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lia"; perhaps : Italian battaglia, battle); V. iii. 11. BATTLE, army; V. iii. 88. BAYNARD'S CASTLE, the residence of Richard, Duke of York; on south bank of the Thames; III. v. 98.

BEADS, rosary; III. vii. 93.
BEAVER, helmet; V. iii. 50.
BEHOLDING, beholden; II. i. 129.
BELIKE, perhaps, probably; I. i.

49.

BEST; "were b.," had better; I. i. 100.

BETIDE, become; I. iii. 6. BETTERING, magnifying; IV. iv. 122.

BID, bore; IV. iv. 304. BOBB'D, drubbed, thumped; V. iii. 334.

Book, note-book; III. v. 27. Boot, given into the bargain; IV. iv. 65.

Booт, "to b."; i. e. for our help;

V. iii. 301.

BOOTLESS, useless; III. iv. 104. BOTTLED, bloated; I. iii. 242. BOUGHT AND SOLD, deceived, betrayed; a proverbial phrase; V. iii. 305.

BRAVED, made brave, adorned; V. iii. 279. BRECKNOCK, Brecknock Castle in South Wales; IV. ii. 126. BRIDGE, i. e. London Bridge, where the heads of traitors were placed; III. ii. 72. BRIEF, quick, speedy; II. ii. 43. BROKEN, broken up, done away with; II. ii. 117.

BROOK'D, borne, endured; I. i. 125.

BRUISING IRONS, destroying weapons; referring to the heavy iron maces used in battle; V. iii. 110.

BULK, body; I. iv. 40.

BUNCH-BACK'D, hunch-backed; I. iii. 246.

BURTHEN'D, burdensome; IV. iv. 111.

BUSTLE, stir, be active; I. i. 152. BUT, only; I. iii. 194.

BY, near, close at hand; IV. ii. 104.

CACODEMON,

evil demon, evil

spirit; I. iii. 144. CAITIFF, wretch; IV. iv. 100. CAPABLE, quick to apprehend, of good capacity; III. i. 155. CAPARISON, put on the trappings, cover with a horsecloth; V. iii. 289.

CAREFUL, full of care; I. iii. 83. CARNAL, flesh-eating, bloodthirsty; IV. iv. 56.

CENSURES, opinions; II. ii. 144. CHAIR, throne; IV. iv. 470. CHAMBER, London was called the king's chamber soon after the Conquest; III. i. 1.

CHARACTERS, used quibblingly in double sense (1) written signs, (2) marked dispositions; III. i. 81. CHARGE, command, post; V. iii.

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CLOSELY, Secretly; III. i. 159. CLOSURE, enclosure; III. iii. 11. CLOUDY, having cloudy looks; II.

ii. 112.

COCKATRICE, a fabulous creature supposed to kill by its glance; (v. "basilisk"); IV. i. 55. COCK-SHUT TIME, twilight ("cock

shut" a kind of net used for catching woodcocks, generally set in the dusk of the evening); V. iii. 70.

COG, deceive, cheat; I. iii. 48. COMPETITORS, confederates; IV. iv. 506.

COMPLOTS, plots; III. i. 192. CONCEIT, Conception, idea; III. iv. 51.

CONCLUDED, officially recorded; I. iii. 15.

CONDITION, disposition; IV. iv. 157.

CONDUCT, escort; I. i. 45. CONFIRM'D; "thy age c.," thy riper years; IV. iv. 171. CONSEQUENCE, sequel; IV. iv. 6. CONSIDERATE, observant; IV. ii. 30.

CONSORTED, joined, associated; III. iv. 73.

CONTENT, pay, satisfy; III. ii.

113.

CONTRACT, Contracted; III. vii.

179.

CONVERSATION, intercourse; III. v. 31.

CONVEYANCE; "madest quick c.,”

quickly removed; IV. iv. 283. CONVICT, Convicted; I. iv. 194. CORSE, Corpse, body; I. ii. 32. COSTARD, a humorous expression for the head; properly, a kind of apple; I. iv. 160. COUNTED, accounted; IV. i. 47. COUSINS, grandchildren; II. ii. 8; nephew; III. 1. 2.

COVERT'ST, most secret; III. v. 33. COZEN'D, cheated, deceived (with a play upon "cousins”); IV. iv.

222.

CROSBY PLACE, the palace of Richard, when Duke of Gloster, still standing in Bishopsgate Street; (Ff. "Crosby House"); I. ii. 213. CROSS-ROW, alphabet; "so called, according to some, from the cross anciently placed before it to indicate that religion was the chief end of learning; or, as others say, from a superstitious custom of writing the alphabet in the form of a cross, by way of charm" (Nares); originally "Christcross-row"; corrupted into "criss-cross-row"; then into "cross-row"; I. i. 55. CROWN, head; III. ii. 43. CURRENT, genuine; I. ii. 84. CURST, shrewish; I. ii. 49.

DALLY, trifle; II. i. 12.
DANGEROUS; "d. success," doubt-
ful issue; IV. iv. 236.
DATE, term, period of duration;
IV. iv. 254.

DEAR, extreme; I. iv. 217.
DEAR, used in double sense, (1)
dearly loved, (2) intensely se-
vere; II. ii. 77.
DEATH; "the d.," an old idiom
especially used with reference
to penal death; I. ii. 179.
DEBASE, lower, degrade; (Ff.
"abase"); I. ii. 247.
DECLENSION, decline; III. vii.
189.

DECLINE, "run through from first to last, as in declining, or giving the cases of a noun, in grammar" (Malone); IV. iv. 97.

DEFEND, forbid; III. vii. 178. DEFUSED, disordered, shapeless; (“defused” (Ff. 3, 4, “diffus’d) infection" suggested by "divine perfection," 1. 75); I. ii.

78.

DEMISE, grant, bequeath; (Ff. 2, 3, 4, "devise"); IV. iv. 247. DENIER, the smallest coin; a tenth part of a penny; I. ii. 252. DENY, refuse; V. iii. 343. DESCANT, variations on a plainsong; III. vii. 49.

DESCANT, used probably in its technical sense, "to sing a part extempore upon a plain-song"; I. i. 27.

DESCRIED, Spied out, discovered; V. iii. 9.

DETERMINED, resolved upon; I. iii. 15.

DETERMINE OF, decide upon; III. iv. 2.

DEVOTED, pious, holy; I. ii. 35. DEVOTION, engrossing love; IV. i. 9.

DICKON, Dick; V. iii. 305. DIET, mode of life; I. i. 139. DIRECTION; "of sound d.," skillful in military tactics; V. iii. 16. DISGRACIOUS, unpleasing; III. vii.

112; ungracious; IV. iv. 177. DISSEMBLE, “d. not," do not gloss over; II. i. 8.

DISSEMBLING, deceitful; I. i. 19. DISSENTIOUS, seditious, breeding discord (Q. 2, "discentions"); I. iii. 46.

DISTAIN, stain, defile; V. iii. 322. DISTRAUGHT, distracted; III. v. 4.

DIVIDED, separate; (“divided

councils," i. e. "a private consultation, separate from the

known and public councils"); III. i. 179.

DREAD, inspiring with reverence; (all editions with exception of Qq. 1, 2 read “deare"); III. i. 97.

EFFECT, execution; I. ii. 120. EGALLY, equally; III. vii. 213. ELVISH-MARK'D, marked and disfigured by the fairies; (Ff. 1, 2, "eluish mark'd"; F. 3, "elvish, mark'd"); I. iii. 228. EMBASSAGE, embassy, message; II. i. 3. EMBRACEMENTS, embraces; II. i.

30.

EMPERY, empire; III. vii. 136. ENACTS, performs; V. iv. 2. ENDURED OF, endured by; IV. iv. 304.

ENFORCED, forced; III. v. 46. ENFORCEMENT, compulsion; III. vii. 233.

ENFRANCHISE, release; I. i. 110. ENGLAND (trisyllabic); IV. iv. 263.

ENGROSS, make gross, pamper; III. vii. 76.

ENSUING, impending (Ff. "Pursuing"); II. iii. 43.

ENTERTAIN, employ; I. ii. 257. ENTREAT, treat, use; IV. iv. 151. ENTREATS, entreaties; (Ff. “entreaties"); III. vii. 225. ENVIOUS, malicious; I. iii. 26. ENVY, hatred; IV. i. 100. ERRONEOUS, mistaken; I. iv. 200. EXCELLENT, Supreme; IV. iv. 52. EXCEPT, excepted; V. iii. 243. EXCLAIMS, exclamations, outcries; I. ii. 52.

EXERCISE, technically, an exposition of Scripture; performance of religious duties; III. ii. 112.

EXHALES, draws forth; I. ii. 58. EXPEDIENT, expeditious; I. ii. 217. EXPIATE, (v. note); III. iii. 23. EXTREMITY, extreme measure; I. i. 65.

FACTIOUS FOR, partisans of; I. iii.

128.

FAIN, gladly; I. iv. 281. FAIR, well; IV. iv. 151. FAIREST-BODING, prophesying success, of good omen; V. iii. 227. FAITHFUL; "f. man,” i. e. a believer, not an infidel; I. iv. 4. FALL, let fall; V. iii. 135. FALSE-BODING, prophesying falsely; I. iii. 247.

FATHER-IN-LAW, step-father; V. iii. 81.

FAULTLESS, innocent; I. iii. 178. FEAR, "fear him," fear for him, are anxious about him; I. i. 137.

FEARFUL, filled with fear; IV. ii. 126.

(Ff.

FEARFUL, full of fear: I. i. 11.
FEATURE, form, shape; I. i. 19.
FIELD, battle-field;
"ground"); V. iii. 15.
FIRE-NEW, brand new, fresh from
the mint; I. iii. 256.
FLAKY, "scattering like flakes";
V. iii. 86.

FLEETING, inconstant, fickle; I. iv. 55.

FLESH'D, hardened; IV. iii. 6. FLOURISH, mere ornament, embellishment; I. iii. 241. FLOUTED, Scorned; (Qq. "scorned"); II. i. 78. FOIL, metal placed beneath a gem to set it off; (Ff. “soyle”); V. iii. 250.

FOOT-CLOTH HORSE, horse with a foot-cloth or housings; III. iv. 86.

FOR, because; I. i. 58.

FOREWARD, Vanguard; V. iii. 293. FORFEIT; "the f. of my servant's life," the forfeited life of my servant; II. i. 99.

FOR; "for hope," as regards hope, for want of hope; (Theobald, "for holpe"; Steevens, "forholpe"; Hanmer; "for-soke"; Tyrwhitt, "fore-done"); V. iii.

173.

FORMAL, customary, conventional; III. i. 82.

FORSWEARING, perjury; I. iv. 209. FORTH OF, away from; IV. iv. 176.

FOUL, foully; III. ii. 44.
FRANK'D UP, cooped up in a

frank or sty; I. iii. 314. FRENCH NODS, alluding to the affectation of French habits; I. iii. 49.

FROM, free from; III. v. 32; away from; IV. iv. 259; V. iii. 284.

FULSOME, nauseous; V. iii. 132.

GAIN, gaining; III. ii. 47. GALLANT-SPRINGING, growing up in beauty; I. iv. 229. GALLED, sore with weeping; IV. iv. 53.

GARISH, gaudy; IV. iv. 89. GARLAND, crown; III. ii. 40. GARTER, part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter; IV. iv. 366.

GENTLE; "g. villain," i. e. nobly born v.; an ironical expression; I. iii. 163.

FOND, foolish; (Ff. "simple"); GEORGE, the figure of St. George,

III. ii. 26.

which was part of the insignia

of the Order of the Garter;
IV. iv. 366.

GOOD TIME OF DAY, a common

form of greeting; I. i. 122.
GRACED, blessed; IV. iv. 174.
GOSSIP, lit. godmothers, hence,
used contemptuously for people
of influence, patrons; I. i. 83.
GRACIOUS, full of grace; II. iv.

20.

GRAMERCY, many thanks; III. ii.

108.

GRATULATE, congratulate; IV. i.

10.

GRAVEN, engraved, carved; (Ff.
"branded"); IV. iv. 141.
GROSS, stupid, dull; III. vi. 10.
GROSSLY, stupidly; (Q.1, “Grosse-
lie"; Q. 2, "Crosselie"; the rest,
“Crosly”); IV. i. 80.

GROUND, plain-song; a musical
term; III. vii. 49.

GULLS, dupes, fools; I. iii. 328.

HALBERDS, battle-axes fitted to
long poles; I. ii. 40.
HALT, limp; I. i. 23.
HANDIWORK, Workmanship; IV.
iv. 51.

HAP, fortune; I. ii. 17.
HAPLY, perchance, perhaps; IV.
iv. 273.

HATCHES, deck; I. iv. 13.
HAUGHT, haughty; II. iii. 28.
HAVE DONE, be quiet, cease; (Ff.
"Peace, peace"); I. iii. 273.
HAVE WITH YOU, I'll go with you;
III. ii. 92.

HEAP, throng, crowd; II. i. 53.
HEARKENS AFTER, listens

to,

takes notice of; I. i. 54.
HEAVILY, sad; II. iii. 40.
HEAVILY, sadly; sorrowfully; I.
iv. 1.

HEAVY, grievous; (Ff. "greeu-
ous"); IV. iv. 187.

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IMPEACHMENTS, accusations; II.
ii. 22.

IN, into; I. ii. 259; by; IV. i. 2.
INCAPABLE, unable to under-
stand; II. ii. 18.

INCENSED, Set on, incited; III. i.
152.

INCLUSIVE, encircling; IV. i. 59.
INDEX, prelude; II. ii. 149; pro-
logue; IV. iv. 85.

INDUCTION, prologue, introduc-
tion; IV. iv. 5.

INDUCTIONS; "i. dangerous," "pre-
parations for mischief; the in-
duction is preparatory to the
action of the play" (Johnson);
I. i. 32.

INFER, allege; III. v. 75.
INNOCENCY, innocence; (Q. 1,
"innocence"); III. v. 20.
INSTANCE, cause; III. ii. 25.
INTELLIGENCER, agent; IV. iv. 71.
INTEND, pretend; III. vii. 45.
INTENDING, pretending; III. v. 8.
INTERIOR, inward; I. iii. 65.

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