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Abode, abodement (to bode, an evil omen), 3 H. VI. iv. 7; v. 6.
Abraham, Montague's servant in R. & J.
Abram (flaxen or auburn ?), Cor., ii. 3; R. & J., ii. 1. Abridgement (an interlude or short play), M. N. D., v. 1; (with a pun), Ham., ii. 2.
Absey-book (A B C book), K. J., i. 1. Aby (atone for), M. N. D., iii. 2.
Academe, at the court of Navarre, L.'s L.'s L., i. 1. Accite (summon), 2 H. IV., v. 2; Tit. And., i. 1. Accommodated, definition of, 2 H. IV., iii. 2; ridicul- ing the cant use of the word.
Acheron, a river of hell, M. N. D., iii. 2; Tít. And., iv. 3; Mac., iii. 5.
Achilles, a general of the Greeks, character in Tr. & Cr. Allusions: his spear, 2 H. VI., v. 1; in a painting, Lucrece, 1. 1424.
Acknown, be not you (do not acknowledge), Oth., iii. 3. Acteon (a hunter changed into a stag by Diana), Merry Wives, ii. 1; iii. 2; Tw. Nt., i. 1; Tit. And., ii. 3.
Acting, advice on, Ham,, iii. 2; representations of, L.'s L.'s L., v. 2, the Nine Worthies; M. N. D., Pyramus and Thisbe; Ham., the murder of Gonzago.
Action-taking (suing at law instead of fighting), Lear,
Actium, battle of (31 B.C.), A. & C., iii. 8-10; iv. 7, 8, 10-12.
Actor(s), a strutting, Tr. & Cr., i. 3; best in the world, Ham., ii. 2; better to have a bad epitaph than their ill report,-feigned passion of an, Ham., ii. 2; abstracts and brief chronicles of the time, Ham., ii. 2; advice to, Ham., iii. 1; an imperfect, Sonnet xxiii.; the author's dissatisfac- tion with the profession of, expressed, Sonnets cx., cxi. Adallas, King of Thrace, A. & C.
Adam, an officer, apparently, spoken of in Com. of Er., iv. 3.
Adam, called, Much Ado, i. 1; an allusion to Adam Bell, a famous archer.
Adam, faithful old servant in As You Like It. Adamant (magnet), M. N. D., ii. 1.
Adder, the, in a bright day, Jul. Cæs., ii. 1; deafness of the, Sonnet exii.
Addition (mark of distinction), Tr. & Cr., i. 2. Adonis, story of, in Ven, & Ad.; flower of, 1. 1168. See ANEMONE. Allusions to Adonis: Tam, of S., induction, ii.; Sonnet liii.; Passionate Pilgrim, iv., vi., ix., xi.
Adonis's gardens, 1 H. VI., i. 5 or 6. These were "nothing but portable earthen pots, with some lettuce or fennel growing in them. On his yearly festival, every woman carried one of them in honour of Adonis, because Venus had once laid him in a lettuce-bed. The next day they were thrown away."
Adrian, a lord, character in Temp.
Adriana, wife of Antipholus of Ephesus in Com. of Er. Adriatic Seas, rough as, Tam. of S., i. 2.
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Adversity, patience at the, of others, Com. of Er., ii. 1; uses of, are sweet, As You Like It, ii. 1; compensations of, All's Well, iv. 3; R. III., iv. 4; Cymb., iv. 2; false 1041
friends in, H. VIII., ii. 1, "Where you are liberal," etc.; Tr. & Cr., iii. 3; T. of A., i. 1, 2, ii. 2, iii. 6, iv. 2; Ham., iii. 2; Lear, ii. 4; fallen suddenly on greatness, H. VIII, iii. 2; winnows men, Tr. & Cr., i. 3; the noble in, Cor., iv. 1; melancholy in, T. of A., iv. 3.
Adversity (one adverse or contrary), Tr. & Cr., v. 1. Advertisement (admonition), Much Ado, v. 1; All's Well, iv. 3; 1 H. IV., iv. 1; (intelligence), 1 H. IV., iii. 2, end.
Advertising and holy (attentive and faithful), M. for M., v. 1.
Advice, concerning friends and conversation, All's Well, i. 1; Ham., i. 3; to the wretched, Com. of Er., ii. 1 ; like water in a sieve, Much Ado, v. 1; to the wilful, and from the dying, R. II., ii. 1; has an effect contrary to that intended, Lover's Complaint, 1. 160.
Ædiles, Cor., iii. 1. They had care of the public build- ings, streets, processions, etc.
Ægeon, a merchant of Syracuse, father of the twin Antipholuses, in the Com. of Er.
Emilia, mother of the twin Antipholuses in the Com. of Er., abbess at a convent in Ephesus.
Æmilius, a noble Roman in Tit. And.
Æneas, one of the Trojan commanders in Tr. & Cr. Allusions to Eneas: Temp., ii. 1; 2 H. VI., v. 2; Tit. And., iii. 2; Jul. Cæs., i. 2; Ham., ii. 2; A. & C., iv. 12 or 14; Cymb., iii. 4.
Eolus, 2 H. VI., iii. 2. The god of the winds. Aery (brood), R. III., i. 3.
Esculapius, Merry Wives, ii. 3. The god of physicians. Eson, M. of V., v. 1. The father of Jason, restored by Medea to youth.
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Affliction, cannot subdue the mind, Winter's T., iv. 4; sweet, Winter's T., v. 3; religion in, 2 H. VI., ii. 1; ena- moured, R. & J., iii. 3; patience in, Oth., iv. 2. See SORROW.
Affy (have faith), Tit. And., i. 1. Africa, 2 H. IV., v. 3; Cor., i. 8.
Agamemnon, brother of Menelaus, and general-in- chief of the Greeks at the siege of Troy; character in Tr. & Cr. Allusions to him: 2 H. IV., ii. 4; H. V., iii. 6; 3 H. VI., ii. 2. Agate, Much Ado, iii. 1; 2 H. IV., i. 2. A small per- son, so called in allusion to the little figures cut in agate, for rings, etc.
Age, old, infirmities of, Com. of Er., v. 1; M. for M., iii. 1; wit out in, Much Ado, iii. 5; Com. of Er., v. 1; spirit in, Much Ado, iv. 1, Time hath not yet," etc.; frosty, but kindly, As You Like It, ii. 3; full of wise saws, As You Like It, ii. 7 ; not desired, All's Well, i. 2; avarice inseparable from, 2 H. IV., i. 2; characters of, 2 H. IV., v. 5; alacrity and cheerfulness declined in, R. III., v. 3; conduct becoming, 2 H. IV., v. 5; weary, H. VIII., iv. 2; mimicry of, Tr. & Cr., i. 3; good opinion purchased by, Jul. Cæs., ii. 1; ingratitude in, T. of A., ii. 2, "You gods, reward," etc.; what should accompany, Mac., v. 3; too politic, slanders on, Ham., ii. 2; declined into the vale of 3 U
years, Oth., iii. 3; infirmities of, Lear, i. 1, 3; ii. 4; rever- ence for, Lear, i. 2, letter; unnecessary, Lear, ii. 4; full of grief, Lear, ii. 4; vigour in, A. & C., iv. 8; childless, Sonnets ii., v., vii., xi.; marks of, Sonnets ii., v., xxii., lxii., lxiii., lxvii.; the autumn, Sonnet lxxiii.; in love, Sonnet cxxxix.; cannot live with youth, Passionate Pilgrim, xii.; traces of beauty in, Lover's Complaint, 1. 10.
Ages, the seven, As You Like It, ii. 7. Agenor, daughter of Europa, Tam. of S., i. 1. Agincourt, battle of (October 25, 1415), H. V.
Aglet-baby (ornament carved like the human form for
a pendant), Tam. of S., i. 2.
Agnize (acknowledge), Oth., i. 3.
Agrippa, a friend of Cæsar, in A. & C.
Aguecheek, Sir Andrew, character in Tw. Nt. Agues, in March, 1 H. IV., iv. 1.
Aim, to cry, Merry Wives, ii. 3, iii. 1; K. J., ii. 1. archery term, meaning to encourage.
Ajax, one of the Grecian commanders, Tr. & Cr. Allu- sions to Ajax: one of the Nine Worthies, L.'s L.'s L., v. 2; allusions to his anger when the armour of Achilles was given to Ulysses, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3; 2 H. VI., v. 1; other allusions, Tam. of S., iii. 1; Lear, ii. 2; A. & C., iv. 12 or 14; Cymb., iv. 2; in a painting, Lucrece, 1. 1394.
See also TELAMON.
Alarbus, son of Tamora in Tit. And.
Albany, Duke of, Goneril's husband, in Lear. Albret, Charles d'. See CONSTABLE OF FRANCE. Alchemy, Jul. Cæs., i. 3, end,
Alcibiades (B.C. 454-404), an Athenian general, T. of A. Alcides (Hercules), Tam. of S., iii. 2; M. of V., ii. 1, iii. 2; K. J., ii. 1; 1 H. VI., iv. 7; A. & C., iv. 10 or 12. See HERCULES.
Alderliefest (dearest of all), 2 H. VI., i. 1. Ale, cakes and, Tw. Nt., ii. 3.
Ale, quibble on the word, Two Gent., ii. 5. church festivals were called ales.
Alecto (one of the Furies), 2 H. IV., v. 5. Alençon, the Duke of, a character in 1 H. VI. tioned in H. V., iii. 5; his glove, II. V., iv. 7, 8.
Alexander, one of the Nine Worthies in L.'s L.'s L., v. 2. The jests on the player, "Your nose," etc., are allusions to the traditions that his head was set obliquely, and that his body gave out a sweet fragrance; his crown, Winter's T., v. 1; the king likened to, H. V., iv. 7. Alexander, Cressida's servant in Tr. & Cr. Alexandria, a city of Egypt, scene of a part of A. & C.
Alexas, an attendant of the queen in A. & C. Algiers. See ARGIER.
Alice, a lady attending on the Princess Katharine in H. V.
Aliena, name assumed by Celia in As You Like It Alisander. See ALEXANDER.
Alla nostra casa, etc., Tam. of S., i. 2. (Welcome to our house, much-honoured Signor Petruchio.)
All-hallowmas summer, 1 H. IV., i. 2. A November
All hid, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3. A children s game. Alliteration, the use of, L. 8 L. 8 L., iv. 2, "to affect the letter."
Allons (let us go), L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3.
Allow (approve), 2 H. IV., iii. 2; Tr. & Cr., iii. 2. All-Souls' Day, R. III., v. 1.
Allycholly (melancholy), Two Gent., iv. 2. Almanac, of my true date, Com. of Er., i. 2. whose birth he knew the date of his own.
Almanacs, allusions to weather prognostications in,
2 H. IV., ii. 4; A. & C., i. 2; Sonnet xiv.
Alonso, King of Naples, character in Temp.
Alphabet, the, called Absey. See ABSEY-BOOK and CROSS-ROW.
Althea, dreamed she was delivered of a firebrand, 2 H. IV., ii. 2; burning the brand, 2 H. VI., i. 1.
Amaimon, Merry Wives, ii. 2, end; 1 H. IV., ii. 4. One of the four demon-kings. His realm is in the north, the quarter most haunted by evil spirits.
Ambition, growth of, Temp., i. 2; to expel remorse, Temp., v. 1; shrunk, 1 H. VI., v. 4; the object of, glory, like a circle in water, 1 H. IV., i. 2; of the Plantagenets, & H. VI., i. 4; charge to fling away, H. VIII., iii. 2; a
beastly, T. of A., iv. 3; our own fault if we are under- lings, Jul. Cæs., i. 2; ladder of, Jul. Cæs., ii. 1; of Cæsar, iii. 2; with scruples, Mac., i. 5; vaulting, Mac., i. 7; is but dreams and a shadow's shadow, Ham., ii. 2; the soldier's virtue, A. & C., iii. 1.
Amen, Temp., v. 1; say amen betimes, lest the devil cross the prayer, M. of V., iii. 1; could not say, Mac., ii. 2.
America, Com. of Er., iii. 2; allusion to, H. VIII., v. 3, "Make new nations," etc.
Ames-ace, All's Well, ii. 3. The lowest throw upon two dice-two aces.
Amiens, lord attending the banished duke in As You Like It.
Amort (dispirited), Tam. of S., iv. 3; 1 H. VI., iii. 2. Amphion, harp of, Temp., ii. i.
Amurath, 2 II. IV., v. 2. Amurath V., who, succeed- ing his father, Amurath IV., caused all his brothers to be strangled.
Amyntas, King of Lycaonia, A. & C., iii. 6.
Anatomize (analyze), As You Like It, i. 1, ii. 7; 2 H. VI., v. 2.
Anatomy (skeleton), a mere, Com. of Er., v. 1; I'll eat the rest of the, Tu. Nt., iii. 2; that fell, which cannot heal, K. J., iii. 4; in what part of the, does the name lodge, R. & J., iii. 3.
Anchises, Jul. Cæs., i. 2. The father of Eneas. Ancient (a standard, or standard-bearer, or ensign), Pistol and lago were ancients; an old-faced (flag), I u. IV., iv. 2; of war (experienced), Lear, v. 1. Andirons, Cyınb., ii. 4.
And let the canakin, song, Oth., ii. 3.
Andren (Arde), vale of, in Picardy, the Field of the Cloth of Gold, H. VIII., i. 1.
Andrew, my wealthy, M. of V., i. 1. A merchantman, perhaps called so after the great admiral. Andrea Doria. Andromache, Hector's wife, a character in Tr. & Cr. Andronici, tomb of the, Tit. And., i. 1 or 2. Anemone, the flower that sprang from the blood of Adonis, Ven. & Ad., 195. Purple was used for any bright colour.
Angelo, the deputy of the duke in M. for M. Angelo, a goldsmith in Com. of Er.
Angel(s), made to weep, M. for M., ii. 2; blessed ministers above, M. for M., v. 1; guardian, 2 H. IV., ii. 2; attending evil, 2 H. IV., i. 2; Mac., iii. 1; A. & C., ii. 3; fell by ambition, H. VIII., iii. 2; love good men, H. VIII., ii. 2; visions of, H. VIII., iv. 2; beauty of, R. & J., ii. 2; are bright still, Mac., iv. 3; and ministers of grace, Ham., i. 4; heavenly guards, Ham, iii. 4; sing thee to thy rest, Ham., v. 2.
Angel(s), (gold coins with the figure of an angel or saint), Merry Wives, i. 3; M. of V., ii. 7; K. J., iii. 3; 2 H. IV., i. 2; an ancient, Tam. of S., iv. 2.
Anger, in a woman, Tam. of S., v. 2, "A WOLLan moved," etc.; the king's, 1 H. IV., i. 3; like a full horse II. VIII., i. 1; sudden, II. VIII., iii. 2; my meat, Cor, iv. 2; a short madness, T. of A., i. 2; of Cassius, Jul. Cas., iv. 3; more in sorrow than in, Ham., i. 2; righteous, Lear, ii. 2, "hath a privilege"; Oth., iii. 4, "Theres matter in't," etc.; never made good guard for itself, 4. & C., iv. 1.
Angiers, scene of part of K. J. and of 1 H. VI., v. 3. Angling, Much Ado, iii. 1; A. & C., ii. 5; for hearts 1 H. IV., iv. 3.
Angus, a thane of Scotland in Mac. Angus, Earl of, 1 H. IV., i. 1.
Animals, souls of, in men, M. of V., iv. 1; cruelty to, As You Like It, ii. 1; Cymb., i. 5; defend their young 3 H. VI., ii. 2; know their friends, Cor., i. 1; strife among, T. of A., iv. 3.
Anjou, scene of, 1 H. VI., v. 2, 4; lost to England, ? H. VI., i. 1, iv. 1.
Anna, the confidant of Dido, Tam. of S., i. 1. Anne, Princess of Wales, widow of the son of Henry VI., and daughter of Warwick, a character in R. III. Annotanize (stilted for annotate), L.'s L.'s L., iv. 1. An old hare hoar (an old song), R. & J., il 4. Anon (in a moment), Merry Wives, iii. 3; 1 H. IT, ii. 4.
Antenor, a Trojan commander, character in Tr. & Cr.
Antic (buffoon in a farce), Much Ado, iii. 1, &c. word antic, or antique, is also used as the name of a dance, Mac., iv. 1; L.'s L.'s L., v. 1.
Antigonus, a lord at the court of Leontes in Winter's T. Antioch, scene of a part of Peric.
Antiochus, King of Antioch, character in Peric. Antiopa, M. N. D., ii. 1. An Amazon, daughter of
Antipathies, instinctive, M. of V., iv. 1; of contraries, Lear, ii. 2.
Antipholus, the name of twin brothers in the Com. of Er.
Antipodes, the, Much Ado, ii. 1; M. of V., v. 1.; R. II., iii. 2; 3 H. VI., i. 4.
Antium, the Volscian capital, scene of Cor., iv. 4, 5. Antoniad, the, Cleopatra's ship, A. & C., iii. 8 or 10. Antonio, brother of Prospero, in Temp., whose place and title as Duke of Milan he has usurped.
Antonio, father of Proteus in the Two Gent. Antonio, brother of Leonato in Much Ado.
Archidamus, character in Winter's T.
Arde, in Picardy, H. VIII., i. 1.
Ardea (a city south of Rome), siege of, Lucrece, argu- ment, and 1. 1.
Arden, the forest of. See As You Like It.
Argal (ergo, therefore), Ham., v. 1.
Argentine (silver), Peric., v. 2.
Argier (old English name of Algiers), Temp., i. 2. Argus, the hundred-eyed, L.'s L.'s L., iii. 1; Tr. & Cr., i. 2.
Ariachne (Arachne, the spider), Tr. & Cr., v. 2.
Ariadne (daughter of Minos, King of Crete; she was deserted by her lover Theseus, whom she had rescued from the labyrinth), Two Gent., iv. 4; M. N. D., ii. 1. Ariel, an airy spirit in Temp.
Aries (the ram), Tit. And., iv. 3.
Arion, rescued by the dolphin, Tw. Nt., i. 2, Aristotle, Tam. of S., i. 1; quoted by Hector, Tr. & Cr., ii. 2. Aristotle lived 800 years after the Trojan war. Armado, Don Adriano de, a character in L.'s L.'s L., a fantastical Spaniard.
Armaganac, Earl of, 1 H. VI., v. 5.
Arm-gaunt, A. & C., i. 5. Meaning uncertain; some- times read "arm-girt," covered with armour. One who Armigero (armiger), Merry Wives, i. 1. Written after the name in
Antonio, the merchant who is to lose the pound of bears arms, a gentleman. flesh in M. of V.
Antonio, a sea-captain in Tw. Nt.
Antonius, Marcus, Marc Antony, character in Jul. Coes, and A. & C.
Antres (caves), Oth., i. 3.
Ape(s), the famous, Ham., iii. 4, allusion to some forgotten story; foreheads of, Temp., iv. 1; lead, in hell, Much Ado, ii. 1; Tam. of S., ii. 1.
Apemantus, a cynic, character in T. of A.
Aphrodisiacs, the potato, eringo, Merry Wives, v. 5. Apollo, lute of, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3; and Daphne, M. N. D., ii. 1; Tr. & Cr., i. 1; plays, Tam, of S., induction, ii.; oracle of, consulted, Winter's T., ii. 1, iii. 1, 2, v. 1. Apothecary, and his shop, R. & J., v. 1.
Apparel, honour in the meanest, Tam. of S., iv. 3; oft proclaims the man, Ham., i. 3; vices appear through mean, Lear, iv. 6.
Apparitions: of hunters and hounds, Temp., iv. 1; of Cæsar, Jul. Cæs., iv. 3; of Macduff, Malcolm, and the eight kings, Mac., iv. 1. These are the Stuart kings to James V., said to have been descended from Banquo. The many more, some with twofold balls and treble sceptres, James VI. (James I. of England) and his posterity, who were to reign over the united kingdom; of Hamlet's father, Ham., i. 1, 4, 5. See also GHOSTS.
Appeached (accused), All's Well, i. 3. Appeal, the boisterous late, R. II., i. 1. tion made against Norfolk of high treason. Apperil (endanger), T. of A., i. 2.
Apple-Johns (apples with wrinkled skin), that would keep two years, 2 H. IV., ii. 4.
Apply (ply), Tam. of S., i. 1.
Approbation, receive her (enter on her probation), M. for M., i. 3.
Apricock (apricot), M. N. D., iii. 1; R. II., iii. 4. April, spongy, Temp., iv. 1; love like, Two Gent., i. 3. Aquitaine (a duchy in south-western France), surrender of, L.'s L.'s L., i. 1, ii. 1.
Arabia, wilds of, M. of V., ii. 7; perfumes of, Mac., v. 1; trees of, Oth., v. 2; bird of, A. & C., iii. 2; Cymb.,
Arch (chief), Lear, ii. 1.
Archbishops of Canterbury. See BOURCHIER, CAN- TERBURY, CRANMER. Archbishops of York.
See ROTHERHAM, SCROOP, Archelaus, King of Cappadocia, A. & C., iii, 6. Archery, allusions to: wide o' the bow-hand (far from the mark), L.'s L.'s L., iv. 1; flight and bird bolt (long and short shot) to cry aim (to encourage), Merry Wives, ii. 3, iii. 1; K. J., ii. 1; in a bottle like a cat, Much Ado, i. 1; the very pin of his heart cleft, etc., R. & J., ii. 4. The clout, or centre of the target, is spoken of in many places, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 1; 2 H. IV., iii. 2; Lear, iv. 6. Archibald, Earl of Douglas. See DOUGLAS.
Aroint (avaunt), Mac., i. 3; Lear, iii. 4. Aragon, the Prince of, one of the suitors of Portia in M. of V.
Arras (tapestry, so named from Arras in Artois, north of France, where it was first made), hide behind the, 1 H. IV., ii. 4, and in many other places; figures on, Cymb., ii. 2.
Artemidorus, a sophist of Cnidos, character in Jul. Cæs. Arthur, Duke of Brittany, a character in K. J., was the nephew of John and of Richard I., and by the latter Arthur designed, at one time at least, as his successor. was born in 1188, and is supposed to have been put to death by John's orders after being made prisoner by him in 1202. He was imprisoned at the castle of Falaise in Normandy, and afterwards in the castle of Rouen, where An exhibition of he met his death-not, as in the play, in England. Arthur's Show, 2 H. IV., iii. 2. archers, who took the names of Arthur's knights. Arundel, Archbishop. See CANTERBURY. Arviragus, son of Cymbeline, disguised under the name of Cadwal. See GUIDERIUS.
Ascanius (son of Æneas), 2 H. VI., iii. 2. Cupid talked to Dido disguised as Ascanius.
Ascapart (a legendary giant), 2 H. VI., ii. 3. See ESHER HOUSE. Asher House, H. VIII., iii. 2. Asmath, a spirit, 2 H. VI. i. 4.
Ass, a thrice double, Temp., v. 1; Dogberry would be writ down an, Much Ado, iv. 2; Bottom transformed into an, M. N. D., iii. 1, 2; more captain than the lion, T. of 4., iii. 5; beating an, Ham., v. 1; allusion to the fable of the old man and the ass, Lear, i. 4, "Thou borest thine ass," etc.
Assinego (little ass), Tr. & Cr., ii. 1. Assurance, made doubly sure, Mac., iv. 1. Astringer, a Gentle, character in All's Well. A falconer that kept goshawks was so called.
Astrology, allusions to, Temp., i. 2; Two Gent., ii. 7; born under Saturn, Much Ado, i. 3; under a dancing star, Much Ado, ii. 1; under a rhyming planet, Much Ado, v. 2; under Mars, All's Well, i. 1; the luckiest stars, All's Well, i. 3; the most received star, All's Well, ii. 1; born under Taurus, Tw. Nt., i. 3; constellation ii. 1; in my stars I am, Tw. Nt., ii. 5; a bawdy planet, right apt, Tw. Nt., i. 4; stars shine darkly, Tw. Nt., Winter's T., i. 2; some ill planet, Winter's T., ii. 1; dishonour my fair stars, R. II., iv. 1; malevolent to you, 1 H. IV., i. 1; Glendower's nativity, 1 H. IV., iii. 1; ruled like a wandering planet, 2 II. VI., iv. 4; my thwarting stars, 3 H. VI., iv. 6; star-crossed lovers, R. & J., i., prologue; yet hanging in the stars, R. & J., i. 4; inauspicious stars, R. & J., v. 3; not in our stars, Jul. Cæs., i. 2; fortune's star, Ham., i. 4; out of thy star, Ham., ii. 2; orbs from whom we exist, Lear, i. 1; eclipses, Lear, i. 2; the stars blamed for the vices of men, Lear, i. 2; your great aspect, Lear, ii. 2; it is the stars, Lear, iv. 3; my good stars, A. & C., iii. 11 or 13;
our bloods obey, Cannb., i. 1; O learned indeed, Cymb., iii. 2; senate-house of planets, Peric., i. 1; stars that frown, Peric., i. 4; a chiding nativity, Peric., iii. 1; mortal stars, Lucrece, 1. 13; not from the stars, Sonnets xiv., xv. ; in favour with their stars, Sonnet xxv.; what- soever star, Sonnet xxvi.; crooked eclipses, Sonnet ix. Astronomy (astrology), Sonnet xiv.
Atalanta, the better part of, As You Like It, iii. 2,
Até (goddess of Discord), Much Ado, ii. 1; K. J., ii. 1; Jul. Cæs., iii. 1.
Athens, scene of the M. N. D., T. of A., and part of A. & C.
Athol, Earl of, 1 II. IV., i. 1.
Atlas (the Titan who supported the heavens), 3 H. VI., v. 1; A. & C., i. 5.
Atomies (atoms, small creatures), shut coward gates on, As You Like It, iii. 5; a team of, R. & J., i. 4.
Atone (to reconcile or be reconciled), Cor., iv. 6; Oth.,
Atropos (one of the Fates, the one that cut off the thread), 2 H. IV., ii. 4.
Attasked (taxed, blamed), Lear, i. 4. Attorney (substitute), Com. of Er., v. 1. Audrey, a country girl in As You Like It.
Aufidius, Tullus, general of the Volscians, character in Cor.
Auguries, of success, Cumb., iv. 2; very gods," etc. See OMENS.
Augustus Cæsar, demands tribute, Cymb., iii. 1; char acter in A. & C. See CESAR.
character in R. II. He was high constable, and was deprived of his dukedom for adhering to Richard, but Aumerle, Edward, Duke of, son of the Duke of York, allowed to retain the earldom of Rutland, "Call him Rutland" (v. 2). In II. V. he is again spoken of, now an old man and Duke of York, as dying on the field of Agin- court (H. V., iv. 6).
Aunt, an old, Tr. and Cr., ii. 2. Hesione, sister of Priam.
Austria, Leopold, Archduke of, a character in K. J., where he is made identical with Vidomar, Viscount of while besieging the castle of Chaluz. The archduke died Lymoges, in a quarrel with whom Richard I. of England fell, having been shot by one of the viscount's vassals before Richard.
in itself, M. for M., ii. 2; abuse of, M. for M., ii. 4; vice Authority, the demigod-new, M. for M., i. 3; "Whe ther it be the fault," etc.; a little brief--hath a medicine in, M. for M., iv. 2; danger of divided, Cor., iii. 1; a dog in office-great image of, Lear, iv. 6.
Autolycus, a filching pedlar in Winter's T. Auvergne, Countess of, a character in 1 H. VI. Avoid (avaunt), Com. of Er., iv. 3.
Awful (law-abiding), Two Gent., iv. 1; (respectful to- ward authority), 2 H. IV., iv. 1.
Awkward (adverse), Peric., v. 1.
Aye-word, gull him into an (make a by-word of him by gulling him?), Tw. Nt., ii. 3.
Baccare (to check over-forwardness), Tam. of S., ii. 1. Bacchus, song to, A. & C., ii. 7. Baffle, 1 H. IV., i. 2. the heels; punishment of a recreant knight, alluded to To foil, disgrace, to hang up by again in 2 H. IV., i. 2, "to punish him by the heels," and in All's Well, iv. 3, "his heels have deserved it," etc. Baffled (abused), R. II., i. 1.
Bagot, Sir William, a character in R. II. Bag-pipe, the melancholy. Winter's T., iv. 3; IV., i. 2; M. of V., iv. 1.
Baille (give), Merry Wives, i. 4.
Bajazet's mute, All's Well, iv. 1. Meaning unknown. Balked (heaped or buried), 1 H. IV., i. 1.
Ballad(s) of the king (Cophetua) and the beggar, L.'s L.'s L., i. 2; Quince to write a, M. N. D., iv. 1; sale of, Winter's T., iv., 3 or 4; as a means of revenge, 1 H. IV.. ii. 2; dread of being the subject of, A. & C., v. 2, “And scaled rhymers," etc.
Ballad-mongers, 1 H. IV., iii. 1. Ballow (staff), Lear, iv. 6.
Balthasar, a servant of Portia in M. of V.
Balthasar, Romeo's servant in R. & J.
Balthazar, a servant of Don Pedro in Much Ado.
Balthazar, a merchant in Com. of Er.
Banbury cheese, Slender called, Merry Wives, i. 1. Bangor, in Wales, scene of part of 1 H. IV.
Bank'd, their towns (passed by the towns on the banks
of rivers), K. J., v. 2.
Banquo, character in Mac.
Bardolph, one of the companions of Falstaff in the first three he is a corporal, in the last lieutenant. Merry Wives, the two parts of H. IV., and H. V. In the
Barefoot, I must dance, Tam. of S., ii. 1. Alluding to the notion that, if a younger sister were married first. the elder must dance barefoot at her wedding, or surely be an old maid.
Barge, Cleopatra's, A. & C., ii. 2.
Bargulus (or Bardylis), 2 H. VI., iv. 1. by Cicero. A pirate, who rose to be King of Illyria. Mentioned Barkloughly Castle, R. II., iii. 2. No such castle is
Barm (yeast), M. N. D., ii. 1.
Barnacles, we shall be turned to, Temp., iv. 1. was a notion prevalent that the barnacle-goose was a transformation of the barnacle, an idea which gave rise to the custom in France of eating the bird on fast-days, as being of fishy substance.
Barnardine, a prisoner in M. for M.
Barnet, battle of (April 14, 1471), 3 H. VI., v. 2, 3. Barrenness, supposed cure for, Jul. Cæs., i. 2.
Bartholomew, a page who plays the part of Sly's wife in the induction to the Tam. of S.
Bartholomew-pig, 2 H. IV., ii. 4.
roasted pigs which were a feature of the Smithfield Fair on Saint Bartholomew's Day.
Bartholomew-tide (August 24), H. V., v. ii.
Basan, the hill of, A. & C., iii. 11 or 13. (See Psalm xxii. 12.)
Baptism, of Elizabeth, II. VIII., v. 5; symbol of, country, Cymb., v. 4; Ven. & Ad., 1. 303, to bid the wil
Base, prisoner's, allusions to, Two Gent., i. 2; the a base, to challenge it to run a race.
H. V., i. 2; Oth., ii. 3.
Baptista, the player-queen in Ham., iii. 2.
Bases, a pair of (embroidered mantles covering a rider's
Baptista Minola, father of Katherina and Bianca in knees), Peric., ii. 1. Tam. of S.
Bar, Duke of, mentioned, H. V., iii. 5, iv. 8. Barabbas, M. of V., iv. 1. (See Matthew xxvii. 20.) Barbary, Bolingbroke's horse, R. II., v. 5.
Barbason (a demon), Merry Wives, ii. 2, end; H. V., ii. 1. Barber-monger (companion of barbers?), Lear, ii. 2. Barber's shop, forfeits in a, M. for M., v. 1. Alluding the custom of imposing forfeits for bad conduct on the -ungers in barber-shops.
Barbury hen, a, 2 II. IV., ii. 4.
Bardolph, Lord, character in 2 H. IV.
Basilisco-like, K. J., i. 1.
Name of a braggart kright in an old play, Soliman and Perseda, who insists ca being addressed by his title.
iii. 2; 3 H. VI., iii. 2; R. III., i. 2, iv. 1; R. & J., iii. 2: Basilisk, the, allusions to its supposed power of poison- ing by its look, Tw. Nt., iii. 4; Winter's T., i. 2; @H. VI., Cymb., ii. 4; Lucrece, 1. 540.
Basilisks (pieces of ordnance), 1 H. IV., ii. 3; H. V., x. 2 Bassanio, a character in the M. of V.
Basset, a character in 1 H. VI., a Lancastrian. Bassianus, brother of Saturninus in Tit. And. Basta (enough), Tam. of S., i. 1.
Bastard (wine), M. for M., iii. 2; 1 H. IV., ii. 4. Bastard of Orleans. See ORLEANS.
Bastards, Edmund's soliloquy on, Lear, i. 2. Bat, the, Ariel's steed, Temp., v. 1; flight of the, Mac., iii. 2; wool of the, in the witches' cauldron, Mac., iv. 1. Bate (to blunt), L.'s L.'s L., i. 1; (to flutter as a falcon preparing for flight), Tam. of S., iv. 1.
Bates, a soldier in H. V.
Bath, a seething, Sonnets cliii., cliv.
Batler (used for beating soiled clothes in water), As You Like It, ii. 4.
Battle (often used instead of army), Jul. Cæs., v. 1. Bavin (kindling or brush-wood), 1 H. IV., iii. 2. Bawcock (beau coq), used for brave boy, Tw. Nt., iii. 4; Winter's T., i. 2.
Bay, three pence a, M. for M., ii. 1. The distance be- tween the beams of a house, by the number of which the sizes of houses were reckoned.
Baynard's Castle, R. III., iii. 5. A house where Richard had lived, on the bank of the river in Thames Street, London.
Bayonne, Bishop of, H. VIII., ii. 4.
Bay-trees, are withered, R. II., ii. 4. The bay-tree was supposed to keep off sickness and the devil, so that its withering was an evil omen.
Beads (rosary), Com. of Er., ii. 2; R. II., iii. 3 ; R. III.,
Beadsman, one who prays for another, Two Gent., i. 1. Bear, Antigonus killed by a, Winter's T., iii. 3; Sacker- son, a famous, Merry Wives, i. 1; a bush supposed a, M. N. D., v. 1; and ragged staff, arms of Warwick, 2 II. VI., v. 1; unlicked whelp of a, & H. VI., iii. 2; betrayed with glasses, Jul. Coes., ii. 1.
xiii.; should be perpetuated in children, Tw. Nt., i. 5; Sonnets i. to xvii.; inspiration of poetry, Sonnets lxxviii. to lxxx., lxxxiv. made richer by truth, Sonnet liv.; decay of, Sonnets Ix., Ixv., lxvii.; living in poetry, Sonnet's xv. to xix., lxiii., lxv., ci., cvii.; change in, Sonnets lxvii., lxviii.; of the mind, Sonnet lxix.
Bedlam, the (lunatic), 2 H. VI., iii 1; Lear, iii. 7, end. Bedlam beggar, tricks of a, Lear, ii. 3.
Bedford, John, Duke of, third son of Henry IV., known as Prince John of Lancaster in 2 H. IV., and as Duke of Bedford in H. V. and 1 H. VI. He is represented in the play as having been at Harfleur and Agincourt, though he really stayed at home as lieutenant of the realm of England. His death (1 H. VI., iii. 2) occurred in 1435. Beef, not good for the wit, Tw. Nt., i. 3; beef-witted, Tr. & Cr., ii. 1. See MEATS.
Beelzebub, Tw. Nt., v. 1.
Bees, the, Temp., v. 1, song; murdered for their pains, 2 H. IV., iv. 4; commonwealth of, H. V., i. 2.
Beetle, the sufferings of, in death, M. for M., iii. 1; shard-borne, Mac., iii. 2; A. & C., iii. 2; Cymb., iii. 3. Beetle, a three-man (a pile-driver with three handles), 2 H. IV., i. 2.
Beggar(s), how a, should be answered, M. of V., iv. 1; a, made to think himself a king, Tam. of S., induction, i.'; railing on the rich, K. J., ii. 2; mounted, 3 H. VI., i. 4; book (learning) of, H. VIII., i. 1; no comets seen at death of, Jul. Cæs., ii. 1.
Beggary, Falstaff on, 2 H. IV., i. 2; led by delay, R. III., iv. 3.
Belarius, a banished lord in Cymb.
Belch, Sir Toby, uncle of Olivia in Tw. Nt. Belgia, Com. of Er., iii. 2.
Bellario, Doctor, Portia's cousin in Padua, M. of V., iii.
Bear, the (constellation), Oth., ii. 1. Bear-baiting, allusion to, "fight the course," Mac., 4, iv. 1.
Beard, a cain-coloured (red), Merry Wives, i. 4; on a woman, Merry Wives, iv. 2; for an actor, M. N. D., i. 2; Jove send thee a, Tw. Nt., iii. 1; greater than Dobbin's tail, M. of V., ii. 2; turned white with the news, 1 H. IV., ii. 4; a youth's, Tr. & Cr., i. 2; of witches, Mac., i. 3; the insult of plucking the, Ham., ii. 2; “many a wart,' etc., Lear, iii. 7; shaving the, in respect, A. & C., ii. 2. Bearing-cloth (christening-robe), Winter's T., iii. 3; 1 H. VI., i. 3.
Bear in hand (keep in expectation), M. for M., i. 5; 2 H. IV., i. 2; Mac., iii. 1.
Beatrice, character in Much Ado.
Beauchamp. See WARWICK.
Beaufort, Edmund and John. See SOMERSET. Beaufort, Henry, Cardinal.
Beaufort, Thomas. See EXETER.
Beaumond, Lord Henry, mentioned in R. II., ii. 2, as one of Bolingbroke's adherents.
Beaumont, a French noble, killed at Agincourt, men- tioned, H. V., iii. 5, iv. 8.
Bellona's bridegroom (Macbeth), Mac., i. 2. was a Roman war goddess.
Bell(s), curfew, Temp., v. 1; M. for M., iv. 2; R. & J., iv. 4; Lear, iii. 4; church, As You Like It, ii. 7; Tw. Nt., v. 1; book and candle, K. J., iii. 3; passing, 2 H. IV., i. 1; R. & J., v. 3; sweet, jangled, Ham., iii. 1; the funeral, Ham., v. 1.
Belly, the, and the members, fable of, Cor., i. 1. Belman, a dog, Tam. of S., induction, i.
Belmont, scene of a part of the M. of V. It was the name of the residence of the heroine in the original tale, where it is only described as being on a gulf.
Benedick, character in Much Ado.
Bennet, St., Church of, in Upper Thames Street, Lon- don, Tw. Nt., v. 1.
Bentivolii, family of Lucentio in Tam. of S., i. 1. Benvenuto (welcome), L.'s L.'s L., iv. 2; Tam. of S.,
Benvolio, character in R. & J.
Bergomask (an Italian rustic dance), M. N. D., v. 1. Berkeley, Thomas, fifth baron, character in R. 11. Berkeley, a gentleman in R. III.
Berkeley Castle, in Gloucestershire, R. II., ii. 2, 3; 1 H. IV., i. 3.
Bermoothes. See BERMUDAS.
Bermudas, the, Temp., i. 2. Spelled Bermoothes ac- cording to the Spanish pronunciation. One Silvester Jourdan had published, not long before this play was written, "A Discovery of the Bermudas, otherwise called the Isle of Divels," giving an account of the wreck of a ship of Sir George Somers.
Bernardo, an officer in Ham.
Berowne, or Biron(e), lord attending the king in L.'s L.'s L.
Beauty, that nothing ill can dwell in, Temp., i. 2; holiday time of, Merry Wives, ii. 1; is a witch, Much Ado, ii. 1; bought by judgment of eyes, L.'s L.'s L., ii. 1; makes young, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3; praise of, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3; M. N. D., iii. 2; Cymb., v. 5; M. of V., i. 1; deceit- fulness of, M. of V., iii. 2; Portia's, M. of V., iii. 2; pro- voketh thieves, As You Like It, i. 3; with honesty, 4s You Like It, iii. 3; no more than may go dark to bed, As You Like It, iii. 5; of Helena, All's Well, v. 3; all by God, Tw. Nt., i. 5; scheduled, Tw. Nt., i. 5; purged pestilence, Tw. Nt., i. 1; virtue is, Tw. Nt., iii. 4; of a low-born lass, Winter's T., iv. 3; short-lived, H. V., v. 2; to be wooed, 1 H. VI., v. 3; if beauty have a soul, Tr. & Cr., v. 2; without renown, Cor., i. 3; unapproachable, R. & J., i. 1; in comparison, R. & J., i. 2, end; manly, R. & J., i. 3; upon the cheek of night, R. & J., i. 5; light of, R. & J., ii. 2; with wickedness, R. & J., iii. 2; and honesty, Ham., iii. 1; sense of, in inanimate objects, Oth., ii. 1, speech of Cassio; and ugliness, Cymb., i. 6; Imogen's, Cymb., ii. 2, iii. 5, 6; of the daughter of Antiochus, Peric., i. 1, 2; child of, Peric., ii. 2; Ven. & Ad., 1.7; dead, Ven, & Ad., 1. 1076; effect of, on animals, 1. 1093; needs no orator, Lucrece, 1. 29; of Lucretia, Lucrece, 1. 52; made more beauteous with truth, Sonnet liv.; the mark of slander, Sonnet 1xx.; and flowers, Sonnet xcix.; unchanged, Sonnet civ.; descriptions of, Sonnet cvi.; traces of, Lover's Complaint, 1. 10; manly, Lover's Complaint, 1. 85; fleeting, Passionate Pilgrim, | iv. 2.
Berri, Duke of, H. V., iii. 5.
Bertram, Count of Rousillon, character in All's Well. Besort (attendance), Oth., i. 3.
Bestraught (distraught), Tam. of S., induction, ii. Beteem, to pour out, or to afford, M. N. D., i. 1; to permit, Ham., î. 2.
Betrothals, Temp., iii. 1, iv. 1; Winter's T., iv. 8; M. of V., iii. 2; violation of, M. for M., iii. 1; secret, Tie. Nt., iv. 3, v. 1; proposed, K. J., ii. 1 or 2.
Bevel (not morally upright), Sonnet cxxi. Bevis, George, a follower of Jack Cade, 2 H. VI,
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