HANCE BEERPOT (W.H.), _i.e._ Hans, but there was no object in carrying the modernisation of the orthography so far as to alter the original Hance: see Wealth and Health. HAND, "I bless you with my _left hand_" (M23,_c_), _i.e._ curse: cf. "over the left" = altogether wrong, or the reverse of what is said. Such "left-handed" colloquialisms are by no means rare to express insincerity, ill-omen, underhandness, or inferiority. The earliest quotation in the _O.E.D._, _s.v._ Left, is 1705, so this example carries its use back upwards of 200 years. HANDS, see Aloft. HANGMAN, see Calais. HANSTON, see Respublica. HARDELY (_passim_), steadily, boldly, certainly. HARE, "this same way goeth the _hare_" (R212,_b_), _i.e._ that's the gist, trend, secret, why and wherefore of the matter: in Heywood. HASSARD, "fet not _hassard_ nor rioter" (IP,320,_c_); so in original. It may be a contraction of _hasarder_ = gamester, or a misprint for _haskard_ = a rough, blustering fellow (Dekker); probably, however, the former fits the context best. HASSE, "a fair manor _hasse_" (JE354,_a_), so in original; and but for the rhyme-word _bash_ being spelt _basshe_ one might suspect a misprint, especially as Dr. Murray records no such form as _hasse_ for _house_, nor anything like it. The meaning, however, is clear enough. HAT (_passim_), have it--ha[ve i]t. HAUT, HAUTY, "his _haut_ courage" (N60,_d_),--"Wealth is _hauty_" (WH276,_d_), high, lofty, proud. Also see N53,_c_, where _haut_ is misprinted _hawt_. HAVE (_a_) (_passim_) bears several idiomatic meanings in old writers. Thus _to have after_ = to follow; _to_ _have at_ (a person or thing) = to try, attempt, begin, strike, hit; _to have with_ (a person) = to go with, come on. Also, _have at him_ (subs.) = a thrust, blow; and so forth. "_Have after_, to what issue will this come."--Shakespeare, _Hamlet_ (1596), i. 4. "_Have at_ _it_, then."--Shakespeare, _Cymbeline_ (1605), v. 5. "_Have at thee_ with a downright blow."--Shakespeare, _2 Henry VI._ (1594), ii. 3. "I'll venture one _have-at-him_."--Shakespeare, _Henry VIII._ (1601), ii. 2. (_b_) see Petticoat. HAVIOUR, "a man of your _haviour_" (N85,_b_), conduct, manners, demeanour, as in Shakespearean usage. But possibly it may, and probably does, stand here for the Anglo-Norman _havoir_ = wealth, property. The context would seem to indicate this, "Into a _haviour_ of less fear."--Shakespeare, _Cymbeline_ (1605), iii. 4. HAWT, see Haut. HEADIBUS, "your headibus" (M18,_c_), heads. HEAL (_passim_), health. HEDGE, "over the _hedge_ ere ye come at the stile" (R192,_a_), proverbial: in Heywood (_Works_, E.E.D.S., II. 97,_d_ and 443,_c_). HEELS, see Lead. HELPEN, "he can be _helpen_ thereof" (N122,_a_), helped; also _holpen_. Still in use.