You shall not know by what strange accident I am dumb. Art. Ner. Aye, but the clerk that never means to do it, Bass. Sweet doctor, you shall be my bedfellow: When I am absent, then lie with my wife. Ant. Sweet lady, you have given me life and living; For here I read for certain that my ships Are safely come to road. Por. How now, Lorenzo! My clerk hath some good comforts too for you. Ner. Aye, and I'll give them him without a fee. There do I give to you and Jessica, From the rich Jew, a special deed of gift, After his death, of all he dies possess'd of. Lor. Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way Of starved people. Por. It is almost morning, And yet I am sure you are not satisfied Of these events at full. Let us go in; And charge us there upon inter'gatories, And we will answer all things faithfully. Gra. Let it be so: the first inter'gatory 291 300 That my Nerissa shall be sworn on is, 298. "inter'gatories"; a legal term; questions put to a swornwitness.-C. H. H. But were the day come, I should wish it dark, [Exeunt. GLOSSARY By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A. ABODE, delay; II. vi. 21. ABRIDGED; "to be a.," i. e. "at being a."; I. i. 126. ADDRESS'D ME, prepared myself; II. ix. 19. ADVICE, reflection; IV. ii. 6. ADVISED, cautious, heedful; I. i. 142. ADVISEDLY, intentionally; V. i. 253. AFFECTION, feeling; II. viii. 48. APPROVE, prove, confirm; III. ii. 79. ARGOSIES, merchant-ships (originally the large and richly freighted ships of Ragusa); I. i. 9. ATTEMPT, tempt; IV. i. 433. ATTENDED, attended to, marked; V. i. 103. BANED, poisoned; IV. i. 46. BARE, bare-headed; II. ix. 44. BATED, reduced; III. iii. 32. BEHOLDING, beholden; I. iii. 106. BEST-REGARDED, best-looking, handsomest; II. i. 10. BLENT, blended; III. ii. 183. proof; I. i. 144. ii. childhood's CHOOSE, "let it alone!" I. ii. 54. CIRCUMSTANCE, circumlocution; I. i. 154. CIVIL DOCTOR, doctor of civil law; V. i. 210. CIVILITY, Civilization; II. ii. 218. CLOSE, Secret; II. vi. 47. COMMANDMENT (in Quartos and Folios "commandément"; clearly to be pronounced as a quadrisyllable); IV. i. 463. COMMENDS, Commendations; II. X. 90. COMPLEXION, nature; III. i. 32. COMPROMISED, (had) come to a mutual agreement; I. iii. 79. CONFOUND, destroy; III. ii. 278. CONFUSIONS; Launcelot's blunder for "conclusions"; II. ii. 42. CONSTANT, self-possessed; III. ii. 250. CONTAIN, retain; V. i. 201. CONTINENT, that which contains anything; III. ii. 131. CONTRARY, Wrong; I. ii. 112. CONTRIVE, conspire; IV. i. 364. COPE, requite; IV. i. 424. COUNTERFEIT, likeness; III. ii. 115. COUNTY, count; I. ii. 52. COUSIN, kinsman; III. iv. 50. COVER, wear hats; II. ix. 44. CURELESS (the reading of the Quartos; the Folios read "endless") beyond cure; IV. i. 142. DANGER, absolute power (to harm); IV. i. 184. DEATH = death's head; II. vii. 63. DEFACE, cancel, destroy; III. ii. 301. DIFFERENCE, dispute; IV. i. 174. DISABLED, crippled; I. i. 123. DISABLING, undervaluing; II. vii. 30. DISCOVER, reveal; II. vii. 1. DOIT, a small coin; I. iii. 141. DRIVE, commute; IV. i. 384. DUCATS; the value of the Venetian silver ducat was about that of the American dollar; I. iii. 1. EANLINGS, lambs just born; I. iii. 80. ENTERTAIN, maintain; I. i. 90. EYE; "within the eye of honor"; i. e. "within the sight of h.”; "within the scope of honour's vision"; I. i. 137. FAIRNESS, beauty; III. ii. 94. FAITHLESS, unbelieving; II. iv. 38. FALL, let fall; I. iii. 89. FALLS, falls out; III. ii. 204. FANCY, love; III. ii. 63, 68. FEAR'D, frightened; II. i. 9. FEARFUL, filling one with fear; I. iii. 176. FIFE; "wry-necked f.," a small flute, called flute à bec, the upper part or mouthpiece resembling the beak of a bird, hence the epithet "wry-necked"; according to others "fife" here means the musician, cp. "A fife is a wry-neckt musician, for he always looks away from his instrument" (Barnaby Riche's Aphorisms, 1616); II. v. 31. FILI-HORSE, shaft-horse; II. ii. 111. FIND FORTH, find out, seek; I. i. 143. FLOOD, waters, seas; I. i. 10; IV. i. 72. FOND, foolish; II. ix. 27. 119. Foor, path; II. iv. 36. FRAUGHT, freighted; II. viii. 30. GABERDINE, a large loose cloak of lemon in its mouth; IV. i. 47. GARNISH, apparel; II. vi. 45. GEAR; "for this g.," i. e. for this matter, business: "a colloquial expression perhaps of no very determinate import"; I. i. 110; II. ii. 189. GELT, mutilated; V. i. 144. em HABIT, behavior; II. ii. 213. HEAVENS; "for the heavens," for heaven's sake; II. ii. 13. HEAVINESS, sadness; "his braced h."; the sadness which he hugs; II. viii. 52. HIGH-DAY, holiday, high-flown, extravagant; II. ix. 98. HIP; "catch upon the h."; a term taken from wrestling, meaning "to have an advantage over"; I. iii. 47. HOVEL-POST, the support of the roof of an out-house; II. ii. 80. HUSBANDRY, government, stewardship; III. iv. 25. IMAGINED, all imaginable; III. iv. 52. IMPOSITION, an imposed task; III. iv. 33; a binding arrangement; I. ii. 121. INCARNAL; Launcelot's blunder for "incarnate"; II. ii. 31. INEXECRABLE, beyond execration (perhaps a misprint for "inexorable," the reading of the third and fourth Folios); IV. i. 128. INSCULP'D, carved in relief; II. vii. 57. JACKS, used as a term of contempt; III. iv. 77. JUMP WITH, agree with; II. ix. 32. |