Abodements, bad omens; IV. vii. 13.

Aboding, boding; V. vi. 45. Adventure, enterprise; IV. ii. 18.

Advertised, informed; II. i. 116.

Esop; an allusion to the belief

that he was humpbacked (hence the application of the name to Richard Crookback); V. v. 25.

Aims at, (1) endeavours to obtain, III. ii. 68; (2) aim, guess, III. ii. 68.

Alms-deed, act of charity; V. v. 79.

Apparent, heir-apparent; II. ii.

From an illuminated MS. of XIV th century.

Battle, army, body of troops; I. i. 8, 15.

Beaver, helmet; I. i. 12. Belgia, Belgium; IV. viii. 1. Belike, I suppose; I. i. 51. Bells, "shake his bells," an allusion to the small bells attached to hawks, to frighten the birds hawked at; I. i. 47. Betimes, in good time, before it is too late; V. iv. 45. Bewray, betray; I. i. 211. Bishop's Palace, the Palace of the Bishop of London; V. i.

45.

Darraign, range; II. ii. 72.
Dazzle, "d. mine eyes," are my
eyes dazzled?; II. i. 25.
Dearest, best, most precious;
V. i. 69.

Deck, pack of cards; V. i. 44.
Delicates, delicacies; II. v. 51.
Demean'd, behaved; I. iv. 7.
Depart, death, II. i. 110; de-
parture, going away, IV. i.
92.
Departing, parting; II. vi. 43.
Despite, spite, malice; II. i. 59.
Detect, betray; II. ii. 143.
Disannuals, annuls, cancels;
III. iii. 81.

Done, done with, finished with;
IV. i. 104.

Done his shrift, heard the con

fession and granted absolution; III. ii. 107. Doubt, fear; IV. viii. 37.

Fear, affright, terrify; III. iii. 226.

Fear'd, affrighted, frightened

(Rowe, "scar'd") ; V. ii. 2. Fearful, timorous, I. i. 25; II. ii. 30; terrible, dreadful, II.

ii. 27. Fence, defend, guard; II. vi. 75.

Figures, reveals; II. i. 32.
Fires, dissyllabic; II. i. 83.
Foil, defeat; V. iv. 42.
Fondly, foolishly; II. ii. 38.
For, as regards; IV. iii. 48.
Forfend, forbid; II. i. 191.
Forgery, lie, deception; III. iii.

Hour (dissyllabic); II. v. 26,

31, 32, 33, etc. Hyrcania, a country on the Caspian Sea; I. iv. 155.

Icarus, the son of Dædalus, who, attempting to imitate the example of his father and fly on wings, was drowned

(Ovid, Meta. viii.); V. vi. 21. Impale, encircle; III. iii. 189. Impeach, reproach; I. iv. 60. Indigested, shapeless; V. vi. 51. Inferring, bringing forward; II. ii. 44.

Injurious, insulting, III. iii. 78; unjust, III. iii. 101.

Inly, inward; I. iv. 171. Inviolable, not to be broken; II.

i. 30.

Irks; "it i.," it pains; II. ii. 6.

Keeper with cross-bow; III. i. Cp. illustration.

From an illuminated MS. of the XVth century, in the National Library, Paris.

Lime, join, cement; V. i. 84. Limed, caught by bird-lime; V. vi. 13.

'Long, along of, owing to; (Folios, "long"); IV. vii. 32.

Machiavel, used proverbially for a crafty politician; III. ii. 193.

Magnanimity, heroic bravery; V. iv. 41.

Malapert, pert, saucy; V. v. 32. Male, male-parent; V. vi. 15. Man at arms, armed knight; V. iv. 42.

Manhood, bravery, courage; IV. ii. 20.

Marches, country-borders; II. i. 140.