STRAW, "a pad in the _straw_," toad: _i.e._ something lurking or hidden. SWINK, labour, drudgery. SWYTH, with vigour and speed, promptly, quickly. TAR-LEATHER, a term of abuse. THE, "so mote I _the_," so may I thrive. THROAT-BOLE, gullet, windpipe. TOSSING, first-rate, sharp. T'OU, thou. TOWN, "the ground attached to the house: cf. Scots _toun_" (Bradley). TOYS, generic for trifles, persons, and things of little importance, tricks, fancies, &c. TROT, old woman; usually in contempt, and = drab, slut, strumpet. TROWL, "_trowl_ to me the bowl" (p. 15), a common phrase in drinking for passing the vessel about. TRUMP, the card game of triumph. TWENTY DEVIL WAY, a favourite malediction: _i.e._ in the name of twenty devils. TWO-LEGGED FOX, a thief, _two-legged cat_ is a colloquialism which is still of service in everyday speech as a retort to blame put on a cat for stealing--"a _two-legged cat_, then!" WASHICAL, _i.e._ What shall I call [it]; in modern guise, Whatch-em-may-call-it, &c. WEET, learn, know. WESE, we shall. WHEWLING, crying, blubbering, fretful. WIDE, wide of the mark: cf. modern slang usage = well-informed, clever, &c. WOLL, will. YEDE, went. R. CLAY AND SONS, LTD., BREAD ST. HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK. The Museum Dramatists REPRINTS OF NOTABLE PLAYS _Each Volume complete in itself, with Introduction, Glossary, and Facsimile Title-pages_ Price per Vol., boards, =1/6= net; cloth, =2/-= net The Initial Volumes are:-- 1. Gammer Gurton's Needle. 2. Heywood's (J.) Four P.P. and The Pardoner and the Frere. 3. Every Man. 4. Tom Tiler and his Wife. _These will be followed by others selected from the following_:-- Calisto and Melibæa Jack Juggler John John the Husband, Tib his Wife, and Sir John the Priest Grim the Collier of Croydon The Puritan, or the Widow of Watling Street (Pseudo-Shakespearian) Fair Em (Pseudo-Shakespearian) Hickscorner Thersites Patient Grissel The Three Ladies of London The Three Lords and Three Ladies of London The Two Angry Women of Abingdon A Knack to Know a Knave Warning to Fair Women Dr. Dodypoll The Miseries of Enforced Marriage The Nice Wanton The Play of Love Wine, Beer, and Ale &c., &c., &c. End of Project Gutenberg's Gammer Gurton's Needle, by Mr. S. Mr. of Art