doctor, appears in iv. 3; the other, Scotch, attending Sonnet xliii.; that may come in the sleep of death, Ham
Lady Macbeth, v. 1, 3.
Document (lesson), Ham., iv. 5 (or 2).
Dog, Launce's, Two Gent., ii. 3, 5, iv. 4.
Dog(s), spirits in form of, Temp., iv. 1; dank as a, 1 H.
IV., ii. 1; howling of, ominous, 2 H. VI., 1. 4; 3 H. VI.,
v. 6; rather be a, Jul. Cæs., iv. 3; various kinds of, Mac,
iii. 1; will have his day, Ham., v. 1; obeyed in office,
Lear, iv. 6; not a word to throw at a, As You Like It,
1. 3; of war, Jul. Cæs., iii. 1.
Dogberry, a constable in Much Ado.
Dog-days, R. & J., iii. 1, "For now, these hot days,"
etc.; H. VIII., v. 3.
Doit, John, H. IV., iii. 2.
Doit, M. of V., i. 3. Equal to about half a farthing.
Dolabella, a friend of Cæsar in A. & C.
Doll Tearsheet, a character in 2 II. IV. In H. V.,
ii. 1, Pistol recommends her to Nym.
Dolphin, the. See DAUPHIN.
Dolphin chamber, the, H. IV., ii. 1.
Donalbain (Donald Bain), younger son of King Duncan
in Mac.
Doom, the crack of, Mac., iv. 1; the general, R. & J.,
Doomsday, R. III., v. 1; Jul. Cæs., iii. 1; is near,
1 H. IV., iv. 1, end; Ham., ii. 2.
Dorcas, a shepherdess in Winter's T.
Doricles, name assumed by Florizel, Winter's T., iv.
3 or 4.
Dorset, Thomas Grey, first Marquis of, character in
R. 111., son of Queen Elizabeth. His marriage with the
daughter of William Bonville, Lord Harrington, is spoken
of in 3 H. VI., iv. 1.
Doublet and hose, courage due from, As You Like It,
ii. 4; in my disposition, As You Like It, iii. 2.
Doubts, are traitors, M. for M., i. 5.
Dough, the cake is, Tam. of S., 1. 1, v. 1.
Douglas, Archibald, Earl of, character in 1 H. IV.
Dout (do out, quench), Ham., i. 4.
Dove(s), allusions to: Modest as, Tam, of S., ii. 1;
Winter's T., iv. 4 (turtles); spirit of peace, 2 H. IV.,
iv. 1; Mahomet's, 1 H. VI., i. 2 (see MAHOMET); like a
pair of, 1 H. II., ii. 2; innocence of, 2 II. VI., iii. 1;
faithfulness of, Tr. & Cr., iii. 2 (turtle); love and, R. &
J., ii. 1; young of, Ham., v. 1; doves of Venus, Temp.,
iv. 1; presents of, M. of V., ii. 2; M. N. D., i. 1; Ven. &
Ad., 1. 1190; of Paphos, Peric., iv., prologue. Paphos is
on the island of Cyprus, where Venus was worshipped.
Dover, England, scene of part of Lear; cliffs of, Lear,
iv. 1, end; iv. 6.
Dowland, John, an English musician (1562-1626), who
called himself a "lutenist," and published song-books,
Passionate Pilgrim, viii.
Dowle (feather), Temp., iii. 3.
Dowsabel, name applied to a fat woman, Com. of Er.,
iv. 1.
Drachma (about sevenpence), Jul. Cæs., iii. 2.
Dragon(s), on the chariot of night, M. N. D., iii. 2;
Cymb., ii. 2; St. George and the, on sign-boards, K. J.,
ii. 1; spleen of fiery, R. III., v. 3; like to a lonely, Cor.,
iv. 1; between a, and his wrath, Lear, i. 1.
Dreams, Temp., iii. 2; such stuff as, Temp., iv. 1; of
money-bags, M. of F., ii. 5; if, be thus, Te. Nt., iv. 1;
are toys, Winter's T., iii. 3; of war, 1 H. IV., ii. 3; of the
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, 2 H. VI., i. 2; of Clar-
ence, R. III., i. 4; of Stanley, R. III., iii. 2; of Richard
and Richmond, R. III., v. 3; of Andromache, Tr. & Cr.,
v. 3; Queen Mab in--substance of, R. & J., i. 4; presag-
ing, R. & J., v. 1; of Cæsar's wife, Jul. Cæs., ii. 2; evil
suggestions in, Mac., ii. 1; bad, Ham., ii. 2; Cymb., v. 4,
iv. 2,
"Twas but a bolt of nothing," &c.; of one loved,
Dress, of a bridegroom, Tam, of S., iii. 2; women's.
Tam. of S., iv. 3; unimportance of, Tam. of S., iv. 3,
devotion to, All's Well, i. 2, "Whose judgments are, etc;
neat and trim, 1 H. IV., i. 3; extravagance in, H. VIII
i. 1, "Manors on their backs," etc.; rule for, Ham., 1, 3;
Cymb., iii. 4, iv. 2; R. III., 1. 2.
Drink, Tw. Nt., i. 3; Mac., ii. 3; an enemy in the
mouth, Oth., ii. 3.
Drinking-scenes, Temp., ii. 1, iii. 2; Tr. Nt., ii. 3;
Oth., ii. 3; A. & C., ii. 7.
Dromios, the two, of Ephesus and Syracuse, twin bro
thers, servants of the twin Antipholuses in the Com. of Er.
Drop, one, seeks another, Com. of Er., 1. 2.
Drop-Heir, a prisoner, M. for M., iv. 3.
Drowned, not born to be, Temp., i. 1; Two Gent., 1.1.
Drowning-mark, Temp., i. 1, v. 1.
Drum, John, entertainment of (a beating), All's Well iiit,
Drumble (dawdle), Merry Wives, iii. 3.
Drunkard, one loves another, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3.
Drunkenness, Temp., iii. 2, iv. 1, v. 1; folly of, Otk,
ii. 3; Merry Wives, L. 1, 2; Tam. of S., induction, 1:
Much Ado, iii. 3.
Dry-beat (beat soundly), R. & J., iii. 1.
Dry-foot, draws (follows the scent), Com. of Er., iv. 2
Ducats, my daughter and my, M. of V., ii. 8.
Ducdame, As You Like It, ii. 5. Of uncertain mean
ing. Some read it Duc ad me, lead to me.
Dudgeon (handle), Mac., ii. 1.
Duel(s), contemplated, Merry Wives, i. 4. ii. 1, 3. .
Much Ado, v. 1; Tw. Nt., iii. 4; threats of a, All's Wel
ii. 3; between Horner and Peter, H. VI., ii. 3; Ham,
i. 1. See CHALLENGES.
Duelling, causes for, L.'s L.'s L., 1. 2, end; satire
rules of, As You Like It, v. 4. The passage is supposed
to have been suggested by a book on the punctilio
duelling, by Vincentio Saviolo, published in 1596, Term
of, R. & J., ii. 4, iii. 1; Tam. of S., iii. 5.
Duke, the, in As You Like It, who is living in the
Forest of Arden, his brother having usurped his plare,
Duke of Dark Corners, the, M. for M., iv. 3.
Dull, a constable in L.'s L.'s L.
Dumbleton, a merchant spoken of in 2 H. IV., 1
Dumain, lord attending the king in L.'s L.'s L.
Dumain, Captain, slanderously described by Pareks
in All's Well, iv. 3.
Dumps (melancholy), Two Gent., iii. 2; Lucrece, L. 17
and elsewhere.
Dun, if thou art, R. & J., i. 4. Allusion to the game
Dun-is-in-the-Mire. Dun was a log of wood, which st
for a horse, and was said to be in the mire. Two of th
company tried to pull him out, calling one after anothe
of the rest to their assistance, until all were helping, and
Dun was at length pulled out.
Dunbar, George, Earl of March, in Scotland called Le
Mortimer, letter from, 1 H. IV., ii. 3, iii. 2. His title
March led to the mistake of calling him Mortimer.
Duncan, King of Scotland, in Mac. The circumstances
of his murder are taken from the account of the assa
nation of King Duff. The real Duncan's death took plan
by the treachery of Macbeth, Mormaer of Moray, in 104
Dunsinane, a hill nine miles north-east of Perth. Mat.
iv. 1; scene of act v.; battle of, v. 6, 7, 8.
Eagle(s), the sight of, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3; 3 H. VI., ii.
1; flight of, T. of A., 1. 1; age of, T. of A., iv. 3; suffer
little birds to sing, Tit. And., iv. 4; omens of victory,
Jul. Cæs., v. 1; Cymb., i. 1, iv. 2; a hungry, Ven. & Ad.,
1. 55; eye of, R. & J., iii. 5; R. II., iii. 3; England the,
H. V., 1. 2; the holy, Cymb., v. 4.
Ear (to plough), A. & C., 1, 2, 4.
Dunsmore, 3 H. VI., v. 1.
Dunstable, H. VIII., iv. 1.
Duty, did never want his meed, Two Gent., il
unswerving, H. VIII., iii. 2; Ham., ii. 2; cannot be
silent, Lear, i. 1, 4.
Earth, the, I task (throw down my gage), R. II., iv. 1;
curse on, T. of A., iv. 3, "That nature," etc.; mother and
tomb of nature, R. & J., ii. 3; a sterile promontory,
Ham., ii. 2; a girdle round the, M. N. D., ii. 1; nothing
lives on, but crosses, R. II., ii. 2; more things in heaven
and, Ham., i. 5.
Earthquake(s), As You Like It, iii. 2; explanation of,
1 H. IV., iii. 1; R. & J., i. 3; the earth feverous, Mac.,
ii. 3.
Eastcheap, in London, scene of parts of 1 & 2 H. IV.,
and H. V., which are at the Boar's Head Tavern, kept by
Mrs. Quickly.
Eaves-dropper, play the, R. III., v. 3.
Ecce signum (behold the sign), 1 H. IV., ii. 4.
Eche (eke), Peric., iii., prologue.
Echo, babbling gossip, Tw. Nt., i. 5; cave of, R. & J.,
ii. 2; Tam. of S., induction, ii.; Tit. And., ii. 3.
Echo, name of a dog, Tam, of S., induction, i.
Eclipses, ominous, Mac., ii. 3, iv. 1; Ham., i. 1; Lear,
i. 2; Oth., v. 2; A. & C., iii. 13.
Ecstasy (madness), Temp., iii. 3; Ham., iii. 4, and
elsewhere.
Edgar, son of Gloucester, in Lear.
Edmund, Earl of Rutland. See RUTLAND.
Edmund, illegitimate son of Gloucester, in Lear.
Edward, the Confessor, Mac., iii. 6.
Edward III., H. V., ii. 4; at Crécy, 1. 2.
Edward, the Black Prince, R. II., ii. 1, "In war was
never," etc.; H. V., 1, 2, ii. 4.
Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI, character
in 3 H. VI.
Edward IV., character in 2 & 3 H. VI., and R. III.
Edward, Prince of Wales (Edward V.), son of Edward
IV., character in R. III.
Eels, Lear, ii. 4. Allusion to the opinion that they
were roused by thunder, Peric., iv. 3.
Egeus, father of Hermia, in M. N. D.
Eggs, to steal, from a cloister, All's Well, iv. 3; for
money (proverb), Winter's T., i. 2.
Eglamour, a character in the Two Gent., iv. 3.
Egyptian fog, Tw. Nt., iv. 2.
Egyptian thief, Tw. Nt., v. 1. Thyamis, chief of a
band of robbers, who killed his mistress when surprised
by a stronger band, that he might have her company in
the other world.
Eisel (vinegar), Sonnet exi. See also ESILL.
Elbow, rub the, 1 H. IV., v. 1. Allusion to the notion
that an itching elbow was a precursor of change.
Elbow, constable in M. for M.
Elder-tree, allusion to the belief that it grows where
blood has been shed, Tit. And., ii. 4; emblem of grief,
Cymb., iv. 2. Judas was said to have hanged himself on
an elder, L.'s L.'s L., v. 2.
Eleanor, Duchess of Gloucester, in R. II. See GLOU-
Eleanor, wife of Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, a
character in 2 H. VI., i. 2.
Elements, a word over-worn, Tw. Nt., iii. 1; the four,
Tw. Nt., ii. 3; A. & C., V. 2; Sonnets xliv., xlv.; so
mixed, Jul. Cæs., v. 5; alluding to the idea that the body
is composed of the four elements, and that health and
ability depend on their due proportion; Lear's appeal to
the, Lear, iii. 2.
Elephant, the, an inn, Taw. Nt., iii. 3.
Elephant, the, Tr. & Cr., ii. 3. Alluding to the notion
that the elephant had no joints, and could not bend its
knees or lie down. Betrayed with holes (pitfalls), Jul.
Coes., ii. 1.
Elf-locks, R. & J., 1. 4. Fairies were supposed to mat
and tangle the manes of horses into "elf-locks."
Elinor of Aquitaine, widow of King Henry II., char-
acter in K. J.
Elizabeth Woodville (Lady Grey), queen of Edward
IV., character in R. 111.
Elizabeth, the princess, daughter of Edward IV. Her
marriage united the title of the House of York to that of
Henry VII.
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Elopements, Two Gent., ii. 4, iii. 1, v. 2; Merry Wives,
Winter's T., iv. 3 or 4; Oth., i. 1-3.
iv. 6, v. 5; M. of V., ii. 6, 8; M. N. D., i. 1, iv. 1;
Elsinore, in the island of Seeland, Denmark, scene of
a part of Ham.; cliff at, i. 4.
Elves, offices of, Temp., v. 1. See FAIRIES.
Elvish-marked, R. III., 1. 3. Allusion to the notion
that deformity was due to evil fairies.
Ely, John Fordham, Bishop of, from 1388 to 1425, char-
acter in H. V.
Ely, John Morton, Bishop of, character in R. III.
Ely House, London, scene of a part of R. II.
Elysium, Two Gent., ii. 7; Tw. Nt., i. 2; 2 II. VI.,
1. 2; Cymb., V. 4.
Emballing, H. VIII., ii. 3. Receiving the ball given
to sovereigns at coronation.
Embossed (enclosed or caught in a wood), Tam. of S.,
induction, i.; All's Well, iii. 6; A. & C., iv. 13.
Embowelled (embalmed), 1 H. IV., v. 4.
Emilia, an attendant of the queen in Winter's T., ii. 2.
Emilia, Iago's wife, in Oth.
Emmanuel, clerk of Chatham, 2 H. VI., iv. 2, "They
use to write it on the top of letters." The name was
written at the head of public papers.
Emmew (keep in a cage), M. for M., iii. 1, "And follies
doth emmew."
Empericeutic (empiric), Cor., ii. 1.
Empirics, All's Well, ii. 1, "We thank you."
Enceladus, Tit. And., iv. 2. The fabled giant under
Mount Ætna.
End, the, justifies the means, Lucrece, 1. 528; crowns
all, K. J., i. 1; Tr. & Cr., iv. 5.
Endymion, a beautiful shepherd, beloved by Diana,
M. of V., v. 1.
Engaged (held as a hostage), 1 H. IV., iv. 4, v. 2.
Engine (instrument of torture), Lear, i. 4.
Engineer, hoist with his own petar, Ham., iii. 4, end,
England, curiosity in, Temp., ii. 2; Com. of Er., iii. 2;
white-faced shore of, K. J., ii. 1; if only true to itself,
K. J., v. 7; praise of evil times in, R. II., ii. 1; an un-
tended garden, R. II., iii. 4; claim of kings of, to France,
H. V., i. 2; a little body with a mighty heart, H. V., ii.,
chorus; the defence of, 3 H. VI., iv. 1; in Elizabeth's
time, H. VIII., v. 5.
English, the bravery of, II. V., iii. 5, 6; French opinion
of, H. V., iii. 7, iv. 1, 2; diet of, 1 H. VI., i. 2; Froissart's
account of, 1 H. VI., i. 2; tenacity of, 1 H. VI., i. 2,
"Rather with their teeth," etc.; have angels' faces, H.
VIII., iii. 1; epicures, Mac., v. 3; drinking habits of,
Oth., ii. 3; dress of one of the, M. of V., i. 2.
English (language), the king's, Merry Wives, i. 4; a
fellow that frights it out of his wits, Merry Wives, ii. 1;
let them hack our, Merry Wives, iii. 1; makes fritters of,
Merry Wives, v. 5; a lesson in, II. V., iii. 4.
Enlarge (set at liberty), Tw. Nt., v. 1, and elsewhere,
Enobarbus, Domitius, character in A. & C.
Enseamed (fat, greasy), Ham., iii. 4.
Enskied (in heaven), M. for M., i. 5.
Entertain (take into service), Jul. Cæs., v. 5.
Entrails, as if, were hairs, IH. V., iii. 7. Alluding to
the bounding of a tennis-ball, which was stuffed with
hair.
Envy (generally in the sense of malice), M. of V., iv. 1 ;
As You Like It, i. 2; of the world, As You Like It, ii. 3;
of a father, 1 H. IV., i. 1; R. III., iv. 1; H. VIII., iii. 2,
"Follow your envious courses," etc.; v. 2; lean-faced,
2 H. VI., iii. 2; Tr. & Cr., ii. 1; Lucrece, 1. 39.
Ephesians (slang for carousers), 2 H. IV., ii. 2.
Ephesus, scene of the Com. of Er., also a part of Peric.
Epicurean, Cassius an, Jul. Cæs., v. 1.
Epidamnum, in Illyria, Com. of Er., i. 1, 2, v. 1.
Epidaurus, Com. of Er., i. 1.
Epilepsy, or falling sickness, Jul. Cæs., i. 2; Oth., iv. 1.
Epilogues, to Temp. (probably not by Shakspere, per-
haps by Ben Jonson); to As You Like It; to All's Well,
probably not by Shakspere; to 2 II. IV., probably not by
Shakspere; to H. V.; to H. VIII., probably not by Shak-
Elizabeth, Queen, her birth, H. VIII., v. 1; christen-
ing, v. 2, 3, 4; Cranmer's prophecy concerning her, v. 4.
In iii. 2, Suffolk makes something like a prophecy of her
reign when speaking of her mother, "There's order
given," etc. See BOLEYN. The passage in M. N. D., ii. | spere.
Epitaph(s), on Hero, Much Ado, v. 3; on the deer, L.'s
L.'s L., iv. 2; lying, All's Well, ii. 3, "And these breed
honour," etc.; on Timon, T. of A., v. 4. This is made up
of two, one said to have been written by Timon himself,
the other by the poet Calimachus. Better have a bad,
than, etc., Ham., ii. 2.
Epitheton (epithet), L.'s L.'s L., i. 2.
Epithets, sweetly varied, L.'s L.'s L., v. 2; pretty,
fond, adoptious Christendoms, All's Well, i. 1.
Equinox (opposite, counterpart), Oth., ii. 3.
Equipage (slang for stolen goods), Merry Wives, ii. 2.
Equivocator, here's an, Mac., ii. 3.
Ercles (Hercules), M. N. D., i. 2.
Erebus (the passage to Hades), M. of V., v. 1; Jul.
Cæs., ii. 1.
Eringo, the (held to be an aphrodisiac), Merry Wives,
Eros, friend of Antony, in A. & C.
Erpingham, Sir Thomas, mentioned, R. II., ii. 1.
Erpingham, Sir Thomas, character in H. V. He is
mentioned in R. II., ii. 1.
Escalus, an ancient lord, in M. for M.
Escalus, Prince of Verona, in R. & J.
Escanes, a lord of Tyre, in Peric.
Escoted (paid), Ham., ii. 2.
Esher House, or Asher House, residence of the bishops
of Winchester, once occupied by Cardinal Wolsey, who is
ordered to retire to it in II. VIII., iii. 2.
Esill (or eisel), Ham., v. 1. A word not understood;
by some supposed to be the river Yesel, by others vinegar.
Esperance (hope), 1 H. IV., ii. 3; Lear, iv. 1, and else-
where. It was the motto of the Percys.
Essex, Geoffrey Fitz-Peter, Earl of, a character in K. J.
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, allusion to his ex-
pedition to Ireland, H. V., v., prologue. He was sent
over in April 1599 to suppress Tyrone's rebellion. This
passage was written, of course, during the summer, before
his failure in Ireland.
Estridges (ostriches), 1 H. IV., iv. 1; A. & C., iii. 13.
Et Bonum, etc., the older the better, Peric., i., pro-
logue.
Ethiop, a swarthy, Two Gent., ii. 6; jewels of an, R. &
J., i. 5,
Et tu, Brute? Jul. Cos., iii, and thou, too, Brutus?
There is no record that Cesar uttered these words; but
Suetonius, who wrote about one hundred and seventy-five
years later, has it that tradition reported him as saying
in Greek, Thou too, my son?"
Euphonius, character in A. & C., called Antony's
Euphuisms, Ham., v. 2, speech of Osric; L.'s L.'s L.
Europa, daughter of Agenor, Tam. of S., i. 1; Merry
Wives, v. 5; Much Ado, v. 4.
Evans, Sir Hugh, a Welsh parson and schoolmaster,
character in the Merry Wives.
Even-Christian (fellow-Christian), Ham., v. 1.
Evil, to allow, is to order, M. for M., i. 4; the beau-
teous, Tw. Nt., iii. 4; the sight of means for, K. J., iv. 2;
some soul of goodness in, H. V., iv. 1; lives in brass,
H. VIII., iv. 2; doing, for good, Tr. & Cr., v. 3; some
good in, R. & J., ii. 3, "Nought is so vile," etc.; none
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wholly free from, Oth., iii. 3; playing with, Oth., iv. 1;
mending evil by, Oth., iv. 3, end; that men do lives after
them, Jul. Cos., iii. 2; attributed to a divine thrusting
on, Lear, i. 2.
Except before excepted (an unmeaning use of a law-
term), Tw. Nt., i. 3.
Excommunication, K. J., iii. 1.
Excrement (the hair or beard, or any non-sensitive part
of the body), Ham., iii. 4; M. of V., iii. 2.
Excuses, often make faults worse, K. J., iv. 2.
Exempt (separated), Com. of Er., ii. 2.
Exeter, Thomas Beaufort, Duke of, character in II. V.,
and 1 H. VI. He was uncle of Henry V., and was
appointed governor of Henry VI. after his father's death.
He was Earl of Dorset only, and not Duke of Exeter,
until after Agincourt, and was not present at that battle,
being at that time Governor of Harfleur.
Exeter, Henry Holland, Duke of, character in 3 H. VI.
Exeter, Peter Courtenay, Bishop of, mentioned in
R. III., iv. 4.
Exeter, castle at, R. III., iv. 2. Built in the time of
William I., destroyed in the Civil War.
Exhalations (meteors or flashes of lightning), H.
VIII., iii. 2; Jul. Cæs., ii. 1.
Exhibition (allowance of money), Two Gent., i. 3; Lear,
i. 2; Oth., i. 3.
Exorcisms (summoning spirits), 2 H. VI., i. 4. Exor
ciser and exorcist used in a like sense, All's Well, v. 3;
Jul. Cæs., ii. 1; Cymb., iv. 2.
Expedience (expedition), A. & C., i. 2.
Expedient (expeditious), K. J., ii. 1.
Expiate (expired, or, to end), R. III., iii. 3; Sonnet
xxii.
Exsufflicate (swollen), Oth., iii. 3.
Extended, extent (seized, attachment, a law-term),
As You Like It, iii. 1; A. & C., i. 2.
Extirped (extirpated), 1 H. VI., iii. 3.
Exton, Sir Pierce of, character in R. II., murderer of
Richard.
Extravagant (wandering), Oth., i. 1.
Eyas, or eyas-musket (a young hawk), Merry Wines,
Eye(s), a blue and sunken, As You Like It, iii. 2;
blueness about the eyes was thought a sign of being in
love; all senses locked in the, L.'s L.'s L., ii. 1, near the
end; a still-soliciting, Lear, i. 1; the evil eye, referred to
in the word "o'erlook," which means to cast the evil eye
upon, in Merry Wives, v. 5; M. of V., iii. 2; like Mars,
Ham., iii. 2; doth not behold itself, Tr. & Cr., ii. 3.
spies, Temp., v. 1; coward gates of, As You Like It. in.
5; woman's, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3; crystal, Two Gent., i
to be put out. K. J., iv. 1; Lear, iii. 7; praise of, R. & J.
ii. 2; green (hazel), R. & J., iii. 5, the nurse's speech
closing in death, A. & C., v. 2; blue, Fen, & Ad., 1. 481;
like the moon in water, Ven. & Ad., 1. 491; darkened.
Ven. & 4d., 1. 1037; beauty of, Sonnet xvii.; hearing
with, Sonnet xxiii.; the painter, Sonnet xxiv.; dark
Sonnets exxvii., cxxxii.; in distraction, Lorer & Com
plaint, 1. 22.
Eyebrows, ladies', Winter's T., ii. 1.
Eyelids, fringed curtains, Temp., i. 2 ; advanced, Temp.
unmanned blood, R. & J., iii. 2; an unmanned hawk,
one not used to man, was hooded to prevent fright;
haggards (wild hawks), Much Ado, iii. 1, end; Tw. Nt.,
iii. 1; Oth., iii. 3; a hooded valour, H. V., iii. 7; to
check (start away from the lure), Tw. Nt., iii. 1; Ham.,
iv. 7; the method of taming hawks, Tam, of S., iv. 1; to
seel up the eyes, as was done to the hawk in training by
sewing the eyelids up, 2 H. IV., iii. 1; Mac., iii. 2; Oth.,
1. 3, iii. 3; imp, R. II., ii. 1; to imp a hawk was to mend
broken feathers by grafting or piecing them out; mailed
up (wrapped), 2 H. VI., ii. 4; mew up or emmew, M. for
M., iii. 1; Tam. of S., i. 1; R. & J., ifi. 4; to tower, 2 H.
VI., ii. 1; Mac., ii. 4; Lucrece, 1. 506; baiting (flutter-
ing), R. & J., iii. 2; to tire (feed ravenously), 3 H. VI.,
1. 1; T. of A., iii. 6; Cymb., iii. 4; disedged (satiated),
Cymb., iii. 4; whistle her off and let her down the wind,
Oth., iii. 3; will coast (hover about) my crown, 3 II. VI.,
i. 1; quarry, Cor., i. 1; Mac., iv. 3; Ham., v. 2.
Fall (let fall), Com, of Er., ii. 2, and elsewhere.
Falsehood, goodly outside of, M. of V., i. 1.
Falstaff, Sir John, appears in the two parts of H. IV.,
and the Merry Wives. His death is described by Mrs.
Quickly in H. V., ii. 3, and he is spoken of by Fluellen in
iv. 7 of the same play. The name of this character was
at first Sir John Oldcastle, q.v.
Fame, all men hunt after, L.'s L.'s L., i. 1; antici-
pated, II. V., iv. 3; living in, R. III., iii. 1; of heroes,
Tr. & Cr., ii. 2, end; best gained in second place, Cor.,
i. 1, end; fold in this orb, Cor., v. 6; of good and evil
deeds, Jul. Cæs., iii. 2; danger of acquiring too high a,
A. &. C., iii. 1; undying, M. for M., V. 1; R. III., iii. 1;
brevity of, Much Ado, v. 2; effect of, Tr. & Cr., i. 3; 1 H.
IV., v. 4; H. VIII., iv. 2; would be exchanged for a pot
of ale, H. V., iii. 2.
Fancy, where bred, M. of V., iii. 2, song; sweet and
bitter, As You Like It, iv. 3; (love) followers of, M. N. D.,
1. 1; full of shapes, Tw. Nt., i. 1; nature wants stuff to
vie with, A. & C., v. 2; every one to his own, All's Well,
iv. 1.
Fancy-free, M. N. D., ii. 2.
Fang, one of the sheriff's officers in 2 H. IV.
Fangled (capricious), Cymb., v. 4.
Fap (tipsy), Merry Wives, i, 1.
Farced (swollen, pompous), H. V., iv. 1.
Farmer, the, that hanged himself, Mac., ii. 3.
Farthingale, Two Gent., ii. 7; Merry Wives, iii. 3;
Tam. of S., iv. 3.
Fashion, wears out more apparel than the man-a
deformed thief, Much Ado, iii. 3; infected with, Tam, of
S., iii. 2; following the, All's Well, ii. 1; from Italy, R.
II., ii. 1, common in Shakspere's time but not at time
of the play; of France, H. VIII., i. 3; behind the, Jul.
Cæs., iv. 1, Antony speaking on Lepidus; the glass of,
Ham., iii. 1; in speech, Ham., v. 2; garments out of,
Cymb., iii. 4; less without, and more within, a new,
Cymb., v. 1.
Fast and Loose, A. & C., iv. 10 or 12, a game played
by gypsies. A belt was folded and knotted up and placed
on a table, and the victim made a wager that he could
hold it fast to the table; he would then place a skewer
through what seemed to be the central fold, when the
gypsy would take hold of the two ends and pull it away.
Fasting, oath concerning, L.'s L.'s L., i. 1; effect of,
on the disposition, Cor., v. 1.
Fastolfe, Sir John, lieutenant-general to Bedford in
Normandy, and deputy regent, character in 1 H. VI.
Fat, to be, to be hated, 1 H. IV., ii. 4; men, Merry
Wives, ii. 1; men, not dangerous, Jul. Cæs., i. 2; woman,
description of a, Com. of Er., iii. 2.
Fate, Temp., iii. 3; no escape from, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3,
"The sea will ebb," etc.; malignancy of, Tw. Nt., ii. 1;
the book of, 2 H. IV., iii. 1; no resisting, 3 H. VI., iv. 3;
men masters of their, Jul. Cæs., i. 2; unavoidable, Jul.
Coes., ii. 2; Oth., v. 2; Ham., iii. 2, v. 2; in an auger-hole,
Mac., ii. 3; challenge to, Mac., iii. 1; makes desperate,
Ham., i. 4; bewailing one's, Sonnet xxix.
Father, praise by a, Temp., iv. 1; an angry, Two
Gent., iii. 1; shame of a, Much Ado iv. 1; that knows
his child, M. of V., ii. 2; right of a, M. N. D., i. 1; at
his son's nuptial, Winter's T., iv. 3; anger of a, Winter's
T., iv. 4; vote of, against a son, R. II., i. 3; judgment
on a, 1 H. IV., iii. 2; desperation of a, H. IV., i. 1;
cares of a, 2 H. IV., iv. 4; grief of a, Tit. And., iii. 1;
anger of a, Lear, i. 1; in rags, Lear, ii. 4; who would be
a, Oth., i. 1; an infirm, Sonnet xxxvii.; duty to a, and to
a husband, Oth., i. 3.
Fauconberg, mentioned, H. V., iii. 5, iv. 8.
Faulconbridge, an English baron, one of the suitors of
Portia, mentioned in M. of V., i. 2.
Faulconbridge, Philip, half-brother of Robert F., in
K. J., and natural son of Richard I. His name is changed
by John to Richard Plantagenet.
Faulconbridge, Robert, son of Sir Robert Faulcon-
bridge, character in K. J.
Faulconbridge, Lady, character in K. J.
Faulconbridge, William Neville, Lord, mentioned in
3 H. VI.
Fauste, precor, etc. (Faustus, I pray when the herd
chews the cud in the cool shade), L.'s L.'s L., iv. 2. A
quotation from Battista Spagnoli, of Mantua.
Faustus, Dr., Merry Wives, iv. 5.
Fay (faith), Ham., ii. 2.
Fear (to frighten), Tam. of S., i. 2, and elsewhere.
Fear, gives the foe strength, R. II., iii. 2; this living,
R. II., v. 4; not spoken of in Scotland, 1 H. IV., iv. 1;
of death, Jul. Cæs., ii. 2; Ham., i. 4; impostors to true,
Mac., iii. 4; pale-hearted, Mac., iv. 1, v. 3; expression of,
Cymb., iii. 4; extreme, Lucrece, 1. 230; most accursed of
all base passions, 1 H. VI., v. 2; a sin in war, Cymb.,
v. 3; leads to hate, A. & C., i. 3; led by reason, Tr. & Cr.,
Fear no more the heat of the sun, song, Cymb., iv. 2.
Fears, of a woman, K. J., iii. 1; make devils of cheru-
bins, Tr. & Cr., iii. 2; make traitors, Mac., iv. 2; taste of,
forgotten, Мас., v. 5.
Feast(s), beginning of, suits a keen guest, 1 H. IV.,
iv. 2; to false friends a, T. of 4., iii. 6; must be given
with welcome, Mac., iii. 4; a good man's, As You Like
It, v. 1; sheep-shearing, Winter's T., iv. 4; Capulet's,
R. & J., 1. 2.
Feat (dexterous, neat), Cymb., v. 5.
Feated (moulded), Cymb., i. 1.
Feather, life tested by a, Lear, v. 3; 2 H. IV., iv. 4.
Federary (confederate), Winter's T., ii. 1.
Feeble, a recruit in H. IV.
Feeders (dependents), A. & C., iii. 11 or 13.
Fencing, allusions to, and terms of, Merry Wives, i 1,
ii. 3, iii. 2; L.'s L.'s L., 1. 2, v. 1; description of, Ham.,
iv. 7 (or 4). "Feney" or "venue" and "staccato" sig-
nify a quick, sharp stroke; "montant" or "montanto,
an upward thrust; "punto reverso," a backward, and
"passado," a forward thrust.
Fennel, 2 H. IV., ii. 4; Ham., iv. 5. Fennel was hot,
and therefore deemed exciting; it was also emblematic
of a flatterer.
Fenton, a gentleman in the Merry Wives, a suitor and
afterward the husband of Anne Page,
Feodary (companion), M. for M., ii. 4; Cymb., iii. 2.
Ferdinand, son of the King of Naples in Temp., and
the lover of Miranda.
Ferdinand, King of Navarre, character in L.'s L.'s L.
Fere (mate), Tit. And., iv. 1; Peric., 1., prologue.
Fern-seed, 1 H. IV., ii. 1. It was supposed to render
Invisible.
Ferrers, Walter, Lord, his death, R. III., v. 5.
Feste, the fool in Tw. Nt.
Festinate (speedy), L.'s L.'s L., iii. 1; Lear, iii. 1.
Fet (fetched), H. V., iii. 1.
Fettle (prepare), R. & J., iii. 5.
Fewness (few words), M. for M., 1. 5.
Fico (fig), Merry Wives, i. 3; H. V., iii. 6.
Fie on sinful fantasy, song, Merry Wives, v. 5.
Field of the Cloth of Gold, expense of, II. VIII., 1. 1.
Fiend(s), temptations of, M. of V., ii. 2; summoned by
Joan, 1 H. VI., v. 3; lies like truth, Mac., v. 5; descrip-
tion of a, Lear, iv. 6.
Fife, the wry-necked, M. of V., ii. 5.
Fife, in Scotland, scene of a part of Mac.
Fife, Mordake, Earl of, spoken of in 1 H. IV., 1. 1. as
son of Douglas, was son of the Duke of Albany. The
mistake was occasioned by an ambiguity in Holinshed,
caused by defective punctuation.
Fifteens (fifteenths of the personal property), one-and-
twenty, 2 H. VI., iv. 7.
Fig (to insult), 2 H. IV., v. 3.
Fights (pieces of cloth hung around a ship to keep men
out of sight during an engagement), Merry Wives, ii. 2.
Fights, As You Like It, i. 1; Tw. Nt., iv. 1, v. 1; Tr. Flower-de-luce, Winter's T., iv. 3 or 4; 1 H. VI, 1.2
& Cr., iv. 5.
Filberts, Temp., ii. 2.
File (number), M. for M., iii. 2.
File, the valued (list with estimates of value), Mac., iii. 1.
Filed (polished), L.'s L.'s L., v. 1.
Fills (shafts of a waggon), Tr. & Cr., iii. 2.
Fineless (endless), Oth., iii. 3.
Finsbury, 1 H. IV., iii. 1.
Fire, that's closest kept, Two Gent., i. 2; shunned, Two
Gent., 1. 3; cannot melt out of me, Much Ado, i. 1;
drives out fire, Cor., iv. 7; a mighty, Jul. Cæs., i. 3; a
wheel of, Lear, iv. 7.
Fire-drake (variously explained as the Will o' the
wisp, a sort of firework, and a mild form of lightning),
H. VIII., v. 4.
Fire-new (brand-new), L.'s L.'s L., 1. 1; R. III., i. 8;
Lear, v. 3; Te. Nt., iii. 2.
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2 H. VI., v. 1; cropped on the, 1 H. VI., i. 1, alluding to
the losses in France; the three fleurs-de-lis of France
were on the arms of England until the beginning of this
century.
Flower(s), Two Gent., ii. 4; M. N. D., ii. 1, 2; Winter's
T., iv. 4; significance of, Ham,, iv. 5 (or 2); R. & J., iv.
5; Ham., v. 1; for the dead, Cymb., iv. 2; Peric., iv. 1;
from the blood of Adonis, Ven. & Ad., 1. 1168.
Fluellen, a Welshman, character in H. V. The name
is found among those of contemporaries of Shakspere at
Stratford.
Flute, Francis, a bellows-mender, character in M. N. D.
He takes the part of Thisbe in the play before the duke.
Fly, killing of a, Tit. And., iii. 2.
Foe, my dearest, Ham., i. 2.
Foins (passes in fencing), Much Ado, v. 1; Lear, iv. &
Foison (abundance), Temp., iv. 1; Mac., iv. 3.
Foix, a French lord, killed at Agincourt, mentioned,
II. V., iii. 5, iv. 8.
Folly, of love, Two Gent., i. 1, ii. 1; of the wise. At
You Like It, ii. 7; L.'s L.'s L., v. 2; waited on by
wisdom, All's Well, i. 1; of fools and wise, Tur. St., il 1
Fool, in Lear.
Fool-begg'd patience, Com, of Er., ii. 1. Suppose!
allusion to the custom of begging the king for the
guardianship of rich idiots.
Fooling, Te. Nt., ii. 3; Tr. & Cr., v. 2; Ham,, iii. 2
Fool(s), let me play the, M. of V., i. 1; whetstones of
wit, As You Like It, i. 2; wit of, As You Like It, L
to call, As You Like It, ii. 5; a motley, As You Like It
ii. 7; liberty of, As You Like It, ii. 7; thinks he is wise
As You Like It, v. 1; made better by infirmity, Te. St.
1. 5; wise men that crow at, Tw. Nt., 1. 5; no slander in.
Tr. Nt., i. 5; wit required for playing the, Thr. Still
Tr. & Cr., ii. 3; livery of, white and green, R. & J.
old, Lear, i. 3; constancy for, Lear, ii. 4; of fortune, Lest,
iv. 6; to suckle, Oth., ii. 1; a son of a crafty devil. Cymi.
ii. 1; bolt of, soon shot (proverb), H. V., iii. 7; paradise
of, R. & J., ii. 4; let him play the fool nowhere but in
his own house, Ham., iii. 1. See also JESTERS.
Football, allusions, Com. of Er., ii. 1; Lear, 1.4.
Foot land-rakers (footpads), 1 H. IV., ii. 1.
Fopp'd (fooled), Oth., iv. 2.
Forbid (bewitched, set apart), Mac., i. 3.
Ford, Frank, character in the Merry Wives,
Ford, Mistress, one of the Merry Wives of Windsor.
Fordham, John. See ELY, BISHOP OF.
Fordoes (undoes), Ham., ii. 1; Oth., v. 1.
Flattery, of Falstaff, Merry Wives, ii. 2, iii. 3; of
Evans, Merry Wives, iii. 1; of Mrs. Ford, Merry Wives,
iii. 3; conquers strife, Com. of Er., iii. 2; L.'s L.'s L., ii.
1; of Hero, Much Ado, iii. 4; As You Like It, ii. 1; of a
king, R. II., i. 1, iii. 2; thought truth, 1 II. IV., iv. 1;
of King James I., H. VIII., v. 5; poured on Ajax, Tr. &
Cr., ii. 3; of the people, Cor., ii. 2, iii. 2; contempt for,
Cor., iii. 1, "Neptune for his trident," etc.; men deaf to
counsel, but not to, T. of A., i. 2, iii. 3; necessity for,
Mac., iii. 2; profitable, Ham., iii. 2; to Horatio, Oth.,
iv. 2, "I grant, indeed," etc.; Lear, i 1; fault contrary
to-sarcastic, Lear, ii. 2; Cumb., i. 6; Peric., i. 2, iv. 4; | & J., i. 4, "Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
which melteth fools, Jul. Cæs., iii. 1.
Foreboding, Winter's T., iii. 3, "The skies d
grimly;" R. II., ii. 2, "Some unborn sorrow is c
toward me;" H. V., iv. 1, "Even as wrecked men;
Flavius, a gentleman, mentioned in M. for M., iv. 5.
iii. 5, "I have an ill divining soul;" Mac, ii. 1. "A bay
summons lies like lead upon me." See OMENS.
Flavius, one of the tribunes in Jul. Cor.
Flavius, steward of T. of A. In some editions he is
mentioned simply as the steward, and those copies have
the name Flavius for the servant Flaminius.
Flaws (sudden gusts of wind), 2 II. IV., iv. 4; 2 H.
VI., iii. 1; Ven. & Ad., 1. 456.
Fleance, son of Banquo in Mac.
Fleet (the prison), 2 H. IV., v. 5.
Flemish drunkard, a, Merry Wives, ii. 1.
Flesh, more, more frailty, 1 H. IV., iii. 3; this too
solid, Ham., i. 2.
Fleshment (pride of success), Lear, ii. 2.
Fleur-de-lys. See FLOWER-DE-LUCE.
Flew'd (with flews or large chaps), M. N. D., iv. 1.
Flibbertigibbet, a fiend, Lear, iii. 4, iv. 1. See MAHU.
Flint Castle, in Wales, scene of R. II., iii. 3.
Florence, Italy, scene of a part of All's Well.
Florence, Duke of, character in All's Well.
Florentius, Tam. of S., i. 2. Allusion to an old story
told by Gower in "Confessio Amantis." Florentius bound
himself to marry a deformed hag if she would solve for
him a riddle on which his life depended.
Florizel, character in Winter's T. He is the son of the
King of Bohemia and lover of Perdita, to whom he is first
known as Doricles.
Flote (wave), Temp., i. 2.
Flout 'em and scout 'em, song, Temp., iii. 2,
Foreheads, low, Temp., iv. 1; Two Gent., iv. 4: 4
C., iii. 3; armed and reverted, Com, of Er., iii. 2.
Forester, character in L.'s L.'s L.
Forgery (imagination), Ham., iv. 7 (or 4).
Forgiveness, Temp., v. 1; All's Well, v. 3; Ham
iii. 3; Cymb., v. 5; Two Gent., v. 4; All's Well, v.
also MERCY.
Formal (normal), Com. of Er., v. 1; A. & C,
Tw. Nt., ii. 5.
Forres, a town about twenty-five miles from Inverness
scene of a part of Mac.
Forrest, Miles, a murderer, R. III., iv. 3.
Forslow (delay), 3 H. VI., ii. 3.
For shame! deny that thou bear'st love, Sonnd
Forthright, a prisoner, M. for M., iv. 3.
Fortinbras, King of Norway, slain by the elder Est
Fortinbras, Prince, nephew of the King of Norway
character in Ham.
Fortune, all is but, Temp., v. 1; girl that flies her. T
Gent., v. 2; with her wheel, As You Like It, i. 2:58. V
iv. 3; Lear, ii. 2, end; v. 3; Lucrece, 1. 952; out of suits wi
As You Like It, i. 2; railed on, As You Like It, ii. 7, "
me not fool till," etc.; play upon thy helm, All Well
3; displeasure of, All's Well, v. 2; a good lady, All Wel
2; accident and flood of, Tre. Nt., iv. 3; fickleness of, K.
iii. 1; Mac., i. 2; R. & J., iii. 5; Passionate Pilaris
xxi.; most threatening before favouring, K, J., ii. 4.
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