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Alb. The weight of this sad time we must obey, Speak what we feel, not what we ought to say. The oldest hath borne most: we that are young Shall never see so much, nor live so long.

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325. This speech is given in the Ff. to Edgar, and probably it was so intended by the poet. It has been suggested that the first two lines should be given to Edgar, the last two to Albany.-I. G.

GLOSSARY

By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A.

ABATED, diminished, deprived; II.

iv. 162.

ABLE, uphold, answer for; IV. vi. 174.

ABUSED, deceived; IV. i. 24. ACTION-TAKING, "resenting an injury by a law-suit, instead of fighting it out like a man of honor" (Schmidt); II. ii. 18. ADDITION, distinction, title; II. ii. 26; V. iii. 301. "Your a.", the title you have given him; V. iii. 68.

ADDITIONS, Outward honor, titles; I. i. 140.

ADDRESS, address ourselves; I. i. 195.

ADMIRATION, amazement, astonishment; I. iv. 261.

ADVISE YOURSELF, consider; II. i. 29.

AFFECTED; "had more a.", had better liked, been more partial to; I. i. 1.

AFTER, afterwards; V. iii. 243.
A-HEIGHT, aloft, to the height;
IV. vi. 58.

AIDANT, helpful; IV. iv. 17.
AJAX, taken as a typical boaster;

(according to some, a plain, blunt, brave fellow); II. ii. 134. ALARUM'D; "best a. spirits," spirits thoroughly aroused to the combat; II. i. 55.

ALL, altogether; I. i. 104.
ALLAY, be allayed; I. ii. 190.
ALLOW, approve of; II. iv. 195.
ALLOWANCE, countenance, per-

mission; I. iv. 232.

ALMS; "at fortune's a.", as an alms of Fortune; I. i. 283. AMITY, friendship; II. iv. 246. AN, if; I. iv. 199.

ANCIENT OF WAR, experienced officers; V. i. 32.

ANSWER; "a. my life," let my life answer for; I. i. 155.

APOLLO; “by Apollo,” an oath; I. i. 164.

APPEAR; "wilt a.", dost wish to seem; I. i. 185.

APPROVE, prove; II. ii. 169.
APPROVES, Confirms; II. iv. 187.

- proves; III. v. 12. ARBITREMENT, contest, decision; IV. vii. 95.

ARCH, chief; II. i. 61.
ARGUMENT, Subject; I. i. 220.
AROINT THEE, make room, away
with thee; (Qq., “arint thee");
III. iv. 131.

As, as if; III. iv. 15.
ASSURED LOSS, certainty of loss;
III. vi. 103.

ATTAINT, impeachment; V. iii. 83. ATTASK'D FOR, blamed for; (Ff. 1, 2, 3, "at task for"; some copies of Q. 1, "attaskt for"; Qq. 2, 3, "alapt"); I. iv. 368.

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ATTEND, await; II. i. 127.

watch, wait; II. iii. 5. AURICULAR, got by hearing; (Qq., “aurigular"); I. ii. 103. AVERT, turn; I. i. 216.

AVOUCH, own, acknowledge; II. iv. 241.

AVOUCHED, asserted; V. i. 44.

BACK, on his way back; IV. ii. 90.

BALLOW, cudgel; (Q. 2, "bat"); IV. vi. 251.

BALM'D, cured, healed; III. vi. 106.

BANDY, beat to and fro (a term
in tennis); I. iv. 93.
BANS, curses; II. iii. 19.
BAR, shut; II. i. 82.

-, debar, exclude; V. iii. 85. BARBER-MONGER, frequenter of barbers' shops, fop; II. ii. 36. BEARING, Suffering; III. vi. 115. 1 BECOMES, suits, agrees with; II. iv. 156.

BEDLAM, lunatic; III. vii. 104. BEDLAM BEGGARS, mad beggars;

II. iii. 14.

BEGUILED, deceived; II. ii. 119. BELIKE, it may be, perhaps; IV. v. 20.

BEMADDING, maddening; III. i. 38.

BE-MET, met; V. i. 20.

I BENCH, sit on the judgmentseat; III. vi. 41.

BENDING, directing, raising; IV.
ii. 74.

BENISON, blessing; I. i. 270.
BESORT, become; I. iv. 275.
BEST; "were b.", had better; I.
iv. 109.

BETHOUGHT; "am b.", have de-
cided; II. iii. 6.

BESTOW, place, lodge; IV. vi. 298.

BESTOW'D, housed, lodged; II. iv 293.

BETWIXT, between; I. i. 143. BEWRAY, betray, reveal; (Qq., "betray"); II. i. 109.

BIAS OF NATURE, natural direction, tendency; I. ii. 127. BIDE, bear; III. iv. 29.

BIDING, abiding place; IV. vi. 232.

BIG, loud; V. iii. 210. BLAME, fault; II. iv. 294. BLANK, the white mark in the center of the butt at which the arrow is aimed; I. i. 163. BLOCK, fashion of a hat; IV. vi. 190.

BLOOD, nature; III. v. 26.

-, impulse, passion; (Theobald, "boiling blood"); IV. ii. 64. BLOWN, ambitious, inflated; IV. iv. 27.

BOIL, inflamed tumor; (Qq., Ff., "bile," "byle"); II. iv. 227. BOLDS, encourages; V. i. 26. BOND, duty, obligation; I. i. 97. BONES; "young b.", i. e. unborn infant; II. iv. 166.

Boor; "to b., and b.", for your reward (? "over and above my thanks"); IV. vi. 234. BOOTLESS, useless; V. iii. 294. BORDER'D, limited, confined; IV. ii. 33.

Bosoм; "of her b.", in her confidence; IV. v. 26.

"common b.", affection of the people; V. iii. 49.

BOSOM'D, in her confidence; V. i. 13.

BOUND, ready; III. vii. 11.
BOURN, brook; III. vi. 27.

limit, boundary; IV. vi. 57. BRACH, a female hound; (Ff., "the Lady Brach”; Qq., “Lady

oth'e brach"; A. Smith, "Lye the brach"); I. iv. 126. BRAZED, brazened, hardened; I. i. 11.

BRIEF; "be b. in it," be quick

about it; V. iii. 247. BRITISH, (Ff. "English"); IV. vi.

260.

BROW OF YOUTH, youthful brow; I. iv. 309.

BROWN BILLS, browned halberds used by foot-soldiers; IV. vi.

92.

BUOY'D, lifted itself; (Q. 1, Mus. per. and Bodl. 2, "bod"; Q. 1, Cap. Dev. Mus. imp. and Bodl. 1, "layd"; Qq. 2, 3, "laid"); III. vii. 61. BUR-DOCKS, the plant Arctrum Lappa; (Hanmer's emendation; Qq., "hordocks"; Ff. 1, 2, "Hardokes"; Ff. 3, 4, "Hardocks"; Farmer conj. 1778, "harlocks"; Collier Steevens conj. "hoar-docks"); IV. iv. 4. BUT, only; IV. vi. 130. Buzz, whisper; I. iv. 350. By, from; (Ff. “on”); I. ii. 139.

CADENT, falling; (Qq. 1, 2, "accent"; Q. 3, "accient"); I. iv. 310.

CAITIFF, wretch; (Ff., "coward"); II. i. 64.

CAMELOT, "I'd drive ye cackling

home to C."; probably a proverb not yet satisfactorily explained; it is said that near Cadbury in Somersetshire, the supposed site of Camelot, there are large pools, upon which many geese are bred; II. ii. 92.

CAN, can do; IV. iv. 8. CANKER-BIT, canker-bitten; V. iii. 123.

CAPABLE, capable of inheriting; II. i. 87.

CARBONADO, cut across like a piece of meat for broiling or grilling; II. ii. 42.

CARRY, bear; III. ii. 49.

-, carry out, contrive; V. iii, 36. CARRY OUT MY SIDE, "be a winner in the game" (Schmidt); V. i.

61.

CASE, empty socket; IV. vi. 149. CAT, civet cat; III. iv. 111. CATARACTS, Water-spouts; (Q. 1, "caterickes"); III. ii. 2. CENSURE, judge, pass sentence upon; V. iii. 3.

CENTAURS, fabulous monsters, half man, half horse; IV. vi. 128.

CENTURY, troop of a hundred men; IV. iv. 6.

CHALLENGE, claim as due; I. i. 56.

CHALLENGED, claimed; IV. vii. 31. CHAMPAINS, plains, open country; I. i. 67.

CHANCE, chances it; II. iv. 64. CHARACTER, handwriting; I. ii. 68.

CHARGE, expense, cost; II. iv. 243. CHECK, censure, rebuke; II. ii.

151.

CHE VOR YE, I warn you; IV. vi. 250.

CHILD-CHANGED, changed by children's conduct; IV. vii. 17. CHILD ROWLAND, (v. Note); III. iv. 190.

CHILL, I will; (Somerset or south-country dialect); IV. vi.

243.

CHUD, I should, or I would (cp. "chill"); IV. vi. 247. CLEAREST, most pure, most glorious; IV. vi. 73.

CLIPP'D, curtailed; IV. vii. 6. CLOSET, room, chamber; I. ii. 67. CLOTHIER'S YARD, cloth-yard-shaft, arrow; IV. vi. 89.

CLOTPOLL, blockhead; (Ff., "Clotpole"; Qq., "clat-pole"); I. iv.

52.

CLOUT, the white mark in the center of the target; IV vi. 93. Cock, cockcrow; III. iv. 123.

cockboat; IV. vi. 19. COCKNEY, а cook's assistant; (originally a person connected with the Kitchen; later, a pampered child); II. iv. 124. Cocks, weathercocks; III. ii. 3. COD-PIECE, a part of the male attire; III. ii. 28.

COLD; "catch c.", be turned out of doors; I. iv. 113. COLOR, kind; (Qq., “nature"); II. ii. 147.

COMFORTABLE, able to comfort; I. iv. 331.

-, comforting; II. ii. 173. COMFORTING, "giving aid and comfort to"; (used in a technical legal sense); III. v. 22. COMMEND, deliver; II. iv. 28. COMMISSION, warrant to act as representative; V. iii. 64. COMMODITIES, advantages; IV. i.

23.

COMPACT, put together; I. ii. 7. -, give consistency to; I. iv. 364.

COMPEERS, is equal with; V. iii.

69.

CONCEIT, imagination; IV. vi. 42. CONCEIVE, understand; IV. ii. 24.

CONCLUDED; "had not c. all," had

not come to an end altogether; IV. vii. 42.

CONDITION, character, habit; I. i. 303.

CONDITIONS, character, temper;

IV. iii. 35.

CONFINE, limit, boundary; II. iv. 151.

CONFINED, restricted, limited; I. ii. 25.

CONJUNCT, in concert with; (F., "compact"); II. ii. 127.

closely united; V. i. 12. CONJURING, employing incantations; II. i. 41.

CONSORT, company; II. i. 99. CONSPIRANT, Conspirator; V. iii. 136.

CONSTANT PLEASURE, fixed resolve; V. i. 4.

CONSTRAINS, forces; II. ii. 105. CONTEMNED'ST, most despised; (Qq. "temnest"; Pope, "the meanest"); II. ii. 152. CONTINENT, restraining; I. ii. 193. CONTINENTS, that which contains or encloses; III. ii. 59. CONVENIENT, proper; V. i. 36. CONVERSE, associate, have intercourse; I. iv. 16.

CONVEY, manage with secrecy; I. ii. 114.

COPE, Cope with; V. iii. 125. CORKY, withered, dry; III. vii.

30.

CORONET, crown; I. i. 143. COSTARD, head; IV. vi. 251. COUCH, lie close and hidden; III. i. 12.

COURSE, way of life; II. ii. 177.

"my very c.", the same course as I do; (Ff., "my course"); I. iii. 26.

"gentleness and C. of yours," gentleness of your

course; I. iv. 366.

"the old c. of death," a natural death; III. vii. 102. COURT HOLY-WATER, flattery; ("Ray, among his proverbial

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