ABUSE, deceive; III. i. 127. ACCOSTED, addressed; III. ii. 24. A DEGREE, one step; III. i. 137. ADHERES, accords; III. iv. 89. ADMIRE, wonder; III. iv. 169. ADVERSE, hostile; V. i. 91.

ADVISE YOU, take care; IV. ii. 106.

AFFECTIONED, affected; II. iii. 168.

AGONE, ago; V. i. 209.

ALLOWED, licensed; I. v. 107. ALLOW ME, make me acknowledged; I. ii. 59.

ALONE, pre-eminently; I. i. 15.
AN one; II. i. 22.

ANATOMY, body, used contemptuously; III. ii. 72.

AND, used redundantly, as in the

old ballads; V. i. 407. ANTIQUE, quaint; II. iv. 3. APT, ready; V. i. 336. ARBITREMENT, decision; III. iv. 294.

ARGUMENT, proof; III. ii. 13.
AS YET, still; V. i. 278.
ATTENDS, awaits; III. iv. 249.

BACK-TRICK, a caper backwards;
I. iii. 138.
BAFFLED, treated with contempt;
V. i. 385.

BARFUL, full of impediments;
(Pope, "O baneful"; Daniel, "a
woeful"); I. iv. 42.
BARREN, dull; I. v. 94,

BARRICADOES, fortifications made in haste, obstructions; IV. ii. 43.

BAWBLING, insignificant, trifling; V. i. 61.

BAWCOCK, a term of endearment; always used in masculine

sense; III. iv. 130.

BEAGLE, a small dog; II. iii. 204. BEFORE ME, by my soul; II. iii. 203.

BELIKE, I suppose; III. iii. 29. BENT, tension; II. iv. 38. BESHREW, a mild form of imprecation; IV. i. 63.

BESIDES, out of; IV. ii. 96. BESPAKE YOU FAIR, Spoke kindly to you; V. i. 196.

BIAS, originally the weighted side of a bowl; V. i. 273.

BIBBLE BABBLE, idle talk; IV. ii.

109.

BIDDY, "a call to allure chickens"; III. iv. 133.

BIRD-BOLTS, blunt-headed arrows; I. v. 105.

BLAZON, "coat-of-arms"; I. v. 323.

BLENT blended; I. v. 268. BLOODY, bloodthirsty; III. iv. 248.

BLOWS, inflates, puffs up; II. v. 48.

Bosoм, the folds of the dress covering the breast, stomacher; III. i. 135.

BOTCHER, mender of old clothes; I. v. 53.

BOTTLE-ALE, bottled ale; II. iii. 31.

BOTTOм, ship, vessel; V. i. 64. BRABBLE, brawl, broil; V. i. 72. BRANCHED, "adorned with needlework, representing flowers and twigs"; II. v. 54.

BREACH, Surf; II. i. 25.
BREAST, Voice; II. iii. 21.
BRED, begotten; I. ii. 22.
BROCK, badger, a term of con-
tempt; II. v. 116.

BROWNIST, a member of a Puri

tan sect; III. ii. 37.

when she forsakes her proper game, and follows some other of inferior kind that crosses her in her flight"; II. v. 126; III. i. 72. CHERRY-PIT, "a game consisting in pitching cherry-stones into a small hole"; III. iv. 134. CHEVERIL, roe-buck leather; symbol of flexibility; III. i. 13. CHUCK, chicken, a term of endearment; III. iv. 131.

CIVIL, polite, well-mannered; III. iv. 5.

CLODPOLE, blockhead; III. iv. 213.

CLOISTRESS, inhabitant of a cloister, nun; I. i. 28.

CLOYMENT, Surfeit; II. iv. 103. COCKATRICE, an imaginary creature, supposed to be produced from a cock's egg, and to have so deadly an eye as to kill by its very look; III. iv. 220. COLLIER; "the devil was called so because of his blackness"; cp. the proverb: "like will to like, quoth the devil to the collier"; III. iv. 135.

COLORS; "fear no colors," fear no

enemy; I. v. 11.

COMFORTABLE, Comforting; I. v. 2. COMMERCE, conversation; III. iv. 195.

COMPARE, Comparison; II. iv. 105.
COMPETITORS, confederates; IV.
ii. 12.
COMPLEXION,

external appear

ance; II. iv. 27.

COMPTIBLE, sensitive; I. v. 97. CONCEITED, has formed an idea; III. iv. 332.

CONCLUSIONS TO BE AS KISSES, i. e. "as in a syllogism it takes two premises to make one conclusion, so it takes two people to

COUPLET, Couple; III. iv. 421. COXCOMB, head; V. i. 183. COYSTRILL, a mean, paltry fellow; I. iii. 46.

COZIERS, botchers, cobblers; II. iii. 102.

CREDIT, intelligence; IV. iii. 6. CROSS-GARTERED, alluding to the custom of wearing the garters crossed in various styles; II. v. 173.

CROWNER, Coroner; I. v. 149. CRUELTY, cruel one; II. iv. 84. CUBICULO (one of Sir Toby's "affectioned" words),

ment; III. ii. 60.

apart

"CUCULLUS NON FACIT MONACHUM" a cowl does not make

a monk; I. v. 64. CUNNING, Skillful; I. v. 269. CURST, sharp, shrewish; III. ii. 48.

CUT, a docked horse; II. iii. 212.

CYPRESS, probably “a coffin of cypresswood"; (others explain it as a shroud of cypress; Cotgrave mentions white cipres); II. iv. 53. CYPRESS, crape (v. Note); III. i. 135.

DALLY, play, trifle; III. i. 16.
DAY-BED, Couch, sofa; II. v. 55.
DEADLY, death-like; I. v. 295.
DEAR, heartfelt; V. i. 78.

DECEIVABLE, delusive; IV. iii. 21. DEDICATION, devotedness; V. i. 89.

DELIVER'D, set at liberty; V. i.

331.

DENAY, denial; II. iv. 128.
DENY, refuse; IV. i. 63.
DESPERATE, hopeless; II. ii. 8;
reckless; V. i. 71.

DESPITE, malice; III. iv. 248.
DETERMINATE, fixed; II. i. 11.
DEXTERIOUSLY, dexterously; I. v.
69.

DILUCULO SURGERE (saluberrimum est), to rise early is most healthful; II. iii. 2. DIMENSION, bodily shape; I. v. 291; V. i. 250.

DISCOURSE, reasoning; IV. iii. 12. DISMOUNT, draw from the scabbard; III. iv. 249.

DISORDERS, misconduct; II. iii. 111.

DISSEMBLE, disguise; IV. ii. 5. DISTEMPER, make ill-humored; II. i. 5.

DISTEMPERED, diseased; I. v. 103. DRY, insipid; I. v. 46.

EGYPTIAN THIEF; an allusion to Thyamis, a robber chief in the Greek Romance of Theagenes and Chariclea (trans. into English before 1587); the thief attempted to kill Chariclea, whom he loved, rather than lose her; by mistake he slew another person; V. i. 125. ELEMENT, Sky and air; I. i. 26; sphere; III. i. 66.

ELEPHANT, the name of an inn; III. iii. 39.

ENCHANTMENT, love-charm; III. i. 126.

ENCOUNTER, go towards; used

affectedly; III. i. 82. ENDEAVOR THYSELF, try; IV. ii. 108.

ENLARGE, release; V. i. 291. ENTERTAINMENT, treatment; I. v.

241.

ESTIMABLE WONDER, admiring judgment; II. i. 30.

EXCEPT, BEFORE EXCEPTED, alluding to the common law-phrase; I. iii. 7.

EXPENSES, a tip, douceur; III. i. 49.

EXPRESSURE, expression; II. iii. 180.

EXTENT, conduct, behavior; IV. i. 58.

EXTRACTING (later Folios "exact

ing"), "drawing other thoughts from my mind"; V. i. 294. EXTRAVAGANCY, vagrancy; II. i.

12.

FADGE, prosper; II. ii. 35.

FALL, strain, cadence; I. i. 4. FANCY, love; I. i. 14; V. i. 406. FANTASTICAL, fanciful, creative; I. i. 15.

"FAREWELL, dear heart, since I must needs begone," etc., altered from Corydon's Farewell to Phillis (Percy's Reliques); II. iii. 116.

FAVOR, face, form; II. iv. 24; III. iv. 374.

FEATURE, external form, body; III. iv. 410.

FEELINGLY, exactly; II. iii. 181. FELLOW, companion; III. iv. 87. FIRAGO, Corruption of virago; III. iv. 310.

FIRE-NEW, brand-new; III. ii. 25.

FIT, becoming, suitable; III. i. 75.

FLATTER WITH, encourage with hopes; I. v. 333.

FLESHED, "made fierce and eager for combat, as a dog fed with flesh only"; IV. i. 44. FOND, dote; II. ii. 36. FORGIVE, excuse; I. v. 215. FOR THAT, because; III. i. 168. FOURTEEN YEARS' PURCHASE, i. e. "at a high rate," the current price in Shakespeare's time being twelve years' purchase; IV. i. 25.

FRAUGHT, freight; V. i. 68.
FREE, careless (or perhaps grace-
ful, comely; cp. "fair and
free"); II. iv. 46.

FRESH IN MURMUR, begun to be
rumored; I. ii. 32.
FRIGHT, affright; V. i. 249.
FROM; "f. Candy," i. e. "on her

voyage from Candy"; V. i. 68. FULSOME, gross, distasteful; V. i.

112.

GALLIARD, a lively French dance; I. iii. 134.

GASKINS, a kind of loose breeches; I. v. 28.

GECK, dupe; V. i. 359.
GENTLENESS, kindness, good-will;
II. i. 48.

GIDDILY, negligently; II. iv. 88.
GIN, snare; II. v. 93.

GINGER, a favorite spice in Shakespeare's time, especially with old people; frequently referred to by Shakespeare; II. iii. 133.

GOES EVEN, agrees, tallies; V. i.

252.

GOOD LIFE, jollity, with a play upon the literal meaning of the

266. GRATILLITY, clown's blunder for "gratuity"; II. iii. 29. GREEK; "foolish Greek," i. e. jester, merrymaker (cp. "Matthew Merrygreek" in Ralph Roister Doister); "the Greeks were proverbially spoken of by the Romans as fond of good living and free potations" (Nares); IV. i. 20.

GRIZE, step, degree; III. i. 138. GRIZZLE, a tinge of gray (perhaps a grizzly beard); V. i.

the other "knave" in turn; II. iii. 72. HONESTY, "decency, love of what is becoming"; II. iii. 99. HORRIBLE, horribly; III. iv. 200. HULL, float; I. v. 227. HUMOR OF STATE, "capricious insolence of authority"; II. v. 59.

IDLENESS, frivolousness; I. v. 73. IMPETICOS, to impocket, or impet

ticoat; one of the clown's nonsense words; II. iii. 29. IMPORTANCE, importunity; V. i. 379.

IMPRESSURE, impression; II. v. 104.

INCENSEMENT, exasperation; III. iv. 265.

INCREDULOUS, incredible; III. iv. 91.

INGRATEFUL, ungrateful; V. i. 84. INTERCHANGEMENT, interchange; V. i. 166.

INTO, unto; V. i. 91.

JEALOUSY, apprehension; III. iii. 8.

JETS, struts; II. v. 35.

JEWEL, a piece of jewelry; III. iv. 233.

JEZEBEL, used vaguely as a term
of reproach; II. v. 46.
JOINDER, joining; V. i. 164.
JUMP, tally; V. i. 265.

KICKSHAWSES=kickshaws; I. iii.

129.

KINDNESS, tenderness; II. i. 43.

LAPSED, Surprised; III. iii. 36.
LATE, lately; I. ii. 30; III. i. 42.
LEASING, lying; I. v. 110.
LEMAN, lover, sweetheart; II. iii.
28.

LENTEN, Scanty, poor; I. v. 9.