Chapter XX: Act V (2)

=Fool=, _v._ Phr. _fool off_: To delude, baffle. 2. 6. 25.

=Forbeare=, _v. trans._ †To keep away from or from interfering with; to leave alone. 1. 3. 22.

=Forked=, _a._ ‘Horned,’ cuckolded. 2. 2. 90.

=Foyle=, _n._ [Form of _foil_.] A thin leaf of some metal placed under a precious stone to increase its brilliancy. 3. 3. 180.

=French-masque=, _n._ pr. the ‘Loo,’ or ‘Loup,’ a half-mask of velvet, worn by females to protect the complexion. 2. 1. 162.

=French-time=, _n._ ?Formal and rhythmic measure (as characteristic of the French, in contrast to Italian, music). 3. 5. 30.

=Frolick=, _n._ †?Humorous verses circulated at a feast. 2. 8. 73.

||=Fucus=, _n._ †Paint or cosmetic for beautifying the skin; a wash or coloring for the face. 3. 4. 50; 4. 2. 63.

=Fustian=, _n._ †A kind of coarse cloth made of cotton and flax. 3. 3. 30.

=’Gainst=, _prep._ [Form of _against_.] In anticipation of. _Arch._ 1. 1. 19.

=’Gainst=, _conj._ In anticipation that; in case that. _Arch._ or _dial._ 1. 1. 73; 3. 2. 39.

=Gallant=, _n._ 1. A man of fashion and pleasure; a fine gentleman. _Arch._ 1. 7. 27; 4. 4. 167. †2. Of a woman: A fashionably attired beauty. 3. 4. 8.

=Gallant=, _a._ Loosely, as a general epithet of admiration or praise: Splendid. Cf. _Brave_. Now _rare_. 2. 1. 58.

=Gallery=, _n._ 1. A long narrow platform or balcony on the outside of a building. 2. 2. 54. 2. A room for pictures. 2. 5. 13.

=Galley-pot=, _n._ [Form of _gallipot_.] ‘A small earthen glazed pot, esp. one used by apothecaries for ointments and medicines.’ _NED._ 4. 4. 47.

=Garnish=, _n._ _slang_. ‘Money extorted from a new prisoner, either as drink money for the other prisoners, or as a jailer’s fee. _Obs._ exc. _Hist._’ _NED._ 5. 6. 1 (see note).

=Geere=, _n._ [Form of _gear_.] ?Discourse, talk; esp. in depreciatory sense, ‘stuff.’ Or possibly _obs._ form of _jeer_. 1. 6. 99 (see note).

=Gentleman=, _n._ ‘A man of gentle birth, or having the same heraldic status as those of gentle birth; properly, one who is entitled to bear arms, though not ranking among the nobility. Now chiefly _Hist._’ _NED._ 3. 1. 1.

=Gentleman huisher=, _n._ 3. 4. 43. Same as _Gentleman-vsher_, _q. v._

=Gentleman-vsher=, _n._ A gentleman acting as usher to a person of superior rank. 4. 4. 134. Gentleman huisher. 3. 4. 43. See note 4. 4. 134.

=Gentlewoman=, _n._ 1. A woman of gentle birth. 3. 3. 164.
2. A female attendant upon a lady of rank. Now chiefly
_Hist._ 5. 1. 26.

=Gleeke=, _n._ ‘A game at cards, played by three persons: forty-four cards were used, twelve being dealt to each player, while the remaining eight formed a common “stock.”’ _NED._ Phr. _three peny Gleeke_. 5. 2. 31.

=Glidder=, _v._ _Obs._ exc. _dial._ To glaze over. 4. 4. 47.

=Globe=, _n._ The name of a play-house; hence, used as a generic term for a play-house. 3. 3. 26.

=Go=, _v._ Phrases. 1. _Goe on_: as an expression of encouragement, Come along! advance! 3. 5. 27. 2. _Goe with_: Agree with. 4. 4. 133.

=God b’w’you= [God be with you], _Phr._ Good-bye. 1. 6. 223.

=Godwit=, _n._ A marsh-bird of the genus Limosa. Formerly in great repute, when fattened, for the table. 3. 3. 25.

†=Gogs-nownes=, _n._ A corrupt form of ‘God’s wounds’ employed in oaths. 1. 1. 50.

=Gold-smith=, _n._ A worker in gold, who (down to the 18th c.) acted as banker. 2. 8. 84.

=Googe=, _v._ [Form of _gouge_.] To cut out. 2. 1. 94.

=Gossip=, _n._ A familiar acquaintance, chum (applied to women). Somewhat _arch._ 1. 6. 219; 2. 8. 69.

=Grandee=, _n._ A Spanish or Portuguese nobleman of the highest rank; hence, †A term of polite address. P. 3.

†=Grant-paroll= [Fr. _grande parole_], _n._ Full permission (?not found elsewhere). 5. 6. 19.

||=Grasso di serpe=, _n._ It. ?‘Snake’s †fat.’ _Stanford._ 4. 4. 34.

=Gratulate=, _v._ Now _arch._ and _poet._ †1. To rejoice.
Phr. _gratulate with_: rejoice with, felicitate. 4. 1. 14.
2. _tr._ To rejoice at. 5. 1. 51.

=Groat=, _n._ A denomination of coin which was recognized from the 13th c. in various countries of Europe. The English groat was coined 1351(2)-1662, and was originally equal to four pence. †The type of a very small sum (cf. _Deneer_). 5. 4. 6.

=Groome=, _n._ 1. A serving man.
_Obs._ or _arch._ 2. 2. 65.
†2. With added connotation of contempt. 2. 2. 87.

||=Guarda-duenna=, _n._ Sp. A lady’s attendant. 4. 4. 83.

||=Guardo-duenna=, _n._ 4. 4. 77. See _Guarda-duenna_.

=Gueld=, _v._ [Form of _Geld_.] †_transf._ and _fig._ To mutilate: impair. 1. 1. 65.

=Guilt=, _ppl. a._ [Form of _gilt_.] Gilded. 1. 6. 214.

=Hand-gout=, _n._ Gout in the hand; used _fig._ of an unwillingness to grant favors without a recompense; hard-fistedness. 3. 3. 79.

=Hand-kercher=, _n._ Form of _handkerchief_. _Obs._ exc. _dial._ and vulgar. Common in literary use in 16-17th c. 4. 4. 89.

=Handsomenesse=, _n._ †Decency. 4. 3. 26.

=Hang=, _v._ Phr. _hang out_: †To put to death by hanging. 5. 6. 8.

=Hap’=, _v._ Shortened form of _happen_. Phr. _may hap’ see_: May chance to see (in process of transition to an adverb). 3. 2. 8.

†=Hard-wax=, _n._ ?Sealing-wax. 5. 1. 39.

=Harness=, _v._ †To dress, apparel. 2. 5. 6.

†=Harrington=, _n._ _Obs._ exc. _Hist._ ‘A brass farthing token, coined by John, Lord Harrington, under a patent granted him by James I. in 1613.’ _NED._ 2. 1. 83.

=Ha’s=, _v._ Has. (Prob. a recollection of earlier forms, _hafs_, _haves_. Mallory.) 5. 3. 9; 4. 6. 43.

=Heare=, _v._ Phr. _heare ill of_ (it): To be censured for. ?_Obs._ or ?_colloq._ 2. 7. 28.

=Heauy=, _a._ †Dull, stupid. 5. 6. 39.

=Hedge=, _v._ †Phr. _hedge in_: To secure (a debt) by including it in a larger one for which better security is obtained; to include a smaller debt in a larger. 2. 8. 104; 3. 2. 6.

=Height=, _n._ 1. A superior quality; a high degree. 2. 1. 70.
2. The highest point; the most important particular. 4. 4. 212.
3. Excellence; perfection of accomplishment. 2. 8. 59.
4. Phr. _at height_: In the highest degree; to one’s utmost
satisfaction. 5. 3. 22.

=Here by=, _adv._ †Close by; in this neighborhood. 3. 4. 41.

=His=, _poss. pron. 3d sing. †neut._ Its. 2. 1. 103.

=Hold=, _v._ Phr. _hold in with_: To keep (one) on good terms with. ?_Obs._ 3. 3. 221.

=Honest=, _a._ Chaste, virtuous. _Arch._ 4. 4. 161.

=Honour=, _n._ †An obeisance; a bow or curtsy. 3. 5. 27.

=Hood=, _n._ ‘French hood, a form of hood worn by women in the 16th and 17th centuries, having the front band depressed over the forehead, and raised in folds or loops over the temples.’ _NED._ 1. 1. 99.

=Hooke=, _v._
1. _intr._ To get all one can; to display a grasping nature.
3. 3. 156.
2. Phr. _hooke in_: To secure by hook or by crook. 3. 3. 150.

=Hope=, _v._ Phr. _hope †o’_: To have hope of; hope for. 1. 5. 1.

=Horne=, _n._ In _pl._, the supposed insignia of a cuckold. 5. 8. 34.

=Hose=, _n._ †Breeches. Phr. _hose and doublet_. 1. 6. 151.

†=Huisher=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _usher_. 2. 7. 33. See _Gentleman-vsher_.

=Hum=, _n._ †A kind of liquor; strong or double ale. 1. 1. 114; 5. 8. 72.

=Humour=, _v._ To take a fancy to. ?_Obs._ 1. 7. 13.

=I=, _Obs._ form of _ay_. 1. 2. 1: _passim_.

=I=, _prep._ In. 2. 4. 41.

||=Incubus=, _n._ ‘A feigned evil spirit or demon (originating in personified representations of the nightmare) supposed to descend upon persons in their sleep, and especially to seek carnal intercourse with women. In the middle ages, their existence was recognized by the ecclesiasical and civil law.’ _NED._ 2. 3. 26.

||=In decimo sexto=, _phr._ 4. 4. 50. See _Decimo sexto_.

||=Infanta=, _n._ 1. A daughter of the King and queen of Spain or Portugal; _spec._ the eldest daughter who is not heir to the throne.

2. †_transf._ Applied analogously or fancifully to other young ladies. 4. 2. 71.

=Ingag’d=, _ppl. a._ _Obs._ form of Engag’d. 4. 4. 168. See _Engag’d_ 1.

=Ingenious=, _a._ †Able; talented; clever. 2. 8. 75.

=Ingine=, _n._ †1. Skill in contriving, ingenuity. 2. 3. 46.
†2. Plot; snare, wile. 2. 2. 87. With play on 3.
3. Mechanical contrivance, machine; †trap.

=Ingrate=, _a._ Ungrateful. _Arch._ 1. 6. 174.

=Iniquity=, _n._ The name of a comic character or buffoon in the old moralities; a name of the Vice, _q. v._ 1. 1. 43; 1. 1. 118.

=Inquire=, _v._ †To seek information concerning, investigate. 3. 1. 11.

=Innes of Court=, _sb. phr._ The four sets of buildings belonging to the four legal societies which have the exclusive right of admitting persons to practise at the bar, and hold a course of instruction and examination for that purpose. 3. 1. 8. (see note).

=Intend=, _v._ †To pay heed to; apprehend. 4. 4. 127.

=Intire=, _a._ _Obs._ form of _entire_. [Fr. _entier_ ‹ L. _integer_, untouched.] Untouched, uninjured. 2. 6. 32; 5. 6. 48.

=Intitle=, _v._ [Form of _entitle_.] To give (a person) a rightful claim (to a thing). 4. 6. 38.

=Intreat=, _v._ [Form of _entreat_.] †To prevail on by supplication; to persuade. 3. 6. 44.

=Iacke=, _n._ 1. The name of various mechanical
contrivances. 1. 4. 50.
†2. A term of familiarity; pet. 2. 2. 128.

=Iewes-trumpe=, _n._ Now _rare_. Jews’ harp (an earlier name, and formerly equally common in England). 1. 1. 92.

=Joynt-stoole=, _v._ A stool made of parts joined or fitted together; a stool made by a joiner as distinguished from one of more clumsy workmanship. _Obs._ exc. _Hist._ 1. 1. 92.

=Iump=, _v._ †1. _intr._ Act hurriedly or rashly. 4. 1. 5.
†2. _trans._ To effect or do as with a jump; to dispatch. 4. 1. 6.

=Iust=, _a._ †1. Complete in character. 1. 5. 10.
2. Proper, correct. 2. 2. 122.

=Iuuentus=, _n._ 1. 1. 50. See _Lusty_.

†=Kell=, _n._ The web or cocoon of a spinning caterpillar. _Obs._ exc. _dial._ 2. 6. 79.

=Kinde=, _n._ (One’s) nature. Now _rare_. Phr. _man and kinde_: ?Human nature. 2. 1. 151.

=Know=, _v._ 1. To know how. ?_Obs._ 1. 2. 44.
?2. _pass. be known_: Disclose. 2. 1. 145.

=Knowledge=, _n._ †1. Cognizance, notice. Phr. _Take
knowledge_ (with clause): To become aware. 4. 4. 61.
2. A matter of knowledge; a known fact (a licentious use).
1. 6. 82.

=Lade=, _v._ To load with obloquy or ridicule (as an ass with a burden; the consciousness of the metaphor being always present in the mind of the speaker). 1. 4. 72.

=Lading=, _vbl. sb._ A burden of obloquy or ridicule. 1. 6. 161. See _Lade_.

=Lady-President=, _n._ 4. 4. 9. See _President_.

=Larum=, _n._ †An apparatus attached to a clock or watch, to produce a ringing sound at any fixed hour. 4. 4. 165.

=Lasse=, _int._ Aphetic form of _Alas_. 5. 8. 46.

=Lay=, _v._ †To expound, set forth. 2. 8. 72.

=Leaguer=, _n._ A military camp. 3. 3. 33.

=Leaue=, _v._ To cease. Now only _arch._ 2. 2. 79; 4. 4. 125.

=Leg=, _n._ An obeisance made by drawing back one leg and bending the other; a bow, scrape. Esp. in phr. _to make a leg_. Now _arch._ or jocular. 4. 4. 97. legge. 2. 8. 22.

||=Lentisco=, _n._ Sp. and It. Prick-wood or Foule-rice, some call it Lentiske or Mastike-tree.’ Florio. (Pistacia lentiscus.) 4. 4. 35.

=Letter of Atturney=, _sb. phr._ A formal document empowering another person to perform certain acts on one’s behalf (now more usually ‘power of attorney’). 4. 5. 15.

=Lewd=, _a._ †Ignorant (implying a reproach). 5. 6. 37.

=Liberall=, _a._ Ample, large. Somewhat _rare_. 1. 6. 179.

=Lift=, _v._ To raise (as by a crane). Used _fig._ (a metaphor borrowed from Ingine’s name). 1. 4. 1.

=Like=, _v._ †To be pleasing, be liked or approved. P. 26.

=Limb=, _n._ 1. A leg (a part of the body).
?2. A leg (curtsy. See _Leg_). A quibble on the two
meanings. 1. 6. 218.

=Limon=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _lemon_. 4. 4. 25.

=Liuery and seisen=, _sb. phr._ erron. for _Livery of seisin_ (AF. _livery de seisin_): ‘The delivery of property into the corporal possession of a person; in the case of a house, by giving him the ring, latch or key of the door; in case of land, by delivering him a twig, a piece of turf, or the like.’ _NED._ 4. 5. 16.

=Loose=, _v._ _Obs._ form of _lose_. 4. 7. 79.

=Lords-man=, _n._ A lord’s man; an attendant on a lord. ?_Obs._ 3. 3. 166.

=Lose=, _v._ †To be deprived of the opportunity (to do something). 3. 4. 26.

=Lusty=, _a._ Merry; healthy, vigorous. Phr. _lusty Iuuentus_: the title of a morality play produced c 1550; often used allusively in the 16-17th c. 1. 1. 50.

=Light=, _int._ A shortened form of the asseveration _by this light_, or _by God’s light_. 2. 6. 15.

=Mad-dame=, _n._ A whimsical spelling of _Madame_. †A courtesan, prostitute. 4. 3. 39.

=Make=, _v._ Phr. _make away_: To make away with; to kill. 2. 4. 9.

=Manage=, _v. intr._ ?To administer the affairs of a household. 4. 4. 193.

=Manager=, _n._ ?One capable of administering the affairs of a household. 4. 4. 138.

||=Mantecada= (for _Mantecado_), _n._ Sp. ‘A cake made of honey, meal, and oil; a wafer.’ Pineda, 1740. 4. 4. 143.

=Mary=, _int._ [‹ME. _Mary_, the name of the Virgin, invoked in oaths.] Form of _Marry_. Indeed! 1. 4. 28.

=Masque=, _n._ A masquerade. 2. 2. 110.

=Masticke=, _n._ ‘A resinous substance obtained from the common mastic-tree, _Pistacia Lentiseus_, a small tree about twelve feet high, native in the countries about the Mediterranean. In the East mastic is chewed by the women.’ _CD._ 4. 2. 54.

=Match=, _n._ †An agreement; a bargain. 1. 4. 67.

=Mathematicall=, _a._ ?Mathematically accurate; skillful to the point of precision. 1. 4. 4.

=Meath=, _n._ [Form of _Mead_.] A strong liquor. 1. 1. 115 (see note).

=Med’cine=, _v._ To treat or affect by a chemical process. 2. 1. 70.

=Mercat=, _n._ [Form of _market_.] 1. 1. 10.

=Mere=, _a._ †Absolute, unqualified. 2. 3. 12. meere. 1. 4. 54.

=Mermaide=, _n._ The name of a tavern; hence, used as a generic term for a tavern. 3. 3. 26.

=Mettall=, _n._ 1. Metal.
2. Mettle. A quibble on the two meanings. 2. 8. 105.

=Middling=, _a._ †One performing the function of a go-between. Phr. _middling Gossip_: A go-between. 1. 6. 219.

=Mill=, _n._ A lapidary wheel. 3. 3. 176.

†=Migniard=, _a._ Delicate, dainty, pretty. 1. 4. 96.

=Missiue=, _a._ Sent or proceeding, as from some authoritative or official source. 3. 3. 35.

=Moiety=, _n._ A half share. 2. 1. 46. moyety. 2. 1. 48.

=Monkey=, _n._ A term of endearment; pet. ?_Obs._ 2. 2. 127.

†=Moon-ling=, _n._ A simpleton, fool. 1. 6. 158.

=Motion=, _n._ †A puppet-show. 1. 6. 230.

=Much about=, _prep. phr._ Not far from; very near. ?_Obs._ 4. 4. 153.

=Mungril=, _a._ _Obs._ form of _mongrel_. 3. 1. 39.

=Mure=, _v._ Phr. _mure up_: To inclose in walls; immure. 2. 2. 91.

=Muscatell=, _a._ [Form of _muscadel_.] Of the muscadel rape. 2. 1. 102.

=Muscatell=, _n._ A sweet wine. 2. 1. 102; 2. 2. 95. See above.

=Muscouy glasse=, _n._ Muscovite; common or potash mica; the light colored mica of granite and similar rocks. P. 17.

||=Mustaccioli=, _n._ It. [For _Mostaciuolli_.] ‘A kind of sugar or ginger bread.’ Florio. 4. 4. 144.

=Muta=, _n._ [?L. _mutare_, to change.] ?A dye (?coined by Jonson). 4. 4. 56.

†=Neale=, _n._ To temper by heat; anneal. 2. 1. 88.

=Neare=, _adv._ In _fig._ sense, Nigh. Phr. _go neare_ (to). 5. 1. 7.

=Need=, _v. intr._ Be necessary. ?_Arch._ 2. 8. 106.

=Neither=, _adv._ Also not; no again. ?_Obs._ 4. 7. 68.

†=Niaise=, _n._ 1. A young hawk; an eyas.
2. A simpleton. pr. with quibble. 1. 6. 18.

=Note=, _n._ Mark, token, sign. ?_Arch._ 3. 3. 101.

=Noted=, _a._ Notable; worthy of attention. ?_Obs._ 5. 6. 7.

†=Nupson=, _n._ A fool; a simpleton. 2. 2. 77.

=O’=, _prep._ Shortened form of _of_.
1. Of. 1. 1. 108. etc. Phr. _hope o’_ 1. 5. 1. See _Hope_.
†2. With. 1. 3. 21.

=O’=, _prep._ Shortened form of _on_.
1. On; upon. 4. 2. 61.
†2. Into. 1. 4. 88.

||=Obarni=, _n._ _Obs._ [Russ. _obvarnyi_, scalded, prepared by scalding.] ‘In full, _mead obarni_, i. e. “scalded mead,” a drink used in Russia, and known in England c 1600.’ _NED._ 1. 1. 115.

=Obserue=, _v._ †To be attentive to; look out for. 1. 2. 45.

=Obtaine=, _v._ To obtain a request; with obj. cl. expressing what is granted. Now _rare_ or _obs._ 3. 3. 86.

=Occasion=, _n._ †A particular, esp. a personal need, want or requirement. Chiefly in _pl._=needs, requirements. 3. 3. 57; 3. 3. 85.

=Of=, _prep._ †From (after the _vb._ _Fetch_). 2. 1. 73. =Off=, _adv._ [Used with ellipsis of _go_, etc., so as itself to function as a verb.] Phr. _to off on_ (one’s bargain): To depart from the terms of; to break. 1. 5. 25.

=Offer=, _v._ †1. To make the proposal; suggest. 2. 8. 46.
†2. _intr._ Phr. _offer at_: To make an attempt at;
to attempt. 3. 6. 30.

||=Oglio reale=, _n._ It. ?Royal oil. 4. 4. 52.

=On=, _prep._ In senses now expressed by _of_. ‘In _on’t_ and the like, common in literary use to c 1750; now _dial._ or vulgar.’ _NED._ 2. 8. 55; 2. 8. 61; 3. 3. 7; 3. 3. 144. etc.

=On=, _pron._ _Obs._ form of _One_. 5. 2. 40.

=Order=, _n._ Disposition of measures for the accomplishment of a purpose. Phr. _take order_: To take measures, make arrangements. _Obs._ or _arch._ 1. 6. 209.

||=Ore-tenus=, _adv._ [Med. L.] _Law._ By word of mouth. 3. 3. 140.

=Paint=, _v. intr._ †To change color; to blush. 2. 6. 35.

=Pan=, _n._ 1. [Form of _pane_.] †A cloth; a skirt.
2. A hollow, or depression in the ground, esp. one in which
water stands. With quibble on 1. 2. 1. 53.

=Paragon=, _n._ A perfect diamond; now applied to those weighing more than a hundred carats. (‘In quot. 1616 _fig._ of a person.’ _NED._ This statement is entirely incorrect.) 3. 3. 177.

=Parcel-=, _qualifying sb._ Partially, in part. _Obs._ since 17th c. until revived by Scott. 2. 3. 15.

=Part=, _n._ Share of action; allotted duty. In _pl._ ?_Obs._ 4. 4. 116.

||=Pastillo=, _n._ It. ‘Little pasties, chewets.’ Florio. 4. 4. 142.

=Pattent=, _n._ Letters patent; an open letter under the seal of the state or nation, granting some right or privilege; spec. such letters granting the exclusive right to use an invention. 2. 1. 41; 4. 2. 38.

=Peace=, _n._ Leave; permission. Phr. _with his peace_: With his good leave; respectfully. (A translation of L. _cum eius pace_ or _eius pace_; ?not found elsewhere.) 2. 2. 78.

||=Pecunia=, _n._ L. Money. 2. 1. 3.

||=Peladore=, _n._ Sp. A depilatory; preparation to remove hair. 4. 4. 145.

=Pentacle=, _n._ A mathematical figure used in magical ceremonies, and considered a defense against demons. 1. 2. 8 (see note).

†=Perse’line=, _n._ _Obs._ form of ?_parsley_, or of ?_purslane_. 4. 4. 24.

=Perspectiue=, _n._ †A reflecting glass or combination of glasses producing some kind of optical delusion when viewed in one way, but presenting objects in their true forms when viewed in another; used _fig._ 2. 6. 63.

=Phantasy=, _n._ Whimsical or deluded notion. ?_Obs._ 2. 3. 60.

=Phantsie=, _n._ [Form of _fancy_.] Imagination. 1. 4. 88.

†=Phrentick=, _n._ A frantic or frenzied person; one whose mind is disordered. 4. 6. 49.

=Phrenticke=, _a._ [Form of _frantic_.] Insane. Now rare. 5. 8. 91.

=Physicke=, _n._ †Natural philosophy; physics. 2. 2. 122.

†=Picardill=, _n._ [Form of _Piccadill_.] A large stiff collar in fashion about the beginning of the reign of James I. 2. 2. 123 (see note).

=Piece=, _n._ †1. A gold piece, pr. 22 shillings (Gifford). 1. 4. 5; 3. 3. 83.

2. Phr. _at all pieces_: At all points; in perfect form. 2. 7. 37.

=Piece=, _v._ To reunite, to rejoin (a broken friendship). ?_Arch._ 4. 1. 37.

=Pinnace=, _n._ 1. A small sailing vessel.
†2. Applied _fig._ to a woman, usually to a prostitute
(sometimes, but not often, with complete loss of the metaphor).
1. 6. 58.

||=Pipita= [?For _pepita_], _n._ Sp. or It. ‘A seed of a fruit, a pip, a kernel.’ _Stanford._ 4. 4. 45.

||=Piueti=, _n._ Sp. ‘A kinde of perfume.’ Minsheu. 4. 4. 150.

=Plaine=, _a._ Unqualified, downright. ?_Arch._ 4. 4. 158.

=Plume=, _v._ To strip off the plumage of; to pluck. ?_Arch._ 4. 4. 43.

||=Pol-dipedra= [?_Polvo di pietra_], n. It. ?Rock-alum. 4. 4. 30.

=Politique=, _a._ [Form of _politic_.] Crafty, artful. 2. 2. 76.

||=Porcelletto marino=, _n._ It.?‘The fine Cockle or Muscle shels which painters put their colours in.’ Florio. 4. 4. 34.

=Possesse=, _v._ †To acquaint. Phr. _possesse with_: To inform of. 5. 5. 44.

=Posterne=, _n._ ?A back door or gate. Phr. _at one’s posternes_: Behind one. 5. 6. 15.

†=Posture booke=, _n._ ?A book treating of military tactics, describing the ‘postures’ of the musket, etc. 3. 2. 38 (see note).

||=Potentia=, _n._ L. ‘Power;’ potentiality. 5. 3. 28.

=Power=, _n._ _Law._ Legal authority conferred. 4. 6. 39.

=Pownce.= [Form of _pounce_.] A claw or talon of a bird of prey. 4. 7. 55.

=Pox=, _n._ Irreg. spelling of _pocks_, _pl._ of _pock_. †Phr. _pox vpon_: A mild imprecation. 3. 3. 38. _pox o’._ 4. 2. 61.

=Practice=, _n._ 1. A plot. ?_Arch._ 5. 8. 57.
2. Treachery. ?_Arch._ 4. 7. 80.

=Practice=, _v._ †1. To tamper with; corrupt. 1. 1. 38.
2. _intr._ To plot; conspire. 5. 3. 10; 5. 51.

=Pragmaticke=, _a._ Pragmatical. 1. 6. 56.

=Pregnant=, _a._ †Convincing; clear. 5. 8. 77.

=Present=, _a._ Immediate (fr. L. _praesens_). 3. 6. 40.

=Present=, _n._ †1. The money or other property one has on hand.
1. 5. 20.
2. The existing emergency; the temporary condition. 2. 6. 70.

=President=, _n._ †A ruling spirit. 3. 5. 38.

=Presume=, _v._ To rely (upon). 2. 2. 30.

=Pretend=, _v._ 1. To lay claim (to). 2. 4. 16; 3. 3. 102.
†2. To aspire to. 1. 6. 36.

=Price=, _n._ Estimated or reputed worth; valuation. 2. 8. 105.

=Priuate=, _n._ †Priuate account. 5. 4. 23.

=Processe=, _n._ _Law._ Summons; mandate. 3. 3. 72; 3. 3. 139.

=Prodigious=, _a._ †Portentous; disastrous. 2. 7. 19.

=Profer=, _n._ †An essay, attempt. 5. 6. 43.

=Proiect=, _v._ 1. _tr._ To devise. 1. 8. 10.
†2. _intr._ To form projects or schemes. 3. 3. 42.

=Proiector=, _n._ One who forms schemes or projects for enriching men. 1. 7. 9. See the passage.

=Pronenesse=, _n._ Inclination, _spec._ to sexual intercourse. 4. 4. 233.

=Proper=, _a._ Well-formed. Now only prov. Eng. 1. 6. 218.

=Proportion=, _n._ 1. Allotment; share. 2. 3. 36.
2. Calculation; estimate. 2. 1. 90; 3. 3. 127.

=Prostitute=, _a._ Debased; worthless. 3. 2. 19.

||=Pro’uedor=, _n._ [Sp. _proveedor_=Pg. _provedor_.] A purveyor. 3. 4. 35.

=Prouinciall=, _n._ “In some religious orders, a monastic superior who has the general superintendence of his fraternity in a given district called a province.” _CD._ 5. 6. 64.

||=Prouocado=, _n._ [‹Sp. _provocar_, to challenge.] Challengee; one challenged. 3. 3. 143.

||=Prouocador=, _n._ [‹Sp. _provocador_, _provoker_.] Challenger. 3. 3. 142.

=Pr’y thee=. [A weakened form of _I pray thee_.] Jonson uses the following forms: Pray thee. 1. 2. 30. Pr’y thee. 2. 1. 78. ’Pr’y the. 1. 3. 22.

=Publication=, _n._ Notification; announcement: _spec._ the notification of a ‘depending’ quarrel by a preliminary settlement of one’s estate. 3. 3. 137.

=Pug=, _n._ †1. An elf; a spirit; a harmless devil.
The Persons of the Play.
2. A term of familiarity or endearment. ?_Obs._ 2. 2. 128.

=Pui’nee=, _a._ [For _puisne_, _arch._ form of _puny_, retained
in legal use.]
1. _Law._ Inferior in rank.
2. Small and weak; insignificant; pr. with a quibble on 1.
1. 1. 5.

†=Punto=, _n._ ?_Obs._ Eng. fr. Sp. or It. _punto_. A delicate point of form, ceremony, or etiquette; the ‘pink’ of style. 4. 4. 69.

=Purchase=, _n._ †Plunder; ill-gotten gain. 3. 4. 32.

=Purt’nance=, _n._ The inwards or intestines. ?_Arch._ 5. 8. 107.

=Put=, _v._ 1. _intr._ To move; to venture. 1. 1. 24.

Phrases. 1. _Put downe_: To put to rout, vanquish
(in a contest). 1. 1. 93.
2. _Put off_: To dismiss (care, hope, etc.). 2. 2. 48;
3. 4. 25. To turn aside, turn back; divert (one from a
course of action). 1. 4. 68.
3. _Put out_: To invest; place at interest. 3. 4. 23.
4. _Put vpon_: To instigate; incite. 5. 8. 141.
To foist upon; palm off on. 3. 3. 174.

=Quality=, _n_. 1. Character, nature. Now _rare_. 3. 4. 37.
2. High birth or rank. Now _arch._ 1. 1. 111.

=Quarrell=, _v._ To find fault with (a person); to reprove angrily. _Obs._ exc. Sc. (Freq. in 17th c.). 4. 7. 12.

=Quit=, _v._ †To free, rid (of). 3. 6. 61.

=Read=, _v._ †To discourse. 4. 4. 248.

=Repaire=, _v._ To right; to win reparation or amends for (a person). ?_Obs._ 2. 2. 59.

||=Rerum natura=, _phr._ L. The nature of things; the physical universe. 3. 1. 35.

=Resolu’d=, _ppl. a._ 1. Determined. 2. 7. 13.
With quibble on 2.
2. Convinced.

=Retchlesse=, _a._ [Form of _reckless_.] †Careless; negligent. 3. 6. 34.

=Reuersion=, _n._ A right or hope of future possession or enjoyment; hence, phr. in _reuersion_: In prospect; in expectation. 5. 4. 44.

=Rhetorique=, _n._ Rhetorician. ?_Obs._ 1. 4. 102.

†=Ribibe=, _n._ A shrill-voiced old woman. 1. 1. 16.

=Right=, _a._ True; real; genuine. _Obs._ or _arch._ 2. 2. 103.

=Roaring=, _a._ †Roistering, quarreling. Phr. _roaring manner_: The fashion of picking a quarrel in a boisterous, disorderly manner. 3. 3. 69.

=Rose=, _n._ A knot of ribbon in the form of a rose used as ornamental tie of a shoe. 1. 3. 8.

†=Rose-marine=, _n._ [The older and more correct form of _rosemary_ ‹OF. _rosmarin_ L. _rosmarinus_, lit. ‘sea-dew.’] Rosemary. 4. 4. 19.

||=Rouistico= [Same as _ligustro_], _n._ It. ‘Priuet or prime-print ... also a kind of white flower.’ Florio. ‘Pianta salvatico.’ Bassano. 4. 4. 55.

=Royster=, _n._ A rioter; a ‘roaring boy’. _Obs._ or _arch._ 1. 1. 68.

=Rug=, _n._ †A kind of coarse, nappy frieze, used especially for the garments of the poorer classes; a blanket or garment of this material. 5. 1. 47.

†=Salt=, _n._ [L. _Saltus_.] A leap. 2. 6. 75.

=Sample=, _v._ †To place side by side for comparison; compare. 5. 1. 3.

=Saraband=, _n._ A slow and stately dance of Spanish or oriental origin, primarily for a single dancer, but later used as a contra-dance. It was originally accompanied by singing and at one time severely censured for its immoral character 4. 4. 164 (see note).

=Sauour=, _v. tr._ To exhibit the characteristics of. ?_Arch._ 4. 1. 49.

†=’Say=, _v._ [By apheresis from _essay_.] Phr. _’say on_: To try on. 1. 4. 37 SN.

†=Scape=, _v._ [Aphetic form of escape, common in England
from 13-17th c.]
1. To escape. 1. 6. 161.
2. To miss. ?_Obs._ 1. 4. 33.
3. To avoid. 5. 5. 52.

=Sciptick=, _n._ [A humorous misspelling of _sceptic_.] ?One who doubts as to the truth of reality; applied humorously to one made doubtful of the reality of his own perceptions. 5. 2. 40.

=Scratching=, _vbl. sb._ Eager striving; used contemptuously. ?_Colloq._ 5. 6. 67.

=’Sdeath=, _int._ [An abbr. of _God’s death_.] An exclamation, generally of impatience. 1. 2. 25.

=Seaming=, _a._ _Phr._ _seaming lace_: ‘A narrow openwork braiding, gimp, or insertion, with parallel sides, used for uniting two breadths of linen, instead of sewing them directly the one to the other; used for garments in the 17th c.’ _CD._ 2. 5. 9.

=Seisen=, 4. 5. 16. See _Liuerie and seisen_.

†=Sent=, _v._ An old, and historically more correct, spelling of _scent_. 2. 6. 26.

=Seruant=, _n._ †A professed lover. 4. 3. 45.

=Session=, _n._ _Law._ A sitting of justices in court. 5. 6. 21.

=Shame=, _v._ To feel ashamed. ?_Obs._ or _arch._ 5. 6. 37.

=Shape=, _n._ Guise; dress; disguise. _?Arch._ 5. 3. 18.

†=Shop-shift=, _n._ A shift or trick of a shop-keeper. 3. 5. 4.

=Shrug=, _v. refl._ Phr. _shrug up_: To hitch (oneself) up (into one’s clothes). 1. 4. 80 SN.

=Signe=, _n._ One of the twelve divisions of the zodiac. 4. 4. 233. Used _fig._ 1. 6. 127.

=Signet=, _n._ A seal. Formerly one of the seals for the authentication of royal grants in England, and affixed to documents before passing the privy seal. 5. 4. 22.

=Sirah=, _n._ A word of address, generally equivalent to ‘fellow’ or ‘sir.’ _Obs._ or _arch._ 1. 4. 45; 3. 5. 25. sirrah (addressed to a woman). 4. 2. 66.

†=’Slid=, _int._ An exclamation, app. an abbreviation of _God’s lid_. 1. 3. 33.

†=’Slight=, _int._ A contraction of _by this light_ or _God’s light_. 1. 2. 15. S’light. 2. 7. 16; 2. 8. 81.

=Smock=, _n._ 1. A woman’s shirt. 1. 1. 128. ?2. A woman. 4. 4. 190.

||=Soda di leuante=, _n._ It. ?Soda from the East. 4. 4. 32 (see note).

=Soone=, _a._ Early. Phr. _soone at night_: Early in the evening. 1. 1. 148.

†=Sope of Cyprus=, _n._ ?Soap made from the ‘cyprus’ or hennashrub. 4. 4. 45.

=Sou’t=, _v. pret._ Pr. for _sous’d_, pret. of _souse_, to swoop upon (like a hawk). 4. 7. 54 (see note).

†=Spanish-cole=, _n._ A perfume; fumigator. 4. 4. 150.

=Spic’d=, _ppl. a._ †Scrupulous; squeamish. 2. 2. 81.

=Spring-head=, _n._ A fountain head; a source. 3. 3. 124.

†=Spruntly=, _adv._ Neatly; gaily; finely. 4. 2. 61.

=Spurne=, _v._ To jostle, thrust. P. 11.

=Squire=, _n._ 1. A servant. 2. 2. 131.
2. A gallant; a beau. 2. 2. 116.
3. A gentleman who attends upon a lady; an escort.
?_Arch._ 5. 3. 19.

=Stalking=, _n._ In _sporting_, the method of approaching game stealthily or under cover. 2. 2. 51.

=Stand=, _v._ Phrases. 1. _Stand for’t_: To enter
into competition; to make a claim for recognition. 1. 6. 36.
2. _Stand on_: To insist upon. 3. 3. 83.
3. _Stand vpon_: To concern; to be a question of.
3. 3. 60.

=Standard=, _n._ †A water-standard or conduit; _spec._ the Standard in Cheap. 1. 1. 56.

=State=, _n._ †Estate. 4. 5. 30; 5. 3. 13.

=Stay=, _v. tr._ 1. To delay; detain. 2. 2. 20.
2. To maintain. ?_Arch._ 3. 1. 7.
3. To retain. ?_Arch._ 2. 4. 26.

=Still=, _adv._ 1. Ever; habitually. 1. 5. 23.
2. Continually. 3. 3. 27.

=Stoter=, _n._ ?A small coin. Cunningham. (Considered by W. and G. a misprint for _Storer_.) 3. 3. 32.

=Straine=, _n._ A musical note. Used _fig._ 5. 5. 58.

=Strange=, _a._ Immodest; unchaste. 2. 6. 53 (see note).

=Strength=, _n._ In _pl._: abilities; resources. 1. 1. 24; 1. 4. 35.

=Strong-water=, _n._ 1. 1. 114. See _Water_.

=Subtill=, _a._ 1. Tenuous; dainty; airy. P. 5.
2. Cunningly devised; ingenious. 1. 1. 116.

=Subtilty=, _n._ 1. Fineness; fine quality; delicacy. 2. 1. 86.
2. An artifice; a stratagem. 2. 2. 4.
3. Cunning; craftiness. 1. 1. 144; 2. 2. 12.

=Subtle=, _a._ Intricate. 2. 1. 114; 2. 2. 12.

=Sufficiency=, _n._ Efficiency. ?_Arch._ 3. 5. 56.

=Tabacco=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _tobacco_. (Cf. Sp. _Tabaco_; Port. and It. _Tabacco_). 1. 1. 114; 5. 8. 73.

=Table-booke=, _n._ †A memorandum-book. 5. 1. 39.

=Taile=, _n._ Phr. _in taile of_: At the conclusion of. 1. 1. 95.

=Take=, _v._ 1. To catch (in a trap).
2. To captivate. With quibble on 1. 3. 6. 13.
3. To catch; surprise. 2. 1. 147; 4. 1. 27.
4. To take effect. 1. 4. 36. Phrases.
5. _take forth_: ?To learn. _Dial._ 1. 1. 62.
†6. _take in_: To capture. 3. 3. 170.
7. _take vp_: To borrow. 3. 6. 15.

=Taking=, _n._ †Consumption; smoking (the regular phrase). 5. 8. 71.

=Talke=, _n._ Phr. _be in talke_: To be discussing or proposing. 3. 5. 52.

=Tall=, _a._ 4. 5. 32. See _Board_, and note.

=Tasque= [‹OF. _tasque_], _n._ _Obs._ form of _task_. Business. 5. 1. 14.

=Taste=, _v._ 1. To perceive; recognize. 1. 6. 138.
2. To partake of; enjoy (tast). 4. 4. 93.

†=Tentiginous=, _a._ Excited to lust. 2. 3. 25.

=Terme=, _n._ 1. A period of time; time. 3. 3. 88.
2. An appointed or set time. _Obs._ in general sense.
1. 1. 6.

=Then=, _conj._ _Obs._ form of than. P. 10; etc.

=Thorow=, _prep._ _Obs._ form of _through_. 1. 1. 145.

=Thorowout=, _prep._ _Obs._ form of _throughout_. 2. 1. 50.

=Thought=, _n._ ?Device. 2. 2. 30.

=Thumbe-ring=, _n._ A ring designed to be worn upon the thumb; often a seal-ring. P. 6.

=Ticket=, _n._ †A card; a brief note. 2. 8. 90.

=Time=, _n._ Phr. _good time!_: Very good; very well. 1. 4. 60.

=Time=, _v._ ?To regulate at the proper time; to bring timely aid to. 3. 3. 97.

=Tissue=, _n._ ‘A woven or textile fabric; specifically, in former times, a fine stuff, richly colored or ornamented, and often shot with gold or silver threads, a variety of cloth of gold.’ _CD._ Used _attrib._ 1. 1. 126.

=To night=, _adv._ †During the preceding night; last night. 4. 1. 18.

†=Too-too-=, _adv._ Quite too; altogether too: noting great excess or intensity, and formerly so much affected as to be regarded as one word, and so often written with a hyphen. 3. 3. 231.

=Top=, _n._ 1. Summit; used _fig._ 2. 2. 89.
2. The highest example or type. _ ?Arch._ or _obs._ 4. 4. 244.

=Torn’d=, _ppl. a._ Fashioned, shaped (by the wheel, etc.). _Transf._ and _fig._ 2. 6. 85.

=Tother=, _indef. pron._ [A form arising from a misdivision of _that other_, ME. also _thet other_, as _the tother_.] Other; usually preceded by _the_. 1. 3. 37.

=Toy=, _n._ 1. A trifle. 2. 8. 2; 2. 8. 50.
2. A trifling fellow. 4. 7. 24; 4. 7. 57.
?3. Thing; trouble; used vaguely. 3. 3. 222.

=Tract=, _n._ 1. A level space; _spec._ of the stage.
P. 8.
†2. Attractive influence, attraction. 2. 2. 10.

=Trauell=, _v._ To labor; toil. 3. 4. 52.

=Trauell=, _n._ †Toil; anxious striving. 1. 6. 119.

=Treachery=, _n._ An act of treachery. ?_Obs._ 3. 6. 49.

=Troth=, _int._ In troth; in truth. 4. 1. 21.

=Trow=, _v._ To think, suppose. As a phrase added to questions, and expressions of indignant or contemptuous surprise; nearly equivalent to ‘I wonder.’ 5. 2. 36.

=Turn=, _v._ To sour; _fig._ to estrange. 2. 7. 38.

=Turne=, _n._ 1. Humor; mood; whim. 2. 2. 37.
2. Act of service. 2. 2. 125.
3. Present need; requirement. 3. 3. 192.

=Vmbrella=, _n._ †A portable shade, probably a sort of fan, used to protect the face from the sun. 4. 4. 81.

=Vndertaker=, _n._ One who engages in any project or business. ?_Arch._ 2. 1. 36.

=Vnder-write=, _v._ To subscribe; to put (one) down (for a subscription). 3. 3. 145.

†=Vnquiet=, _v._ To disquiet. 4. 1. 20.

=Vntoward=, _a._ Perverse, refractory. ?_Arch._ 2. 8. 16.

=Vp=, _adv._ Set up: established. 3. 5. 54.

=Vpon=, _prep._ 1. Directed towards or against; with
reference to. 1. 1. 13; 1. 6. 112.
2. Immediately after. 3. 3. 123.
3. After and in consequence of. 1. 1. 39.

=Vrge=, _v._ To charge. Phr. _vrge with_: To charge with; accuse of. ?_Arch._ 4. 1. 44.

=Vse=, _v._ To practise habitually. 1. 3. 42.

=Vtmost=, _n._ The extreme limit (of one’s fate or disaster). 5. 6. 10.

=Valor=, _n._ Courage; used in _pl._ 4. 1. 32.

=Vapours=, _n. pl._ †A hectoring or bullying style of language or conduct, adopted by ranters and swaggerers with the purpose of bringing about a real or mock quarrel. 3. 3. 71 (see note).

=Veer=, _v._ _Naut._ To let out; pay out; let run. 5. 5. 46.

=Venery=, _n._ Gratification of the sexual desire. 3. 6. 7.

†=Vent=, _v._ To sell. 3. 4. 61.

=Vent=, _v._ 1. To publish; promulgate. 2. 3. 24.
2. To give expression to. 2. 3. 5; 2. 1. 166; 5. 8. 153.

=Venter=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _venture_. 1. 6. 175.

†=Venting=, _vbl. sb._ Selling; sale. 3. 4. 49.

=Vernish=, _n._ Older and _obs._ form of _varnish_. ?A wash to add freshness and lustre to the face; a cosmetic. 4. 4. 36.

||=Vetus Iniquitas=, _n._ L. ‘Old Iniquity,’ a name of the ‘Vice’ in the morality plays. 1. 1. 47.

||=Via=, _int._ It. Away! off! 2. 1. 3 (see note).

=Vice=, _n._ 1. Fault.
†2. The favorite character in the English morality-plays, in the
earlier period representing the principle of evil, but later
degenerating into a mere buffoon. 1. 1. 44; 1. 1. 84; etc.
With quibble on 1. P. 9. See also Introduction.

=Vierger=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _verger_. 4. 4. 209.

=Vindicate=, _v._ †To avenge; retaliate for. 5. 6. 49.

=Virgins milke=, _n._ A wash for the face; a cosmetic. 4. 4. 52.

†=Wanion=, _n._ ‘A plague;’ ‘a vengeance.’ Phr. _with a wanion_: A plague on him; bad luck on him. 5. 8. 33.

=Wanton=, _a._ Playful; sportive. 2. 6. 75.

=Ward-robe man=, _n._ A valet. 1. 3. 13.

=Ware=, _v._ Beware of; take heed to. _Arch._ 5. 5. 5.

=Wast=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _waist_. 1. 4. 95. waste (with quibble on _waste_, a barren place). 4. 4. 204.

=Water=, _n._ 1. Essence; extract. 4. 4. 39.
2. _-water_: The property of a precious stone in which its
beauty chiefly consists, involving its transparency, refracting
power and color. 3. 3. 179: 181.
3. _strong-water_: A distilled liquor. 1. 1. 14.

=Wedlocke=, _n._ †A wife. 1. 6. 10; 2. 3. 18.

=Well-caparison’d=, _ppl. a._ Well furnished with trappings; also _fig._, well decked out. Involving a quibble. 2. 5. 7.

=Wench=, _n._
1. A mistress; strumpet. _Obsolescent._ 5. 2. 21.
†2. A term of familiar address; friend. 4. 1. 60.

=While=, _conj._ Till; until. Now prov. Eng. and U. S. 1. 3. 5.

=Wicked=, _a._ ?Roguish. 4. 4. 197.

=Widgin=, _n._ [Form of _widgeon_.] A variety of wild duck. 5. 2. 39.

=Wis=, _adv._ [‹ME. wis.] 5. 8. 31. See _Wusse_.

=Wish=, _v._ To desire (one to do something); to pray, request. ?_Arch._ 2. 2. 52.

=Wit=, _n._ 1. Intellect. 1. 4. 29; 1. 4. 64.
2. Intelligence. 3. 2. 13.
3. Ingenuity; ingenious device. 2. 2. 86.

=Withall=, _adv._ Besides; in addition; at the same time. 2. 2. 27; 3. 5. 16. with-all. 2. 2. 73.

=Wiue-hood=, _n._ _Obs._ form of _wifehood_. 1. 6. 50.

=Worshipfull=, _a._ Worthy of honor or respect. 4. 7. 75. Used in sarcasm. 2. 2. 89; 3. 3. 8.

=Wrought=, _ppl. a._ Embroidered. ?_Arch._ 1. 2. 47.

†=Wusse=, _adv._ [Corruption of _wis_ ‹ME. _wis_, by apheresis from _iwis_; sure, certain.] Certainly; truly; indeed. 1. 6. 40.

=Yellow-water=, _n._ 3. 3. 181. See_-water_.

||=Zuccarina=, _n._ It. ‘A kind of bright Roche-allum.’ Florio.

||=Zuccarino=, _n._ 4. 4. 31. ?For _Zuccarina_, _q. v._

||=Zucche Mugia=, _n._ It. ?A perfume. 4. 4. 35.

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INDEX

Absorption of a syllable, 174, 208.

Academy, 174-5, 188.

Actors, Jonson’s allusions to, 175.

Adders, 126.

Aesop, _Fables_ of, 185.

Africa, 149.

After-game, 201.

Agrippa, Cornelius, lxiv.

Allegorical treatment of drama, xx f.

Allot, Robert, 124.

Allum Scagliola, 192.

Almaine-leap, 137.

Almanac-men, 156-7.

Almoiavana, 196.

America, 149.

Apperil, 205.

Aqua-vitæ, 158.

Aristophanes, xli, lxvi, lxxvi, lxxix;
_Clouds_, 202; _Plutus_, 211.

Art, man of, 149.

Arthur’s show, 159.

Artillery-ground, 177.

Astrology, 199.

Bacon, lxiii.

Ballad literature, xxvii.

Banqueting-house, Lord Mayor’s, 201.

Bare head of usher and coachman, 164, 196, 198.

Baudissin, Count von, _Ben Jonson und seine Schule_, xxii.

Bawdy, talk, 197.

Beare, the, 124.

Beaumont and Fletcher,
_Elder Brother_, lvi;
_King and No King_, lvii.

Bedfellow, 174.

_Belfagor_, Novella of, xxx ff.

Belphegor, xxxii.

Benefit, make, 163.

Benjamin, 192.

Benson, John, 124.

Bermudas, 161, 182.

Bethlehem Royal Hospital, 203.

Billiard ball, 173.

Billingsgate, 134.

Bilson, boy of, 205.

Blackfriars, painters at, 156; theatre, xvii, 150.

Blank, 181.

Bless us! 197.

Blown roses, 179.

Blue coats, 183.

Boccaccio, _Decameron_, xlv ff., lxxv.

Bodin, lxiv.

Borachio, 159.

Braganza, 196.

Breasts exposed, 173.

Bretnor, 141.

Bristo-stone, 184.

Brokers, 140.

Brome,
_Antipodes_, lxii;
_Court Beggar_, lxi, lxxv.

Browne, Sir Thomas, lxiii.

Buckingham. See Villiers.

Buckram bag, 159.

Bullions, 185-6.

Burton, boy of, 203, 205.

Business (quarrel), 182.

Butler, Samuel, _Characters_, lxii.

By cause, 205.

Caract, 153.

Caroch, carroch, 155, 190.

Carranza, Jerome, _Filosofia de las Armas_, lv.

Cataputia, 193.

Cater, 146.

Cautelous, 154.

Centlivre, Mrs., _Busie Body_, lxxv.

Chains, gold, 183.

Chamberfellow, 174.

Character-drama, xliv.

Cheapside, 178; Standard in, 131.

Cheaters, 207.

Cheat on, 207.

Cheats, 156.

Cheese-trenchers, 126.

Chopines, see Cioppinos.

Chrysippus, _de Divinitione_, 145.

Cioppinos, liii, 186-7, 194.

Circles, magic, 145.

Cloak, long, of fool, xxxix.

Cloven foot, 146-7.

Clown, xxiii, xxv f.

Coaches, 156.

Coachman, 190, 198.

Coke, Sir Edward, xviii, lxvi ff., lxx ff.

Cokeley, 135.

Cokes, 164.

Commissioners, 190.

Compounds, Jonson’s use of, 181.

Compters, 177.

Conduits, 201.

Confute, 206.

Conjurers, 145.

Constable, 209.

Contrasted characters, xliv.

Cord as charm, 128.

Corncutter, 199.

Cornhill, 178.

Cornish counterfeit, 184.

Coryat, _Crudities_, liii, 194, 204.

Cosmetics, 192.

Courts of Love, 153.

Covetuousness (in morality plays), 130.

Coxcomb and Coverlet, 209.

Cranes, Three, 135.

Crisped groves, 173.

Crowland, 164; monastery at, lx.

Crystals, 144.

Cuckold and devil, joke on, 208.

Cushman, Dr. L. W., xxii, xxxiv, et passim.

Custard, 137.

Custom-house key, 134.

Cut-work, 140, 162.

Dagger, wooden, xxxix; ordinary, 134.

Darling, Thomas, 203.

Darrel, John, xxxii, xlix ff., 203.

Date of play, xvii.

Decimo sexto, 193.

Defeat, do, 168.

Dekker, _If this be not a good Play_, xxix ff., xxxi.

Demoniacal possession, xlix.

Dependencies, see Master of Dependencies.

Derbyshire Peak, 147.

Despenser, Hugh le, 165.

Devil, in pre-Shakespearian drama, xxii f.;
Jonson’s treatment of, xxiii f.;
costume of, xxiv;
stupid, xxvii;
carried in a ring, 126;
leaves an evil odor, 211;
divers names of, 145;
ill omen to pronounce the name of, 197;
dines on sinners, 211;
speaks languages, 211;
takes tobacco, 209;
travels swiftly, 145.

Devil-plot, xx ff.

Devil’s Cavern in Derbyshire, 147.

Devil’s dam, 188.

Digby miracle-plays, xxiii.

Dining, hour of, 188.

Dinner, inviting poet to, 189.

Dotage, 211.

Dottrel, 163, 175, 200.

Double cloak, 189.

Doublet bombasted, 131.

Dueling, liv ff.

Dukes in England, 160.

Dutch in England, 133.

Dwindle, 193.

Eckhardt, Dr. E., xxii, xxxiv, et passim.

Edition of 1631, xi ff.;
1641, xiv;
1692, xiv;
1716, xv;
1729, xi;
1756, xv;
1811, xi;
1816, xvi f.;
1838, xi;
1871, xi;
1875, xvii.

Eitherside identified as Coke, lxxi f.

E-la, 205.

Ellipsis before _that_, 174.

Engendering by the eyes, 163.

Equivokes, 184.

Escudero, 195.

Estifania, Lady, 193.

Ethical treatment of drama, xliv.

Exchange, Royal, 158.

Face-painting, 190-1.

Fair and foul, 163.

Favor, under, 146.

Fencing-schools, lv.

Fens of Lincolnshire, lix ff.

Fern ashes, 192.

Figgum, 210.

Finsbury, 178.

Fitzdottrel, xlii; identified as Coke, lxx f.;
Mrs., identified as Lady Hatton, lxvi ff.

Fleas, keep, within a circle, 202.

Fly-blown, 174.