Season, temper, restrain; I. ii. 192. "" ripen; I. iii. 81. qualify; II. i. 28.

Seasons, matures, seasons; III. ii.

219.

Secure, careless, unsuspicious (Johnson, "secret"); I. v. 61. Seeming, appearance; III. ii. 92. Seized of, possessed of; I. i. 89. Semblable, equal, like; V. ii. 120. Seneca; "S. cannot be too heavy," alluding to the rhetorical Senecan plays taken as models for tragedy by the Academic play-wrights; II. ii. 419.

Sense, feeling, sensibility; III.

71.

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iv.

sen

for

Sensibly, feelingly (Folio 1,
sible"); IV. v. 150.
Se offendendo, Clown's blunder
se defendendo; V. i. 9.
Sequent, consequent, following; V.
ii. 54.

Sergeant, sheriff's officer; V. ii. 347.
Set, regard, esteem; IV. iii. 64.
Several, different; V. ii. 20.
Shall, will; III. i. 184.

Shall along, shall go along; III. iii. 4.

Shape; "to our s.," to act our part; IV. vii. 151.

Shards, fragments of pottery; V. i. 254.

Shark'd up, picked up without selec

tion; I. i. 98.

Sheen, brightness, lustre; III. ii. 167.

Sheeted, enveloped in shrouds; I. i. 115.

Shent, put to the blush, reproached; III. ii. 416.

Short; "kept s.," kept, as it were, tethered, under control; IV. i. 18. Should, would; III. ii. 316. Shreds and patches, alluding to the motley dress worn by the clown, and generally by the Vice; III. iv. 102. Shrewdly, keenly, piercingly; I. iv. I.

Shriving-time, time for confession and
absolution; V. ii. 47.
Siege, rank; IV. vii. 77.
Simple, silly, weak; I. ii. 97.
Simples, herbs; IV. vii. 145.
Sith, since; IV. iv. 12.
Skirts, outskirts, borders; I. i. 97.
Slander, abuse; I. iii. 133.
Sledded, travelling in sledges; I. i. 63.
Slips, faults, offences; II. i. 22.
Sliver, a small branch of a tree; IV.
vii. 175

So, such, III. i. 69; provided that,
IV. vii. 61.

Softly, slowly (Folios, "safely ");
IV. iv. 8.

Soft you now, hush, be quiet; III. i. 88.
Soil, stain; I. iv. 20.
Sole, only; III. iii. 77.
Solicited, urged, moved; V. ii. 361.
Something, somewhat (Folios, "
what"); I. iii. 121.
Sometimes, formerly; I. i. 49.
Sort, associate; II. ii. 274.
turn out; I. i. 109.

Sovereignty;

some

66 your s. of reason," the command of your reason; I. iv. 73. Splenitive, passionate, impetuous; V. i. 273.

Springes, snares; I. iii. 115.
Spurns, kicks; IV. v. 6.
Stand me upon, be incumbent on me;
V. ii. 63.

Star, sphere; II. ii. 141.
Station, attitude in standing; III. iv.
58.

Statists, statesmen; V. ii. 33. Statutes, "particular modes of recognizance or acknowledgement for securing debts, which thereby become a charge upon the party's land" (Ritson); V. i. 109. Stay, wait for; V. ii. 24. Stay'd, waited; I. iii. 57. Stays, waits for me; III. iii. 95. Stay upon, await; III. ii. 112. Stick fiery off, stand in brilliant relief; V. ii. 260.

Stiffly, strongly; I. v. 95. Still, always; I. i. 122. Stithy, smithy (Folio 1, 66 Stythe"; Folios 2, 3, 4, 66 Styth"; Theobald, "Smithy"); III. ii. 89. Stomach, courage; I. i. 100. Stoup, drinking cup; V. i. 64. Straight, straightway; II. ii. 450. Stranger; "as a s.," i.c. without doubt or question; I. v. 165. Strewments, strewing of flowers over the corpse and grave; V. i. 245. Strike, blast, destroy by their influence; I. i. 162.

Stuck, thrust; an abbreviation of stoccato; IV. vii. 162.

Subject, subjects, people; I. i. 72. Succession, future; II. ii. 368. Suddenly, immediately; II. ii. 215. Sullies, stains, blemishes, II. i. 39. Sun; "too much i' the s.," probably

a quibbling allusion to the old proverb "Out of heaven's blessing into the warm sun," = out of comfort, miserable; I. ii. 67. Supervise, supervision, perusal; V. ii. 23.

Suppliance, dalliance, amusement; I. iii. 9.

on

Supply, aiding; II. ii. 24. Supposal, opinion; I. ii. 18. Swaddling clouts, swaddling clothes (Folios, "swathing "); II. ii. 401. Sweet, sweetheart; III. ii. 232. Swinish; "with s. phrase," by calling us swine (a pun "Sweyn" has been found in the phrase); I iv. 19. Switzers, Swiss guards (Quartos, "Swissers"); IV. v. 97. Swoopstake, sweepstake (the term is taken from a game of cards, the winner sweeping or drawing the whole stake); IV. v. 142. 'Swounds, a corruption of God's wounds; an oath; II. ii. 601. Swounds, swoons, faints (Quartos 2-5, Folios 1, 2, "sounds"); V.

ii. 311.

From Gesner's De rerum fossilium
figuris, 1565.

Taints, stains, blemishes; II. i. 32. Take arms against a sea; an allusion to a custom attributed to the Kelts by Aristotle, Strabo, and other writers; "they throw themselves into the foaming floods with their swords drawn in their hands," etc. (Fleming's trans. of Aelian's Histories, 1576); III. i. 59.

Takes, affects, enchants (Folios 1, 2, "talkes"; Folios 3, 4, "talks "); I. i. 163.

Take you, pretend; II. i. 13.
Tardy; "come t. off," being too
feebly shown; III. ii. 28.
Tarre, incite; II. ii. 370.
Tax'd, censured; I. iv. 18.
Tell, count; I. ii. 238.
Temper'd compounded (Folios, " tem-
pred"); V. ii. 331.

Temple (applied to the body); I. iii. 12.
Tend, wait; IV. iii. 47.
Tender, regard, have a care for; I.
iii. 107.

Theft, the thing stolen; III. ii. 94. Thereabout of it, that part of it; II. ii. 466.

Thews, sinews, bodily strength; I. iii. 12.

Thieves of mercy, merciful thieves; IV. vi. 20.

Thinking; "not th. on," not being thought of, being forgotten; III. ii. 140.

Thinks't thee, seems it to thee (Quartos, "think thee"); V. ii. 63.

Thought, care, anxiety; IV. v. 188. Thought-sick, sick with anxiety; III. iv. 51.

Thrift, profit; III. ii. 67. Throughly, thoroughly; IV. v. 136. Tickle the sere, easily moved to laughter; used originally of a musket in which the " sere or trigger is "tickle," i.e. " easily moved by a touch"; II. ii. 337. Timber'd; "too slightly t.," made of too light wood; IV. vii. 22. Time, the temporal world; III. i. 70. Tinct, dye, colour; III. iv. 91. To, compared to; I. ii. 140. To-do, ado; II. ii. 369. Toils, makes to toil; I. i. 72. Too too (used with intensive force);

I. ii. 129. Topp'd, overtopped, surpassed (Folios, "past"); IV. vii. 89. Touch'd, implicated; IV. v. 207. Toward, forthcoming, at hand; I. i. 77.

Toy in blood, a passing fancy; I. iii. 6.

Toys, fancies; I. iv. 75.
Trace, follow; V. ii. 120.
Trade, business; III. ii. 346.
Translate, transform, change; III. i.
113.

Travel, stroll, go on tour in the provinces (used technically); II. ii. 343.

Trick, toy, trifle, IV. iv. 61; faculty, skill, V. i. 99; habit, IV. vii. 189.

Trick'd, adorned; a term of heraldry ; II. ii. 477.

Tristful, sorrowful; III. iv. 50. Tropically, figuratively; III. ii. 244. Truant, idler; I. ii. 173.

-, roving; I. ii. 169. True-penny, honest fellow; I. v. 150. Trumpet, trumpeter; I. i. 150. Truster, believer; I. ii. 172. Turn turk, change utterly for the worse (a proverbial phrase); III. ii. 284.

Twelve for nine; this phrase, according to the context, must mean "twelve to nine," i.e. twelve on one side, to nine on the other; V. ii. 167.

Tyrannically, enthusiastically, vehemently; II. ii. 356.

Umbrage, shadow; V. ii. 121. Unaneled, not having received ex

treme unction; I. v. 77. Unbated, not blunted, without a button fixed to the end; IV. vii. 139.

Unbraced, unfastened; II. i. 78. Uncharge, not charge, not accuse; IV. vii. 68.

Undergo, bear, endure; I. iv. 34. Uneffectual; "u. fire"; i.c. ineffec

tual, being "lost in the light of the morning"; I. v. 90. Unequal, unequally; II. ii. 490. | Ungalled, unhurt; III. ii. 283. Ungored, unwounded; V. ii. 253.

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Ungracious, graceless; I. iii. 47. Unhousel'd, without having received the Sacrament; I. v. 77. Unimproved, unemployed, not turned to account (?"unapproved," i.e. | "untried"; Quarto 1, 66 ' inapproved"); I. i. 96. Union, fine orient pearl (Quarto 2, "Vnice"; Quartos 3-6, Onyx' or "Onixe"); V. ii. 275. Unkennel, discover, disclose; III. ii. 86. Unlimited; "poem u.," i.e. (probably) regardless of the Unities of Time and Place; II. ii. 419. Unmaster'd, unbridled; I. iii. 32. Unpregnant, unapt, indifferent to; II. ii. 592.

Unprevailing, unavailing, useless; I. ii. 107.

Unproportion'd, unsuitable; I. iii. 60. Unreclaimed, untamed, wild; II. i. 34.

Unshaped, confused; IV. v. 8. Unsifted, untried; I. iii. 102. Unsinew'd, weak; IV. vii. 10. Unsure, insecure; IV. iv. 51. Unvalued, low born, mean; I. iii. 19. Unwrung, not wrenched, ungalled;

HI. ii. 250.

Unyoke, your day's work is done;

V. i. 55.

Up, "drink u." (used with intensive force); V. i. 288. Upon; u. your hour," i.e. on the stroke of, just at your hour; I.

i. 6.

Upon my sword, i.e. Swear upon my sword (the hilt being in form of a cross); I. v. 147. Upshot, conclusion; V. ii. 387. Up-spring, the wildest dance at the old German merry-makings; I.

iv. 9.

Vailed lids, lowered eyelids; 1. ii. 70. Valanced, adorned with a beard; II. ii. 442.

Validity, value, worth; III. ii. 196.

Vantage; "of v.," from an advantageous position, or opportunity (Warburton); III. iii. 33.

Variable, various; IV. iii. 25.
Vast, void (so Quarto 1; Quarto 2,
Folio I, wast"; Folios 2, 3, 4,
"waste"); I. ii. 198.

Ventages, holes of the recorder; III. ii. 365.

Vice of kings, buffoon, clown of a king; alluding to the Vice, the comic character, of the old morality plays; III. iv. 98. Videlicet, that is to say, namely; II. ❝ sudden v.," rapid power;

i. 61.

Vigour;
I. v. 68.
Violet, emblem of faithfulness; IV.
v. 184.

Virtue, power; IV. v. 155.
Visitation, visit; II. ii. 25.
Voice, vote, opinion; V. ii. 252.
Vouchers; "double v., his

re

coveries," 99 66 a recovery with double voucher is the one usually suffered, and is so denominated from two persons (the latter of whom is always the common cryer, or some such inferior person) being successively vouched, or called upon, to warrant the tenant's title" (Ritson); V. i. 110.

Wag, move; III. iv. 39.
Wake, hold nightly revel; I. iv. 8.
Wandering stars, planets; V. i. 268.
Wann'd, turned pale; II. ii. 577-
Wanton; effeminate weakling; V.
ii. 302.

wantonly; III. iv. 183.
Wantonness, affectation; III. i. 152.
Warranty, warrant; V. i. 239.
Wash, sea; III. ii. 163.
Wassail, carousal, drinking bout;
I. iv. 9.

Watch, state of sleeplessness; II. ii. 148. Water-fly (applied to Osric); "a water-fly skips up and down