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The guilt of conscience take thou for thy labor,
But neither my good word nor princely favor:
With Cain go wander thorough shades of night,
And never show thy head by day nor light.

Lords, I protest, my soul is full of woe,
That blood should sprinkle me to make me
grow:

Come, mourn with me for that I do lament,
And put on sullen black incontinent:
I'll make a voyage to the Holy Land,
To wash this blood off from my guilty hand: 50
March sadly after; grace my mournings here;
In weeping after this untimely bier.

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44. Holinshed yields nothing from which the Poet could have taken a hint for this passage. The matter is thus put by Daniel:

"First, he for whom thou dost this villany,

Though pleas'd therewith, will not avouch thy fact,
But let the weight of thine own infamy
Fall on thee unsupported and unback'd:
Then all men else will loathe thy treachery,
And thou thyself abhor thy proper act.

So th'wolf, in hope the lion's grace to win,
Betraying other beasts, lost his own skin."

It need scarce be said that such a resemblance cannot well be accounted for but by supposing that either the two poets had some common source, or else borrowed from each other.-H. N. H.

GLOSSARY

By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A.

ABIDE, undergo; V. vi. 22.
ABSENT TIME, time of absence;
II. iii. 79.
ACCOMPLISH'D, equipped; II. i.

177.

ADVICE; "upon good a.," after

due consideration; I. iii. 233. ADVISED, deliberate; I. iii. 188. AFFECTS, affections; I. iv. 30. AGAINST, in anticipation; III. iv. 28.

ALLOW, acknowledge; V. ii. 40. AMAZED, Confused; V. ii. 85. AMAZING, causing fear; I. iii. 81. ANTIC, buffoon; III. ii. 162. APPARENT, evident; I. i. 13; IV. i. 124.

APPEACH, impeach; V. ii. 79. APPEAL, formal challenge; I. i.

4.

APPEAL'D, charged against me; I. i. 142.

APPELLANT, accuser, impeacher; I. i. 34.

APPREHENSION, imagination; I. iii. 300.

APPRENTICE HOOD, apprenticeship; I. 271.

APPROVE, prove; I. iii. 112. APRICOCKS (Quarto 1, "Aphricokes"; Quarto 2, "Aphricocks," Johnson "apricots") the common early English form of "apricot" (the "precocious" or early-ripe fruit); III. iv. 29.

ARGUMENT, Subject; I. i. 12.
Ask, require; II. i. 159.
ATONE, reconcile; I. i. 202.
ATTACH, arrest; II. iii. 156.
ATTAINDER, staining, disgrace;
IV. i. 24.

ATTENDING, awaiting; I. iii. 116.
AWFUL, full of awe; III. iii. 76.
Av (regularly written as "I”),
used with a play upon "I"; IV.

i. 201.

BAFFLED, "originally a punishment of infamy, inflicted on recreant knights, one part of which was hanging them up by the heels" (Nares); hence to use contemptuously; I. i. 170. BALM, consecrated oil used in

anointing a King; III. ii. 55. BAND, bond, formerly used in both senses; I. i. 2.

BARBED, armed and harnessed;
III. iii. 117.

BARELY, merely; II. i. 226.
BASE COURT, outer or lower court-

yard of a castle; III. iii. 176. BAY; "to the bay," i. e. "to the last extremity" (a metaphor from hunting); II. iii. 128. BEADSMEN, almsmen whose duty it was to pray for their patrons; III. ii. 116. BEGUILE, deceive; IV. i. 281. BEHOLDING, beholden; IV. i. 160.

BENEVOLENCES, taxes; nominally,

gratuities (pronounced “benevolence"); II. i. 250.

BESHREW THEE, a mild form of imprecation; III. ii. 204. BETID, happened; V. i. 42. BIAS (technical term in bowls), "applied alike to the construction or form of the bowl imparting an oblique motion, the oblique line in which it runs, and the kind of impetus given to cause it to run obliquely"; III. iv. 5.

BILLS, a kind of pike or halbert, formerly carried by the English infantry, and afterwards the usual weapon of watchmen; III. ii. 118. BLANK CHARTERS, "carte blanche"; I. iv. 48.

BLANKS, blank charters; II. i. 250.

BLEED, to let blood; alluding to

the old practice of bleeding a patient in cases of fever; spring and summer were supposed to be the only proper time for doing so; I. i. 157. BOLD, boldly; I. iii. 3. BONNET, covering for the head, hat; I. iv. 31.

Boor, "there is no b.," profit, advantage; I. i. 164. Boots, avails; III. iv. 18. BOUNDETH, reboundeth; I. ii. 58. Boy, used contemptuously; IV. i. 65.

BRANDS, burning logs of wood;
V. i. 46.

BRAVING, defying; II. iii. 112.
BREATH, breathing space, a little
time; III. ii. 164.
Bring conduct, accompany; I.

iii 304.

ROKING PAWN, the state of be

ing pawned (almost equivalent to "pawnbroker"); II. i. 293. BROOCH, Ornament (worn in the hat); V. v. 66.

BROOKS, likes; III. ii. 2.
BUT, except; IV. i. 123.
BUT NOW, just now, a moment
ago; III. ii. 76.

Buzz'D, whispered; II. i. 26.
By, by reason of; II. i. 52; con-
cerning; II. i. 213.

BY THIS, by this time; II. iii. 16.

CALL IN, revoke; II. i. 202. CAREER, onset, the horse's charge in a tournament or combat; I. ii. 49.

CAREFUL, full of care and sorrow; II. ii. 75. CARE-TUNED, tuned by cares; III. ii. 92.

CHARGE, expense; II. i. 159. CHECK, reprove (Folio 2. and Quarto 5, "heare"); V. v. 46. CHEERLY, cheerfully, gladly; I. iii. 66.

CHOPPING, changing (i. e. the

senses of words); V. iii. 124. CLAP, hastily thrust; III. ii. 114. CLEAN, completely; III. i. 10. CLIMATE, Country, region; IV. i.

130.

CLOISTER THEE, shut thyself up in a cloister; V. i. 23. CLOSE, "at the close" (so Quarto 1; Quartos 2, 3, 4, "at the glose"; Folios, Quarto 5, "is the close"), the harmonious chords which end a piece of music; II. i. 12.

COAT, coat of arms; III. i. 24.. COME; "the cause you c." the c. on which you c.; I. i. 26. COMFORTABLE, affording comfort; 11. ii. 76.

COMMEND, give over; III. iii. 116.

COMMENDS, greetings; III. i. 38. COMPANION, fellow; I. iii. 93. COMPARE BETWEEN, draw comparisons; II. i. 185. COMPASSIONATE, full of pity for one self; I. iii. 174. COMPLAIN, bewail; III. iv. 18. COMPLICES, accomplices; II. iii. 165.

COMPOSITION, constitution; II. i. 73.

CONCEIT, fancy, conception; II. ii. 33.

CONCLUDE, come to a final ar

rangement; I. i. 156. CONDUCT, escort; IV. i. 157. CONJURATION, adjuration; III. ii.

23.

CONSORTED, confederate; V. iii. 138.

CONVERTS, turns, changes; V. i. 66.

CONVEY, a cant term for "steal";

IV. i. 316.

CONVEYERS, thieves; IV. i. 317. CORMORANT, glutton; II. i. 38. CORRECTION, chastisement; IV. i. 77.

COUSIN, nephew; I. ii. 46. CROSSLY, adversely; II. iv. 24. CUNNING, devised with skill; I. iii. 163.

CURRENT, sterling, has currency; I. iii. 231.

DEAD, death-like, deadly; IV. i. 10.

DEAR; "d. account," heavy debt;

I. i. 130; "d. exile," exile grieving the heart; I. iii. 151. DEARER, better, more worthy; I. iii. 156. DECEIVABLE, 84.

deceptive; II. iii.

DEFEND, forbid; I. iii. 18.

DEGENERATE, false to his noble rank; I. i. 144.

DELIVER, utter, speak; III. ii. 92. DEPOSE, put under oath, take a deposition; I. iii. 30.

DESIGN, point out; I. i. 203. DESPISED, despicable; II. iii. 95. DETERMINATE, limit; I. iii. 150. DIFFERENCE, quarrel, contention; I. i. 201.

DIGRESSING, transgressing; V. iii. 66.

DISCOMFORTABLE, giving no comfort, discouraging; III. ii. 36. DISPARK'D, divested of its enclosures; III. i. 23.

DISSOLVE, loose, undo; II. ii. 71. DISTAFF-WOMEN, spinners; III. ii. 118.

DIVINE, prophesy, foretell; III. iv. 79.

DOUBLE-FATAL, doubly fatal (bows were made of the wood of the yew, while its berries were used as poison); III. ii. 117.

DOUBLE TONGUE, forked tongue; III. ii. 21.

DOUBT, doubtful; I. iv. 20. DRESS'D, dug up, tilled; III. iv.

56.

DUST; "a dust," a particle of dust (Quarto 5, “the dust"); II. iii. 91.

EAGER, sharp, biting; I. i. 49.
EAR, plough; III. ii. 212.
EMBASSAGE, message; III. iv. 93.
ENFRANCHISEMENT, restoration to
his rights as a free subject;
III. iii. 114.
ENJAILED, imprisoned; I. iii. 166.
ENGLAND, trisyllabic; IV. i. 17.
ENTERTAIN, harbor, feel; II. ii. 4.
ENTREATED, treated; III. i. 37.

ENVY, malicious enmity; II. i.

49.

EVENTS, results; II. i. 214. EXACTLY, expressly, in exact and distinct terms; I. i. 140. EXCEPT, object to; I. i. 72. EXCLAIMS, exclamations; I. ii. 2. EXPEDIENCE, expedition; II. i. 287. EXPEDIENT, expeditious; I. iv. 39. EXTINCT, extinguished; I. iii. 222. EXTREMITY, extreme misery; II. ii. 72.

FAIR, clear, fine; I. i. 41; becoming; I. i. 54.

FALL, let fall; III. iv. 104.

FANTASTIC, imaginary; I. iii. 299. FAVORS, Countenances, faces; IV. i. 168.

FEARFUL, full of fear; III. ii. 110.

FELL, fierce, cruel; I. iii. 302. FEMALE, small and delicate; III. ii. 114.

FOIL, gold or silver leaf used as a background for setting transparent gems to set off their luster; I. iii. 266.

FONDLY, foolishly; IV. i. 72.
FOR, as; II. iii. 114.

FOREIGN PASSAGES, a pilgrimage
in foreign countries; I. iii. 272.
FORFEND, forbid (Folios and
Quarto 5, "forbid"); IV. i. 129.
FOR ME,
by me, on my part; I. iv.

6. FREE, direct; II. iii. 136.

GAGE, pledge; IV. i. 25.
GALLANT, young fellow; V. iii.

15.

GELDED, cruelly deprived; II. i.

237. GLISTERING, glistening, shining; III. iii. 178.

GLOSE, speak insincerely; II. i. 10.

GNARLING, snarling, growling; I.

iii. 292.

"GOD FOR HIS MERCY," I pray God for His mercy; II. ii. 98; V. ii. 75.

GRAVED, buried; III. ii. 140. GREAT, Swelling with emotion; II. i. 228.

GRIEFS, sad tales; V. i. 43.

"HALLOWMAS OR SHORT'ST OF DAY," November 1st, the beginning of winter; in Shakespeare's time ten days nearer to the winter solstice than now; V. i. 80. HAPPILY, haply, perhaps; V. iii.

22.

HAPPY, fortunate; III. i. 9. HARD-FAVOR'D, ugly; V. i. 14. HARDLY, with difficulty; II. iv. 2. HASTE, "in h. whereof," "to do so speedily"; I. i. 150.

HATEFUL, full of hate; II. ii. 138. HAUGHT, haughty, proud; IV. i. 254.

HAVIOR, Carriage, deportment; I. iii. 77.

HEART-BLOOD, heart's blood (the reading of Quarto 5); IV. i. 28.

HEIGHT, high degree; I. i. 189.
HIGH-STOMACH'D, haughty, war-
like; I. i. 18.
His, its; IV. i. 267.

HOLD OUT, "h.o. my horse," i. e.
if my horse hold out; II. i. 300.
HOLP holpen, helped; V. v. 61.
HOURS, dissyllabic; I. ii. 7.
HUMORS, dispositions or moods

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