A SHAKESPEARE INDEX

Abstract

A.—( a ) “A goodly portly man, and a corpulent” First Part of Henry the Fourth.—( b ) This particle omitted in exclamatory passages, e. g., “What dish o' poison,” Twelfth Night; “What fool is she,” Two Gent, of Verona; “What night is this,” Julius Caesar, c” a poor thousand. As You Like It.—( d ) Understood . “I am dog,” Twelfth Night.—( e ) He. Much Ado about Nothing.—( f ) “Such a worthy a mistress,” Two Gent, of Verona. A aron .—A Moor. Titus Andronicus. A bate .—( a ) To cast down or deject the mind. Coriolanus, 149.—( b ) To contract or cut short. Midsummer Night's Dream.—( c ) To rebate. Richard the Third. A bay .—Venus and Adonis, 64. A. B. C.— A spelling-book. Two Gentlemen of Verona. A. B. C.-BOOK.—A Catechism. King John, 215, or a spelling-book including a catechism. A bel .—First Part of Henry the Sixth. A bergavenny (L ord ).—Henry the Eighth. A bhominable .—Love's Labour's Lost. A bhor .—To protest against solemnly. An old term of canon law. Henry the Eighth, 388. A bhorred .—Disgusted. Hamlet. A bhorring .—Being abhorred and loathed. Antony and Cleopatra. A bhorson .—An executioner. Measure for Measure. A bide .—( a ) Abide upon it. Winter's Tale, i. 2.—( b ) Sojourn. Winter's Tale, iv. 2.—( c ) To aby. Midsummer Night's Dream, 269.