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Oves, owns; I. ii. 407.
Own, "no man was his o.," i.e.,
"master of himself, in his senses";
V. i. 213.

Painful, laborious; III. i. 1.
Pains, tasks; I. ii. 242.
Paphos, a city in Cyprus, one of the
favourite seats of Venus; IV. i. 93.
Pass, thrust (a term of fencing),

sally; IV. i. 244.

Passion, suffering, grief; I. ii. 392. Passion, to feel pain or sorrow; V. i. 24.

Patch, fool, jester; III. ii. 71.
Pate," pass of pate" = "sally of wit";
IV. i. 244.

Paunch, run through the paunch;
III. ii. 98.
Pay, repay;

" to pay home"="to repay to the utmost"; V. i. 70. Pertly, briskly; IV. i. 58. Piece, "perfect specimen" I. ii. 56. Pied, motley-coated; III. ii. 71. Pig-nuts, earth-nuts; II. ii. 172. Pioned, (?) "overgrown with marshmarigold" (still called "peony" in the neighbourhood of Stratford); IV. i. 64 (of. Note).

Plantation, colonisation; interpreted by Antonio in the ordinary sense; II. i. 143.

Play, act the part of; "play the men," i.e., behave like men; I. i.

10.

Point, detail; "to point," in every detail; I. ii. 194. Pole-clipt, with poles clipt, or embraced, by the vines; IV. i. 68. Poor-John, a cant name for hake salted and dried; II. ii. 28. Premises, conditions; I. ii. 123. Presented, represented; IV. i. 167. Presently, immediately; I. ii. 125; IV. i. 42.

Princess' (Ff. princesse), princesses; I. ii. 173.

Profess, to make it one's business; II. i. 236.

Profit, to profit; I. ii. 172.
Provision, foresight; I. ii. 28.
Purchased, acquired, won ; IV. i. 14.
Putter-out, "p. of five for one," one

who invests, puts out, a sum of
money before leaving home, on
condition of receiving five times
the amount on his return, i.e.,
"at the rate of five for one," (of.
"put forth some five thousand pounds
to be paid me, five for one, upon the
return of myself, my wife, and my dog
from the Turk's court at Constantin-
ople"; E. Man out of His Humour,
II. i.); III. iii. 48.

Quaint, adroit, trim, excellent; I. ii. 317.

Quality, skill; I. ii. 193.
Quick, living, fresh; III. ii. 75.
Quickens, gives life to; III. i. 6.

Rabble, company, crowd (not used slightingly); IV. i. 37.

Race, breed; I. ii. 358.
Rack, floating cloud; IV. i. 156.
Rate, estimation; 1. ii. 92; reckon-

ing; II. i. 109. Razorable, ready for shaving; II. i. 250.

Rear, raise; II. i. 295.
Reason, what is reasonable; III. ii.

128.

Reasonable, "reasonable shore," i.c., "shore of reason"; V. i. 81. Recover, restore; II. ii. 71, 79, 97. Reeling-ripe, "in a state of intoxication sufficiently advanced for reeling"; V. i. 279.

Release, "till your release" = till you release them; V. i. 11.

Remember, commemorate; I. ii. 405; remind; I. ii. 243.

Remembrance, the faculty of remem-
bering; II. i. 232.
Remorse, pity; V. i. 76.
Requit, requited; III. iii. 71.
Resolve, explain to; V. i. 248.
Rid, destroy; I. ii. 364.

Spiriting, the service done by a sprite; I. ii. 298.

Spurs, spreading roots; V. i. 47. Stain, to disfigure; I. ii. 414. Standard, standard-bearer, ensign; III. ii. 18; (quibble on "standard" and " stander "); III. ii. 19. Standing, "standing water" i.e., water neither ebbing nor flow

ing; II. i. 221. Steaded, stood in good stead; I. ii. 165. Still - closing, constantly closing again; III. iii. 64. Still-vexed, ever troubled; I. ii. 229. Stock-fish, dried cod; III. ii. 79. Stomach, courage, I. ii. 157; appetite,

inclination; II. 1. 107. Stover, fodder for cattle; IV. i. 63. Strange, rare; III. iii. 87. Strangely, wonderfully; IV. i. 7. Study, to give thought and attention

to, to wonder; II. i. 81. Substitution, deputyship; I. ii. 103. Subtilties, the word "subtilty" was borrowed from the language of cookery, denoted a device

and

Room, sea-room; I. i. 8.
Rounded, "the whole round of life
has its beginning and end in a
sleep"; IV. i. 158.

Sack, a name applied to certain white
wines of Spain; II. ii. 126.
Sanctimonious, holy; IV. i. 16.
Sans, without; I. ii. 97.
Scamels; folio reading, here changed
to "seamews"; of. Notes; II. ii.
176.

Scandal'd, scandalous; IV. i. 90.
Securing, guarding; II. i. 310.
Sedged, made of sedges; IV. i. 129.
Sense, feelings; II. i. 107.
Sensible, sensitive; II. i. 173.
Setebos, the god of Sycorax (said to
be the chief god of the Patagon-
ians); I. ii. 373; V. i. 261.
Sets off, i.e., shows to the best ad-
vantage; III. i. 2.
Several, separate; III. i. 42.
Shak'd, shook; II. i. 319.
Shroud, take shelter; II. ii. 42.

Siege, stool, excrement; II. ii. 110.
Single, (1) solitary, (2) feeble; I. ii.

432.

Skilless, ignorant; III. i. 53.
Sociable, companionable, being in
close sympathy; V. i. 63.
Something, somewhat; I. ii. 414.
Sometime, sometimes; I. ii. 198.
Sore, (used quibblingly); V. i. 288.
Sort, possibly a punning allusion to
"sort" = "lot"; II. i. 104.

Sot, fool; III. ii. 101.

Soundly, thoroughly, smartly; II. ii.

81.

South-west, "a south-west," i.e., a
south-west wind (charged with
the noxious breath of the Gulf-
Stream); I. ii. 323.
Speak, to proclaim; II. i. 8.
Sphere, orbit; II. i. 183.
Spoon, "long spoon," an allusion to
old proverb that "he must have
a long spoon that must eat with
the devil"; II. ii. 103.

in pastry, hence
"illusion"; V.
i. 124.

Sudden, swift; II.
i. 306.

Suffered, i.e., suf-
fered death; II.
ii. 38.

Suggestion, prompt-
ing, hint (of.
villainy); II. i.

288.

Sustaining, bearing
(them) up; I.
ii. 218.

Swabber, one who
sweeps or stuabs
the deck of a
ship; II. ii. 48.

Tabor and pipe,
from Brit. Mus.
MSS., Add. 12228.

Tabor, a small drum used for festivities; IV. i. 175.

Taborer, a player on a tabor; III. Trifle, phantom; V. i. 112. ii. 160.

Tackle, ropes; I. ii. 147.
Talking, saying; II. i. 96.

Tang, shrill sound; II. ii. 52.
Taste, experience; V. i. 123.
Teen, grief; I. ii. 64.

Tell, to count (the strokes of the

clock); II. i. 15.

Temperance, temperature; Temperance, like Charity, used as a proper name; "Temperance was a delicate wench"; II. i. 42, 43.

From the basement of a
tomb in the Church
of Folleville (Dept.
of the Somme).

Tender, to regard;
II. i. 270.
Thatched, covered,
strewn; IV. i.
6.

Third = thrid,
thread; IV. i.
3.

Throe, to cause
pain; II. i.
231.

Throughly, thor-
oughly; III. iii.
14.

Tilth, tillage; II.
i. 152.

To, for, as; II. i.
75; in com-
parison with;
II. i. 178.

Tend, attend; I. i. 6.
Trash, to check the speed of hounds
when too forward; I. ii. 81.

Trebles, "tr. thee o'er," i.c., "makes
thee thrice what thou art"; II.
i. 221.

Trembling, the " tremor" which is represented to be a sign of being possessed by the devil; II. ii. 83.

Trencher, (first Folio, trenchering,
due to the previous words in-
ing); II. ii. 187.

Trice, on a tr.," i.e., " in an in-
stant"; V. i. 238.
Tricksy, sportive; V. i. 226.

Troll, run glibly over (perhaps "sing irregularly"); III. ii. 126. Twilled (?) covered with reeds or sedges; IV. i. 64. (of. Note). Twink, a twinkling; IV. i. 43.

Under the line, probably a term in tennis; "to strike (the ball) under the line" = "to lose the game"; IV. i. 236, of. Note and Line. Undergoing, enduring; I. ii. 157. Unicorn (with allusion to its proverbial ferocity); III. iii. 22.

MSS. Brit. Mus., Add. 11390. Unstanched, incontinent; I. i. 48. Up-staring, standing on end; I. ii. 213.

Urchins, hedgehogs, hobgoblins; I. ii. 326.

Urchin-shows, elfin apparitions; II. ii. 5.

Use, to be accustomed; II. i. 175.

Vanity, illusion; IV. i. 41. Vast, silent void, or vacancy (of night); I. ii. 327. Verily, true; II. 1. 321. Virgin-knot; alluding to the girdle worn by maidens in ancient times; IV. i. 15.

Visitation, affliction (as of a plague); III. i. 32.

Visitor, priestly visitant, "consolator"; II. i. 11.

Vouched, warranted; II. i. 60.

Waist, the part of a ship between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; I. ii. 197.

Wallets of flesh, alluding to the strange appearance of the goitre (of. dew-lapped").

A Tyrolese peasant with a goitre [(from a sketch by G. Herring) Knight].

Ward, attitude of defence; I. ii. 471.
Weather, storm; I. i. 37.
Weather-fends, defends from the
weather; V. i. 10.

Weighed, considered, pondered; II. i. 130.

Wench, (used as a term of endearment); I. ii. 139, 412. Wezand, windpipe; III. ii. 99.

When (an exclamation of impatience); I. ii. 316.

While-ere, short time since; III. ii.

127.

Whist, hushed, silent; I. ii. 379. Wicked, baneful; I. ii. 321. Wide-chapped, opening the mouth wide; I. i. 56. Windring (not found elsewhere) (?) "winding" or " wandering"; IV. i. 128.

Wink, the act of closing the eye, II. i. 285; (a short distance measured by a "wink"; II. i. 242). Wink, to close the eyes; II. i. 216. Wisest, "after the wisest,' i.e., "in the wisest fashion"; II. ii. 77. Woe, sorry; V. i. 139. Works, affects; IV. i. 144. Wound, twined about; II. ii. 13. Wrangle, contend, quarrel; V. i.

Projected from an engraving in The Country Housewife's Garden (1617).

Notes.

I. i. 68. long heath, brown furze;' so the folios; Hanmer's emendation has been generally accepted :- ling, heath, broom, furze.'

I. ii. 24. ‘my magic garment:' the magician's mantle, circle, and book (cp. Act V.) are well illustrated by the following woodcut :

From the History of Doctor John Faustus (1664).

I. ii. 100. Who having into truth;' 'into,' used in the sense of 'unto,' and so emended in most editions; the sentence though very involved is intelligible without any alteration; into truth ' depends upon a sinner'; and 'it' refers vaguely to his own lie'; ' to credit'=' as to credit.'

I. ii. 169. ' Νow I arise; probably derived from astrology; 'now my star is in the ascendant;' it should be noted that the stage direction Resumes his mantle' is not in the folios.

I. ii. 266. 'for one thing she did;' Shakespeare does not tell us what he refers to here; perhaps he merely added the point in order to account for her preservation, or the incident may have been mentioned in his original. I am, however, strongly inclined to suggest that there is no mystery about the passage; the one thing she did' probably anticipates hither brought with child'; for that reason alone her life was spared.

I. ii. 333. 'stroakst me and made,' so Folios ; Rowe, strokedst me and madest,' so Camb. Ed. and Mod. Edd. generally.

I. II. 334. Water with berries in't;' Mr W. G. Gosling quotes the following striking parallel from Strachey's Narrative :- "They are full of shaws of goodly cedars... The berries whereof our men straining, and letting stand some three or four daies, made a kind of pleasant drink."

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