V, iii, 226. _these--i. e._, Aymer, Florimel, and Bellapert.
_Court. Song_, l. 3. first--i. e., “in the front part of,” to meet the
customers and be herself an attraction and an object of display, while
the husband remains “at tother end” (l. 8) of the store.
_Court. Song_, l. 4.--This is a most unduly long line. It seems
probable that, in the Ms. from which the play was printed, the three
phrases, “A faire wife,” “a kinde wife,” and “a sweet wife,” were
_three variant_ readings, which, by mistake, were _all_ incorporated in
the text. Any one of them used alone would give a perfectly normal line.
GLOSSARY
_affection_, bent, inclination, _penchant_. I, ii, 32.
_allow_, command, approve. IV, i, 9.
_answere_, correspond to. III, i, 82.
_arrests_, stoppages, delays. III, i, 43.
_author_, to be the author, of a statement; to state, declare, say. IV,
ii, 19.
_baffled_, disgraced, treated with contumely. IV, i, 112.
_balm_, an aromatic preparation for embalming the dead. II, i, 79.
_band_, a collar or ruff worn round the neck by man or woman. II, ii,
77; etc.
_banquerout_, early spelling of _bankrupt_, which was originally _banke
rota_ (see N. E. D. for variants under _bankrupt_), from Italian _banca
rotta_, of which _banqueroute_ is the French adaptation. The modern
spelling, _bankrupt_, with the second part of the word assimilated to
the equivalent Latin _ruptus_, as in _abrupt_, etc., first appears in
1543. I, i, 127; ii, 88.
_black_, a funereal drapery. II, i, 51; ii, 117.
_brabler_, a quarrelsome fellow; a brawler. III, i, 358.
_braue_, in loose sense of approbation, good, excellent, worthy, etc.
I, ii, 256; 292; etc.
_bumfiddles_, beats, thumps. IV, i, 140.
_cabinet_, a secret receptacle; a jewel-box. II, ii, 34.
_canniball_, a strong term of abuse for “blood-thirsty savage.” IV, iv,
185.
_Caroch_, coach. II, ii, 28; IV, ii, 95.
_case_, exterior; skin or hide of an animal, or garments--hence,
perhaps, _disguise_. V, i, 73.
_censure_, a judicial sentence. I, ii, 53.--in the sense of _sentence
to punishment_. II, ii, 166; 172.
_chalenge_, demand. V, ii, 88.
_change_, exchange. III, i, 117.--_chang’d_, I, i, 66.
_charges_, expenses. I, ii, 191.
_charitable_, benevolent, kindly, showing Christian charity. I, i, 117.
_circumstance_, the adjuncts of a fact which make it more or less
criminal. V, iii, 52.
_close_, close-fitting. IV, i, 124.
_cold_, unimpassioned, deliberate. V, ii, 86.
_coloured_, specious. III, i, 139.
_comely_, becoming, proper, decorous. III, i, 163.
_complement_, observing of ceremony in social relations; formal
civility, politeness. III, i, 439.
_conference_, subject of conversation. II, ii, 139.
_conscious_, inwardly sensible of wrong-doing. III, i, 353.--aware. V,
ii, 67.
_consists_, lies, has its place. III, i, 489.
_courtesie_, generosity, benevolence. V, iii, 73.
_Courtship_, courteous behavior, courtesy. III, i, 276; 439.
_credits_, reputations, good name. I, ii, 67.
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