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My peace we will begin. And, Caius Lucius,
Although the victor, we submit to Cæsar
And to the Roman empire, promising
To pay our wonted tribute, from the which
We were dissuaded by our wicked queen;
Whom heavens in justice both on her and hers
Have laid most heavy hand.

Sooth. The fingers of the powers above do tune
The harmony of this peace. The vision,
Which I made known to Lucius ere the stroke
Of this yet scarce-cold battle, at this instant
Is full accomplish'd; for the Roman eagle,
From south to west on wing soaring aloft,
Lessen'd herself and in the beams o' the sun
So vanish'd: which foreshow'd our princely eagle,
The imperial Cæsar, should again unite
His favour with the radiant Cymbeline,
Which shines here in the west.

Cym.

Laud we the gods;

And let our crooked smokes climb to their nostrils
From our blest altars. Publish we this peace
To all our subjects. Set we forward: let
A Roman and a British ensign wave

Friendly together: so through Lud's town march;
And in the temple of great Jupiter

Our peace we 'll ratify; seal it with feasts.
Set on there! Never was a war did cease,

Ere bloody hands were wash'd, with such a peace.

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Glossary.

Abode; "desire my man's a.," i.e. bid my servant to stay; I. vi. 53.

Absolute, absolutely certain, positive; IV. ii. 106.

Abuse, deceive; I. vi. 131; IV. ii. 351.

Abused, deceived; I. iv. 120; III. iv. 105.

Act, action, operation; I. v. 22. Action, state, course; V. iv. 150.

Adjourn'd, deferred; V. iv. 78. Admiration, wonder, astonishment; I. iv. 5; I. vi. 38.

veneration and wonder;

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After, according to; IV. ii. 334. After-eye, look after; I. iii. 16. Air's from, air there is away

from; III. iii. 29.

Albeit, although; II. iii. 60. Allow'd, acknowledged; III. iii. 17.

Amazed, confused; IV. iii. 28. Amend, make better; V. v. 216. Ancient, old, aged; V. iii. 15. Andirons, irons at the side of the fire-place; II. iv. 88.

From an Italian specimen formerly in the palace of Count Brancaleone.

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'Bate, beat down, deduct; III. ii. 56.

Bay, bark at; V. v. 223. Beastly, like beasts; III. iii. 40; V. iii. 27.

Becomed, become; V. v. 406. Behalf; "in the clock's b.," i.e. doing the service of a clock; III. ii. 75.

Belch from, vomit from; III. v. 137.

Bent, cast, look; I. i. 13. Beseech, I beseech; I. i. 153. Beseeming, appearance; V. v. 409.

Betid, happened (Folios, "betide"); IV. iii. 40.

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Calves'-guts, fiddle-strings; II. iii. 32.

Capon, perhaps used quibblingly for cap on," i.e. "with a coxcomb"; II. i. 25. Carl, churl, peasant; V. ii. 4. Carriage; "your c.," carrying you off; III. iv. 190. Cased, covered; V. iii. 22. Cave, live in a cave; IV. ii. 138. Cave-keeper, one who lives in a cave; IV. ii. 298.

Century, hundred; IV. ii. 391. Certainty, certain results; IV.

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Cinque-spotted, with five spots; II. ii. 38.

Circumstances, details, particulars; II. iv. 62.

Citizen, cockney-bred, effeminate; IV. ii. 8.

Civil, civilized; III. vi. 23. Clean, altogether; III. vi. 20. Clipp'd, surrounded, encircled; II. iii. 139.

Clipp'd about, embraced; V. v. 451.

Close, secret; III. v. 85. Closet, private chamber; I. v. 84.

Cloth, dress, livery; II. iii. 128. Clotpoll, head; IV. ii. 184. Clouted brogues, hob-nailed boots; IV. ii. 214.

Cloys, strokes with his claws; V. iv. 118.

Cognizance, visible token; II. iv. 127.

Collection of, inference from; V. v. 432.

Colour; "against all c.," contrary to all appearance of right; III. i. 51.

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Colours; "under her c.," i.e. under her banner, by her influence"; I. iv. 20. Comfort, happiness, joy; V. v. 403.

Common-kissing, kissing anything and everything; III. iv. 166.

Companion, fellow (used contemptuously); II. i. 28. Company, accompany; V. v. 408. Comparative for, comparing with; II. iii. 133.

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