Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

PALE, paleness (with probably a play on the other sense, limit, boundary); IV. iii. 4.

PANDAR, go-between; II. i. 46. PANTLER, the servant who had charge of the pantry; IV. iv. 56. PARAGON, pattern of supreme excellence; V. i. 153.

PART, depart; I. ii. 10; divide; I. ii. 18.

PARTAKE, Communicate; V. iii. 132. PARTLET; "Dame P." alluding to Chaucer's Nonne Prestes Tale, where P. is the name of the favourite hen of Chauntecleer; II. iii. 75.

PARTS, actions, tasks; I. ii. 400.
PASH, head; I. ii. 128.

PASSES, surpasses; II. ii. 20.
PASSING, surpassing; IV. iv. 294.
PATTERN, match; III. ii. 37.
PAY YOUR FEES; alluding to fees paid
by prisoners, whether guilty or not,
on their liberation; I. ii. 53.
PEER, peep out; IV. iii. 1.
PEERING, disclosing (herself); IV.

iv. 3. PERFECT, sure; III. iii. 1. PERFORMED, executed; V. ii. 105. PETTITOES, pigs' feet; used contemptuously; IV. iv. 619. PHYSICS, heals, cures; I. i. 43. PICTURE, appearance; IV. iv. 615; painted statue; V. ii. 187. PIECE, complete; V. ii. 117. PIECE UP, hoard up, so as to have his fill; V. iii. 56.

PIEDNESS, variegation; IV. iv. 87.
PIN AND WEB, the disease of the eyes,
now known as cataract; I. ii. 291.
PINCH'D, made ridiculous; II. i. 5t.
PLACES, position, station; I. ii. 448.
PLACKETS, some special article of
female attire; IV. iv. 245.
PLUCKING, pulling; IV. iv. 476.
POINTS, tagged laces for fastening

[blocks in formation]

POSTERNS, the smaller gates of a city; I. ii. 438.

POUND AND ODD SHILLING, twentyone shillings, a guinea; IV iii. 34. POWER; to my p." to the best of my power; V. ii. 182.

[ocr errors]

POWERFUL, forcible, hence "deterrent"; IV. iii. 29.

PRACTICE, artifice, device; III. ii. 168.

PRANK'D UP, decked up, adorned; IV. iv. 10.

PREDOMINANT, used as an astrological term; I. ii. 202.

PREGNANT, made plausible; V. ii. 33. PREPOSTEROUS, Clown's blunder for prosperous; V. ii. 158.

PRESENT, immediate; II. iii. 184. PRESENTLY, immediately; II. ii. 47. PRETENCE, purpose, intention; III. ii. 18.

PRIG, thief; IV. iii. 108.

PROFESS, Confess, own; IV. iv. 550. PROFESS'D, professed friendship; I. ii. 456.

PROPER, Own; II. iii. 139.
PUGGING, thievish; IV. iii 7.
PURCHASED, gained, came to; IV.
iii. 27.

PURGATION, exculpation; III. ii. 7. PURITAN, a contemptuous allusion to the "Psalm-singing Puritans"; IV. iii. 46.

PUSH, impulse, impetus; V. iii. 129.

PUTTER-ON, instigator; II. i. 141.

QUALIFY, appease, soften; IV. iv. 543. QUESTION, Conversation; IV. ii. 55; under examination, trial,

"in q

V. i. 198.
QUICK, alive; IV. iv. 132.
QUOIFS, caps, hoods; IV. iv. 226.

RACE, root; IV. iii. 50.
RASH, quick, sudden; I. ii. 319.
REAR'D, raised; I. ii.
REASON, it is just; IV. iv.
iv. 417.
REGARD, look; I. ii. 390.

RELISH, realize, perceive; II. i. 167.
REMEMBER, remind; III. ii. 231.
REMOVED, retired, sequestered; V. ii.

116. REMOVEDNESs, retirement: IV. ii. 41. REPAIR, restoration; V. i. 31. REPLENISH'D, perfect; II. i. 79. REQUIRE, deserve, II. iii. 190; III. ii. 64. RESOLVE YOU, prepare yourselves, compose yourselves; V. iii. 86. RESPECTING, Considering; V. i. 35. REVEREND, 66 venerable, entitled to high respect"; IV. iv. 73. REVIEW, re-view, see again; IV. iv. 680.

RHEUMS, rheumatism; IV. iv. 410.
RIFT, burst, split; V. i. 66.
RIPE, pressing; I. ii. 332.
ROSEMARY, referred to as the symbol
of remembrance; IV. iv. 74.
ROUNDING, murmuring; I. ii. 217.
RUE, referred to as the herb of grace;
IV. iv. 74.

SAD, serious, earnest; IV. iv. 316. SAFFRON, a spice used for colouring paste; IV. iii. 48.

SALTIERS, the servant's blunder for
satyrs; IV. iv. 334.
SAP, life, hope; IV. iv. 576.
SAVOUR, smell, scent; IV. iv. 75.

SCAPE, transgression; III. iii. 73. SEALING, closing, putting an end to; I. ii. 337.

SEAR, brand; II. i. 73.

SECOND; "be second to me," second my efforts; II. iii. 27.

SEEMING, appearance; IV. iv. 75.
SEEMS, appears; IV. iv. 157.

SEIZED, fallen on, overpowered; V. i.

142.

SEVEN-NIGHT, week; I. ii. 17. SEVERALS, individuals; I. ii. 226. SHALL'S, shall us (i.e. shall we; "shall" perhaps used impersonally); I. ii. 178.

SHE, love, mistress; IV. iv. 360.
SHEEP-WHISTLING, whistling after
sheep, tending sheep; IV. iv. 805.
SHEETS; "is sheets," ie. is to steal s.;
IV. iii. 23.

SHORE, put ashore; IV. iv. 869.
SHOULD, would; I. ii.
57.

'SHREW, beshrew, a mild form of imprecation; I. ii. 281.

SIGHTED, having eyes; I. ii. 388.
SILLY; s. cheat," harmless fraud,
petty thievery; IV. iii. 28.
SINCE, when; V. i. 219.
SINGULAR, unique; IV. iv. 144.
SINGULARITIES, rarities, curiosities;
V. iii. 12.

SITTING, interview; IV. iv. 572.
SKILL, cunning; II. i. 166; reason,
motive (or rather a thought caused
by consideration and judgment);
IV. iv. 152.
SLEEVE-HAND, wristband, cuff; IV.
iv. 212.

SNEAPING, nipping; I. ii. 13.
SOFTLY, slowly; IV. iii. 121.
SOAKING, absorbent; I. ii. 224.
SOLELY, alone; II. iii. 17.
SOOTH; "good s." in very truth; IV.
iv. 160.

SO THAT, provided that; II. i.
SPED, prospered, succeeded; I.

i. 389.

[blocks in formation]

I. ii. I.

STARR'D, fated; III. ii. 100.

STATE, estate, rank, station; IV. iv. 437.

STRAIGHT, straightway, immediately; II. i. 70.

STRAIN'D, turned from the right course; III. ii. 51.

STRAITED, at a loss; IV. iv. 365.
STRANGELY, as if it were a stranger;
II. iii. 182.

STRETCH MOUTHED, broad-spoken;
IV. iv. 196.
STRONG, forcible; I. ii. 34.
STUFF'D, Complete; II. i. 185.
SUBJECT, people; I. i. 43.
SUCCESS, succession; I. ii. 394.
SUDDENLY, immediately; II. iii. 200.
SUFFICIENCY, ability; II. i. 185.
SWEAR OVER, endeavour to overcome
by swearing oaths; I. ii. 424.

TABLE-BOOK, tablet,
book; IV. iv. 610.

memorandum

TAKE, excite, move; III. ii. 38. TAKE IN, conquer, take; IV. iv. 588. TALL; "t. fellow of thy hands," active, able-bodied man who will bear the test; V. ii. 177.

TARDIED, retarded; III. ii. 163.

TAWDRY-LACE, a rustic necklace (said to be corrupted from St Audrey, i.e. St Ethelreda, on whose day, the 17th October, a fair was held in the isle of Ely, where gay toys of all sorts were sold); IV. iv. 253. TELL, Count; IV. iv. 185. TENDER, show, introduce; IV. iv. 826. THAT=0 that! (or better, dependent on "I am question'd by my fears" "that. no"="lest"); I. ii. 12. THAT, So that; I. i. 32; provided that, I. ii. 84, 85.

THEREABOUTS, of that import; I. ii. 378.

THERETO, added thereto, besides; I. ii. 391.

THICK, make thick, thicken; I. ii. 171.

THOUGHT, idea, opinion; I. ii. 424. THOUGHT ON, held in estimation; IV.

iv. 531.

"THREE MAN SONG-MEN," i.e." singers of songs in three parts"; IV. iii. 45. THREE-PILE, the richest and most costly kind of velvet; IV. iii. 14.. THRIVING, Successful; II. ii. 45. TINCTURE, colour; III. ii. 206. TOAZE (Folio 1, "at toaze ")," probably to touse, i.e. pull, tear"; IV. iv. 760.

TOD, twenty-eight pounds of wool; IV. iii. 34.

TODS, yields a tod; IV. iii. 33. TRAFFIC, business, trade; IV. iii. 23. TRAITORLY, traitrous; IV. iv. 821. TRANSPORTED, hurried away by violent passion; III. ii. 159; borne away by ecstacy; V. iii. 69.

TREMOR CORDIS, trembling of the heart; I. ii. 110.

TRICK, toy, plaything; II. i. 51.
TROLL-MY-DAMES, the French game of
Trou-madame; IV. iii. 92.
TRUMPET, trumpeter, herald; II. ii.
35.

[blocks in formation]

UNCLASP'D, revealed; III. ii. 168. UNCURRENT, objectionable, unallowable (like false coin); III. ii. 50. UNDERGO, undertake; IV. iv. 554. UNEASY, difficult; IV. ii. 56. UNFURNISH, deprive; V. i. 123. UNINTELLIGENT, ignorant, unconscious; I. i. 16.

UNROLLED, struck off the rolls (of thieves); IV. iii. 130.

UNSPHERE, remove from their orbs; I ii. 48.

UNTHRIFTY, not increasing; V.ii. 120. UNVENERABLE, contemptible; II. iii.

77.

URGENT, pressing; I. ii. 465.

USE; "the u.on 't," having been used; III. i. 14.

[ocr errors]

UTTER, cause to pass from one to another"; IV. iv. 330.

VAST (later Folios "a vast sea)", a boundless sea; I. i. 33. VESSEL, creature; III. iii. 21. VICE, Screw, force; I. ii. 416. VILLAIN, a term of endearment; I. ii. 136.

VIRGINALLING, "playing as upon a virginal (a sort of small pianoforte)"; I. ii. 125.

VISIBLE, appearing visibly; V. i. 216. VISITATION, visit; I. i. 7; IV. iv. 566. VULGARS, the common people; II.i. 94.

WAFTING, turning quickly; I. ii. 372. WAITS UPON, accompanies; V. i. 142. WANT, be without; IV. ii. 15. WANTON, play; II. i. 18.

WARD, "guard made in fencing"; I. ii. 33.

WARDEN, a baking pear; IV. iii. 48.
WEARING, apparel, dress; IV. iv. 9.
WEEDS, garments; IV. iv. I.
WELKIN, heavenly, (?) blue; I. ii. 136.
WELL, at rest; V. i. 30.
WHAT, whatever; I. ii. 44.
WHICH, that which; III. ii. 61.
WHISTLE OFF (Folio 1, whistle of);
perhaps, derived from falconry; "to
whistle off" to send off; IV. iv.

247.

WHOO-BUB, outcry, clamour; IV. iv. 629:

"WHOOP, DO ME NO HARM, GOOD MAN," the name of an old song; IV. iv. 199. WILD, rash; II. i. 182. WILFUL-NEGLIGENT, wilfully negli gent; I. ii 255.

WINK, the act of closing the eyes; I. ii. 317.

WINKED, closed my eyes; III. iii. 106. WINNERS, 66 precious w.' winners of

things precious to you; V. iii. 131. WIT, wisdom; II. ii. 52.

WITH, by; IV. iii. 27; V. ii. 68. WITHOUT-DOOR, outward, external; II. i. 69.

[blocks in formation]

especially fortune and rank; V. i. 214. WOTTING, knowing; III. ii. 77. WROUGHT, worked upon, agitated; V. iii. 58.

YELLOW, the colour of jealousy; II. iii. 106.

YEST, spume or foam of water; III. iii. 94: YET, still; I. ii. 51.

Notes.

I. ii. 44. What lady she her lord'; 'she' has been variously interpreted; Collier and Dyce proposed should,' destroying the beauty of the line; Schmidt makes the phrase 'lady she'‘a woman that is a lady,' taking 'she'=' woman'; others print 'lady-she'; perhaps the word may be best explained as the pleonastic pronoun so common in popular poetry; the rhythm seems to favour this latter view.

[ocr errors]

I. ii. 70. The doctrine of ill-doing, nor dream'd'; so Folio 1; the later Folios, no, nor dream'd'; Spedding, ' neither dream'd'; perhaps 'doctrine' should be read as a trisyllable; a harsh line would, however, result; and the reading of the later Folios has much to commend it.

I. ii. 131-2. 'false As o'er-dyed blacks'; Folios 1, 2, 3, ‘o're dy’d'; the words have been variously interpreted to mean fabrics dyed over with some other colour,' or, "dyed too much '; Steevens saw in the phrase an allusion to the fact that black will receive no other hue without discovering itself through it; the passage may simply contain the idea, ‘the blacker the garb, the less sincere the mourning.'

[ocr errors]

I. ii. 154. methoughts'; so the Folios in this and other places; this erroneous form was probably due to methinks'; it is noteworthy that the correct 'methought' occurs a few lines below.

[ocr errors]
[ocr errors]

I. ii. 284. that,' i.e. that of which you accuse her.'

[ocr errors]

II. i. 11. Who taught you this?' Rowe's emendation of the

« AnteriorContinuar »