II. ix. 98. HIP; "catch upon the h."; a term taken from wrestling, meaning "to have an advantage over"; I. iii. 47.

HOVEL-POST, the support of the roof of an out-house; II. ii. 80.

HUSBANDRY, government, stewardship; III. iv. 25.

IMAGINED, all imaginable; III. iv. 52.

IMPOSITION, an imposed task; III. iv. 33; a binding arrangement; I. ii. 121. INCARNAL; Launcelot's blunder for "incarnate"; II. ii. 31. INEXECRABLE, beyond execration (perhaps a misprint for "inexorable," the reading of the third and fourth Folios); IV. i. 128.

INSCULP'D, carved in relief; II. vii. 57.

JACKS, used as a term of contempt; III. iv. 77.

JUMP WITH, agree with; II. ix. 32.

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F, on; II. ii. 114; with; II. iv.

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FFEND'ST, vexest; IV. i. 140.
LD (used intensitively), abun-
dant, great; IV. ii. 15.
PINION OF, reputation for; I. i.
91.

STENT, demeanor; II. ii. 219.
THER, others; I. i. 54.

UT-DWELLS, out-stays; II. vi. 3. UT OF DOUBT, without doubt; I. i. 21; I. i. 155.

VER-NAME, run their names over; I. ii. 41.

'VER-WEATHER'D, weather-beaten; II. vi. 18.

'AGEANTS, shows; I. i. 11. 'AIN, pains; II. ii. 208.

ARTS, duties, functions; IV. i. 92.

'ASSION, outcry; II. viii. 12. 'ATCH, fool, simpleton, jester; II. v. 47.

'ATINES; the "patine" is the plate used in the Eucharist; "patines of bright gold" seems to mean "the orbs of heaven," i. e. either (1) the planets, or (2) the stars; possibly, however, the reference is to "the broken clouds, like flaky disks of curdled gold which slowly drift across the heavens"; V. i. 59.

PEIZE, to weigh, keep in suspense, delay; III. ii. 22. PENT-HOUSE, a porch with a sloping roof; II. vi. 1. PIED, Spotted; I. iii. 80.

PORT, importance; III. ii. 283. POSSESS'D, acquainted, informed; ■I. iii. 65.

PosT, postman; II. ix. 100. Posy, a motto inscribed on the inner side of a ring; V. i. 148.

POWER, authority; IV. i. 104. PREFERR'D, recommended; II. ii. 166.

PRESENTLY, immediately; I. i. 183. PREST, prepared; I. i. 160. PREVENTED, anticipated; I. i. 61. PROPER, handsome; I. ii. 83. PUBLICAN, an allusion perhaps to the parable of the Pharisee and the publican (St. Luke xviii. 10-14); I. iii. 42.

QUAINTLY, gracefully; II. iv. 6. QUESTION, are disputing, arguing; IV. i. 70.

QUIT, remit; IV. i. 393.

RAISED, roused; II. viii. 4. REASON'D, had a conversation; II. viii. 27.

REGREETS, greetings; II. ix. 89. REMORSE, compassion; IV. i. 20. REPENT, regret; IV. i. 287, 288. REPROACH, Launcelot's blunder for "approach"; II. v. 20. RESPECT, proper attention (or perhaps "respect to circumstances"); V. i. 99.

RESPECT UPON; "you have too much r. u.," i. e. "you look too much upon"; I. i. 74. RESPECTIVE, mindful; V. i. 156. REST; "set up my rest," made up

my mind (a phrase probably derived from the game of Primero; resto meant to bet or wager, which appears to have been made by the players only); II. ii. 120.

RIALTO; "The Rialto, which is at the farthest side of the bridge as you come from St. Mark's, is a most stately building, being the Exchange of Venice, where the Venetian gentlemen and merchants do meet twice a

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This Rialto is of a goodly height, built all with brick as the palaces are, adorned with many fair walks or open galleries, and hath a pretty quadrangular court adjoining to it. But it is inferior to our Exchange in London."-Coryat's Crudities (1611).

RIB, enclose; II. vii. 51.
RIPE, urgent; I. iii. 64.
RIPING, ripening; II. viii. 40.
ROAD, port; harbor; V. i. 288.

SAD, grave; II. ii. 219.
SAND-BLIND, half-blind; II. ii. 40.
SCANT, moderate; III. ii. 112.
SCANTED, restrained, limited; II.
i. 17.

SCARFED, decorated, beflagged; II. vi. 15.

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names of sureties"; I. iii. 14 SLUBBER, "to slur over"; II. viij 39.

SMUG, neat; III. i. 51.

So, provided that; III. ii. 197. SOLA, SOLA; "Lancelot is imitat ing the horn of the courier o post"; V. i. 39.

SOMETHING, Somewhat; I. i. 124.
SONTIES; "by God's s." i. e. “by
God's dear saints"; sonties=
"saunties," a diminutive form
II. ii. 50.

SOON AT, about; II. iii. 5.
SORE, sorely; V. i. 307.
SORT, dispose; V. i. 132.
SORT, lottery; I. ii. 121.
SPEND, waste; I. i. 153.
SQUANDERED, scattered; I. iii. 22.
STEAD, help; I. iii. 7.

STILL, continually; I. i. 17; I.

136.

STRAIGHT, straightway; II. ix. 1 STRANGE; "exceeding strange, quite strangers; I. i. 67. STROND, Strand; I. i. 171. SUBSTANCE, (?) weight; IV.

339.

SUITED, apparelled; I. ii. 85. SUPPOSED, Spurious, false; III. 94. SUPPOSITION, the subject of con jecture; I. iii. 18.

TABLE, palm of the hand; II. i

179.

THINK, bethink; IV. i. 70. THRIFT, Success, good fortune; I i. 175; profits; I. iii. 51. TIME, "springtime of life, youth manhood"; I. i. 129. TRANECT (So the Quartos and Folios), probably an error fo Fr. traject (It. traghetto), “ ferrie" (so glossed by Cot grave); it is, however, note

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