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ousel, blackbird; III. i. 128.

owe, own; II. ii. 79.

pard, leopard; II. ii. 31.

parlous, perilous; III. i. 14.

parts, qualities; III. ii. 153.

passing, surpassing, extremely; II. i. 20. patches, clowns; III. ii. 9.

patent, privilege; I. i. 80.

pensioners, retainers, members of the Queen's body-guard; II. i. 10.

pert, lively; I. i. 13.

plain-song, a simple air, without variations; III. i. 134. possess'd, endowed with possessions; I. i. 100.

presently, forthwith; IV. ii. 37.

prevailment, influence; I. i. 35. proper, handsome; I. ii. 88.

quail, destroy; V. i. 292.

quaint, dainty, trim; II. ii. 7.

quell, destroy; V. i. 292.

-quern, mill; II. i. 36.

questions, arguments; II. i. 234.

quill, note; III. i. 131.

recorder, a kind of flute; V. i. 123.

rere-mice, bats; II. ii. 4.

respect, estimation; II. i. 224.

rounded, surrounded; IV. i. 54.

roundel, a dance in a circle; II. ii. 1

sad, serious; II. i. 51; IV. i. 99.

sampler, wool-work on which patterns or samples are designed; III. ii. 205.

changeling, a child changed by fairies in the cradle; II. i. 23.

cheer, countenance; III. ii. 96.

chide, quarrel; II. i. 145.

chiding, barking; IV. i. 119.

childing, productive; II. i. 112.

chough, formerly applied to all the smaller chattering
species of birds, especially the jackdaw; III. ü. 21.

coil, turmoil, confusion; III. ii. 339.

collied, dark, blackened; I. i. 145.

companion, fellow (contemptuous); I. i. 15.

compare, contest, vie; II. ii. 99.

con, learn by heart; I. ii. 102; V. i. 80.
conceits, fancies, pretty devices; I. i. 33.
consecrate, consecrated; V. i. 422.

constancy, consistency; V. i. 26.

continents, banks; II. i. 92.
coy, fondle; IV. i. 2.
crab, crab-apple; II. i. 48.

crazed, flawed; I. i. 92.

cry, pack of hounds; IV. i. 121.

cues, catch-words, by which the actor knows when he is
to enter, or speak; III. i. 102.

curst, ill-tempered, shrewish; III. ii. 300.

darkling, (adv.), in the dark; II. ii. 86.

dear expense, a slight gain for which a high price has been
paid; I. i. 249.

deriv'd, descended, born; I. i. 99.

dewlap, loose skin hanging from the throat; II. i. 50.

Cf. IV. i. 126.

discharge, act; IV. ii. 8.

earthlier happy, happier on this earth; I. i. 76.

eglantine, sweetbriar; II. i. 252.

Egypt, an Egyptian, a gypsy; V. i. 11.

eke, also; III. i. 97.

extenuate, mitigate, make light; I. i. 120. eyne, eyes; II. ii. 99; V. i. 178.

fancy, love; I. i. 155; IV. i. 167.

fancy-free, free from love's control; II. i. 164. fancy-sick, love-sick; III. ii. 96.

favour, beauty; I. i. 186.

fell, savage, angry; II. i. 20; V. i. 227. flew'd, with large hanging chaps; IV. i. 124.

fond, foolish; II. ii. 88; III. ii. 114.

force, necessity; III. ii. 40.

fordone, worn out; V. i. 381.

for that, because; II. i. 220.

gaud, a trinket; I. i. 33; IV. i. 171, gleek, jest, scoff; III. i. 150. government, control; V. i. 124.

grace, favour obtained; II. ii. 89.

griffin, dragon; II. i. 232.

harbinger, fore-runner; III. ii. 380; see note. head, face; I. i. 106.

hight, is called; V. i. 140.

hind, female deer; II. i. 232.

human, courteous; II. ii. 57.

humour, inclination, disposition; I. ii. 31.

immediately, for that very purpose; I. i. 45. impeach, accuse, expose to reproach; II. i. 214. incorporate, made into one body; III. ii. 208. injurious, insulting; III. ii. 195. intend, profess; III. ii. 333. intents, intentions; V. i. 79.

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knacks, knick-knacks; I. i. 34.

knot-grass, a weed with small pink flowers, supposed to stunt the growth; III. ii. 329.

latch'd, anointed; III. ii. 36. leviathan, whale; II. i. 174.

lingers, postpones; I. i. 4.

livery, any distinctive costume; I. i. 70; II. i. 113. lob, country bumpkin, clown; II. i. 16.

lode-stars, guiding stars, like the pole-star; I. i. 183. lose, let slip; I. i. 114.

love-in-idleness, the pansy; II. i. 168.

mechanicals, mechanics, workingmen; III. ii. 9.

mew'd, caged in; I. i. 71.

mimic, actor; III. ii. 19.

misgraffed, ill-matched; I. i. 137.

mispris'd, mistaken; III. ii. 74.

misprision, mistake; III. ii. 90.

momentany, momentary; I. i. 142.

mous'd, torn as a cat does a mouse; V. i. 274. murrain, infected with murrain or plague; II. i. 97.

neaf, fist; IV. i. 20.

neeze, sneeze; II. i. 56.

newt, a small water lizard; II. ii. 11.

night-rule, revelry by night; III. ii. 5.

nole, noddle, head; III. ii. 17.

oes, spangles, circles; III. ii. 188. ounce, a lynx; II. ii. 30.

ousel, blackbird; III. i. 128.

owe, own; II. ii. 79.

pard, leopard; II. ii. 31.

parlous, perilous; III. i. 14.

parts, qualities; III. ii. 153.

passing, surpassing, extremely; II. i. 20.

patches, clowns; III. ii. 9.

patent, privilege; I. i. 80.

pensioners, retainers, members of the Queen's body-guard; II. i. 10.

pert, lively; I. i. 13.

plain-song, a simple air, without variations; III. i. 134. possess'd, endowed with possessions; I. i. 100.

presently, forthwith; IV. ii. 37.

prevailment, influence; I. i. 35. proper, handsome; I. ii. 88.

quail, destroy; V. i. 292.

quaint, dainty, trim; II. ii. 7.

quell, destroy; V. i. 292.

-quern, mill; II. i. 36.

questions, arguments; II. i. 234.

quill, note; III. i. 131.

recorder, a kind of flute; V. i. 123.

rere-mice, bats; II. ii. 4.

respect, estimation; II. i. 224.

rounded, surrounded; IV. i. 54.

roundel, a dance in a circle; II. ii. 1

sad, serious; II. i. 51; IV. i. 99.

sampler, wool-work on which patterns or samples are designed; III. ii. 205.

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