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 (ABC book), K. J., 1. 1.
Aby (atone for), M. N. D., iii. 2.
Academe, at the court of Navarre, L.'s L.'s L., 1. 1. Accite (summon), 2 IH. 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; Tit. 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. Actæon (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,
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, Нат., 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 cxii.
Addition (mark of distinction), Tr. & Cr., 1. 2.
Adonis, story of, in Ven. & Ad.; flower of, 1. 1168. 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.
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
friends in, H. VIII., ii. 1, "Where you are liberal," etc.; Tr. & Cr., iii. 3; T. of A., 1. 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.
Æmilia, 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 Æneas: Temp., ii. 1; 2 H. VI., v. 2; Tit. And., iii. 2; Jul. Cæs., 1. 2; Ham., ii. 2; A. & C., iv. 12 or 14; Cymb., iii. 4.
Æolus, H. VI., iii. 2. The god of the winds. Aery (brood), R. III., i. 3.
Æsculapius, Merry Wives, ii. 3. The god of physicians. Æson, M. of V., v. 1. The father of Jason, restored by Medea to youth.
Æsop, 3 H. VI., v. 5. The fabulist is said to have been humpbacked, and Richard is called so on account of his deformity.
Affects (affections), not mastered by might, L.'s L.'s L., i. 1.
Affeered (confirmed), Mac., iv. 3.
Affied (affianced), Tam. of S., iv. 4.
Affined (of the same sort), Tr. & Cr., i. 3; (under obli. gation), Oth., i. 1, ii. 3.
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
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., 1. 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 30
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 Ixxiii.; 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, it. 3, iii. 1; K. J., ii. 1. An 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), 3 H. VI., i. 1.
Ale, cakes and, Tw. Nt., ii. 3.
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., 1.7; 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,
Amort (dispirited), Tam, of S., iv. 3; 1 H. VI., iii. 2 Amphion, harp of, Temp., ii. i.
Amurath, H. 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; H. VI., v. 2.
Anatomy (skeleton), a mere, Com. of Er., v. 1: I'll ext the rest of the, Tw. Nt., iii. 2; that fell, which cannes 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), IH. IV., iv. 2; of war (experienced), Lear, v. L. Andirons, Cymb., ii. 4.
And let the canakin, song, Oth,, ii. 3.
Andren (Arde), vale of, in Picardy, the Field of the Cloth of Gold, II. VIII., i. 1,
Ale, quibble on the word, Two Gent., ii. 5. Minor perhaps called so after the great admiral. Andrea Iria
church festivals were called ales.
Alecto (one of the Furies), 2 H. IV., v. 5.
Andrew, my wealthy, M. of V.. i. 1. A merchantman,
Andromache, Hector's wife, a character in Tr. & Andronici, tomb of the, Tit. And., i. 1 or 2.
Alençon, the Duke of, a character in 1 H. VI. Men- tioned in H. V., iii. 5; his glove, H. V., iv. 7, 8.
Anemone, the flower that sprang from the blood Adonis, Ven. & Ad., 195. Purple was used for any brigh
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.
Angel(s), made to weep, M. for M., ii. 2; blessed ministers above, M. for M., v. 1; guardian, H. I ii. 2; attending evil, 2 H. IV., 1. 2; Mac., iii. 1; A. &C.
Alexandria, a city of Egypt, scene of a part of ii. 3; fell by ambition, H. VIII., iii. 2; love good ne A. & C.
All hid, L.'s L.'s L., iv. 3. A children s game.
Alliteration, the use of, L. 8 L.'s 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., 1. 2. One by whose birth he knew the date of his own.
Almanacs, allusions to weather prognostications in, 2 H. IV., ii. 4; A. & C., 1. 2; Sonnet xiv.
Alonso, King of Naples, character in Temp.
Alphabet, the, called Absey. See ABSEY-BOOK and
Althea, dreamed she was delivered of a firebrand, 2 II. IV., ii. 2; burning the brand, 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 II. IV., i. 2; of the Plantagenets, 3 H. VI., 1. 4; charge to fling away, H. VIII., iii. 2; a
H. VIII., ii. 2; visions of, H. VIII., iv. 2; beauty sl R. & J., ii. 2; are bright still, Mac., iv. 3; and minist of grace, Ham., i. 4; heavenly guards, Ham., iii. 4; thee to thy rest, Ham., v. 2.
Angel(s), (gold coins with the figure of an angelf saint), Merry Wives, 1. 3; M. of V., ii. 7; K. J., 2 H. IV., i. 2; an ancient, Tam, of S., iv. 2.
Anger, in a woman, Tam, of S., v. 2, "A moved," etc.; the king's, 1 II. IV., L. 3; like a full bore H. VIII., i. 1; sudden, II. VIII., iii. 2; my meat, iv. 2; a short madness, T. of A., i. 2; of Cassius, Cars., iv. 3; more in sorrow than in, Ham., i. 2; righte Lear, ii. 2, "hath a privilege"; Oth., iii. 4, "Ther 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., 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 3 H. VI., ii. 2; know their friends, Cor., ii. 1; str among, T. of A., iv. 3.
Anjou, scene of, 1 H. VI., v. 2, 4; lost to England, 45. VI., 1. 1, iv. 1.
Anjou, Margaret of. See MARGARET.
Anna, the confidant of Dido, Tam. of S., 1.1. Anne, Princess of Wales, widow of the son of Hear VI., and daughter of Warwick, a character in R. III. Annotanize (stilted for annotate), L.'s L's L., iv. An old hare hoar (an old song), R. & J., ii 4 Anon (in a moment), Merry Wires, iii. 3; 1 H.- Antenor, a Trojan commander, character in Tr.0.
Antenorides (name of a gate of Troy), Tr. & Cr., pro- logue.
Anthropophagi (cannibals), Oth., i. 3. Anthropophaginian (cannibal), Merry Wives, iv. 5. Antiates (of Antium), Cor., i. 6.
Antic (buffoon in a farce), Much Ado, iii. 1, &c. The 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, charaeter in Peric.
Antiopa, M. N. D., ii. 1. An Amazon, daughter of Mars.
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., 1. 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.
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.
Armigero (armiger), Merry Wives, i. 1. One who
Aroint (avaunt), Mac., i. 3; Lear, iii. 4.
Antonio, the merchant who is to lose the pound of bears arms, a gentleman. Written after the name in
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, Ilam., 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. The accusa- tion made against Norfolk of high treason.
Apperil (endanger), T. of A., i. 2.
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 designed, at one time at least, as his successor. Arthur 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 Ronen, where he met his death-not, as in the play, in England.
Arthur's Show, 2 H. IV., iii. 2. An exhibition of 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.
Asher House, H. VIII., iii. 2. See ESHER HOUSE. 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
Apple-Johns (apples with wrinkled skin), that would an, M. N. D., iii. 1, 2; more captain than the lion, T. of
keep two years, 2 H. IV., ii. 4.
Apply (ply), Tam. of S., i. 1.
Approbation, receive her (enter on her probation),
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., 1. 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.
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., 1. 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
Archbishops of Canterbury. See BOURCHIER, CAN- right apt, Tw. Nt., i. 4; stars shine darkly, Te. Nt.,
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.
ii. 1; in my stars I am, Tw. Nt., ii. 5; a bawdy planet, Winter's T., i. 2; some ill planet, Winter's T., ii. 1; dishonour my fair stars, R. IL., 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., 1., prologue; yet hanging in the stars, R. & J., 1. 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, Cynnb., 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. & С., і. Б.
Atomies (atoms, small creatures), shut coward gates on, As You Like It, iii. 5; a team of, R. & J., 1. 4.
Atone (to reconcile or be reconciled), Cor., iv. 6; Oth., iv. 1.
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
Auguries, of success, Cymb., iv. 2; "Last night the very gods," etc. See OMENS,
Augustus Cæsar, demands tribute, Cymb., iii. 1; char acter in A. & C. See CESAR.
Aumerle, Edward, Duke of, son of the Duke of York character in R. II. He was high constable, and was deprived of his dukedom for adhering to Richard, but allowed to retain the earldom of Rutland, "Call hin Rutland" (v. 2). In H. V. he is again spoken of, now 20 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 Lymoges, in a quarrel with whom Richard 1. of England fell, having been shot by one of the viscount's vassals while besieging the castle of Chaluz. The archduke died before Richard.
Authority, the demigod-new, M. for M., i. 3; "Whe ther it be the fault," etc.; a little brief-hath a medicine in itself, M. for M., ii. 2; abuse of, M. for M., ii. 4; vice 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 t 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. To foil, disgrace, to hang up by the heels; punishment of a recreant knight, alluded to 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; 1 Η. IV., 1. 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., 1. 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 merchant in Com. of Er.
Balthazar, a servant of Don Pedro in Much Ado.
Banbury cheese, Slender called, Merry Wives, i. 1. Bangor, in Wales, scene of part of 1 H. IV.
Bardolph, one of the companions of Falstaff in the Merry Wives, the two parts of H. IV., and H. V. In tử first three he is a corporal, in the last lieutenant.
Barefoot, I must dance, Tam, of S., ii. 1. Alluding t 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. Mentioned by Cicero. A pirate, who rose to be King of Illyria. Barkloughly Castle, R. II., iii. 2. No such castiel
Barm (yeast), M. N. D., ii. 1.
Barnacles, we shall be turned to, Temp., iv. 1. There 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-laps 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. Allusion to tài roasted pigs which were a feature of the Smithfield Fair on Saint Bartholomew's Day.
Bartholomew-tide (August 24), H. V., v. il.
Bank'd, their towns (passed by the towns on the banks of rivers), K. J., v. 2.
Basan, the hill of, A. & C., iii. 11 or 13. (See Psalm xxii. 12.)
Banquo, character in Mae.
Base, prisoner's, allusions to, Two Gent., 1. 2: the
Baptism, of Elizabeth, II. VIII., v. 5; symbol of, country, Cymb., v. 4; Ven. & Ad., 1. 303, to bid the winn H. V., 1. 2; Oth., ii. 3.
Baptista, the player-queen in Ham., iii. 2.
a base, to challenge it to run a race.
Bases, a pair of (embroidered mantles covering a riders
Baptista Minola, father of Katherina and Bianca in knees), Peric., ii. 1.
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 to the custom of imposing forfeits for bad conduct on the loungers in barber-shops.
Barbury hen, a, 2 H. IV., ii. 4.
Bardolph, Lord, character in 2 H. IV.
Basilisco-like, K. J., i. 1. Name of a braggart kuight in an old play, Soliman and Perseda, who insists wil being addressed by his title.
Basilisk, the, allusions to its supposed power of poiso ing by its look, Tw. Nt., iii. 4; Winter's T., 1.2; 2 H. VL iii. 2; 3 H. VI., iii. 2; R. III., 1. 2, iv. 1; R. & J.
Cymb., ii. 4; Lucrece, 1. 540.
Basilisks (pieces of ordnance), 1 H. IV., ii. 3; H.F.v.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., 1. 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., 1. 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 H. VI., v. 1; unlicked whelp of a, 3 II. VI., iii. 2; betrayed with glasses, Jul. Cæs., ii. 1.
Bear, the (constellation), Oth., ii. 1.
Bear-baiting, allusion to, "fight the course," Mac.,
Beard, a cain-coloured (red), Merry Wives, i. 4; on a woman, Merry Wires, 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 II. IV., ii. 4; a youth's, Tr. & Cr., 1. 2; of witches, Mac., 1. 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., 1. 3.
Bear in hand (keep in expectation), M. for M., 1. 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. See WINCHESTER.
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.
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 lx., lxv., lxvii.; living in poetry, Sonnets xv. to xix., lxiii., lxv., ci., cvii.; change in, Sonnets lxvii., lxviii.; of the mind, Sonnet Ixix.
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 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., fii. 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 II. 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. 4, iv. 1.
Bellona's bridegroom (Macbeth), Mac., i. 2. Bellona 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., 1. 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. II. Berkeley, a gentleman in R. III.
Berkeley Castle, in Gloucestershire, R. II., ii. 2, 3;
Beauty, that nothing ill can dwell in, Temp., i. 2; holiday time of, Merry Wires, ii. 1; is a witch, Much Ado, ii. 1; bought by judgment of eyes, L.'s L.'s L., ii. 1; 1 H. IV., 1. 3. 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, As You Like It, iii. 3; no more than may go go dark 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., 1. 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., 1. 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 evi,; traces of, Lover's Complaint, 1. 10; manly, Lover's Complaint, 1. 85; fleeting, Passionate Pilgrim,
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.
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., 1. 1; to permit, Ham., i. 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, Tw. 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., iv. 2.
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