ABIDE, Sojourn for a short time;

"no more but a."= only make a short stay; IV. iii. 105. ABOARD HIM, i. e. aboard his ship; IV. iv. 886. ABUSED, deceived; II. i. 141. ACTION, Suit (perhaps "this a. I

now go on" this which I am now to undergo); II. i. 121. ADDRESS YOURSELF, prepare; IV. iv. 53.

ADVENTURE, venture; I. ii. 38;

II. iii. 162; dare; IV. iv. 475. ADVENTURE OF, risk of; V. i. 156. AFAR OFF, indirectly; II. i. 104. AFFECTION, instinct; I. ii. 138; disposition; V. ii. 43.

AFFRONT, confront, come before; V. i. 75.

AIR, breath; V. iii. 78. "ALACK, FOR LESSER KNOWLEDGE";

i. e. “Oh, would that I had less
knowledge"; II. i. 38.

ALLOW'D, allowable; I. ii. 263.
ALLOWING, approving; I. ii. 185.
AMAZEDLY, Confusedly; V. i. 187.
AMAZEDNESS, amazement, sur-
prise; V. ii. 5.
ANCIENT, old; IV. iv. 79.
ANCIENTRY, old people; III. iii.
63.

ANOTHER, the other; IV. iv. 176;

V. ii. 88.

APE, imitator; V. ii. 117. APE-BEARER, one who leads about apes; IV. iii. 107.

APPARENT, heir apparent; I. ii.

177.

APPOINT, dress; I. ii. 326. APPOINTED, equipped; IV. iv. 608. APPROBATION, attestation, confirmation; II. i. 177. APPROVED, proved, tried; IV. ii. 33.

ASPECT, "the peculiar position and influence of a planet”; II. i. 107.

AT, (?) to; (perhaps “when at Bohemia you take my lord"= "when you have my lord in Bohemia"); I. ii. 39. AT FRIEND (so Folio 1; Folio 2, "as friend"), "on terms of friendship"; V. i. 140. ATTACH, arrest; V. i. 182. ATTORNEYE D, performed by proxy; I. i. 32.

AUNTS, mistresses (cp. doxy); IV. iii. 11.

AVAILS, is of advantage; III. ï. 88.

AVOID, depart; I. ii. 462.

BAR, exclude; IV. iv. 445. BARNE, a little child; III. iii. 71. BASENESS, bastardy; II. iii. 78. BASILISK, a fabulous serpent supposed to kill by its look; I. ii. 388.

BAWCOCK, a term of endearment (always masculine); I. ii. 121. BEARING-CLOTH, "the mantle or

cloth in which a child was carried to the font"; III. iii.

122.

BENCH'D, raised to authority; I. ii. 314.

BENTS, dispositions; I. ii. 179. BIDE, dwell upon, repeat; I. ii. 242.

BLANK, "the white mark in the

center of a butt, the aim"; II. iii. 5.

BLENCH, start or fly off; I. ii. 333.

BLESS ME, preserve me; IV. iv. 276.

BLOCKS, blockheads; I. ii. 225. BLUSTERS, boisterous tempests; III. iii. 4.

BOHEMIA the king of B.; I. i.

7.

Boor, avail; III. ii. 27.

Boor, profit; IV. iv. 660, “grace to b.," "God help us"; I. ii. 80.

BORING, perforating; III. iii. 95. BORROW, borrowing; I. ii. 39. Bosom, inmost thoughts; IV. iv. 579.

BOURN, limit, line of demarcation; I. ii. 134.

BRANDS, marks of infamy, stigmas; II. i. 71.

BRAVE, fine; IV. iv. 204.
BREAK-NECK, "dangerous busi-
ness"; I. ii. 363.

BREED, educate; III. iii. 48.
BRING, take, accompany; IV. iii.

128.

BUG, bugbear; III. ii. 95.

BUGLE, a long bead of black glass; IV. iv. 228.

BUT, but that; V. i. 141.

BUT THAT, only because; II. i.

105.

BY-GONE DAY, day gone by= yesterday; I. ii. 32.

CADDISSES, Worsted ribbons; IV. iv. 211.

CALLAT, a woman of bad char

acter; II. iii. 90.

CAME HOME, "did not get hold"; (a nautical term); I. ii. 214. CAP-A-PE, from head to foot; IV. iv. 773.

CAPARISON, literally horse-cloth; here used for "rags"; IV. iii.

27. CARBONADOED,

cut across for

broiling; IV. iv. 273. CARRIAGE, carrying on, management; III. i. 17.

CARVER, Sculptor; V. iii. 30. CENSURE, judgment; II. i. 37. CENTER, "the earth as the supposed center of the world"; II. i. 102. CHAMBER-COUNCILS, "private thoughts or intentions"; I. ii. 237.

CHANGED, exchanged; I. ii. 68. CHANGELING, a child left by the

fairies in the place of another; III. iii. 125.

CHARACTER, handwriting; V. ii. 41.

CHARGE, Weight, value; IV. iv. 265.

CHEAT, (v. silly); IV. iii. 28.
CHILD, a girl; "a boy or a child";
III. iii. 72.
CHILDNESS, childishness; I. ii.
170.

CHURL, peasant; IV. iv. 448. CIRCUMSTANCE, ceremony, pomp; V. i. 90; facts which are evidence of the truth; V. ii. 36. CLAMOR (vide Note); IV. iv. 254.

CLAP, clap hands, i. e. pledge

faith (a token of troth-plighting); I. ii. 104.

CLEAR'D, excepted; I. ii. 74.

CLERK-LIKE, scholar-like; I. ii. 392.

CLIMATE, reside, sojourn; V. i. 170.

CLIPPING, embracing; V. ii. 63. Cock, woodcock, a metaphor for a fool; IV. iii. 38.

COLLOP, part of a man's flesh; I. ii. 137.

COLOR, reason, pretext; IV. iv. 571.

COMFORTING, assisting; II. iii. 56. COMFORTS, Consolation; IV. iv. 573.

COMMEND, Commit; II. iii. 182. COMMISSION, warrant; I. ii. 144. COMMODITY, advantage; III. ii. 95.

COMPASSED, gained possession of;

IV. iii. 108.

CONCEIT, intelligence; I. ii. 224; idea; III. ii. 146.

CONCERNS, is of importance; III. ii. 88.

CONSIDERED, requited, paid; IV. iv. 840.

CONTENT, pleasure, delight; V. iii. 11.

CONTINENT, chaste; III. ii. 36. CONTRACT, marriage-contract, espousals; V. i. 204.

CONTRARY, Opposite side; I. ii. 372.

COPEST WITH, hast to do with; IV. iv. 440.

CORSE, Corpse; IV. iv. 129.
COUNTERS, "a round piece of
metal used in calculations";
IV. iii. 40.

COZENED, cheated; IV. iv. 258.
COZENERS, Sharpers; IV. iv. 260.
CRACK, flaw; I. ii. 322.
CREDENT, credible; I. ii. 142.
CRONE, old woman; II. iii. 76.
CROWN IMPERIAL, the Tritellaria
imperialis, early introduced

from Constantinople into England; IV. iv. 126.

CURIOUS, requiring care, embarrassing; IV. iv. 530.

CURST, wicked; III. iii. 139. CUSTOM, "with a c." from habit; IV. iv. 12; trade, custom; V. ii. 116.

CYPRESS, crape; IV. iv. 225.

DANCES, throbs; I. ii. 110.
DEAD, deadly; IV. iv. 450.
DEAR, devoted; II. iii. 150.
DELIVER, Communicate; IV. iv.
514; narrate; V. ii. 4.
DELPHOS, Delphi; II. i. 183.
DENIED, refused; V. ii. 153.
DERIVATIVE, transmission by de-
scent; III. ii. 46.

DIBBLE, "a pointed instrument to make holes for planting seeds"; IV. iv. 100.

DIE, gaming with the dice; IV. iii. 27.

DIFFERENCE, i. e. d. in our stations in life; IV. iv. 17. DILDOS, a burden in popular

songs; IV. iv. 196.

DIM, "violets dim," prob. "of quiet color, not showy"; IV. iv. 120.

DISCASE, undress; IV. iv. 656. DISCONTENTING, discontented;

IV. iv. 548. DISCOVER, disclose, show; III. i. 20; communicate; IV. iv. 753. DISCOVER'D, betrayed; II. i. 50. DISCOVERY, disclosure; I. ii. 441. DISLIKEN, disguise; IV. iv. 675. DISPUTE, "discuss, reason upon"; IV. iv. 416.

DIS'S WAGON, Pluto's chariot; IV. iv. 118.

DISTINGUISHMENT, distinction; II. i. 86.

DIVORCE, separation; IV. iv. 433.

Do, describe; V. ii. 68.
DOUBLE, doubly; V. iii. 107.
Doxy, mistress (a cant term);
IV. iii. 2.

DRAB, a lewd woman; IV. iii.

27.

DREAD, apprehension; IV. iv. 17. DREAD, awful, revered; I. ii. 322. DREAMS, idle fancy; III. ii. 83. DUNGY, filthy; II. i. 157.

EARNEST, earnest-money, handsel; IV. iv. 668.

"EGGS FOR MONEY," a proverbial expression; meaning to put up with an affront, or to act cowardly; I. ii. 161.

EMRACEMENT, embrace; V. i. 114. ENCOUNTER, behavior; III. ii. 51.

ENCOUNTER, befall; II. i. 20. ENFOLDINGS, garments; IV. iv. 767.

ESTATE, affairs; IV. iv. 416. ESTATE, "unspeakable e.," i. e. great possessions; IV. ii. 47. ETERNITY, immortality; V. ii. 115.

EXCREMENT, beard; IV. iv. 745. EXTREMES, extravagance (of praise; and perhaps also in allusion to the extravagance of her attire); IV. iv. 6. EYED, held in view; II. i. 35.

FADINGS, a common burden of
songs; IV. iv. 197.
FAIL, failure; II. iii. 170; want,
V. i. 27.

FALLING, letting fall; I. ii. 372.
FANCY, love; IV. iv. 498.
FARDEL (Folio "farthell"), pack,
bundle; IV. iv. 738.
FASHION, kinds, sorts; III. ii.
106.

FAVOR, Countenance, look; V. ii. 57.

FEARFUL, full of fear; I. ii. 250.

FEATLY, neatly, adroitly; IV. iv. 176.

FEDERARY, accomplice; II. i. 90. FEEDING, pasturage; IV. iv. 169. FELLOWS, comrades; II. iii. 142. FETCH OFF, "make away with"; I. ii. 334.

FIXURE, direction; V. iii. 67. FLAP-DRAGONED, swallowed it like a flap-dragon (i. e. snapdragon); III. iii. 103. FLATNESS, completeness; III. ii. 124.

FLAUNTS, finery, showy apparel; IV. iv. 23.

FLAX-WENCH, а woman whose occupation is to dress flax; I. ii. 277.

FLAYED, stripped, skinned; IV. iv. 664. FLOWER-DE-LUCE, fleur-de-lys (it is uncertain whether Shakespeare was thinking of a lily or an iris); IV. iv. 127. FOND, foolish; IV. iv. 442. FOOLS, "a term of endearment and pity"; II. i. 118. FOR, because; III. i. 4; IV. iv. 86.

FOR BECAUSE, because; II. i. 7.
FORCE, necessity; IV. iv. 439.
FORCED, strained, far-fetched (or
"mistaken"); IV. iv. 41.
FORCEFUL, strong; II. i. 163.
'FORE, before; III. ii. 43.
FOREFEND, forbid; IV. iv. 545.
FORGES, causes, produces; IV. iv.
17.

FORK'D, horned; I. ii. 186.
FRAMED, planned, pre-arranged;
V. i. 91.

FRANKLINS, yeomen; V. ii. 189.