ming of it. Mid. N. Dr. i. 2.- What shall you ask of me, that I'll deny; that honour saved, may upon asking give. Tw. Night, iii. 4.. Askance. Thou canst not look askance nor bite the lip As angry wenches will. T. of Shr.

il. I.

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Asketh. The business asketh silent secresy. Hen, vi. i. 2.————) -My business asketh haste. of Shr. ii. 1. Aspect(s). If you will jest with me know my aspéct. Com. of Err. ii. 2.- -Some other mistress hath thy sweet aspects. Ibid. ii. 2.-This aspéct of mine Hath feared1 the valiant. Mer. of Ven. ii. 1.- -That close aspect of his Doth shew the mood of a much-troubled breast. K. John, iv. 2.

-But taking note of thy abhorred aspect. Ibid. Thy sad aspect, Hath from the number of his banished years Plucked four away. Rich. ii. i. 3. -Malevolent to you in all aspects. 1 Hen. iv. i. 1. -Therefore was I created with a stubborn outside, with an aspect of iron, that, when I come to woo ladies, I fright them. Hen. v. v. 2.—Wherefore frowns he thus? 'Tis his aspéct of terror. All's not well. Hen. viii. v. 1.

-There would he anchor his aspect, and die With looking on his life. Ant. & Cleo. i. 5. Get you gone; put on a most importunate aspect, A visage of demand. Tim. of Ath. ii. 1.- -Under the allowance of your grand aspect. Lear, ii. 2. Aspersion. No sweet aspersion2 shall the heavens let fall To make this contract grow. Temp. iv. I. Aspic (s). Have I the aspic in my lips? Ant. & Cleo. v. 2.- -Swell, bosom, with thy fraught, 3 For 'tis of aspics' tongues! Oth. iii. 3.—This is an aspic's trail. Ant. & Cleo. v. 2.

Aspicious. Our watch, Sir, have indeed comprehended two aspicious persons. Much Ado Ab. Noth. iii. 5.

Aspire. Why, Phaeton, for thou art Merops' son, Wilt thou aspire to guide the heavenly car, And with thy daring folly burn the world? Two G. of Ver. iii. 1.

Aspiration. He rises on the toe: that spirit of his In aspiration lifts him from the earth. Troi. & Cress. iv. 5.

Aspired. That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Rom. & Jul. iii. 1.

Aspiring. What! will the aspiring blood of Lancaster Sink in the ground? 3 Hen. vi. v. 6. A-squint. That eye, that told you so, looked but a-squint. Lear, v. 3.

Ass(es). Oh, that he were here to write me down an ass! But, masters, remember that I am an ass; though it be not written down, yet forget not that I am an ass. Much Ado Ab. Noth. iv. 2.Do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that am an ass. Ibid. v.

I.

-What a thrice-double ass Was I, to take this drunkard for a god, and worship this dull post! Temp. v. 1- If thou be'est not an ass, I am a youth of fourteen. All's Well, ii. 3.Page is an ass, a secure ass.5 M. Wives of Wind. ii. 2.—I do begin to perceive that I am made an ass. Ibid. v. 5.- -If thou art changed to

aught, 'tis to an ass-'tis true she rides me and I long for grass. Com. of Err. ii. 2.- I am an ass, indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. Ibid. iv. 4.I think thou art an ass. Ibid. iii. 1.

I see their knavery: this is to make an ass of me. Mid. N. Dr. iii. 1.- You see an ass's head of your own, do you? Ibid.-An ass's now! I fixed upon his head. Ibid. iii. 2.—I am such a tender ass; if my hair do but tickle me, I must scratch. Ibid. iv. 1.- -Methought I was enamoured of an ass. Ibid. -Man is but an ass, if he go about to expound this dream. Ibid.With the help of a surgeon he might yet recover, and prove an ass. Ibid. v. 1.- Asses are made to bear, and so are you. T. of Shr. ii. 1.- -Preposterous ass! Ibid. iii. 1.- -Clown: How now, my hearts! did you never see the picture of "we three?" Sir. Toby: Welcome, ass. Tw. Night, ii. 3.An affectioned ass, that cons state without book, and utters it in great swarths. Ibid.

'Slight, will you make an ass o' me. Ibid. iii. 2.Will you help? an ass-head, and a coxcomb, and a knave,-a thin-faced knave, a gull! Ibid. v. 1.—I was not made a horse, And yet I bear a burthen like an ass. Rich. ii. v. 5.- -By Chesu, he is an ass, as in the 'orld. Hen. v. iii. 2.———İ can't say your worships have delivered the matter well, when I find the ass in compound with the major part of your syllables. Cor. ii. 1.-He shall but bear them as the ass bears gold. Ful. Cæs. iv. 1.If there be Such valour in the bearing, what make we Abroad? why then, women are more valiant That stay at home, if bearing carry it; And the ass more captain than the lion. Tim. of Ath. iii. 5.- -If thou wert the ass, thy dulness would torment thee. Ibid. iv. 3. Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for your dull ass will not mend his pace with beating. Hamlet, v. I. -What a thing it is to be an ass. Tit. And. iv. 2.-That such a crafty devil as his mother Should yield the world this ass. Cymb. ii. 1.-May not an ass know when the cart draws the horse? Lear, i. 4.-Thy asses are gone about 'em. Ibid. i. 5. -And will as tenderly be led by the noses as asses are. Oth. i. 3. Make the Moor thank me, love me, and reward me For making him egregiously an ass. Ibid. ii. 1.

Assail (ed). Here in the parliament, Let us assail the family of York. 3 Hen. vi. i. 1.-Let us once again assail your ears. Hamlet, i. 1.What lady would you choose to assail? Cymb. i. 5. I have assailed her with music, but she vouchsafes no notice. Ibid. ii. 4.- But he assails and our virginity, though valiant, in the defence yet is weak. All's Well, i. 1. Assailable. There's comfort yet, They are assailable. Macb. iii. 2.

Assailant (s). For thy assailant is quick, skilful, and deadly. Tw. Night, iii. 4.- So shall we pass along, And never stir assailants. As You Like It, i. 3.

Assassination. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success. Macb. i. 7.

1 A swath or swarth, is so much grass as a mower cuts down with one swoop of his scythe.

2 If the assassination could tie up the consequences of it, and along with its conclusion, catch success.

3 Success succession. The meaning is, if the murder I (Macbeth) contemplate could remove also the dangerous consequences of the act, and catch, as soon as carried out, whatever might issue from it.

Assault. I will make a complimental assault upon him. Troi. & Cress. iii. 1. Assay (ed). What an unweighed behaviour hath this Flemish drunkard picked out of my conversation, that he dares in this manner assay me? M. Wives of Wind. ii. 1. -Assay the power you have. Mea. for Mea. i. 4.

-He hath made an assay of her virtue. Ibid. iii. 1. Till I have brought him to his wits again, Or lose my labour in assaying it. Com. of Err. v. I. Let us assay our plot. All's Well, iii. 7: Their malady convinces The great assay of art. Macb. iv. 3.I will assay thee; so defend thyself. 1 Hen. iv. v. 4.- -I would assay, proud queen, to make thee blush. 3 Hen. vi. i. 4. Let us make the assay upon him. Tim. of Ath. iv. 3.And thus do we of wisdom and of reach, With windlaces and with assays of bias.1 Hamlet, ii. 1. -Never more to give The assay of arms, against your majesty. Ibid. ii. 2.-Did you assay him to any pastime? Ibid. iii. 1.- -This cannot be, by no assay of reason. Oth. i. 3.1 What if we assayed to steal The clownish fool out of your father's court? As You Like It, i. 3. -The rebels have assayed to win the tower. 2 Hen. vi. iv. 5.

Assemblance. Care I for the limbs, the thews, the statute, bulk, and big assemblance 2 of a man? 2 Hen. iv. iii. 2.

Assemblies. And held in idle price to haunt assemblies. Mea. for Mea. i. 3. Assign(s). I pray your highness to assign Our trial day. Rich. ii. i. 1.- -Against the which he has imponed, as I take it, six French rapiers and poniards, with their assigns, as girdle, hangers, and so. Hamlet, v. 2.

Assinego. An assinego3 may tutor thee. Troi. & Cress. ii. 1.

Assistants. Neither allied To eminent assistants. Hen. viii. i. 1.

Associate. Going to find a bare-foot brother out, one of our order to associate me. Rom. & Jul. v. 2.

Assubjugate.

No, this thrice worthy and right valiant lord Must not so stale his palm, nobly acquired; Nor, by my will, assubjugate his merit. Troi. & Cress. ii. 3.

Assume. Assume a virtue if you have it not. Hamlet, iii. 4.

Assurance. I'll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate. Macb. iv. 1.

A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man. Hamlet, iii. 4.- -They are sheep and calves that seek out assurance in that. Ibid. v. I. Jealousy shall be called assurance. Much Ado Ab. Noth. ii. 2.

-My father is here looked for every day Το pass assurance of a dower in marriage "Twixt me and one Baptista's daughter here. T. of Shr. iv. 2. And such assurance ta'en As shall with either part's agreement stand. Ibid. iv. 4. Expect they are busied about a counterfeit assurance, take you assurance of her. Ibid. -Give me modest assurance, if you be the lady of the house. Tw. Night, i. 5.-She adds, moreover, that you should put your lord into a

desperate assurance she will none of him. Ibid. ii. 2. By this knot thou shalt so surely tie Thy own unsured assurance to the crown. K. John, ii. 2.-He said, Sir, you should procure him better assurance. 2 Hen. iv. I. 2.Assurance bless your thoughts! Tim. of Ath. ii. 2. Assured. This drudge, or diviner, laid claim to me; called me Dromio; swore I was assured to her. Com. of Err. iii. 2.-I am well assured That I did so when I was first assured.1 K. John.

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Assyrian. O base Assyrian knight, what is thy news? 2 Hen. iv. v. 3.-We will come to them, And make them skirr away, as swift as stones Enforced from the old Assyrian slings. Hen. v. iv. 7. Astonished. Enough, Captain, you have astonished him. Hen. v. 5. 1.- Beauteous Margaret hath astonished me. 1 Hen. vi. v. 5. Astræa's. Divinest creature-Astræa's daughter. 1 Hen. vi. i. 6. 'twere

not

Astray. Nay in that you are astray, best pound you. Two G. of Ver. i. 1. — Lead these testy rivals so astray As one come within another's way. Mid. N. Dr. iii. 2. Astronomer. When he performs astronomers foretell it. Troi. & Cress. v. 1.-O learned, indeed, were that astronomer That knew the stars as I his characters. Cymb. iii. 2. Atalanta.

Atalanta's better part.2 As You Like It, iii. 2.-You have a nimble wit: I think 'twas made of Atalanta's heels. Ibid. Ate. You shall find her the infernal Até in good apparel. Much Ado Ab. Noth. ii. 1. -An Até, stirring him to blood and strife. K. John, ii. 1. -And Cæsar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Até by his side come hot from hell. Jul. Cæs. iii. I. -More Atés, more Atés; stir them on, stir them on. Love's L. Lost, v. 2. Athenian. Come, good Athenian. Lear, iii. 4. Athens. The commonwealth of Athens is become A forest of beasts. Tim. of Ath. iv. 3. Athwart. The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart Goes all decorum. Mea. for Mea. i. 3.

-Whatsoever comes athwart his affection ranges evenly with mine. Much Ado Ab. Noth. ii. 2.

-Nor never lay his wreathed arms athwart. Love's L. Lost, iv. 3. He writes brave verses, speaks brave words, swears brave oaths and breaks them bravely, quite traverse, athwart the heart of his lover. As You Like It, iii. 4.- -When all athwart, there came a post from Wales loaden with heavy news. 1 Hen. iv. i. 1.-Heave him away upon your wingèd thoughts Athwart the sea. Hen. v. v. (Chorus).

Atlas. Thou art no Atlas for so great a weight. 3 Hen. vi. v. 1. -Do bravely, horse! for wott'st thou whom thou mov'st? The demi-Atlas of this earth. Ant. & Cleo. i. 5.

Atomy, Atomies. It is as easy to count atomies as to resolve the propositions of a lover. As You Like It, iii. 2- Drawn with a team of little atomies, Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep. Rom. & Jul. i. 4. -Thou atomy 3 thou. Hen. iv. v. 4.

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Justice design the victor's chivalry. Rich. ii. i. 1. He and Aufidius can no more atone Than violentest contrariety. Cor. iv. 6.To atone your fears with my more noble meaning.1 Tim. of Ath. v. 4.-I was glad I did atone my countryman and you. Cymb. i. 4.-I would do much to atone them.2 Oth. iv. 1. Atonement (s). To make atonements and compromises. M. Wives of Wind. i. 1.-If we do now make our atonement well, Our peace will, like a broken limb united, Grow stronger for the breaking. 2 Hen. iv. iv. 1. -He desires to make atonement betwixt the Duke of Gloucester and your brothers. Rich. iii. i. 3. Atropos. Why, then, let grievous, ghastly, gaping wounds Untwine the Sisters Three! Come, Atropos, I say! 3 2 Hen. iv. ii. 4. Attach(ed). Either consent to pay this sum for me, Or I attach you by this officer. Com. of Err. iv. 1.Then, homeward, every man attach the hand Of his fair mistress. Love's L. Lost, iv. 3.Bohemia greets you from himself by me; Desires you to attach his son, who has-His dignity and duty both cast off-Fled from his father, from his hopes, and with A shepherd's daughter. Wint. Tale, v. 1.- But if I could, by Him that gave me life, I would attach you all. Rich. ii. ii. 3.

-Go, some of you, whoe'er you find attach. Rom. & Jul. v. 3.—I cannot blame thee, Who am myself attached with weariness. Temp. iii. 3. Attaint (ed). What simple thief brags of his own attaint? Com. of Err. iii. 2.- -Nor doth he dedicate one jot of colour Unto the weary and allwatched night, But freshly looks and over-bears attaint, With cheerful semblance and sweet majesty. Hen. v. iv. (Chorus).—My father was attached, not attainted. 1 Hen. vi. ii. 4. -My tender youth was never yet attaint With any passion of inflaming love. Ibid. v. 5.-Nor any man an attaint, but he carries some stain of it. Troi. & Cress. i. 2.

Attainture. Hume's knavery will be the duchess' wreck, And her attainture will be Humphrey's fall. 2 Hen. vi. i. 2.

Attempt (s). Neither my coat, integrity, nor my persuasion can with ease attempt you. Mea. for Mea. iv. 2.-Impossible be strange attempts to those That weigh their pains in sense. All's Well, i. 1. -I'll stay at home, And pray God's blessing into thy attempt. Ibid. i. 3.-The attempt, and not the deed, confounds us :-Hark! Macb. ii. 1. Such poor, such bare, such lewd, such mean attempts. 1 Hen. iv. iii. 2. Attemptable. Constant, qualified, and less attemptable than any the rarest of our ladies in France. Cymb. i. 4.

Attend(ed). Dost thou attend me? Temp. i. 2.

-Noport is free; no place, That guard, and most unusual vigilance, Does not attend my taking. Lear, ii. 3.-The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, When neither is attended. Mer. of Ven. v. 1.I am attended at the cypress grove. Cor.

V. 2.- -Why might not you, my lord, receive attendance From those that she calls servants, or from mine? Lear, ii. 4.

Attendants. You tempt the fury of my three attendants, Lean famine, quartering steel, and climbing fire. 1 Hen, vi. iv. 2.

Attire(s). He hath some meaning in his mad attire. T. of Shr. iii. 2.- -What are these, So withered, and so wild in their attire? Macb. i. 3.—I'll shew thee some attires. Much Ado Ab. Noth. ill. I. -Go, fetch my best attires. Ant. & Cleo. v. 2. Attired. I am so attired in wonder, I know not what to say. Much Ado Ab. Noth. iv. 1. Why art thou thus attired, Andronicus. Tit. And.

V. 3.

Attorney(s). I will attend my husband, be his nurse, Diet his sickness, for it is my office, And will have no attorney but myself. Com. of Err, V. I.---Orl. Then in mine own person I die. Rosa.: No, faith, die by attorney. As You Like It, iv. 1.—I am a subject, And I challenge law attorneys are denied me; And therefore personally I lay my claim To my inheritance of free descent. Rich ii. ii. 3.As fit as ten groats is for the hand of an attorney. All's Well, ii. 2.—I could be well content To be mine own attorney in this case. 1 Hen. vi. v. 3.-Windy attorneys to their client woes. Rich. iii. iv. 4. -Therefor e dear mother, I must call you so,-Be the attorney of my love to her. Ibid.- -I, by attorney, bless thee from thy mother. Ibid. v. 3.

Attorneyed. I am still attorneyed at your service. Mea. for Mea. v. 1. Their encounters, though not personal, have been royally attorneyed. Wint. Tale, i. 1.

Attraction(s). Setting the attraction of my good parts aside, I have no other charms. M. Wives of Wind. ii. 2.-She, questionless, with her sweet harmony And other chosen attractions, would allure. Pericles, v. 1.

Attribute(s). Much attribute he hath, and much the reason Why we ascribe it to him. Troi. & Cress. ii. 3. -No, sir, Helen: could you not find out that by her attributes? Ibid. iii. 1. Attribution. Such attribution should the Douglas have. 1 Hen. iv. iv. I. Audacious. Audacious without impudency. Love's L. Lost, v. 1.- -Away with that audacious lady! Wint. Tale, ii. 3. Audacity. Arm me, audacity, from head to foot. Cymb. i. 6.

Audience. You yourself have of your audience been most free and bounteous. Hamlet, i. 3. Audit. To make their audit at your highness' pleasure. Macb. i. 6. You have scarce time Tosteal from spiritual leisure a brief span To keep your earthly audit. Hen. viii. iii. 2.-Yet I can make my audit up. Cor. i. 1.- If you will take this audit, take this life And cancel these cold bonds. Cymb. v. 4. And how his audit stands, who knows, save Heaven? Hamlet,

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attended thee. Cymb. i. 6.

Attendance. To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasures, And at the door. Hen. viii.

iii. 1.I heard him tell it to one of his company last night at supper; a kind of auditor. 1 Hen. iv. ii. 1.If you suspect my husbandry or falsehood, Call me before the exactest auditors And set me on the proof. Tim. of Ath. ii. 2. Auger-hole. What should be spoken here, where our fate, Hid in an auger-hole, may rush and seize us? Macb. ii. 2.

Aught. If your love Can labour aught in sad

invention. Much Ado Ab. Noth. v. 1. If you know aught which does behove my knowledge thereof to be informed, imprison it not. Wint. Tale, i. 2. He for his father's sake, so loves the prince That he will not be won to aught against him. Rich. iii. iii. 1. Hadst thou been aught but gossamer, feathers, air, So many fathom down precipitating, Thou'dst shivered like an egg. Lear, iv. 6.- -Nothing extenuate, Nor set down aught in malice. Oth. v. 2. Augre's bore. Your temples burned in their cement, and Your franchises, whereon you stood, confined Into an augre's bore. Cor. iv. 6. Augurer(s). The augurer tells me we shall have news to night. Cor. ii. 1.-The augurers Say they know not,-they cannot tell; look grimly, And dare not speak their knowledge. Ant. & Cleo. iv. 12. -O sir, you are too augurer; That you did fear is done.

V. 2.

sure an Ibid.

Augurs. They say, blood will have blood: Stones have been known to move, and trees to speak; Augurs, and understood relations,1 have By magot-pies, and choughs, and rooks brought forth The secret'st man of blood. Macb. iii. 4. Augury. Not a whit, we defy augury; there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. Hamlet, v. 2.- -If my augury deceive me not. Two G. of Ver. iv. 4.

Aunt (s). The wisest aunt, telling the saddest tale. Mid. N. Dr. ii. 1.The lark that tirra lirra chants,-With hey! With hey! the thrush and the jay, Are summer-songs for me and my aunts, While we lie tumbling in the hay. Wint. Tale, iv. 2.

Auricular. I will place you where you shall hear us confer of this, and by an auricular assurance have your satisfaction. Lear, i. 2. Aurora. Yonder shines Aurora's harbinger. Mid. N. Dr. iii. 2.

Austerely. Might'st thou perceive austerely in his eye That he did plead in earnest? Com. of Err. iv. 2.

Austerity. Hold your own, in any case, With such austerity as 'longeth to a father. T. of Shr. iv. 4.

Authentic. You are. authentic in your place and person. M. Wives of Wind. ii. 2.

Of all the learned and authentic fellows. All's Well, ii. 3.How could communities, Degrees in schools, and brotherhoods in cities, Peaceful commérce from dividable shores, The primogenitive and due of birth, Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, But by degree, stand in authentic place? Troi. & Cress. i. 3. Author. Oh thou, the earthly author of my blood. Rich. ii. i. 3.—I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand, As if a man were author of himself, And knew no other kin. Cor. v. 3.

Authority (ies). Upon his place, And with full line of his authority, Governs Lord Angelo. Mea. for Mea. i. 4.- Thus can the demigod Authority Make us pay down for our offence by weight. Ibid. i. 2.- -Authority, tho' it err like others, Hath yet a kind of medicine in itself, That skins the vice o' the top. Ibid. ii. 2.- -Man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority,Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence,-like an angry ape, Plays such

fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep. Ibid. For my authority rears of such a credent bulk, That no particular scandal once can touch,1 But it confounds the breather. Ibid. iv. 4. -Though authority be a stubborn bear, Yet he is oft led by the nose with gold. Wint. Tale, iv. 3. Our authority is his consent. 2 Hen. vi. iii. 1. - Authority melts from me. Ant. & Cleo. iii. 13.-What authority surfeits on would relieve us. Cor.

I.- -Or let us stand to our authority, Or let us lose it. Ibid. iii. 1.My soul aches To know, when two authorities are up, Neither supreme, how soon confusion may enter 'twixt the gap of both, and take The one by the other. Ibid. Idle old man That still would manage those authorities that he has given away. Lear, i. 3.There thou might'st behold the great image of authority: a dog's obeyed in office. Ibid. iv. 6. Autumn. An autumn 'twas that grew the more by reaping. Ant. & Cleo. v. 2.

Avail(s). Howe'er, I charge thee, As heaven shall work in me for thine avail, To tell me truly. All s Well, i. 3.-When better fall, for your avails they fell. Ibid. iii. 1. Avarice. There grows In my most ill-composed affection such A staunchless avarice. Macb. iv. 3.

Avaunt. Rogues, hence, avaunt! M. Wives of Wind. i. 3.Avaunt, thou witch! Com. of Err. iv. 3. Avaunt perplexity! Love's L. Lost. v. 2. -Avaunt, thou hateful villain! get thee gone. K. John, iv. 3.- Peasant, avaunt! 1 Hen. vi. v. 5.- Avaunt, thou dreadful minister of hell! Rich. iii. i. 2.- -After this process, To give her the avaunt! it is a pity Would move a monster. Hen. viii. ii. 3. Traitors avaunt! where is the emperor's guard? Tit. And. i. 2.-Avaunt, you curs! Lear, iii. 6. Hence, avaunt! Oth. iv. 1. Ave-Maries. But all his mind is bent to holiness, To number Ave-Maries on his beads. 2 Hen. vi. i. 3. Shall we go throw away our coats of steel, And wrap our bodies in black mourning gowns, Numbering our Ave-Maries with our beads? 3 Hen. vi. ii. 1.

Avenged. If God will be avenged for the deed, O know you yet he doth it publicly. Rich. iii. i. 4.

Averring. Averring notes Of chamber-hanging, pictures, this her bracelet. Cymb. v. 5. Avert. Therefore, beseech you, To avert your liking a more worthier way. Lear, i. 1. Aves. I do not relish well Their loud applause and avès vehement. Mea. for Mea. i. 1. Avoid (ed). Well done; avoid; no more! Temp. iv. 1. Hence, and avoid my sight. Lear, i. 1. He will avoid your accusation. Mea. for Mea. iii. 1.- -Satan, avoid! I charge thee, tempt me not! Com. of Err. iv. 3. False fiend, avoid. 2 Hen. vi. i. 4.- Thou basest thing, avoid! Cymb. i. 2.- What cannot be avoided, "Twere childish weakness to lament or fear. Hen. vi. v. 4. -What can be avoided Whose end is purposed by the mighty gods? Jul. Cæs. ii. 2.

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speak, and I avouch 'tis true. M. Wives of Wind. ii. 1.You will think you have made no offence, if the duke avouch the justice of your dealing. Mea. for Mea, iv. 2.- -I'll avouch it to his head. Mid. N. Dr. i. 1.- -And in the stocks avouch it. Wint. Tale, iv. 2. -This avouches the shepherd's son. Ibid. -If this which he avouches does appear, There is no flying hence nor tarrying here. Macb. v. 5.—I could With bare-faced power sweep him from my sight, And bid my will avouch it. Ibid. iii. 1. Dare not [you] avouch in your deeds any of your words. Hen. V. V. I. Put off your maiden blushes; avouch the thoughts of your heart with the looks of an empress. Ibid. v. 2. — What I have said I will avouch. Rich. iii. i. 3. -I dare avouch it, sir. Lear, ii. 4.—I might not this believe Without the sensible and true avouch Of mine own eyes. Hamlet, i. 1.

Awake (d). It is required you do awake your faith. Wint. Tale, v. 3.-'Tis such as you That creep like shadows by him, and do sigh At each his needless heavings, such as you Nourish the cause of his awaking. Ibid. ii. 3. -But being awake I do despise my dream. 2 Hen.

-We

-She

iv. v. 5. My master is awaked by great occasion To call upon his own. Tim. of Ath. ii. 2. Awards. The court awards it, and the law doth give it. Mer. of Ven. iv. 1. Away. Trudge, plod away o' the hoof; seek shelter, pack! M. Wives of Wind. i. 3. must away all night. 1 Hen. iv. iv. 2. could never away with me. 2 Ibid. iii. 2. Awe. For my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself. Jul. Cæs. i. 2.-Shall quips and sentences, and these paper bullets of the brain, awe a man from the career of his humour? Much Ado Ab. Noth. ii. 3. Now by my sceptre's awe I make a vow. Rich. ii. i. 1.

Aweary. For Cassius is aweary of the world. Jul. Cæs. iv. 3. -Are you a weary of me? Troi. & Cress. iv. 2.

Awful. Thrust from the company of awful men,1 Two G. of Ver. iv. 1.- -We come within our awful banks again. 2 Hen. iv. iv. 1.-For thou shalt know this strong right hand of mine Can

B. Fair as a text B in a copy book. Love's L. Lost, v. 2.

Babble (d). Babble shall not henceforth trouble me. Two G. of Ver. i. 2. -For the watch to babble and talk is most tolerable and not to be endured. Much Ado Ab. Noth. iii. 3.-His nose was as sharp as a pen, and a' babbled of green fields.2 Hen. v. ii. 3.

Babbling. And make the babbling gossip of the
air Cry out "Olivia!' Tw. Night, i. 5.
Babe (s). A daughter, and a goodly babe,
Lusty, and like to live. Wint. Tale, ii. 2.-
So Holy Writ in babes hath judgment shown
When judges have been babes. All's Well, ii. 1.
-Here is the babe as loathsome as a toad.

Tit. And. iv. 2.— -Finger of birth-strangled babe,
Ditch-delivered by a drab. Macb. iv. I.-

pluck the diadem from faint Henry's head, And wring the awful sceptre from his fist. 3 Hen. vi. ii. 1.

Awkward. And twice by awkward wind from England's bank Drove back again unto my native clime. 2 Hen, vi. iii. 2.

Awl (all). Imeddle with no tradesmen's matters, nor woman's matters, but with awl. Jul. Cæs. i. 1. Awry. You pluck my foot awry. T. of Shr. iv. I. -Looking awry upon your lord's departure. Rich. ii. ii. 2.Ah Nell, forbear, thou aimest all awry. 2 Hen. vi. ii. 4.

Axe(s). Nor stir at nothing, till the axe of death Hang over thee as, sure, it shortly will. 2 Hen. vi. ii. 4.We set the axe to thy usurping root. 3 Hen. vi. ii. 2. Whilst your great goodness, out of holy pity, Absolved him with an axe. Hen. viii. iii. 2.

Axle. Strong as the axle-tree on which heaven rides. Troi. & Cress. i. 3.

Ay(e). Whiles you, doing thus, To the perpetual wink for aye might put This ancient morsel, this Sir Prudence, who Should not upbraid our course. Temp. ii. 1. To say " ay and " no to everything that I said !-" Ay" and "no," too, was no good divinity. Lear, iv. 6.-I am come To bid my king and master aye good night. Ibid. v. 3. This world is not for

aye.

Hamlet, iii. 2.- -For aye to be in shady cloister mewed, To live a barren sister all your life. Mid. N. Dr. i. 1.—Or on Diana's altar to protest For aye austerity and single life. Ibid. i. 1.-At whose approach, ghosts.. Wilfully themselves exile from light, And must for aye consort with black browed night. Ibid. iii. 2.Let this pernicious hour Stand aye accursed in the calendar. Macb. iv. 1.Thy saints for aye be crowned with plagues. Tim. of Ath. v. 1.- -Yet rich conceit Taught thee to make vast Neptune weep for aye On thy low grave. Ibid. v. 5.-To feed for aye her lamp and flames of love. Troi. & Cress. iii. 2. Azured. I have bedimmed The noontide sun, called forth the mutinous winds, And 'twixt the green sea and the azured vault Set roaring war. Temp. v. I.

Old fools are babes again. Lear, i. 3. -Those that do teach young babes, Do it with gentle means and easy tasks. Oth. iv. 2. Baboon(s). Élse you had looked through the grate like a geminy of baboons. M. Wives of Wind. ii. 2. Cool it with a baboon's blood. Macb. iv. 1.-I would change my humanity with a baboon. Oth. i. 3.

Baby. Dost thou not see my baby at my breast, That sucks the nurse asleep? Ant. & Cleo. 2. V. -Think yourself a baby. Hamlet, i. 3.

-The baby beats the nurse, and quite athwart Goes all decorum. Mea. for Mea. i. 3.-You'll kiss me hard, and speak to me as if I were a baby still. Wint. Tàle, ii. 1.

Baccare. Baccare! you are marvellous forward. T. of Shr. ii. 1.

"A cant exclamation," says Dyer, "of doubtful etymology, signifying 'go back." It is probably a bit of olden slang. Compare John Heywood's epigrams :"Backare,' quoth Mortimer to his son ;

Went that son back at that bidding, trow you?"
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