betrothed;

Advised; "art thou not advised, do you not understand"; I. i. 190. Affied, affianced, IV. iv. 49. Agenor; "the daughter of A.," i.e. "Europa, for whose sake Jupiter translated himself into a bull"; I. i. 172. Aglet-baby, the tag of a point or lace, with a head formed into a small figure; I. ii. 79. Aim'd, guessed; II. i. 238. Alce, a contracted form of "Alice"; Induct. ii. 112.

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Alla nostra casa ben venuto,” etc., Welcome to our house my much honoured Signior; I. ii. 25-6.

Amort, dejected; IV. iii. 36.
An; if; I. i. 131.

Ancient, old, former; Induct. ii. 33; I. ii. 47.

And all one, but it does not matter; IV. ii. 101.

luding to the old belief that spinsters lead apes in hell; II. i. 34.

Apply, i.e. "ply," or (?) apply myself to; I. i. 19.

Argosy, a merchant-ship; II. i. 376.

Arms, play upon the two senses, ordinary and heraldic, of arms; II. i. 222. Arras, tapestry; II. i. 353. As, so that; Induct. i. 70; as if, I. ii. 157; as though, II. i. 160; that, IV. iii. 114. Assurance, legal settlement; II. i. 389.

At a bay, at bay; V. ii. 56. Awful, awe inspiring; V. ii. 389.

Baccare, a cant word, meaning

go back, used in allusion to a proverbial saying, "Backare, quoth Mortimer to his sow"; probably made in ridicule of some man who affected a knowledge of Latin without knowing it; II. i. 73. Balk; "b. logic," i.e. (probably) chop logic; I. i. 34. Balm, anoint; Induct. i. 48. Bars, prevents; Induct. ii. 138. Basta (Italian), enough; I. i.

Be-mete, be-measure; IV. iii. 113. Bemoiled, besmirched, bedrag

gled; IV. i. 73.

Ben venuto; "I shall be your b. v.," i.e. "I will guarantee your welcome"; I. ii. 282. Bestraught = distraught distracted; Induct. ii. 27.

Bias, a weight on one side of a bowl, which affects its direction; IV. v. 25.

Bill, with a play upon the two

senses of "bill "; IV. iii. 152. Blear'd, dimmed; V. i. 113. Blue coats, the dress of com

mon serving men; IV. i. 87. Board, woo; I. ii. 95. Books; "put me in thy books," i.e. good books; used with a playful quibble; II. i. 225.

Boot, avail, use; V. ii. 176. Boot-hose, stocking suited to wear with boots; III. ii. 67. Boss'd, embossed, studded; II. i. 355.

Bottom, a ball (of thread); IV. iii. 138.

Bow'd, bent; II. i. 151. Brach, a kind of scenting-dog, properly a female hound ("Brach Merriman," 1. 17, vide Note); Induct. i. 18. Bravie, i.e. handsomely clad; Induct. i. 40.

Braved, used in double sense, (1) made fine, and (2) outbraved; (similarly 'face," ibid.); IV. iii. 125.

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Carousing to, drinking healths to; III. ii. 171.

Carpets, probably "table-covers"; IV. i. 50.

Cart (used as a play upon "court"), to punish a culprit by carting, a punishment akin to the ducking-stool; I. i. 55. Cast on no water; alluding to the old catch, "Scotland burneth, Scotland burneth! Fire, fire, fire, fire! Cast on water, cast on water!" IV. i.

Contented, pleased; IV. iv. 104. Contents, pleases; IV. iii. 179. Content you, keep your temper;

II. i. 343. Contrive, while away; I. ii. 276. Con tutto, etc.; with all my

heart, well met! I. ii. 24. Cony-catched, deceived, tricked; V. i. 96.

Cony-catching, trickery, foolery; IV. i. 43. Copatain hat, a high crowned hat; V. i. 63.

Crab, crab-apple; II. i. 230. Crack-hemp, one who deserves hanging; V. i. 43.

Craven, a beaten cock; II. i. 228.

Credit, do honour to; IV. i.

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Cried; "he cried upon it at the merest loss," i.e. he gave the cry when the scent seemed utterly lost; Induct i. 23. Cullion, base fellow; IV. ii. 20. Cum privilegio ad imprimendum solum, i.e. with exclusive copyright," used with reference to marriage-rights; IV. iv. 92.

Cunning, skill, art; Induct. i.

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dance bare-foot on her wedding day," alluding to the old custom that the elder unmarried sisters danced without shoes at the marriage of the youngest daughter; II. i. 33. Declining; "d. head into "=

head d. into; Induct. i. 119. Deep-mouth'd, having a deep

sounding bark; Induct. i. 18. Demi-cannon, a kind of ord

nance; IV. iii. 88. Denier, a very small coin; the twelfth part of a sou; Induct. i. 9.

Diaper, a towel of figured lin

en; Induct. i. 57. Digress, deviate (from his promise); III. ii. 107. Dog-weary, "tired as a dog"; IV. ii. 60.

Domineer, indulge without restraint; III. ii. 224. Dough; “our cakes are dough on both sides," etc.; i.e. we are disappointed; a popular proverb, I. i. 110; V. i. 137.

Eleven and twenty, supposed to be an allusion to the game of one and thirty; IV. ii. 57.

'Fac'd it with a card of ten," played the best card, the trump card; II. i. 407. Fair, in state, finery; II. i. 17. "Fair befal thee," good fortune befal thee; V. ii. 111. Fardingales

farthingales,

hoops; IV. iii. 56. Fashions (a corruption of farcins), a skin disease in horses; III. ii. 52. Fault; "coldest f.," i.e. absolute loss of scent; Induct. i. 20. Fay, faith; Induct. ii. 83. Fear, frighten; I. ii. 211. Fears; used equivocally, (1) is afraid of; (2) affrights; V. ii. 16.

Few; "in a few," i.e. in a few words; I. ii. 52.

Fine, smart; IV. i. 131. Fives, a disease in horses; III. ii. 54.

'Florentius' love"; an allusion to a story in Gower's Confessio Amantis; a Knight Florent agrees to marry an ugly hag, if she will teach him to solve a riddle on which his life depends (cp. Chaucer's Wife of Bath's Tale); I. ii. 69. Flouts, mocks; II. i. 29.