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thinge it cannot be drawen out of the earth to man's use; therefore they did tye some dogge or other lyving beast unto the roote thereof with a corde, and digged the earth in compasse round about, and in the meanetyme stopped their own eares for feare of the terreble shriek and cry of this Mandrack. In whych cry it doth not only dye itselfe but the feare thereof kylleth the dogge or beast which pulleth it out of the earth.”

IV. iv. p. 135. Cot-quean.-An old name for a man who meddled and pottered in domestic affairs.

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IV. iv. p. 136. Mouse-hunt.-Woman-hunter. An old name for a stoat, marten, or weasel, accustomed to hunt for its prey in the night-time. Mouse was formerly a term of familiar endearment for a woman, hence Lady Capulet's sportive reference to the days when her husband had been a young gallant.

IV. v. p. 142. "Heart's ease," "My heart is full of woe.”—The names of two popular ballads of Shakspere's time.

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IV. v. p. 143. "When griping grief," &c.-This is the commencement of a song In Commendation of Musick," by Richard Edwards, printed in The Paradise of Dayntie Devises" (1576).

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V. i. p. 146. An alligator stuffed.—This formed a customary part of the appointments of an apothecary's shop in Shakspere's time.

V. iii. p. 151. In dear employment.-Gems were supposed to possess valuable properties and peculiar virtues.

V. iii. p. 153. A lantern.-One of those spacious round or octagonal turrets full of windows, by means of which cathedrals and sometimes halls are illuminated, and styled in ancient records a lanternium." There is a beautiful specimen at Ely Minster.

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V. iii. p. 154. A lightning before death.-It was an old belief that previously to coming misfortune or death men are in unusually high spirits.

V. iii. p. 164. And some punished.-This line has reference to the distribution of pardon and punishment as detailed in the poem whence Shakspere took the groundwork of his Play: for there the Nurse is banished for having concealed the marriage; Romeo's servant is acquitted, because he acted in obedience to his master's orders; the apothecary is hanged; and the friar dismissed to end his days in a hermitage.

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GLOSSARY

Abroach: on foot, going. I. i.
p. 25.

Abused: disfigured. IV. i. p. 125.
Advise: reflect. III. iv. p. 121.
Affecting affected. II. iv. p.

72.

Affections: inclinations. I. i. p.
26.

Affray: frighten. III. v. p. 113.
Against: in preparation for. III.
iv. p. 112.

Agate stone: figures cut in
agate-stone set in a ring. I.
iv. p. 44.

All along: at full length. V.
iii. p. 150.

Alla stoccata: a rapier thrust
or stab. III. i. p. 85.
Amerce: punish. III. i. p. 95.
Ancient: aged. II. iii. p. 70.
Antick: fantastic. I. v. p. 50.
Ape here used as a term of
affectionate familiarity. (Simi-
larly in II. Henry IV., Act II.
iv.) II. i. p. 56.
Aquæ vitæ: probably here
meaning brandy. A name
used generally for spirituous
liquors. III. ii. p. 100.
Aspired: soared to. III. i. p.
91.

Associate: accompany. V. ii.
p. 148.

Attach: arrest. V. iii. p. 158.
Baked-meats: pastry. IV. iv.
p. 135.

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Banquet: a "rere-supper or
after -
The com-
supper."
mencement of the scene shows
that supper is over. I. v. p. 53.
Bating: flapping, fluttering. III.
ii. p. 96. (See Notes.)

Becomed: becoming. IV. ii. p.
181.

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Cheveril: kid-skin (noted for
pliability). II. iv. p. 75.
Chinks: vulgar term for
"money." I. v. p. 53.
Chop-logic: quibbler, sophist.
III. v. p. 119. (See Notes.)
Civil: sober. III. ii. p. 96.
Closely secretly. V. iii. p. 162.
Cockatrice: a fabulous serpent

said to have the head of a cock,
and to strike dead by a look.
III. ii. p. 98.

Cock-a-hoop: "set ."; play
the blusterer. I. v. p. 51.
Coil: noise, turmoil; here means
fuss. II. v. p. 83.

Coldly: coolly, quietly. III. i. p.
88.
Commission: here used for
"authority." IV. i. p. 127.
Conceit: imagination. II. vi. p.
85.

Conduct: guide. III. i. p. 155.

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Contrary: oppose. I. v. p. 51. Convoy means of access. iv. p. 79.

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Counterfeit: " gave us the tricked us. II. iv. p. 73. Countervail: out-weigh. II. vi. p. 84.

County: count. I. iii. p. 41. Courtship: courtly conduct. III. iii. p. 104.

Cousin: kinsman. I. v. p. 49. Cover: a play upon the legal term "coverture," which signifies marriage subsistent. Old

French femme couverte, meaning "married woman.' I. iii. p. 40.

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Cross: adverse. IV. iii. p. 132; hinder. V. iii. p. 150. Crow crow-bar. V. ii. p. 149. Crush a cup: equivalent to our modern "crack a bottle." ii. p. 35. Cynthia's brow: i.e. Diana, the moon. III. v. p. 113. Dared: challenged. II. iv. p. 71. Dateless: endless. V. iii. p.

155.

Dear: real. III. iii. p. 104; great.
V. ii. p. 149.

Defence: weapons of defence.
III. iii. p. 109.
Demesnes: estates. III. v. p.
121.

Deny refuse. I. v. p. 48.
Depend: foreshadow. III. i. p. 92.
Despite: defiance. V. iii. p. 152.
Determine of: decide. III. ii.
p. 98.

Digressing: deviating, swerving. III. iii. p. 108.

Discover: reveal. III. i. p. 91. Discovered: betrayed.

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v. p. 113.

Doubt: distrust. V. iii. p. 152. Drave: drove. I. i. p. 26.

Drift: plan, scheme. IV. i. p. 129.

Dry-beat: thrash soundly. III. i. p. 90.

Dump: a doleful or plaintive air. IV. v. p. 142.

Elf-locks: locks matted by elves. I. iv. p. 46.

Enforce: force. V. iii. p. 152. Enpierced: pierced through. I. iv. p. 43.

Envious: malignant. III. ii. p. 98.

Ethiop: Ethiopian. I. v. p. 49. Expire: end. I. iv. p. 47. Extremes: the extremity of my position. IV. i. p. 127. Extremity: dreadful plight. I. iii. p. 41.

Fair: fair one, beauty. Epilogue I. p. 54.

Fantasticoes: absurdly affected persons. II. iv. p. 72. Farewell compliment: away with affectation. II. ii. p. 62. Fay: faith. I. v. p. 53. Fearful: full of fear. III. iii. p. 102,

Fee-simple: a legal term used to express "possession for ever. III. i. p. 87. Fettle: make ready. III. v. p. 119.

First house: first rank. II. iv. p. 72. Flecked: mottled.

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II. iii. p.

Fleer: sneer. I. v. p. 50. Flirt-gills: romps, hoydens. II. iv. p. 77.

Fond: foolish. III. iii. p. 105.
Foolish: trifling. I. v. p. 53.
Frank: liberal. II. ii. p. 63.
Freetown: name of one of
Capulet's castles. I. i. p. 25.
French slop : large loose
trousers.. II. iv. p. 73.
Furnish: adorn. IV. ii. p. 131.
Gear: matter, stuff. II. iv. p.
75; concoction, potion. V. i.
p. 147.

Ghostly: spiritual. II. ii. p. 66.
Give you: call you. IV. v. p.
142.

Gleek: joke. IV. v. p. 142.
Glooming: gloomy. V. iii. p.

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Grievance: trouble. I. 1. p. 28.
Gyves: fetters. II. ii. p. 66.
Hair: "against the
'against the grain.' II. iv. p. 75.
Hap: "dear
; good for-

tune. II. ii. p. 66.
Harlotry: contemptuous ex-
pression for "wilful girl." IV.
ii. p. 130.

Have at thee: take warning.
I. i. p. 24.

Hay: a home thrust in fencing.
II. iv. p. 72.

Heartless: cowardly. I. i. p. 23.
Heaviness: sorrow. III. iv. p.
111.

Heavy sorrowful. I. i. p. 27.
Hilding: base creature. III. v.
p. 120.

Hinds: servants. I. i. p. 23.
Holidame: corruption of 'holy
dame,' an oath. I. iii. p. 38.
Holp: helped. I. ii. p. 34.
Hood: hide, cover. III.ii. p. 96.
(See Notes.)

Humourous: humid. II. i. p. 57.
Humours: here used in the sense
of "amorous fancies." II. i. p.
27.

Hunts-up: the call to the hunt.
III. v. p. 114.

Impeach: accuse. V. iii. p. 161.

Indite: invite. Used by Benvolio
as a set off to the nurse's
blunder in saying "confidence"
for "conference. II. iv. p. 76.
Inherit possess, have. I. ii. p.
33.

Jealous: suspicious. V. iii. p.
151.

Joint-stools: folding chairs. I.
i. p. 47.

Joy: rejoice. II. ii. p. 63.
Kindly: aptly. II. iv. p. 73.
Lammas-tide: August 1st.
iii. p. 37.

I.

Late recently. III. i. p. 92.
Level: aim. III. iii. p. 107.
Like: approve. I. iii. p. 41.
List: choose. I. i. p. 22.
Living: possession, wealth. IV.
v. p. 139.

Long to speak: slow in speak-
ing. IV. i. p. 127.

Love: the goddess of love,
Venus. II. v. p. 81.
Mab: the fairy queen.

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I. iv. P.

Made: did. V. iii. p. 163.
Mammet: puppet. III. v. p. 121.
Manage: course. III. i. p. 93.
Margent: margin. I. iii. p. 40.
Mean: means. III. iii. p. 104.
Measure: dance. I. iv. p. 42.
Medicine: medicinal, curative.
II. iii. p. 68.

Mickle: much, great. II. iii. p.
67.

Minion: properly favourite,'
' darling,' here used con-
temptuously for 'impudent per-
son. III. v. p. 119.
Minute: minutes. V. iii. p. 162.
Mistempered: ill-tempered. I.
i. p. 25.

Modern: customary, ordinary.
III. ii. p. 101.

Moved: aggravated. I. i. p. 21.
Much upon these years: at

about your age. I. iii. p. 40.
Muffle: conceal. V. iii. p. 150.
Natural: idiot. II. iv. p. 75.
Naught: bad. III. ii. p. 100.
Needly will: necessarily must.
III. ii. p. 101.
New: just. I. i. p. 28.

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