140. Plebeii,

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plebeians (Rowe,

plebeians"); II. iii. 190. Plot; "single p.," my own person, body; III. ii. 102. Points, commands (as if given by a trumpet); IV. vi. 125. Poison, destroy; V. ii. 89. Poll, number, counted by heads (Folios, "pole"); III. i. 134. Polled, bared, cleared (originally cut the hair); IV. v. 209.

Poorest, smallest; III. iii. 32.
Portance, bearing, demeanour;
II. iii. 230.

Ports, gates; I. vii. 1.
Possessed, informed; II. i. 139.
Post, messenger; V. vi. 50.
Pot; "to the p.," to certain
death; I. iv. 47.

Reason" there is reason for it "; IV. v. 241.

-, argue for; V. iii. 176. converse; I. ix. 58. Reasons, arguments; V. vi. 59. Receipt; "his r.," that which he received; I. i. 115.

Receive to heart, take to heart; IV. iii. 22.

Reckless, thoughtless; III. i. 92. Recommend, commit the task; II. ii. 154.

Rectorship, guidance; II. iii.

211.

Reechy, dirty (literally smoky); II. i. 217.

Reek, vapour; III. iii. 121.
Rejourn, adjourn; II. i. 73.
Remains, it remains; II. iii. 145.
Remove; for the r.," to raise
the siege; I. ii. 28.
Render, render up, give; I. ix.

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Repeal, recall from banish-
ment; IV. vii. 32.
Repetition, utterance, mention;
I. i. 47.

Report, reputation; II. i. 122.
; "give him good r.,"
speak well of him; I. i. 33.
Request, asking the votes of
the people; II. iii. 148.
Require, ask; II. ii. 159.
Rest, stay; IV. i. 39.
Restitution; "to hopeless r.,"
so that there were no hope
of restitution; III. i. 16.
Retire, retreat; I. vi. (direc.).
Rheum, tears; V. vi. 46.
Ridges horsed, ridges of house-

roofs with people sitting astride of them; II. i. 219.

Ripe aptness, perfect readiness; IV. iii. 23.

Road, inroad; III. i. 5.

Rome gates, the gates of Rome; IV. v. 208.

Roted, learned by rote; III. ii. 55.

Rub, impediment; a term taken from the game of bowls; III. i. 60.

Ruth, pity; I. i. 200.

Safe-guard; " on s.," under pro

tection of a guard; III. i. 9. Sat, if there sat; III. iii. 70. Save you, i.e. God save you (a

common form of salutation); IV. iv. 6.

Say, say on, speak; III. iii. 41. Scabs, a term of extreme contempt; here used quibblingly; I. i. 169. Scaling, weighing, comparing; II. iii. 255.

Scandal'd, defamed; III. i. 44. Scarr'd, wounded; IV. v. 112. Scorn him, disdain to allow him; III. i. 268.

Scotched, cut, hacked; IV. v. 192.

Seeking, request, demand; I. i. 191.

Seld-shown, seldom seen; II. i.

221.

Self; "Tarquin's self," Tarquin himself; II. ii. 97.

Sennet, a particular set of notes played on the cornet or trumpet; II. i. 170.

Sensible, sensitive; I. iii. 89. Sensibly, endowed with feeling; sensibility; I. iv. 53. Servanted to, subject to; V. ii. 86.

Set down before 's, besiege us; I. ii. 28.

Set on, incited, instigated (? go on!); III. i. 58.

Set up the bloody-flag, i.e. de

clare war (a red flag was the signal for battle); II. i. 77. Several, separate; IV. v. 125. Sewing, embroidering; I. iii. 55. Shall, shall go; III. i. 31. Shall's, shall we go; IV. vi. 148.

Shame, be ashamed; II. ii. 70. Shent, reproved, rated; V. ii.

ΙΟΙ.

Shop, workshop; I. i. 136. Should, would; II. iii. 25. Show'd, would appear; IV. vi. 114. Show'st, appearest; IV. v. 65. Shrug, shrug the shoulders as not believing the story; I. ix.

4. Shunless, not to be shunned or avoided; II. ii. 115.

Side, take sides with; I. i. 196. Silence, silent one; II. i. 184. Since that, since; III. ii. 50.

Single, insignificant,

(used quibblingly); II. i. 37.

Singly, by a single person; II. ii. 90.

Singularity; "more than s.," i.e. independently of his own peculiar disposition; I. i. 281. Sithence, since; III. i. 47. Sits down, begins the siege; IV. vii. 28.

Slight, insignificant; V. ii. 106. Slightness, trifling; III. i. 148. Slip; "let s.," let loose (a

hunting term); I. vi. 39. Small, clear and high; III. ii. 114.

Smote, struck at; III. i. 319.
Soft, gentle; III. ii. 82.
Soldier (trisyllabic); I. i. 119.
Solemness, gravity; I. iii. 114.
So made on, made so much of;
IV. v. 197.

So many so, as many as are so; I. vi. 73.

Some certain, some; II. iii. 59. Something, somewhat; II. i. 49.

Sometime, at one time, for

merly; III. i. 115. Sooth'd, flattered; II. ii. 76. Soothing, flattery; I. ix. 44.

-, flattering; III. i. 69. Sort, manner; I. iii. 2. South; "all the contagion of the s. light on you," the south was regarded as the quarter from which diseases and noxious vapours came; I.

iv. 30.

Sowl, pull by the ears; IV. v. 207.

Speed, turn out; V. i. 61.
Spices, samples; IV. vii. 46.
Spirit (monosyllabic); II. i.
169.

Spot, figure, pattern; I. iii. 56.
Spritely, lively; IV. v. 231.
Stain, eclipse; I. x. 18.
Stale 't, make it stale (Folios,
"scale 't"); I. i. 95.

Stamp'd, given the impress of
truth to; V. ii. 22.
Stand, stop; V. vi. 128.
Stand to, uphold; III. i. 208.
stand by; V. iii. 199.
Stand upon, insist upon; I. ix.

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Stood to 't, made a stand, stood firm; IV. vi. 10. Store; good store," good quantity; I. ix. 32. Stout, proud; III. ii. 78. Stoutness, pride; III. ii. 127. Straight, straightway, immediately; II. ii. 119.

Stretch it out, extending its power to the utmost; II. ii. 54.

Stride, bestride; I. ix. 71.
Strucken, struck; IV. v. 152.
Stuck, hesitated; II. iii. 17.
Subdues, subjects him to pun-
ishment; I. i. 179.
Subtle, smooth and deceptive;
V. ii. 20.

Sudden, hasty; II. iii. 257.
Sufferance, suffering; I. i. 22.

endurance; "against all noble s.," beyond the endurance of the nobility; III. i. 24.

Suggest, prompt; II. i. 253. Summon the town, i.e. to surrender; I. iv. 7.

Surcease, cease; III. ii. 121. Surer; no s.," no more to be depended upon; I. i. 175. Surety, be sureties for; III. i. 178.

Sway, bear sway; II. i. 212. Swifter composition, making terms more quickly; III. i.

3.

Sworn brother; people who had taken an oath to share each other's fortunes were called fratres jurati, sworn brothers; II. iii. 100.

Tabor, a small drum of mediaval origin, usually strapped upon the left arm between wrist and elbow and beaten by the right hand; I. vi. 25. (Cp. illustration).