And to the Roman empire, promising To pay our wonted tribute, from the which Sooth. The fingers of the powers above do tune His favour with the radiant Cymbeline, Which shines here in the west. A Roman and a British ensign wave Friendly together: so through Lud's town march: And in the temple of great Jupiter Our peace we 'll ratify; seal it with feasts. Set on there! Never was a war did cease, Ere bloody hands were wash'd, with such a peace. [Exeunt. ADMITTANCE, fashion (D.); sanction; admissibility (H.E.D.). ADVANCE, raise to honour. ADVERTISEMENT, admonition (D.); public notice or announcement (H.E.D.). ADVERTISING, attentive. ADVISED, act with deliberation; informed. BALDRICK, belt. "BALK LOGIC," chop logic; balked (?) heaped up (H.E.D.). BALLOW, cudgel. BAN-DOG, dog tied or chained up. BARBED, in horse armour. BASES, "a kind of embroidered mantle, which hung down from the middle, worn by knights on horseback." BASILISK, Cocatrice, a creature fabled to kill by its look; piece of ordnance. BASTARD, a sweet wine. BAT, cudgel. BATE, strife, dispute; v. flutter with the wings. BATLET, small bat for beating clothes. BAVIN, faggot of brushwood. BEADSMAN, one hired to pray for another. BEARING-CLOTH, mantle in which a child was carried to the font. BEAVER, movable vizor of helmet. BENT, "utmost degree of any passion or mental quality" (J.). BERGOMASK, a dance imitated from that of BETEEM, allow, suffer. BIAS, "swelled as the bowl on the biassed side" (J.). BIGGEN, cap, resembling that worn by the Beguines. BILBO, Sword, from Bilboa, famous for its steel work. BILBOES, iron bar and fetters for confining refractory sailors. BILL, kind of pike, halbert. BIRD-BOLT, blunt-pointed arrow used for killing birds. BISSON, blind. BLACK MONDAY, a reference to the Monday after Easter-day 1360, when many men of King Edward III's host, then before Paris, died of cold as they sat on their horses. BLANK, white in centre of target. BLOOD," in blood," in good condition. BODGE, "old form of botch" (H.E.D.). BOLINS, bowlines, ropes for governing the sails of a ship. BOSKY, woody. BOTTLE, truss (of hay). BRACE, (?) coat of armour (H.E.D.), state of defence. BRACH, Scent-hound; bitch. BRAID, (?) deceitful (H. E.D.); v. upbraid. BRAKES ("brakes of vice"), thickets; "engines of torture" (D.). BRAVE, defy; adorn, make fine. BRAVERY, finery; bravado. BRAWN, arm. CAREER, space within the lists; racecourse; "short turning of a nimble horse," frisk, gambol (H.E.D., "he careires"). passes some ... CARKANET, necklace. CARL, CARLOT, churl, boor. CATAIAN, Chinese (Cataia, Cathay, old name for China). CATER-COUSIN, cousin of "quatre," fourth degree. CATES, table delicacies. CEREMENTS, waxed cloths for enwrapping embalmed bodies. CESS, measure, "out of all cess." CHACES, "a chace at tennis is that spot where a ball falls, beyond which the adversary must strike his ball to gain a point or chace" (Douce). CHAMBER, piece of ordnance; "Camera Regis," old name of London. CHAMBERLAIN, one in charge of chambers. CHANNEL, kennel. CHAPE, metal mounting of scabbard, "particularly that which covers the point," possibly the scabbard itself (H.E.D.). CHARACT, distinctive mark, character. CHARACTER, handwriting. CHARNECO, wine, probably Portuguese. CHEATER, escheator. CHECK, turn from pursuing one prey to follow another (falconry). CHERRY-PIT, game in which cherry-stones CHOPINE, a high clog worn by Venetian ladies, etc. CINQUE-PACE, a dance, the steps of which were regulated by the number five. CITTERN, musical instrument, similar to guitar. CLACK-DISH, or CLAP-DISH, carried about by beggars, who clacked the cover to attract attention. CLAW, flatter. CLIFF, clef, key in music. CLINQUANT, glittering. CLOUD IN'S FACE, signifying that the horse has a dark-coloured spot between the eyes. CLOUT, "the mark shot at " (H.E.D.), nail or pin in centre of white of target (D.). CLOUTED, hobnailed "clouted brogues." CLOY, claw. COAST, approach; assail, accost. COASTING, "coasting welcome," an amor. ous approach (Nares); some eds., “accosting welcome." COBLOAF, Small round-shaped loaf. COCKLED, within a shell. COCKREL, a young cock. CROSS-ROW, alphabet. CROW-KEEPER, scarecrow. CUCKOO-BUD, buttercup, cowslip, marsh marigold; "orchis, or cuckoo-pint in bud" (H.E.D.). CUCKOO-FLOWER, name given to various flowers in bloom when cuckoo is heard: lady's smock, ragged robin, etc. (H.E.D.). CUISSES, armour for the thighs. CULLION, low fellow, lout. CUNNING, skill, knowledge; skilful. CURB, cringe, crouch. CURIOUS, CURIOSITY, Scrupulous; precision. CURST, ill-tempered, shrewish, vicious. CURTAIL, CURTAL-DOG, originally a dog with its tail cut to show that his master was unqualified for hunting; later, a dog not meant, or not good, for sport. DURANCE, "robe, suits, of durance," durable (quibble with other meaning of word). EAGER, sharp, keen; sour. EANING, when young are brought forth. EANLING, new-born lamb. EAR, till. ECHE, eke out. ECSTACY, madness. EFT, (?) ready, convenient (H. E.D.). EISEL (eysell), vinegar. ELF, mat; elf-locks hair matted by the elves. EMBALLING, Carrying the ball at a coronation (D.),"investing with the ball as an emblem of royalty." EMBARQUEMENT, embargo. EMBOSS, drive a hunted animal to extremity (H.E.D.). EMBOSSED, swollen; foaming at the mouth. EMBRASURE, embrace. EMULATE, emulous, envious. ENGROSS, fatten; bring together from all quarters. ENGROSSMENT, accumulation. ENSEAM, grease. ENTERTAIN, take into, or retain in, FAY, faith, FEAR, frighten. FEAT, trim, neat, elegant, dexterous. FEE-FARM, grant of lands for all time.. FERN-SEED, thought to have power of ten FETCH trick, artifice. FIGHTS, cloths put up to screen men in FINELESS, endless. FIRE-DRAKE, fiery dragon, meteor, fire. FIT, division in a song. FIVES, disease in horses. FLAP-DRAGON, small combustible body floated alight in liquor; to be drunk. down, or caught up by the mouth and swallowed. |