EPILOGUE Spoken by Prospero. Now my charms are all o'erthrown, As you from crimes would pardon'd be, 10 20 10. "with good hands"; i. e. by your applause. Noise was supposed to dissolve a spell. Thus before in this play: "hush, and be mute, Os else our spell is marr'd.”—H. N. H. GLOSSARY By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A. A=on; II. i. 190. ABUSE, deceive; V. i. 112. ACHES (dissyllabic, pronounced "aitches," like the letter H); I. ii. 370. ADMIRE, Wonder; V. i. 154. ADVANCE, raise, lift up; I. ii. 408. ADVENTURE, to risk; II. i. 192. AFTER, afterwards; II. ii. 10. AGAIN, again and again; I. ii. 390. A-HOLD; "to lay a ship a-hold," i. e., "to bring a ship close to the wind so as to hold or keep her to it"; I. i. 56. AMAZEMENT, anguish; I. ii. 14. AMEN, used probably in the sense of "again!" or perhaps merely with the force of "many"; others render it "hold, stop!"; II. ii. 106. AN, if; II. i. 186. ANGLE, Corner; I. ii. 223. ASPERSION, sprinkling of rain or dew (with an allusion perhaps ATTACHED, seized; III. iii. 5. BACKWARD, distant, past; I. ii. 50. BADGES; "household servants usu ally wore on their arms, as part of their livery, silver 'badges' whereon the shield of their masters was engraved"; V. i. 267. BAREFOOT (used adjectively); II. ii. 11. BARNACLES, barnacle geese; IV. i. 251. BASS, utter in a deep bass; III. iii. 99. BAT-FOWLING, a term used for catching birds by night; thence the name of a thieves' trick for plundering shops about dusk by pretending to have lost a jewel near; II. i. 190. BEAK, bow (of a ship); I. ii. 196. BEAR UP, i. e., take your course, sail up; III. ii. 3. BERMOOTHES, i. e., Bermudas; "said and supposed to be inchanted and inhabited with witches and deuills, which grew by reason of accustomed monstrous thunder, storme, and tempest," &c. Stow's Annals; I. ii. 229. BERRIES (? Coffee); I. ii. 334. BLUE-EYED, with blueness about the eyes; I. ii. 269. BOMBARD, "black jack" of leather; II. ii. 22. BOOTLESS, profitless; I. ii. 35. BRAVE, fine; I. ii. 411. BRING TO TRY; "to lay the ship with her side close to the wind, and lash the tiller to the lee side"; I. i. 40. BROOM-GROVES, groves in which broom (Spartium scoparium) abounds; or perhaps woods overgrown with genista, pathless woods; IV. i. 66. BUDGE, stir; V. i. 11. BURTHEN, undersong; I. ii. 381. BUT, except that; I. ii. 414; otherwise than; I. ii. 119. BY AND BY, immediately; III. ii. 160. CAN, is able to make; IV. i. 27. CANDIED, converted into sugar, sweetened; II. i. 284. CAPABLE, retentive; I. ii. 353. CAPERING, jumping for joy; V. i. 238. CARRIAGE, burden; V. i. 3. CASE, Condition; III. ii. 30. CAST, to throw up; perhaps with a play upon "cast" in the sense of "to assign their parts to actors"; II. i. 256. CAT (with reference to the old proverb that good liquor will make a cat speak); II. ii. 94. CATCH, a part-song; III. ii. 129. CERTES, certainly; III. iii. 30. CHALKED FORTH, i. e., chalked out; V. i. 203. CHERUBIN, a cherub; I. ii. 152. CHIRURGEONLY, like a surgeon; II. i. 145. CLEAR, blameless; III. iii. 82. CLOSENESS, retirement; I. ii. 90. CLOUDY, gloomy; II. i. 147. COCKEREL, the young cock; II. i. 31. COIL, turmoil; I. ii. 207. COME BY, to acquire; II. i. 297. CONFEDERATES, conspires; I. ii. 111. CONSTANT, self-possessed; í. ii. 207; "my stomach is not c." i. e. "is qualmish"; II. ii. 130. CONTENT, desire, will; II. i. 274. CONTROL, contradict; I. ii. 439. CORAGIO, Courage!; V. i. 258. COROLLARY, a supernumerary, a surplus; IV. i. 57. CORRESPONDENT, responsive, obedient; I. ii. 298. COURSES, the largest lower sails of a ship; I. i. 57. CRABS, crab-apples; II. ii. 188. CRACK, to burst (with reference to magic bands, or perhaps to the crucibles and alembics of magicians); V. i. 2. DEAR, zealous; I. ii. 179. DEBOSHED, debauched; III. ii. 30. DISTEMPERED, excited; IV. i. 145. DISTINCTLY, Separately; I. ii. 200. DoIT, the smallest piece of money; eighty doits went to a shilling; II. ii. 35. DOLLAR, used quibblingly with “dolor"; II. i. 18. DowLE, a fiber of down; III. iii. DRAWN, having swords drawn; II. i. 313; having taken a good DREGS (with reference to the "li- DROLLERY, puppet-show; III. iii. 21. DRY, thirsty; I. ii. 112. EARTH'D, buried in the earth; II. EBBING, "ebbing men," i. e., "men ECSTASY, mental excitement, i. 164. ENGINE, instrument of war, mili- ENVY, malice; I. ii. 258. ESTATE, to grant as a possession; EYE, tinge; II. i. 55. FALL, to let fall; II. i. 301. FEATLY, deftly; I. ii. 380. FELLOWS, companions; II. i. 279. FISH, to catch at, to seek to ob- FLAT, low level ground; II. ii. 2. 113 side of a sword instead of its FLOTE, flood, sea; I. ii. 234. III. iii. 3. FRAUGHTING, freighting; I. ii. 13. FRIPPERY, a place where old clothes are sold; IV. i. 228. GABERDINE, a long coarse outer GALLOWS, cf. "He that is born to GAVE OUT, i. e., gave up; V. i. 213. GENTLE, high-born (and hence GLUT, to swallow up; I. i. 67. HEAVY, "the heavy offer"; i. e., HELP, cure; II. ii. 106. HOIST, hoisted (past tense of "hoise" or "hoist"); I. ii. 148. HOLLOWLY, insincerely; III. i. 70. HOME, to the utmost, effectively; V. i. 71. HONEYCOMB, cells of honeycomb; I. ii. 329. IGNORANT, appertaining to ignorance, "i. fumes"-"fumes of ignorance"; V. i. 67. IMPERTINENT, irrelevant; I. ii. 138. INCH-MEAL, inch by inch; II. ii. 3. INFEST, vex; V. i. 246. INFLUENCE (used in its astrological sense); I. ii. 182. INFUSED, endowed; I. ii. 154. INHERIT, take possession; II. ii. 196. INLY, inwardly; V. i. 200. INQUISITION, enquiry; I. ii. 35. INVERT, change to the contrary; III. i. 70. JACK, "played the Jack," i. e. the knave "deceived"; IV. i. 198. JERKIN, a kind of doublet; IV. i. 240. JUSTIFY, prove; V. i. 122. KEY, tuning-key; I. ii. 83. LAKIN, “Ladykin,” or the Virgin LAUGHTER, possibly used with a double meaning; "lafter" was perhaps the cant name of some small coin; still used provincially for the number of eggs laid by a hen at one time; II. i. 33. LEARNING, teaching; I. ii. 366. LIEU, "in lieu of," i. e., in consideration of; I. ii. 123. LIFE, "good life," i. e., "life-like truthfulness"; III. iii. 86. LIKE, Similarly; III. iii. 66. LIME, bird-lime; IV. i. 248. LINE, lime-tree (with punning reference to other meanings of "line" in subsequent portion of the scene); IV. i. 237. LINE-GROVE, lime-grove; V. i. 10. LIVER, regarded as the seat of passion; IV. i. 56. LOATHNESS, reluctance; II. i. 135. LORDED, made a lord; I. ii. 97. LUSH, luscious, luxuriant; II. i. 53. LUSTY, vigorous; II. i. 53. MAID, maid-servant; III. i. 84. MAIN-COURSE, the main sail; I. i. 48. MAKE, to prove to be; II. i. 270. MAKE A MAN, i. e., make a man's fortune; II. ii. 34. MANAGE, government; I. ii. 70. MARMOSET, small monkey; II. ii. 191. MASSY, massive, heavy; III. iii. 67. MATTER, an important matter; II. i. 235. MEANDERS, winding paths; III. iii. 3. MEASURE, pass over; II. i. 264. MEDDLE, to mingle; I. ii. 22. MERCHANT, merchantman ("the masters of some merchant"); II. i. 5. MERELY, absolutely; I. i. 63. METTLE, disposition, ardor; II. i. 187. MINION, favorite; IV. i. 98. MIRACULOUS; "the miraculous harp" of Amphion, the music |