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To cross the seas to England, and be crown'd 90
King Henry's faithful and anointed queen:
For your expenses and sufficient charge,
Among the people gather up a tenth.

Be gone, I say; for, till you do return,

I rest perplexed with a thousand cares. And you, good uncle, banish all offense: If you do censure me by what you were, Not what you are, I know it will excuse This sudden execution of my will. And so, conduct me where, from I may revolve and ruminate my grief. [Exit. Glou. Aye, grief, I fear me, both at first and last, [Exeunt Gloucester and Exeter. Suf. Thus Suffolk hath prevail'd; and thus he

goes,

company,

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As did the youthful Paris once to Greece,
With hope to find the like event in love,
But prosper better than the Trojan did.
Margaret shall now be queen, and rule the
king;

But I will rule both her, the king and realm.

[Exit.

90. "To cross"; Walker, "Across.”—I. G. 97. To "censure" is here simply to judge. "If in judging me you consider the past frailties of your own youth."-H. N. H.

108. Suffolk set forth on this expedition in October, 1444. Thus stands the account in Holinshed: "The earle of Suffolke was made marquesse of Suffolke, which marquesse, with his wife and manie honorable personages of men and women, richlie adorned both with apparell and jewels, having with them manie costlie chariots and gorgeous horslitters, sailed into France for the conveiance of the nominated queene into the realme of England. For king Reiner, hir father, for all his long stile, had too short a pursse to send his daughter honorablie to the king hir spouse.”—H. N. H.

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GLOSSARY

By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A.

ACCIDENTS, events; V. iii. 4. ACCOMPLICES, fellows in arms; V. ii. 9.

ADMONISHMENTS, instructions; II. V. 98.

ADVANTAGE, occasion; II. v. 129. AFFECTS, cares for, loves; V. v. 57.

AGAZED ON, aghast at, gazing with

amazement at; I. i. 126. ALCIDES, Hercules; IV. vii. 60. ALLIANCE, relationship; II. V. 53.

AMAZE, throw into consternation; IV. vii. 84.

AMORT, "all a.," quite dejected; III. ii. 124.

ANTIC, buffoon; (Ff. 1, 2, “antique"; Ff. 3, 4, “antick”); IV. vii. 18.

APPARELL D, dressed; II. iv. 22. APPARENT, evident, plain; II. i. 3. APPREHENSION, conception of me; (Theobald, “reprehension"; Vaughan, "misapprehension” for "this ap."); II. iv. 102. ARGUE, show, prove; II. v. 7. ARGUMENT, token; V. i. 46. ARMS, coat of arms; I. i. 80. As, that; III. i. 16. ASTREA, goddess of justice; (Ff. 2, 3, 4, "bright Astræa"); I. vi. 4.

ATTACHED, arrested; II. iv. 96. ATTAINT, tainted; V. v. 81. ATTAINTED, tainted, disgraced, II.

iv. 92; convicted of capital treason, II. iv. 96. ATTORNEY SHIP, discretional

agency of another; V. v. 56.

BANDING, uniting in troops; III. i. 81.

BANNING, cursing; V. iii. 42.
BAY; "stand at b.," a term of the
chase, “when the game is driven
to extremity and turns against
its pursuers"; IV. ii. 52.
BEARD; "b. thee to thy face," set
thee at defiance; I. iii. 44.
BEARING-CLOTH, the cloth or man-
tle in which the child was car-
ried to the font; I. iii. 42.
BENEFIT; "of b.," used in its le-
gal sense of property bestowed
by the favor of another; V.
iv. 152.

BESIDE, besides; III. i. 24.
BEST; "I were best," it were bet-
ter for me; V. iii. 83.
BESTOW, place, lodge; III. ii. 88.
BEWRAY'D, betrayed; IV. i. 107.
BISHOP; "the b. and the D. of
Gloucester's men"; i. e. bishop's
men (Hanmer, "Bishop's");
III. i. 78.

BLOOD; "in b.," in perfect health and vigor; a technical term of the chase; IV. ii. 48.

BLUE COATS, blue was the ordinary color of the livery of serving-men; I. iii. 47.

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CANKER, canker-worm; II. iv. 68. CANVASS, toss as in a canvass,

"toss in a blanket"; I. iii. 36. CAP, Cardinal's hat; V. i. 33. CAPTIVATE, captive; II. iii. 42. CATES, delicacies, dainties; II. iii. 79.

CENSURE, judgment, opinion; II. iii. 10.

CENSURE, judge; V. v. 97. CHALLENGE, claim; V. iv. 153. CHARGE, expense, cost; V. v. 92. CHEER, Countenance; I. ii. 48. CIRCUMSTANCE, circumstances, details; I. i. 109.

CLUBS, "I'll call for clubs", "in any public affray the cry was, 'Clubs! clubs!' by way of calling for persons with clubs to part the combatants" (Nares); I. iii. 84.

COAT, coat of arms; I. i. 81. COGNIZANCE, badge; II. iv. 108. COLLOP, slice of meat; V. iv. 18. COLORS, pretence (with play upon

the two senses of the word); II. iv. 34. COMMANDMENT, command; quadrisyllabic; (Ff. 1, 2, 3, "commandement"); I. iii. 20. CONCEIT, invention, IV. i. 102; understanding, V. v. 15. CONSENTED UNTO, conspired to bring about; I. i. 5. CONTEMPTIBLE, mean, low; I. ii. 75. CONTUMELIOUSLY, contemptuously; I. iii. 58.

CONVEYANCE, dishonest practice ; I. iii. 2.

COOLING CARD, "something to damp or overwhelm the hope of an expectant"; V. iii. 84. CORNETS, horsemen, cavalry; IV. iii. 25.

CORROSIVE, fretting, giving pain; (Ff., 2, 3, "corrasive"; Boswell, "a corrosive"); III. iii. 3. COURT OF GUARD, main guardhouse; II. 1. 4.

CRAZY, decrepit, weak; III. ii. 89.
CRESTLESS, with no right to coat-
armor; II. iv. 85.
CUNNING, Skill; III. iii. 10.

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DAMASCUS; alluding to the ancient belief that it was near the place where Cain killed Abel; I. iii. 39.

DARNEL, a kind of weed, ryegrass, which is thought to be injurious to the eyes; hence the old proverb, lelio victitare (to feed on darnel); "tares" in Matthew xiii. 25, should, perhaps properly be rendered "darnels"; III. ii. 44.

DEAD, (F. 2, "dread”); I. iii. 34. DEAREST, most precious; III. iv. 40.

DENIS; "Saint Denis," the patron saint of France; I. vi. 28.

DETERMINED, limited; IV. vi. 9. DEVISE ON, lay schemes; (Vaughan, "decide"); I. ii. 124. DIFFIDENCE, distrust, suspicion; III. iii. 10.

DIGEST, Vent; (F. 2, "disgest"); IV. i. 167.

DISABLE, disparage, undervalue; V. iii. 67.

· DISCOVER, tell; II. v. 59.

DISEASE, cause of uneasiness, trouble; II. v. 44.

DISMAY NOT, be not dismayed; III. iii. 1.

DISTRAIN'D, taken possession of; I. iii. 61.

DROOPING CHAIR, chair fit for de

clining age; IV. v. 5. DUE, endue (? give as thy due); (Ff., "dew"; Collier, "'due"); IV. ii. 34.

DUMB SIGNIFICANTS, signs, indications; (Pope, "d. significance"); II. iv. 26.

EFFUSED, Shed; V. iv. 52. EMULATION, rivalry, contention; IV. iv. 21.

ENDAMAGE, injure; II. i. 77. ENRANK, place in order, battle array; I. i. 115.

ENTERTAIN, maintain, keep; (Collier MS., "enterchange");` V. iv. 175.

ENVY, enmity; IV. i. 193.
ESPIALS, spies; I. iv. 8.
EXEMPT, cut off, excluded; II.
iv. 93.

EXEQUIES, obsequies, funeral rites; III. ii. 133.

EXIGENT, end; (Vaughan, "exeunt"); II. v. 9.

EXPULSED, expelled; III. iii. 25. EXTIRPED, extirpated; III. iii. 24. EXTREMES, "most ex.," greatest

extremities of danger; (Hanmer, "worst ex."); IV. i. 38.

FACE, lie with effrontery; V. iii. 142.

FAMILIAR, familiar spirit; III. ii. 122.

FANCY, love; V. iii. 91.

FASHION (Pope, "passion"; Theobald, "faction"); II. iv. 76. FEATURE, make, form; V. v. 68. FLESH, initiate; IV. vii. 36. FLOWER-DE-LUCES, the white lilies,

the emblem of France; I. i. 80. FOND, foolish; II. iii. 45. FOOT-BOYS, lackeys; III. ii. 69. FORGED, Counterfeit; IV. i. 102. FORLORN, utterly wretched, re

ferring to former wretchedness'; (Collier MS., "forborne"); I. ii. 19.

FORTH, forth from, from out; I. ii. 54.

FORTUNE, fate; IV. iv. 39. FRANCE HIS SWORD, France's sword, i. e. the sword of the King of France; (Rowe, "France's"); IV. vi. 3. FROISSART, (Ff., "Froysard"); I.

ii. 29.

GIGLOT, wanton; IV. vii. 41. GIMMORS, gimcracks, curious contrivances; (Ff. 2, 3, 4, “Gimmalls"); I. ii. 41.

GIRD, rebuke; III. i. 131.
GIRD, invest; (Ff. 1, 2, "gyrt";
F. 3, "girt"); III. i. 171.
GLEEKS; "Charles his g.," i. e.
Charles scoffs; (Ff., "glikes");
III. ii. 123.

GLOSS, specious appearance; IV. i. 103.

GOLIASES, Goliaths; I. ii. 33. GRACELESS, profligate; V. iv. 14.

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GRISLY, grim, terrible; I. iv. 47. GUARDANT, guard, sentinel; IV. vii. 9.

HALCYON DAYS; (Ff. 1, 2, "Hal

cyons days"); calm days; halcyon is the old name of the King-fisher. In Holland's Pliny occurs the following illustrative passage:-"They lay and sit about mid-winter when days be shortest; and the times whiles they are broody is called Halcyon days, for during that season the sea is calm and navigable, especially on the coast of Sicily" (Bk. X., ch. xxxii.); I. ii. 131.

HAND; "out of h.," directly, at once; III. ii. 102.

HAUGHTY, high-spirited, adventurous; II. v. 79.

HAVE WITH THEE, I'll go with you; II. iv. 114.

HEAD, armed force; I. iv. 100. HEART-BLOOD, heart's blood; I. iii. 83.

HEAVENS, technically the upper

part of the stage (overhung with black when a tragedy was enacted); I. i. 1.

HIS, "his beams"; its; I. i. 10. HUNGRY-STARVED, starved with hunger; so Ff. 1, 2, 3; F. 4, "hungry-starved"; Rowe, hunger-starved"; Boswell, "hungry, starved"; I. iv. 5.

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(used contemptuously); III. i.

99.

Insulting, exulting; I. ii. 138. INTERMISSIVE, having a temporary cessation; I. i. 88.

IRKS, grievcs; I. iv. 105.

JUGGLING (trisyllabic); V. iv. 68.

KINDLY, appropriate; III. i. 131.

LATTER, last (F. 4, "later"; Pope, "latest"); II. v. 38.

LIE, dwell (Pope, “lyes”); III. ii. 129.

LIFT, lifted (old form of past tense); I. i. 16.

LIKE, liken, compare (Hanmer, "leave me to"; Vaughan, "take me so"); IV. vi. 48.

LINSTOCK, a stick to hold the

gunner's match; I. iv. 56. LITHER, Soft, pliant; IV. vii. 21. LOADEN, laden; II. i. 80.

LONG OF, because of (Ff., "long of"); IV. iii. 33.

LowLY, brought low, lying low (Warburton, "lovely"); III. iii. 47.

LOWTED, made a fool of (Grey, "flouted"; Nicholson, "loiter'd"; Vaughan, "letted"); IV. iii. 13.

MACHIAVEL, used proverbially for a crafty politician (here an anachronism); V. iv. 74. MALICE, hatred, III. i. 128; enmity, ill-will, IV. i. 108. MANIFEST, obvious, evident; I. iii. 33.

MEAN, moderation, medium; I. ii. 121.

MEAN, means, instrument; III. ii. 10.

METHOD, "the m. of my pen,"

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