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Exhalation: meteor. III. ii. p. 118.

Fail: childlessness. I. ii. p. 46.
Failed: died. I. ii. p. 48.

Faints me: makes me faint. II.
iii. p. 84.
Faith: good faith. II. i. p. 68.
Father: here used for 'father-in-
law.' II. i. p. 63.
Fearful: afraid. V. i. p. 152.
Fellow: equal. I. iii. p. 52.
Fellows: companions, comrades.
II. i. p. 65.

Fierce: immoderate. I. i. p. 30.
File: list. I. i. p. 31.

Filed with: kept pace with. III. ii. p. 115.

Fire-drake: fiery dragon, meteor. V. iv. p. 171.

Fit: "fit o' the face," grimace. I. iii. p. 50; suitable. II. ii. p. 76. Flawed: broken. I. i. p. 32; damaged. I. ii. p. 40.

Flowing: plenteous. II. iii. p.

81.

Fool and feather: plumes were the characteristic ornament of the jester's cap (here an allusion to the French fashion of wearing plumes). I. iii. p. 51. For: as for. II. ii. p. 72. Force: urge. III. ii. p. 106. Forged: framed. I. ii. p. 48. Forty hours: used for an indefinite time.' III. ii. p. 119. Forty pence: a common sum for a wager. II. iii. p. 83. Frame: plan, devise. I. ii. p. 42. Free: freely. II. i. p. 65. Free of your report: innocent of the charge made against me. II. iv. p. 89. French king's sister: the Queen of Navarre. ¡II. ii. p. 72. (See Notes.)

Fret: rub away. III. ii. p. 111. From: of. III. ii. p. 120.

Fullers: eloth cleaners. I. ii. p. 41.

Furnished: arranged. II. ii. p. 78.

Furniture: equipment. II. i. p. 66.

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Good: benefactor. IV. ii. p. 140.
Gossips: sponsors. V. v. p. 174.
Government: self-control. II.
iv. p. 91.

Grief: grievance. I. ii. p. 42.
Grieve at: resent. II. i. p. 63.
Grosser: coarser. I. ii. p. 43.
Guarded: faced. Prologue p. 26.
Guy: Sir Guy of Warwick. V.
iv. p. 170. (See Colbrand.')
Halidom: an oath (anything re-
garded as sacred). V. i. p. 153.
Hall: "the
Westminster

Hall. II. i. p. 61.
Happiest:

best disposed to
apprehend, most intelligent.
Prologue p. 26.

Happily: haply. IV. ii. p. 138.
Hardly: harshly. I. ii. p. 44.
Hard-ruled: hard to rule.

ii. p. 111.

III.

Have-at-him: assault, attack.
II. ii. p. 75.

Have at you: the warning given
in fencing, &c., before attack-
ing. III. ii. p. 122.
Having: possession.
79; III. ii. p. 114.
He: man. V. iii. p. 166.
Heart: "the best-

core. I. ii. p. 39.

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In: about. II. iv. p. 89.
Ill: vicious. IV. ii. p. 139.
Incensed: informed. V. i. p. 149.
Indifferent: impartial.
fl. iv.
p. 86.

Indurance: durance, confine-
ment. V. i. p. 153.

Innumerable "substance: un-
told riches. III. ii. p. 123.
In open: in public. III. ii. p.
127.

Interpreters: "sick

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pre-
judiced critics. I. ii. p. 43.
Ipswich: Wolsey's birthplace.
I. i. p. 84.

Issues: sons. III. ii. p. 121.
Item: further. III. ii. p. 122.
Its: its own. I. i. p. 28.
Jaded: treated like jades, be-
fooled. III. ii. p. 120.
Justify: vindicate. I. ii. p. 39.
Keech: the spare fat of an animal
rolled up by a butcher for the
tallow merchant, hence a com-
mon name for a butcher; here
used in contemptuous allusion
to Wolsey's parentage. I. i. p.

30.
Kimbolton: the castle of that
name in Huntingdonshire. IV.
i. p. 131.

Knock it: beat time. I. iv. p. 61.
Lag: long-delayed. I. iii. p. 52.
Large commission: a warrant

with full powers. III. ii. p. 122.
Late marriage: the marriage
till lately held to be valid. IV.
i. p. 181.

Lay: lodged, resided, dwelt. IV.
i. p. 181.

Lay by the heels: put in the
stocks. V. iv. p. 172.

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Little: "in a—," in brief. II. i. p. 62.

Longing: belonging. I. ii. p. 41. Look for: expect. V. iv. p. 169. Loose: free-spoken, unguarded

in speech. II. i. p. 67. Lop: the smaller boughs and twigs of trees cut off for firewood. I. ii. p. 44. Lose forget. II. i. p. 64. Maiden: mateless. V. V. p. 175. Maidenhead: maidenhood, virginity. II. iii. p. 79. Main: general. IV. i. p. 131. Makings: "royal

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orna.

ments befitting exalted position. IV. i. p. 135. Manage: control. V. iii. p. 161. Mark: an English coin, value

13s. 4d. sterling. V. i. p. 156. Marshalsea: the prison in Southwark, afterwards used as a debtors' prison. V. iv. p. 173. May: can. I. ii. p. 49. Mazed: confusing, bewild ring. II. iv. p. 93.

Mean: means. V. iii. p. 167. Measure: a slow and stately dance. I. iv. p. 61. Memorized: made memorable. III. ii. p. 108.

Mere: absolute. III. ii. p. 123.

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Mistaken: misjudged, mísconstrued. I. i. p. 37.

Mistakes: misunderstands. III. i. p. 101.

140. Moe: more.

Model: image. IV. ii. p. 144. Modest: moderate. V. iii. p. 163. Modesty: moderation. IV. ii. p. III. ii. p. 109. Montacute: Henry Pole, Lord Montacute. I. i. p. 38. Moorfields: the fields, north of the City, where the train bands were exercised. V. iv. p. 170. More: better. II. i. p. 65. Motions: motives. I. i. p. 35. Motley: patched and particoloured. Prologue p. 26. Mounting: lifting. I. ii. p. 49. Moyed you: spoke about the matter. II. iv. p. 94.

Music: musicians. IV. ii. p. 142. Mysteries: fantastic fashions. I. iii. p. 50.

Naughty: wicked, corrupt. V. i. p. 154.

New-trimmed: newly fitted up. I. ii. p. 43.

Noble jury: jury of peers. III. ii. p. 120. (Cf. "Noble one," III. ii. p. 67.)

Not consulting: spontaneously. I. i. p. 32.

Not ever: not always. V. i. p. 154.

Note: notice. I. i. p. 30; information. I. ii. p. 42.

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O': off from. V.iv. p. 173.
Objections: charges,
tions. III. ii. p. 122.
Offer: favourable opportunity.
III. ii. p. 106.

Office: officers, officials. I. i. p.

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Omit: neglect. III. ii. p. 106. Once: 'in a word, once for all.' I. ii. p. 43.

Only dying: dying alone. II. i. p. 65.

Open: "in-," in public. III. ii. p. 127.

Opinion: reputation. Prologue p. 26. (See Notes.) Opposing: exposing. IV. i. p.

134.

Other: otherwise. I. iii. p. 53. Out: here used, idiomatically, to signify at an end.' III. ii. p. 107.

Out of: except. III. ii. p. 106. Outgo: surpass. I. ii. p. 50. Outspeaks: expresses something

beyond (the possessions proper to a subject). III. ii. p. 113. Outworths: exceeds in worth or value. I. i. p. 33. Pain: pains (here used as the French peine = trouble). III. ii. p. 109.

Pales: palings, fence. V. iv. p. 173.

Panging: causing great pain.
II. iii. p. 79.
Paragoned: cited as a model or
paragon. II. iv. p. 95.
Parcels: items. III. ii. p.

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Phoenix: the sexless Arabian bird of which only one was said to exist at a time. It was fabled to perish on a nest of spices fired by the sun, and to rise anew from its own ashes. Here referred to as the prototype of the Virgin Queen who, dying without issue, appointed her successor. V. v. p. 175. Pick: pitch, throw. V. iv. p. 173.

Piece: creation. V. v. p. 175.
Pink'd: pierced with holes.
iv. p. 171.

V.

Pitch: height. II. ii. p. 72. Pity: cause for pity. II. iii. p.

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Powers: peers. II. iv. p. 90. Practice: plot. I. i. p. 37. Præmunire: a writ prohibiting the introduction of a foreign authority into England. III. ii. p. 123. Preferred: promoted. IV. i. p. 136. Presence: presence chamber. III. i. p. 97; king's presence. IV. ii. p. 139. Present: immediate. I. ii. p. 50; "at this," now. V. iii. p.

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Queen it: play the part of queen. II. iii. p. 80.

Raised head: levied an armed force. II. i. p. 67. Range: rank. II. iii. p. 79. Rankness: excess. IV. i. p. 134. Rate: "at such proud. ." of such great value. III. ii. p. 113. Receipt: reception. II. ii. p.

78. Repeat: state, declare. I. ii. p. 40.

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Require: entreat. II. iv. p. 92. Respect: "dear - profound regard. V. iii. p. 166. Rub: check, obstacle. II. i. p.

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Set: seated. III. i. p. 100.
Set on: go forward. II. iv. p.

96. Shot: "loose- 29 irregular marksmen. V. iv. p. 171. Shrewd: knowing. I. iii. p. 50; mischievous, ill-natured. V. iii. p. 168.

Shrouds: sail ropes. IV. i. p.

135.

Sick: prejudiced. I. ii. p. 43; consumed with pride. II. ii. p. 74; feeble. III. i. p. 102. Sign: indicate, display. II. iv.

p. 90. Simony: the crime of trading church preferments. IV. ii. p. 139.

Sincere: pure. I. i. p. 35. Single: sincere. V. iii. p. 161. Slept upon: been blind to the faults of. II. ii. p. 72. Slightly lightly, smoothly. II. iv. p. 90.

Solicited: moved, stirred. I. ii. p. 40. Something: somewhat. I. i. p. 37.

Sometimes: at one time. II. iv. p. 93. Sought: gave occasion for. V. ii. p. 158.

Sound: proclaim. V. ii. p. 158. Sounder: more loyal. III. ii. p. 120.

Spaniard: Spanish court. II. ii. p. 75.

Spanned: measured. I. i. p. 39. Sparing: parsimony, stinginess. I. iii. p. 53.

Spayin: a bone or blood swelling in horses' legs causing lameness. I. iii. p. 51.

Spinsters: spinners. I. ii. p. 41. Spleeny: headstrong. III. ii. p.

111.

Springhalt: a disease causing a horse to jerk up its hind leg or legs. I. iii. p. 51. Stand on: rely upon. V. i. p.

153. State: throne. I. i. p. 40 (Stage direction); canopy. I. iv. p. 54 (Stage direction).

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