Abuse: deceive. V. i. p. 113.
Achés: pronounced 'H' (aitch).
I. ii. p. 42.

Admire: wonder. V. i. p. 115.
Advance: raise, lift up. I. ii.
p. 44.

Adventure: risk. II. i. p. 58.
Again: again and again. I. ii.
p. 43.

A-hold: close to the wind, as
nearly in the teeth of the wind
as possible. I. i. p. 22.
Amazement: bewildering dis-
tress. I. ii. p. 24.
Angle: corner. I. ii. p. 34.
Argier: Algiers. I. ii. p. 36.
Aspersion sprinkling, as of
dew. IV. i. p. 94.
Attached: arrested, seized. III.
iii. p. 87.

Avoid: away! begone! IV. i. p.
101.

Backward: past. I. ii. p. 26.
Badges: silver plates engraved

with their master's armorial
bearings, worn by servants on
the arm. V. i. p. 122.
Banks: ditches or trenches
dividing up arable land. IV. i.
p. 97.

Barnacles: barnacle geese; the
shell-fish were supposed to
grow upon a certain tree, from
which they fell into the water
and there changed into geese.
IV. i. p. 106. (See Notes.)
Bass: pronounce in a deep bass
voice. III. iii. p. 93.
Bate: rebate. I. ii. p. 35.
Bat-fowling: the hunting of
bats at night by attracting
them with torches, and striking
them down as they fluttered
round the light. II. i. p. 58.

Beak: bows. I. ii. p. 33.
Bear up: i.e. to set the helm so
that the vessel continues on a
course against the wind. III.
ii. p. 80.
Bermoothes: Bermudas. I. ii.
p. 34.

Berries: probably coffee, known
as an Eastern beverage. I. ii.
p. 40.
Blue-eyed: with blueness or
darkness around the eyes. I.
ii. p. 36.

Boiled: distracted, frenzied. V.
i. p. 111.

Bombard: a large leathern jug.
II. ii. p. 67.

Bootless inquisition: fruitless
conjecture. I. ii. p. 25.
Bosky: wooded. IV. i. p. 98.
Bourn: boundary. II. f. p. 56.
Brave: noble, beautiful, striking.
I. ii. p. 44.

Bring her to try: "to lie-to in
a gale under storm sails, so as
to keep a ship's bow to the
waves. I. i. p. 21.
Broom-groves: luxuriant groves
of broom. IV. i. p. 97.
Burden: refrain. I. ii. p. 42.
By and by: immediately. III.
iii. p. 86.

Can:" our worser genius
that our evil attendant spirit is
able to oppose (to our guardian
angel). IV. i. p. 95.
Candied: hardened, congealed.
II. i. p. 63.

Capable: tenacious. I. ii. p. 41.
Capering to eye her: dancing
with delight at the sight of her.
V. i. p. 120.
Carriage: burden.
Case: fit condition.

V. i. p. 108.
III. ii. p. 81.

Cast: cast up (with allusion to
the 'cast' of a play, carried on
in the succeeding lines). II. i.
p. 62.

Cat: with reference to the pro-
verb, 'Good liquor will make a
cat speak.' II. ii. p. 70.
Cat o' mountain: wild cat. IV.
i. p. 107.

Catch a round (each singer
joining in at a different point).
III. ii. p. 85.
Certes: certainly, assuredly. III.
iii. p. 89.

Charmingly magically, like a

spell, or charm. IV. i. p. 99.
Cherubin: cherub. I. ii. p. 30.
Chirurgeonly: like a surgeon.
II. i. p. 56.

Chough: a kind of crow. II. i.
p. 62.

Clear: blameless. III. iii. p. 92.
Closeness: solitude. I. ii. p. 48.
Coil: tumult, uproar. I. ii. p. 33.
Constant: self-possessed. I. ii.
p. 33; "is not
ish. II. ii. p. 71.

"" is

squeam-

Content: aspiration, ambition.
II. i. p. 63.

Control: confute. I. ii. p. 45.
Coragio: courage! V. i. p. 121.
Corollary: supernumerary. IV.
I. p. 96.

Correspondent: submissive. I.
ii. p. 38.

Courses: the lowest and largest
sails. I. ii. p. 22.

Crabs: crab apples. II. ii. p. 73.
Crisp: curled, rippling. IV. i. p.
100.

Dead of sleep in a profound,
death-like slumber. V. i. p.

120.

Dearest: direst, the most lament-
able. II. i. p. 56.

Deboshed: debauched. III. ii.
p. 81.

Decked: sprinkled.

I. ii. p. 31.

Deep chat: profound conversa-
tion. II. i. p. 62.
Deliver: relate. V. i. p. 124.
Dew-lapped having lobes or
folds of skin hanging from the
throat. III. iii. p. 90.

Endeavour: painful effort. II.
i. p. 57.
Engine: i.c. of war. II. i. p. 57.
Envy: malice. I. ii. p. 36,
Estate: bestow for perpetual
possession. IV. i. p. 98.
Eye: tinge. II. i. p. 56.
Fall it: let it fall. II. i. p. 64.
Fearful: timid. I. ii. p. 47.
Feater: more neatly, better fit-
ting. II. i. p. 63.

Featly: nimbly, gracefully. I.
ii. p. 42.

Fellows equals, companions.

II. i. p. 63.

Few: "in

briefly. I. ii.

appro-

priately drawn in or inter-
polated, timely spoken.

II. i.

p. 54.
Flat-long: as if struck with the
flat of a sword. II. i. p. 58.
Flote: flood, main. I. ii. p. 34.

Foil: "put it to the
marred it. III. ii. p. 77.
Foison: plenty, abundance. II.
i. p. 57.

Forth-rights: straight paths.
III. iii. p. 87.

Foundered: disabled (by over-
riding). IV. i. p. 95.
Fraughting souls: freight of
human life. I. ii. p. 24.
Freshes: quick

living
springs of fresh water. III. ii.
p. 83.
Frippery: old-clothes store. IV.
i. p. 105.

Frustrate: frustrated, hopeless.
III. iii. p. 87.

Gaberdine: a long, coarse over-
garment. II. ii. p. 68.
Gallows: alluding to the saying,
'He that is born to be hanged
will never be drowned.' I. i. p.
21.

Gilded intoxicated (alluding to
the alchemists' elixir, aurum
potabile). V. i. p. 122.
Glasses: hours (actually a half-
hour glass was used at sea. See
Life and Work, chap. 12, note).
I. ii. p. 35; v. i. p. 119.
P. 103.

Goss: gorse. iv.

Heavy offer: "omit the

neglect the proffered oblivion.
II. i. p. 58.

Help: cure. II. ii. p. 72.

Hint: theme. 1. ii. p. 30; occa-

sion, cause. II. i. p. 50.
Hoist hoisted. I. ii. p. 30.
Hollowly: insincerely. III. ii.
p. 78.

Holy: virtuous, upright. V. i.
p. 111.

Home: fully, to the utmost. V.
I. p. 111.

Hoodwink: obscure, conceal.
IV. i. p. 104.

Ignorant fumes: fumes of ignor-
ance. V. i. p. 111.
Impertinent: not pertinent,
irrelevant. I. ii. p. 30.
Inch-meal: inch by inch. II.
ii. p. 66.
Inde: "men of

II. ii. p. 68.

Infest: worry, vex. V. i. p.

120.
Inherit: take possession. II. ii.
p. 73; possess. IV. i. p. 101.
Issued: derived. I. ii. p. 26.
Jack: Jack-o'-lantern, Will-o'-
the-wisp. IV. i. p. 104.
Jerkin: doublet. IV. i. p. 105.
Justify: prove. V. i. p. 114.
Key: tuning-key. I. ii.
p. 27.
Kibe: chilblain. II. i. p. 63.
Knot: "in this sad
jectedly folded (a proverbial
token of melancholy). I. ii. p.

"barbarians.

34.

Lakin: "By'r

de-

Ladykin, i.e. the Virgin Mary.
III. iii. p. 87.

Lieu: "in

o'," in return for.

I. ii. p. 29.
Life: "good "life-like ex-
actitude. III. iii. p. 92.
Lime: i.e. with which to catch
birds (carrying on the play
upon line = lime-tree). IV. i.
p. 106.
Line: lime-tree (with quibble on
'cord'); "under the line," (1)
wagered at tennis, the ball
going 'under the line' meaning
loss of the point; (2) at the
equator, where fevers were
likely to cause the loss of hair;
with further quibble on 'hair
horse-hair, of which clothes-
line was made; "line and
level," methodically. IV. i. p.
136.
Line-grove: lime-grove, grove of
lindens. V. i. p. 108.

Liver: passion was believed to
take rise in the liver. IV. i. p.
96.

Loathness: reluctance. II. i. p.

55.

Lush: luxuriant. II. i. p. 52.
Maid: maid-servant. III. i. p.
79.

Main-course: main sail. I. i. p.
21.

Make: make myself, show myself.
II. i. p. 62.

Make a man: make a man's for-
tune. II. ii. p. 67.

blest occupations. III. i. p. 75.
Meanders: intricate winding
paths. III. iii. p. 87.

Melt: soften again. II. i. p. 63.
Merchant: "some

some

merchantman. II. i. p. 50.
Merely: absolutely. I. i. p. 22.
Milan: duke of Milan. I. ii. p.
28.

Minion: favourite. IV. i. p. 98.
Miraculous harp: the harp

with which Amphion raised the
walls of Thebes. II. i. p. 53.
Miss: spare, do without. I. ii. p.
39.
Momentary: instantaneous. I.
ii. p. 33.

Moon-calf: abortion. II. ii. p.
70.

Mop and mow: grimaces. IV.
i. p. 96.

Mow: grimace. II. ii. p. 66.
Muse: wonder at. III. iii. p. 89.
Naples: the King of Naples.

ii. p. 45.

Painful: laborious. III. i. p.
75.

Pains: labours. I. ii. p. 35.
Paphos: a town in Cyprus, dedi-
cated to Venus. IV. i. p. 98.
Pard: leopard. IV. i. p. 107.
Pass of pate: sally of wit; pass
thrust (in fencing). IV. i. p.

106.
Passion: grief. I. ii. p. 43; feel
the pangs of grief and pain. V.
i. p. 109.

Patch: fool, jester. III. ii. p.
83.

Pay: requite, recompense. V. i.
p. 111.

Pertly briskly. IV. i. p. 96.
Piece: paragon. I. ii. p. 26.
Pied: clothed in motley. III.
ii. p. 83.

Pig-nuts: pea-nuts, 'monkey-
nuts.' II. ii. p. 73.

Pioned: (?) dug, and piled or
banked up.
IV. i. p. 97.

I.

Notes.)

V. i.

i. p. 56.

Natural: idiot. III. ii. p. 81.
Nature: natural affection.

p. 111.

Neat's leather: ox-hide. II. ii.
p. 69.

Nerves: sinews. I. ii. p. 48.
Nimble lungs: easily excited

risible faculties. II. i. p. 57.
Nook: inlet, bay. I. ii. p. 34.
Note: information. II. i. p. 61.
Observation strange: rare ob-
servance, scrupulous attention
to my wishes. III. iii. p. 92.
Odd: out-of-the-way. I. ii. p. 34.
O'er: "trebles thee
will

make thee thrice as great as
thou wert before. II. i. p. 60.
O'er-prized: exceeded in value.
I. ii. p. 28.

Plantation:

(See

the colonising,

misunderstood by Antonio. II.

Princess': princesses; formerly

a common plural in poetry.
ii. p. 31.

Proclaim:

II. i. p. 60.

indicate, announce.

Professes to persuade: makes
a profession of persuading. II.
i. p. 61.

Purchased: won. IV. i. p. 94.
Putter-out, &c.: traveller. III.
iii. p. 90. (See Notes.)
Quaint: delicate, dainty. I. ii.
p. 39.

Quality: faculties. I. ii. p. 32.
Quickens: enlivens, imparts life
to. III. i. p. 75.

Race: stock, breed. I. ii. p. 41.
Rack: cloud. IV. i. p. 102.
Rate: estimation. I. ii. p. 28;
II. i. p. 54.
Reason: any

66

with reason.

anything

III. ii. p. 85.

Recover: cure, restore. II. ii.
p. 69.

Reeling-ripe: intoxicated to the
reeling stage. V. i. p. 122.
Release: "till your

" until

released by you. V. i. p. 108.
Remember: remind.
I. ii. p.
35; commemorate. I. ii. p. 43.
Remembrance: memory. II. i.
p. 61.

Remorse: pity. V. i. p. 111.
Resolve: unfold to, explain to.
V. i. p. 120.

Rid: destroy. I. ii. p. 41.
Ringlets:"green sour

"cir-
cles of luxuriant grass supposed
to be caused by fairy dances,
and thus made sour so that
sheep would not eat it.

p. 109.

V. i.

Room: sea-room. I. i. p. 20.
Rounded: encompassed before
and after. IV. i. p. 102.
Sack: a white Spanish wine. II.
ii. p. 71.
Sanctimonious: sacred. IV. i.
p. 94.

Sans: without. I. ii. p. 28.
Scamels: probably some kind of
sea-bird, but no rock-building
species of the name is known.
II. ii. p. 73.

Sociable to: in sympathy with.
V. i. p. 111.

Sometime: sometimes, 'ever and
anon.' I. ii. p. 33.

Sore: 'sorry,' with play on the
ordinary sense. V. i. p. 122.
Sot fool. III. ii. p. 84.
South-west: plagues and
diseases of all kinds were for-
merly believed to be borne upon
the south and south west
winds. I. ii. p. 39.

Spoon: alluding to the old pro-
verb, 'He who eats with the
devil hath need of a long spoon.'
II. ii. p. 70.

Spurs: long spreading roots. V.
i. p. 110.

Stale: decoy. IV. i. p. 103.
Standard: standard-bearer, en-
sign (see Trinculo's quibble on
stander'. in the following
speech). III. ii. p. So.