Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW I.ii.29 | But on us both did haggish age steal on, | But on vs both did haggish Age steale on, |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.198 | title age cannot bring thee. | title age cannot bring thee. |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.232 | thee, in what motion age will give me leave. | thee, in what motion age will giue me leaue. |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW II.iii.238 | pity of his age than I would have of – I'll beat him an if | pittie of his age then I would haue of------ Ile beate him, and if |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW III.iv.41 | My heart is heavy and mine age is weak; | My heart is heauie, and mine age is weake, |
All's Well That Ends Well | AW V.iii.162 | I am her mother, sir, whose age and honour | I am her Mother sir, whose age and honour |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC I.iii.57 | Though age from folly could not give me freedom, | Though age from folly could not giue me freedom |
Antony and Cleopatra | AC II.ii.240 | Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale | Age cannot wither her, nor custome stale |
As You Like It | AYL II.iii.42 | And unregarded age in corners thrown. | And vnregarded age in corners throwne, |
As You Like It | AYL II.iii.45 | Be comfort to my age. Here is the gold; | Be comfort to my age: here is the gold, |
As You Like It | AYL II.iii.52 | Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, | Therefore my age is as a lustie winter, |
As You Like It | AYL II.vii.133 | Oppressed with two weak evils, age and hunger, | Opprest with two weake euils, age, and hunger, |
As You Like It | AYL II.vii.158 | And so he plays his part; the sixth age shifts | And so he playes his part. The sixt age shifts |
As You Like It | AYL III.ii.128 | Buckles in his sum of age; | buckles in his summe of age. |
As You Like It | AYL IV.i.95 | and the foolish chroniclers of that age found it was ‘Hero | and the foolish Chronoclers of that age, found it was Hero |
As You Like It | AYL IV.iii.105 | Under an oak, whose boughs were mossed with age | Vnder an old Oake, whose bows were moss'd with age |
As You Like It | AYL V.i.20 | A ripe age. Is thy name William? | A ripe age: Is thy name William? |
The Comedy of Errors | CE II.i.89 | Hath homely age the alluring beauty took | Hath homelie age th' alluring beauty tooke |
The Comedy of Errors | CE V.i.330 | I see thy age and dangers make thee dote. | I see thy age and dangers make thee dote. |
Coriolanus | Cor II.ii.96 | Was brow-bound with the oak. His pupil age | Was Brow-bound with the Oake. His Pupill age |
Coriolanus | Cor IV.vi.52 | Within my age. But reason with the fellow | Within my Age. But reason with the fellow |
Coriolanus | Cor V.ii.103 | with your age! I say to you, as I was said to, Away! | with your age. I say to you, as I was said to, Away. |
Coriolanus | Cor V.iii.148 | To the ensuing age abhorred.’ Speak to me, son. | To th' insuing Age, abhorr'd. Speake to me Son: |
Cymbeline | Cym I.ii.64.1 | A year's age on me! | A yeares age on mee. |
Cymbeline | Cym III.iii.32 | With your stiff age; but unto us it is | With your stiffe Age; but vnto vs, it is |
Cymbeline | Cym IV.ii.199 | Have skipped from sixteen years of age to sixty: | Haue skipt from sixteene yeares of Age, to sixty: |
Cymbeline | Cym V.v.320 | Assumed this age: indeed a banished man, | Assum'd this age: indeed a banish'd man, |
Hamlet | Ham II.i.114 | By heaven, it is as proper to our age | It seemes it is as proper to our Age, |
Hamlet | Ham II.ii.66 | That so his sickness, age, and impotence | That so his Sicknesse, Age, and Impotence |
Hamlet | Ham III.ii.23 | scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the | Scorne her owne Image, and the verie Age and Bodie of the |
Hamlet | Ham III.iv.69 | You cannot call it love. For at your age | You cannot call it Loue: For at your age, |
Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.28 | Stood challenger, on mount, of all the age | Stood Challenger on mount of all the Age |
Hamlet | Ham IV.vii.79 | Than settled age his sables and his weeds, | |
Hamlet | Ham V.i.71 | But age with his stealing steps | But Age with his stealing steps |
Hamlet | Ham V.i.137 | Horatio, this three years I have took note of it, the age | Horatio, these three yeares I haue taken note of it, the Age |
Hamlet | Ham V.ii.186 | know the drossy age dotes on, only got the tune of the | know the drossie age dotes on; only got the tune of the |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 I.iii.249 | ‘ Look, when his infant fortune came to age,’ | Looke when his infant Fortune came to age, |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.93 | Adam to the pupil age of this present twelve o'clock at | Adam, to the pupill age of this present twelue a clock at |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 II.iv.414 | think, his age some fifty, or by'r lady inclining to three score. | thinke, his age some fiftie, or (byrlady) inclining to threescore; |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 III.iii.186 | find one that can steal well? O for a fine thief of the age | finde one that can steale well? O, for a fine theefe |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 IV.i.2 | In this fine age were not thought flattery, | In this fine Age, were not thought flatterie, |
Henry IV Part 1 | 1H4 V.i.92 | To grace this latter age with noble deeds. | To grace this latter Age with Noble deeds. |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.97 | past your youth, have yet some smack of age in you, | past your youth) hath yet some smack of age in you: |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.174 | to man, as the malice of this age shapes them, are | to man (as the malice of this Age shapes them) are |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.182 | the characters of age? Have you not a moist eye, a dry | the Charracters of age? Haue you not a moist eye? a dry |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 I.ii.231 | man can no more separate age and covetousness than 'a | man can no more separate Age and Couetousnesse, then he |
Henry IV Part 2 | 2H4 IV.iv.46 | As force perforce the age will pour it in, | As force, perforce, the Age will powre it in) |
Henry V | H5 I.i.15 | And, to relief of lazars and weak age, | And to reliefe of Lazars, and weake age |
Henry V | H5 III.vi.79 | age, or else you may be marvellously mistook. | age, or else you may be maruellously mistooke. |
Henry V | H5 IV.iii.44 | He that shall see this day, and live old age, | He that shall see this day, and liue old age, |
Henry V | H5 V.ii.227 | the better I shall appear. My comfort is, that old age, | the better I shall appeare. My comfort is, that Old Age, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.1 | Kind keepers of my weak decaying age, | Kind Keepers of my weake decaying Age, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.6 | Nestor-like aged in an age of care, | Nestor-like aged, in an Age of Care, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 II.v.108 | Might but redeem the passage of your age! | Might but redeeme the passage of your Age. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.54 | Becomes it thee to taunt his valiant age | Becomes it thee to taunt his valiant Age, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 III.ii.89 | Fitter for sickness and for crazy age. | Fitter for sicknesse, and for crasie age. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.4 | When sapless age and weak unable limbs | When saplesse Age, and weake vnable limbes |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.v.46 | My age was never tainted with such shame. | My Age was neuer tainted with such shame. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.12 | Of bold-faced victory. Then leaden age, | Of bold-fac't Victorie. Then Leaden Age, |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 IV.vi.35 | Tomorrow I shall die with mickle age. | To morrow I shall dye with mickle Age. |
Henry VI Part 1 | 1H6 V.v.63 | An age of discord and continual strife? | An Age of discord and continuall strife, |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.164 | He being of age to govern of himself? | He being of age to gouerne of himselfe. |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 I.i.188 | Warwick, my son, the comfort of my age, | Warwicke my sonne, the comfort of my age, |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.18 | Ah, Humphrey, this dishonour in thine age | Ah Humfrey, this dishonor in thine age, |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 II.iii.21 | Sorrow would solace, and mine age would ease. | Sorrow would sollace, and mine Age would ease. |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.10 | O miserable age! Virtue is not regarded in | O miserable Age: Vertue is not regarded in |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 IV.ii.136 | Became a bricklayer when he came to age. | Became a Bricklayer, when he came to age. |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.170 | And shame thine honourable age with blood? | And shame thine honourable Age with blood? |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.i.174 | That bows unto the grave with mickle age. | That bowes vnto the graue with mickle age. |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.ii.47 | The silver livery of advised age, | The Siluer Liuery of aduised Age, |
Henry VI Part 2 | 2H6 V.iii.31 | Shall be eternized in all age to come. | Shall be eterniz'd in all Age to come. |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.ii.162 | Had slipped our claim until another age. | Had slipt our Claime, vntill another Age. |
Henry VI Part 3 | 3H6 II.v.88 | O, pity, God, this miserable age! | O pitty God, this miserable Age! |
Henry VIII | H8 III.ii.456 | I served my King, He would not in mine age | I seru'd my King: he would not in mine Age |
Henry VIII | H8 IV.ii.67 | And, to add greater honours to his age | And to adde greater Honors to his Age |
Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.149 | That he is grown so great? Age, thou art shamed! | That he is growne so great? Age, thou art sham'd. |
Julius Caesar | JC I.ii.151 | When went there by an age, since the great flood, | When went there by an Age, since the great Flood, |
Julius Caesar | JC III.i.93 | Rushing on us, should do your age some mischief. | Rushing on vs, should do your Age some mischiefe. |
Julius Caesar | JC III.i.163 | The choice and master spirits of this age. | The Choice and Master Spirits of this Age. |
Julius Caesar | JC V.i.94 | Lovers in peace, lead on our days to age! | Louers in peace, leade on our dayes to age. |
King Edward III | E3 II.i.309 | Far be it from the honour of my age | Far be it from the honor of my age, |
King Edward III | E3 II.i.311 | Age is a cynic, not a flatterer. | Age is a cyncke, not a flatterer, |
King Edward III | E3 III.iii.127 | Time hath engraved deep characters of age? | Time hath ingraud deep caracters of age: |
King Edward III | E3 III.iv.37 | Than one, to comfort our declining age. | Then one to comfort our declyning age. |
King John | KJ IV.i.60 | Ah, none but in this iron age would do it! | Ah, none but in this Iron Age, would do it: |
King Lear | KL I.i.39 | To shake all cares and business from our age, | To shake all Cares and Businesse from our Age, |
King Lear | KL I.i.215 | The argument of your praise, balm of your age, | The argument of your praise, balme of your age, |
King Lear | KL I.i.288 | You see how full of changes his age is. The | You see how full of changes his age is, the |
King Lear | KL I.i.292 | 'Tis the infirmity of his age. Yet he hath ever but | 'Tis the infirmity of his age, yet he hath euer but |
King Lear | KL I.i.295 | but rash. Then must we look from his age to receive not | but rash, then must we looke from his age, to receiue not |
King Lear | KL I.ii.46 | This policy and reverence of age | This policie, and reuerence of Age, |
King Lear | KL I.ii.73 | it to be fit that, sons at perfect age and fathers | it to be fit, that Sonnes at perfect age, and Fathers |
King Lear | KL I.iv.247 | To be such men as may besort your age, | To be such men as may besort your Age, |
King Lear | KL II.iv.150 | Age is unnecessary; on my knees I beg | Age is vnnecessary: on my knees I begge, |
King Lear | KL II.iv.268 | As full of grief as age, wretched in both; | As full of griefe as age, wretched in both, |
King Lear | KL IV.i.12.1 | Life would not yield to age. | Life would not yeelde to age. |
King Lear | KL V.iii.49 | Whose age had charms in it, whose title more, | Whose age had Charmes in it,whose Title more, |
Love's Labour's Lost | LLL IV.iii.242 | Beauty doth varnish age, as if new-born, | Beauty doth varnish Age, as if new borne, |
Macbeth | Mac IV.iii.175 | That of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; | That of an houres age, doth hisse the speaker, |
Macbeth | Mac V.iii.24 | And that which should accompany old age, | And that which should accompany Old-Age, |
Measure for Measure | MM III.i.32 | For ending thee no sooner. Thou hast nor youth nor age, | For ending thee no sooner. Thou hast nor youth, nor age |
Measure for Measure | MM III.i.133 | That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment | That Age, Ache, periury, and imprisonment |
The Merchant of Venice | MV II.ii.61 | my age, my very prop. | my age, my verie prop. |
The Merchant of Venice | MV IV.i.268 | An age of poverty, from which lingering penance | An age of pouerty. From which lingring penance |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW I.iii.78 | Falstaff will learn the humour of the age, | Falstaffe will learne the honor of the age, |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW II.i.20 | One that is well-nigh worn to pieces with age to show | One that is well-nye worne to peeces with age / To show |
The Merry Wives of Windsor | MW IV.iv.35 | Received and did deliver to our age | Receiu'd, and did deliuer to our age |
A Midsummer Night's Dream | MND V.i.33 | To wear away this long age of three hours | To weare away this long age of three houres, |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA I.i.14 | the promise of his age, doing, in the figure of a | the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA II.iii.232 | his youth that he cannot endure in his age. Shall quips | his youth, that he cannot indure in his age. Shall quips |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA III.v.33 | say, ‘ When the age is in, the wit is out.’ God help us, it is | say, when the age is in the wit is out, God helpe vs, it is |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.165 | The tenor of my book; trust not my age, | The tenure of my booke: trust not my age, |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA IV.i.192 | Nor age so eat up my invention, | Nor age so eate vp my inuention, |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.56 | If it should give your age such cause of fear: | If it should giue your age such cause of feare, |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.i.60 | As under privilege of age to brag | As vnder priuiledge of age to bragge, |
Much Ado About Nothing | MA V.ii.71 | this age his own tomb ere he dies, he shall live no longer | this age his owne tombe ere he dies, hee shall liue no longer |
Othello | Oth III.iv.37 | It yet hath felt no age, nor known no sorrow. | It hath felt no age, nor knowne no sorrow. |
Pericles | Per IV.ii.54 | hair, complexion, height, her age, with warrant of her | haire, complexion, height, her age, with warrant of her |
Pericles | Per V.i.14 | And you, to outlive the age I am, | And you to out-liue the age I am, |
Richard II | R2 I.i.160 | To be a make-peace shall become my age. | To be a make-peace shall become my age, |
Richard II | R2 I.iii.222 | Shall be extinct with age and endless night. | Shall be extinct with age, and endlesse night: |
Richard II | R2 I.iii.229 | Thou canst help time to furrow me with age, | Thou canst helpe time to furrow me with age, |
Richard II | R2 II.i.133 | And thy unkindness be like crooked age, | And thy vnkindnesse be like crooked age, |
Richard II | R2 II.i.139 | And let them die that age and sullens have; | And let them dye, that age and sullens haue, |
Richard II | R2 II.i.142 | To wayward sickliness and age in him. | To wayward sicklinesse, and age in him: |
Richard II | R2 II.ii.83 | Who weak with age cannot support myself. | Who weake with age, cannot support my selfe: |
Richard II | R2 V.i.57 | The time shall not be many hours of age | The time shall not be many houres of age, |
Richard II | R2 V.ii.92 | And wilt thou pluck my fair son from mine age? | And wilt thou plucke my faire Sonne from mine Age, |
Richard III | R3 I.iii.212 | That none of you may live his natural age, | That none of you may liue his naturall age, |
Richard III | R3 III.i.46 | Weigh it but with the grossness of this age, | Weigh it but with the grossenesse of this Age, |
Richard III | R3 III.i.73 | Successively from age to age, he built it? | Successiuely from age to age, he built it? |
Richard III | R3 III.i.76 | Methinks the truth should live from age to age, | Me thinkes the truth should liue from age to age, |
Richard III | R3 III.iv.105 | That ever wretched age hath looked upon. | That euer wretched Age hath look'd vpon. |
Richard III | R3 IV.iv.172 | Thy age confirmed, proud, subtle, sly, and bloody, | Thy Age confirm'd, proud, subtle, slye, and bloody, |
Richard III | R3 IV.iv.186 | Or I with grief and extreme age shall perish | Or I with greefe and extreame Age shall perish, |
Richard III | R3 IV.iv.306 | But mine shall be a comfort to your age. | But mine shall be a comfort to your Age, |
Richard III | R3 IV.iv.392 | Ungoverned youth, to wail it in their age; | Vngouern'd youth, to waile it with their age: |
Richard III | R3 IV.iv.394 | Old barren plants, to wail it with their age. | Old barren Plants, to waile it with their Age. |
Richard III | R3 V.iii.263 | Your children's children quits it in your age. | Your Childrens Children quits it in your Age. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.11 | Thou knowest my daughter's of a pretty age. | Thou knowest my daughter's of a prety age. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.12 | Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour. | Faith I can tell her age vnto an houre. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.20 | Were of an age. Well, Susan is with God. | were of an age. Well Susan is with God, |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ I.iii.57 | Thou wilt fall backward when thou comest to age. | thou wilt fall backward when thou commest to age: |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.207 | That warns my old age to a sepulchre. | That warnes my old age to a Sepulcher. |
Romeo and Juliet | RJ V.iii.212 | What further woe conspires against mine age? | What further woe conspires against my age? |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.2.62 | Than any woman in this waning age. | Then any woman in this waining age. |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.332 | Skipper, stand back, 'tis age that nourisheth. | Skipper stand backe, 'tis age that nourisheth. |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS II.i.394 | To give thee all, and in his waning age | To giue thee all, and in his wayning age |
The Taming of the Shrew | TS IV.v.60 | And now by law, as well as reverend age, | And now by Law, as well as reuerent age, |
The Tempest | Tem I.ii.258 | The foul witch Sycorax, who with age and envy | The fowle Witch Sycorax, who with Age and Enuy |
The Tempest | Tem II.i.173.1 | T' excel the Golden Age. | T'Excell the Golden Age. |
The Tempest | Tem IV.i.191 | And as with age his body uglier grows, | And, as with age, his body ouglier growes, |
The Tempest | Tem V.i.121 | Let me embrace thine age, whose honour cannot | Let me embrace thine age, whose honor cannot |
Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.2 | To remember my father's age, and call him to long peace. | to remember my Fathers age, / And call him to long peace: |
Timon of Athens | Tim I.ii.135 | Upon whose age we void it up again | Vpon whose Age we voyde it vp agen |
Timon of Athens | Tim III.v.93 | I cannot think but your age has forgot me; | I cannot thinke but your Age has forgot me, |
Timon of Athens | Tim IV.iii.112 | Pity not honoured age for his white beard; | Pitty not honour'd Age for his white Beard, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.8 | Nor wrong mine age with this indignity. | Nor wrong mine Age with this indignitie. |
Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.169 | The cordial of mine age to glad my heart. | The Cordiall of mine age to glad my hart, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.191 | Than his that shakes for age and feebleness. | Then his that shakes for age and feeblenesse: |
Titus Andronicus | Tit I.i.201 | Give me a staff of honour for mine age, | Giue me a staffe of Honour for mine age. |
Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.2 | For pity of mine age, whose youth was spent | For pitty of mine age, whose youth was spent |
Titus Andronicus | Tit III.i.61 | I bring consuming sorrow to thine age. | I bring consuming sorrow to thine age. |
Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.ii.103 | (To Nurse) Tell the Empress from me I am of age | Tell the Empresse from me, I am of age |
Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.29 | Calm thee and bear the faults of Titus' age, | Calme thee, and beare the faults of Titus age, |
Titus Andronicus | Tit IV.iv.57 | Nor age nor honour shall shape privilege. | Nor Age, nor Honour, shall shape priuiledge: |
Titus Andronicus | Tit V.iii.76 | But if my frosty signs and chaps of age, | But if my frostie signes and chaps of age, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.107 | Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, | Prerogatiue of Age, Crownes, Scepters, Lawrels, |
Troilus and Cressida | TC I.iii.172 | And then, forsooth, the faint defects of age | And then (forsooth) the faint defects of Age |
Twelfth Night | TN II.iv.48 | Like the old age. | Like the old age. |
Twelfth Night | TN III.i.11 | You have said, sir. To see this age! A sentence is | You haue said sir: To see this age: A sentence is |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG I.iii.15 | Which would be great impeachment to his age, | Which would be great impeachment to his age, |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG II.iv.64 | To clothe mine age with angel-like perfection, | To cloath mine age with Angel-like perfection: |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.16 | It would be much vexation to your age. | It would be much vexation to your age. |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona | TG III.i.74 | And where I thought the remnant of mine age | And where I thought the remnant of mine age |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.76 | Ravished our sides, like age must run to rust, | Bravishd our sides, like age must run to rust, |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.82 | Like a too timely spring; here age must find us, | Like a too-timely Spring; here age must finde us, |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK II.i.88 | To glad our age, and like young eagles teach 'em | To glad our age, and like young Eagles teach'em |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.116.1 | His age some five-and-twenty. | His age some five and twenty. |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK IV.ii.139 | His age some six-and-thirty; in his hand | His age, some six and thirtie. In his hand |
The Two Noble Kinsmen | TNK V.iv.7 | The loathsome misery of age, beguile | The loathsome misery of age, beguile |
The Winter's Tale | WT II.i.173 | Either thou art most ignorant by age, | Either thou art most ignorant by age, |
The Winter's Tale | WT III.iii.58 | I would there were no age between ten and | I would there were no age betweene ten and |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.108 | To men of middle age. Y'are very welcome. | To men of middle age. Y'are very welcome. |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.396 | With age and altering rheums? Can he speak? Hear? | With Age, and altring Rheumes? Can he speake? heare? |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.401.1 | Than most have of his age. | Then most haue of his age. |
The Winter's Tale | WT IV.iv.756 | Age, thou hast lost thy labour. | Age, thou hast lost thy labour. |
The Winter's Tale | WT V.iii.108 | When she was young you wooed her: now, in age, | When she was young, you woo'd her: now, in age, |
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above | upstairs; [in stage directions] in the gallery or upper stage |
accent | language, tongue |
accommodate | aid, help, give an advantage |
action | engagement, combat, fighting |
action | encounter, engagement, exploit |
adage | proverb, saying, maxim |
addition | advantage, credit, plus |
advantage | advantageous position, place of vantage, superiority |
advantage | to gain those benefits, receiving those advantages |
advantage | right moment, favourable opportunity |
advantage | benefit, help, aid |
advantage | benefit, gain, advancement, profit |
advantage | enrich, augment, add value to |
advantage | interest, bonus, addition |
advantage | addition, enhancement, exaggeration |
advantageable | advantageous, profitable, beneficial |
advantageous | providing advantage, opportune, timely |
affiance | marriage contract, solemn promise to each other |
affiance | betroth, engage, promise solemnly |
affy | engage, betrothe, espouse |
age | whole life, lifetime, days |
age | mature years, old age |
age | seniority, status as elder brother |
aged | experienced, accomplished, mature |
Agenor | [pron: a'jenor] king of Tyre; father of daughter Europa and sons Cadmus, Phoenix, and Cilix |
agent | sense, organ, faculty |
alarm, alarum | arousal, incitement, encouragement |
allayment | modifying agent, countermeasure, mitigation |
alliance | marriage |
allow | approve, sanction, encourage |
aloft | on the upper stage |
Althaea | [al'thaya] mother of Meleager, whose life-span was determined by the preservation of a magic log; when Althaea burnt the log on a fire, Meleager died |
ambassage, ambassy | embassy |
Ampthill | Ampthill Castle, Bedfordshire; Katherine of Aragon stayed there in 1533 while her marriage to Henry VIII was annulled |
anchorage | anchor, anchors |
ancient, aunchient | aged, very old, venerable |
annexment | appendage, adjunct, attachment |
answer | engage with, encounter, meet [in fight] |
antiquity | old age, seniority |
apart | away from here; or: separately; [in stage directions] to one side |
appendix | appendage, accompaniment, hanger-on |
arrearage | arrears, overdue payment, outstanding amount |
assured | betrothed, engaged |
atone | appease, allay, assuage |
attorney | substitute, deputy, agent |
avail | advantage, benefit, aid |
avail | be of use to, help, advantage |
baggage | good-for-nothing woman, harlot |
balsam | balm, soothing ointment, healing agent |
barbarism | savagery, people in the most uncivilized state |
bear | abuse, take advantage of, delude, deceive |
bear | carry on, manage, conduct [an affair] |
bear | control, manage, take charge of |
bear | encourage with false hopes, foster expectation in |
bed-blotting | polluting the marriage bed |
bed-swerver | person unfaithful to the marriage-bed, adulterer/adulteress |
bed-vow | marriage vow |
behalf | advantage, interest, benefit |
behoof | benefit, advantage |
behove | benefit, advantage, gain |
beldam | grandmother, aged matron |
below | on the lower stage |
benefit | agency, help, means |
benefit | quality, advantage, gift |
bereave | plunder, ravage, devastate |
besort | retinue, entourage, suitable company |
bestow | give in marriage, match |
better | excel, outstrip, have an advantage over |
blast | storm, rage, angry breath |
blindness | concealment, disguise, camouflage |
blood | nobility, breeding, gentility, good parentage |
blood-drinking | bloodthirsty, eager for bloodshed |
Bohemian-Tartar | barbarian, savage beast |
boisterous | violent, fierce, savage |
bold | make bold, hearten, encourage |
bolden | embolden, make bold, encourage |
bombast, bumbast | wool padding, stuffing; also: high-flown language, empty words |
bondage | condition of being bound, constraint, oppression |
bondage | binding power, obligatory force |
bondage | binding up, tying up, wrapping up |
boot | good, advantage, profit |
boughs | leaves, foliage |
braid | upbraid, reproach, disparage |
breed | lineage, inheritance, stock |
breeding | ancestry, parentage, noble lineage |
brewage | [drink] brew, concoction, mixture |
bridal | wedding, marriage |
brief | letter, dispatch, message |
bring | bring on to the stage |
broil | subject to great heat; also: be engaged in a struggle |
broker, broker-between | go-between, intermediary, agent |
buckle | grapple, engage, fight at close quarters |
buckle | prepare for battle, engage in warfare |
bumbast | wool padding; also: high-flown language |
busy | always engaged, active, constantly occupied |
butcherly | brutally, cruelly, savagely |
cabin | cage, pen in, shut up in limiting bounds |
Cadmus | [pron: 'kadmus] son of Agenor, King of Tyre; he set off in pursuit of his sister Europa, arrived in Greece, and founded Thebes |
cage | pen, lock-up, small prison compound |
cage | basket, frame |
caper | engage in a dancing contest |
car | carriage, cart, chariot [often of the sun god] |
carriage | import, significance, purport |
carriage | bearing, demeanour, manner of behaviour |
carriage | carrying, conveyance, removal |
carriage | conduct, management, course of action |
carriage | burden, load |
carriage | wagon, gun-carriage |
carriage | loop attached to a belt for holding a sword |
carry | carry out, manage, conduct |
carry it (away) | [from a falconry term ‘to fly away with the game’] win the day, have the advantage, succeed |
cart | chariot, carriage |
Carthage | capital of the Carthaginian state, 1st millennium BC; close to the later site of Tunis |
cased | caged; or: living |
cellarage | cellars, basement |
chafe | temper, rage, fury |
chafe | fret, rage, seethe |
chafe | enrage, irritate, anger |
chafed | enraged, irritated, angered |
chafing | irritation, anger, rage |
chair-days | old age, days for resting in a chair |
channel | narrow inlet, passage into a harbour |
Chartham | [pron: 'chahtam] village near Canterbury, Kent |
check | take the reins of, control, manage |
check | pause, interruption, stoppage |
cheer | encourage, urge on, egg on |
cheer | encourage, urge on, galvanize |
cheerily | [cry of encouragement] heartily, with a will |
cheerly | [cry of encouragement] heartily, with a will |
chirrah | [unclear usage; perhaps attempting a greeting in Greek] sirrah |
choler | anger, rage, wrath |
choleric | irritable, angry, enraged |
circumstance | circumlocution, verbiage, unnecessary detail |
circumstance | pageantry, ceremony, spectacle |
clerk | scholar, sage, man of learning |
close | engagement, encounter, confrontation |
cockle hat | hat adorned with a cockle shell [symbol of pilgrimage to the shrine of St James of Compostela] |
coinage | invention, fabrication, concoction |
coinage | means of making money |
come | leave the field of combat, disengage |
comedian | actor, stage player |
comfort | encouragement, support, hope |
comfort | encourage, condone, countenance |
commend | show well, set off to advantage |
commodity | asset, advantage, benefit |
common | average, usual, general, ordinary |
common | commonplace, ordinary, average |
condemn | discredit, disparage |
conduit | channel, passage, vein |
confirm | encourage, strengthen, make firm |
congregation | mass, gathering, assemblage |
conjure | engage in magic, cast spells, invoke supernatural aid |
contemplate | pray, meditate, engage in contemplation |
contend | fight, engage in combat, struggle |
contract | betroth, engage |
contracting | marriage contract, betrothal |
contraction | marriage contract, betrothal |
controller | steward, household manager |
convenience | advantage, desirable feature, point of agreement |
conveniency | convenience, opportunity, advantage |
convey | manage, conduct, carry on [in secrecy] |
conveyance | bad management, underhand dealing, dishonesty |
copulative | person being joined in marriage |
coragio | courage |
cote | cottage |
counsel-bearer | carrier of private messages |
count | age, tally [of years] |
countenance | favour, patronage, approval |
countenance | approve, support, encourage |
countenance | make one feel comfortable, encourage |
counterfeit | false imitation, spurious image |
counterfeit | likeness, portrait, image |
countermine | excavated passage made by fortress defenders to intercept an enemy mine |
courage | young man of bravado, man of spirit |
courage | spirit, disposition, nature |
courage | lust, sexual desire |
courage | intention, purpose, inclination |
course | bout, engagement, encounter |
courtesy, cur'sy, curtsy | usage, custom, convention |
cozenage | cheating, trickery, deception |
cracked | [of coins] flawed, damaged, blemished |
crank | winding passage, meandering duct |
cross | angry, ill-tempered, outraged |
crossly | adversely, unfavourably, disadvantageously |
dally | flirt, be amorous, engage in love-play |
danger | damage, harm, mischief |
date | age |
dearth | scarcity, shortage, lack [of food], famine |
deceit | deception, stratagem, trick |
degree | step, stage, rung |
degree | condition, state of being, stage of life |
depositary | trustee, manager of affairs |
deprave | defame, disparage, deride |
depraved | slandered, disparaged, defamed |
derivative | thing proceeding, heritage, inheritance |
derived | descended, in lineage |
derogate | act in an undignified way, disparage one's rank |
derogation | loss of dignity, disparagement, detraction |
descending | descent, family, lineage |
despite | outrage, shame, wrong |
detraction | slander, calumny, defamation, disparagement |
device | plot, stratagem, trick |
dialect | language, manner of speaking |
Dido | [pron: 'diydoh] Queen of Carthage who fell in love with Aeneas when he was shipwrecked on her shores; commanded by Jupiter, Aeneas left without seeing Dido again, and she killed herself on a funeral pyre |
disable | disparage, belittle, devalue |
disabling | disparagement, detraction, belittling |
disanimate | dishearten, discourage, dispirit |
discomfit | discourage, disconcert, deject |
discomfort | discourage, dishearten, dispirit |
discomfort | discouragement, loss of heart |
disjoin | disengage, separate [oneself] |
disliken | disguise, make unlike, camouflage |
disparagement | disgrace, dishonour, discredit |
dispatch, despatch | management, direction, supervision |
dispose | carry out, manage, handle |
disposer | settler, handler, manager |
disposing | disposal, management, control |
disposition | arrangement, care, management |
disposition | control, direction, management |
dispraise | disparage, belittle, denigrate |
dispraise | disparagement, censure, reproach |
disprise, disprize | undervalue, disparage, hold in contempt |
disprized | unvalued, held in contempt, disparaged |
disvalued | discredited, disparaged, degraded |
do | organize, arrange, manage |
dotage | doting, infatuation, excessive affection |
dotage | feebleness of mind, senility |
dotant | dotard, dullard, one whose mind is impaired by age |
downfall | later stages, declining, passing away |
Downs | The Downs; anchorage just off the Kent coast |
draff | pig-swill, refuse, garbage |
duty | act of loyalty, expression of homage |
eager | keen, biting |
eager | sour, bitter, acid |
eager | fierce, angry, savage |
eager | sharp, cutting |
eager | impetuous, fierce, impassioned |
earnest-gaping | eagerly peering, gazing with special intensity |
effect | benefit, advantage [resulting from an action] |
effigy | likeness, image, portrait |
egregious | shocking, outrageous, flagrant |
eld | old age, advanced years |
embark | engage in an enterprise, involve in an undertaking |
embassage, ambassage | message, errand, business, mission |
embassy | message [especially via an ambassador] |
emblem | image, symbol, allegory |
embolden | make more bold, encourage, foster |
eminence | special honour, exceptional homage |
eminence | superiority, mastery, advantage |
emulator | disparager, denigrator, belittler |
encaged, incaged | encaged, caged up |
enchafed | angry, furious, enraged |
encounter | skirmish, assault, engagement |
endamage | damage, injure, harm |
endamagement | damage, injury, harm |
engage | pledge, give the guarantee of |
engage | take up a gage, accept a challenge |
engage | hold as a hostage |
engage | involve in, associate with |
engage | mortgage, put in pawn |
engage | enter into combat, make an attack |
engaged | entangled, involved, trapped |
engaged | pledged, bound, sworn |
enpatron | make a patron of, have under one's patronage |
enraged | passionate, ardent, furiously aroused |
enraged | inflamed, heated, roused |
enter | enter into, engage in |
enterlude | short play, theatrical performance [staged to fill an interval] |
entertain | enter upon, engage in, accept |
entertain | occupy, engage, fill up |
equipage | [unclear meaning] small parts, instalments |
equipage | equipment, fitted-out condition |
equivocation | ambiguous usage, double-meaning |
errand | message, report, news |
espouse | unite (in marriage), contract |
Europa | [pron: yu'rohpa] daughter of Agenor; abducted by Jove in the shape of a bull, who then swam with her on his back to Crete |
exasperate | enraged, incensed, angered |
excitement | incentive, encouragement, exhortation |
executor | agent, doer, performer |
exercise | engage in manly sports, practise the martial arts |
expressure | expression, picture, image |
extreme | outrageous behaviour, extravagance, exaggeration |
face | representation, image; skull |
factor | agent, representative, broker |
faint | lose courage, show fear, lose heart, take fright |
fare | get on, manage, do, cope |
fashion | arrange, contrive, manage |
feeding | grazing-ground, pasturage |
fell | cruel, fierce, savage |
fell | fiercely, savagely, brutally |
fell-lurking | savagely waiting, fierce in attendance |
fetch | dodge, stratagem, contrivance |
field | engaged in military operations, in military array |
fielded | in the battlefield, engaged in battle |
figure | copy, image, likeness |
fine | pledge, stake, wager |
fit | stage, period, hours |
flag | declare war, engage in battle |
flatter | encourage, foster [false] hope |
flaw | make a crack in, break, damage |
flood | sea voyage |
flourish | [of language] eloquence, fine words, rhetorical embellishment |
foil | setting, background which sets something off to advantage [as dull metal sets off a gem] |
fond | eager [for], desirous [of] |
footboy | boy attendant, page-boy, servant on foot [accompanying a rider] |
forage | plunder, pillage, ravage |
forage | range abroad, go out and about |
forage | preying, raging |
forage | eat greedily, glut oneself [on] |
foragement | foraging act, scavenging |
forehand | upper hand, superiority, advantage |
form | imprinted shape, impressed image |
form | image, likeness, shape |
forseal | [unclear usage] seal up close, forestall, prevent |
forward | prepared, at an advanced stage of readiness |
forward | ready, eager, inclined |
forward | spirited, eager, lively |
forward | insistent, demanding, eager |
forwardness | rashness, boldness, over-eagerness |
frame | perform, manage, carry out |
fraud | trickery, stratagem, artifice |
fraughtage | luggage, freight, cargo |
fresh | ready, eager, hungry |
fret | rage, rampage |
full-hearted | full of courage, totally confident |
fume | be in a rage, show anger |
fury-innocent | [unclear usage] anyone in a calm state of mind; anyone passion-free |
gage | pledge, challenge [usually, a glove or gauntlet thrown down] |
gage | pledge, contract, stake |
gage | remain as challenges |
gage | pledge, bind, commit |
gape | long, be eager, yearn |
garbage | offal, entrails |
Gaul | [unclear usage by the Host] someone from Wales; usually at the time, someone from France |
gest | stage [in a journey], point in time |
giddy | wild with rage, mad with anger |
glorious | seeking glory, eager for renown |
good | interest, advantage, benefit |
good | amenable, tractable, manageable |
good cheer | exclamation of reassurance or encouragement |
goodness | benefit, advantage, successful outcome |
government | control, charge, management |
grandsire | old man, aged person |
grate | prison bars, grating, cage |
gravity | old age, the aged, the elderly |
gravity | wisdom, sage advice |
greediness | eagerness, keenness, enthusiasm |
grey | aged, senescent, very old |
grim-visaged | with a stern face |
ground | advantage, upper hand, edge |
guardage | guardianship, protection, keeping |
haggard | wild, unmanageable, untrainable |
haggard-like | wild, unmanageable, untrainable |
hand | agency, means, aid |
hand-fast | marriage contract, betrothal |
harbourage | shelter, refuge, haven |
hardiness | boldness, daring, audacity, courage |
hard-ruled | difficult to manage, obstreperous |
harlotry | [affectionate] little wretch, baggage |
heart | courage, spirit, valour |
hearten up | encourage, cheer up, animate |
heat | anger, rage, passion |
heated | angry, inflamed, enraged, aroused |
heavens | [covering over the rear of a stage] sky |
heigh | exclamation of encouragement |
hell-kite | kite from hell, hellish savage |
henchman | squire, page of honour |
herald | message-bearing, acting as a herald |
heritage | inheritance, legacy |
hip | [wrestling] at a disadvantage, in an unfavourable position |
hire | wages, payment, earnings |
history | history play, chronicle, stage drama |
hold | wager, offer as a bet |
Holmedon | Humbleton, village in Northumberland |
holy tie | marriage |
homage | submission, servility, respectful acknowledgement |
homage | act of homage, acknowledgement of allegiance |
homager | one who owes homage, vassal |
homely | fating my humble parentage |
hope | expect, anticipate, envisage |
horn-mad | [as of horned beasts] furious, enraged, raving mad |
hot | enthusiastic, ardent, eager, keen |
hotly | urgently, eagerly, fervently |
hour | [time of] appointment, engagement, meeting |
house | ancestry, lineage, family |
housewifery | housekeeping, household management |
humble-visaged | with humble faces |
hurt | attack, offence, [causing] damage |
husband | housekeeper, steward, domestic manager |
husband | manage, handle, look after |
husbandry | thrift, good economy, careful management |
husbandry | industriousness, diligence, eagerness to work |
husbandry | farming, land management |
hyperbolical | outrageous, immoderate, intemperate |
ill-wresting | twisting the truth, turning to disadvantage |
image | representation, depiction, portrayal |
image | embodiment, instance, form |
image | effigy, statue, sculpture |
image | personal likeness, semblance |
image | idea, conception, mental picture |
image | appearance, aspect, countenance |
imagery | decorated cloth, painted fabric |
impatience | anger, rage, fury |
impatient | frustrated, restless, eagerly longing |
impawn | wager, pledge, stake |
impeach | disparagement, reproach [to], detraction [from] |
impeach | discredit, disparage, call into question |
imperial | emperor, imperial personage |
importance | urgent request, urging, encouragement |
improve | employ to advantage, make good use of |
in | into the dressing-room at the back of the stage |
incaged | encaged, caged up |
incensed | inflamed, angered, enraged |
inconvenience | harm, troublesome disadvantage |
indifferency | ordinariness, average character |
indifferent | average, ordinary, typical |
ingaged | engaged [to her]; or: not promised [to anyone else] |
inquisitive | eager for information, seeking knowledge |
institution | custom, usage, practice |
instrument | agent, servant, retainer |
instrument | agent, means, method |
intelligence | spying, espionage, secretly obtained information |
intelligencer | secret agent, spy, operative |
interlude | short play, theatrical performance [staged to fill an interval] |
invention | plan, scheme, stratagem |
iron | age of cruelty, time of wickedness |
jay | [bird of bright plumage] showy woman, whore |
Jeronimy, Saint | [in TS Induction.i.7] a variant of Jerome, confused with Hieronimo from Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy |
jointress | woman holding a property right from her deceased husband, dowager |
jointure | marriage settlement, part of a husband's estate due to his widow |
Juno | Roman supreme goddess, wife of Jupiter, associated with the Moon, childbirth, marriage, and female identity |
kind | breed, lineage, stock, family |
knot | marriage tie, bond of wedlock |
lance | engage in a jousting contest |
lane | path, passage, way |
late-sacked | recently pillaged |
lath | toy sword, stage weapon |
laud | praise, homage, honour |
laud | praise, honour, give homage to |
lay | wager, stake, bet |
lay | wager, stake, bet |
learn | teach, instruct [not a regional dialect usage as in modern English] |
leavy | leafy, covered with foliage |
line | line of descent, lineage, pedigree |
livery | service, following, entourage |
livery | badge, token, recognizable image |
look | be cheerful, take courage |
lose | harm, damage |
luggage | stuff, trappings, goods |
lusty | vigorous, strong, robust, eager |
magnanimous | valiant, heroic, courageous |
maidenhead | opening stage, first step |
man | manliness, courage, valour |
man | agent, representative |
manage | management, handling, control [especially of a horse, as a result of training] |
manage | management, direction, administration |
manage | wield, handle, use |
manage | conduct, carry on |
manage | government, rulers |
manage | gallop at full speed |
manage | [of horses] ride, handle, put through one's paces |
manager | employer, user, handler |
manent | [Latin] they remain: some characters remain on stage |
manhood | manliness, courage, valour |
manner | fashion, usage, custom |
map | outline, picture, image |
mar | ruin, harm, injure, damage |
margent | margin [of a page, where an explanatory note would be found] |
marrow | spirit, courage, strength |
marry | be a marriage dowry for |
masque | masquerade, pageant, show |
match | join in marriage, make a match |
mean | means of access, passage |
mean | means, agent, cause |
mean | average, moderate, middling |
meddle | fight, engage in combat, exchange blows |
Meleager | [pron: melee'ager] son of Althaea, his life-span determined by an unburnt magic log; he murdered his uncles in a quarrel over the killing of a boar ravaging the fields in Calydon; in her rage Althaea burnt Meleager’s log on a fire, and he died |
Merlin | good wizard or sage whose magic helped King Arthur; famous for his prophecies |
merry | [of winds] favourable, helpful, advantageous |
message, of | on the business of carrying a message, as messenger |
messenger | malapropism for ‘message’ |
mine | excavated passage under a fortress wall |
minister | messenger, agent, servant |
minority | under-age period, earlier youth, childhood |
mischief | harm, injury, damage |
model | replica, image, copy |
module | image, pattern, model, empty pretence |
moody-mad | wild with rage, furiously angry |
mortgage | pledge, contract, bind |
mose in the chine | [unclear meaning] be in the final stages of the glanders |
motion | urging, prompting, encouragement |
motive | instrument, agent, moving organ |
move | encourage, instigate, prompt |
muffle | hide, conceal, camouflage |
necessaries | travelling necessities, personal luggage |
Nestor | Greek leader in the siege of Troy, reputed for his age and wisdom |
new-trothed | recently engaged |
nonage | minority, period of legal infancy |
not-fearing | fearless, unafraid, courageous |
noyance | harm, damage, injury |
nurser | fosterer, encourager, nourisher |
obliged | contracted, bound by marriage |
odd | (in plural) superiority, advantage, edge |
odds | superiority, advantage, edge |
off | off-stage |
offence | damage, injury, harm |
offence | [Q variant] damage, injury, harm |
ordering | management, direction, regulation |
ordinance | usage, practice, course |
organ | agent, instrument, means |
outface | present a bold front, maintain a defiant image |
outrage | violence, hostility, fury |
outrage | passionate expression, emotional outcry |
outrageous | temperamental, capricious, volatile |
outrageous | excessively fierce, extremely violent |
outstorm | rage more violently than a storm |
overreach | get the better of, has the advantage of |
overweathered | weather-worn, storm-damaged |
page | follow like a page |
pageant | show, scene, spectacle, tableau |
pageant | imitate as if in a play, impersonate, parody |
pajock | [unclear meaning] savage, degenerate; or: peacock |
pale-visaged | pale-faced |
pass | passage, crossing, thoroughfare |
passage | incident, occurrence, event, happening |
passage | combat, contest, fight [= passage of arms] |
passage | passing, progress, moving on |
passage | traffic, passing to and fro, movement of people |
passage | journey, travelling, wandering |
passage | passing on, extending, line of descent |
passage | expression, turn of phrase |
passage | passing away, departure from life, death |
passion | passionate outburst, emotional passage |
passion | fit of anger, feeling of rage |
patronage | protect, uphold, defend |
pax | tablet bearing an image of the Crucifixion, used as a symbol of peace within the Mass |
personage | appearance, demeanour |
personal | personally engaged, present in person |
philosopher | one learned in natural philosophy, sage |
phrase | phrasing, language, manner of expression |
phraseless | lacking language to describe |
picture | likeness, image, imitation |
pilgrimage | journey, passage, voyage |
pill | pillage, plunder, rob |
pillage | plunder, spoil, booty |
pinion | outermost feather, appendage |
plantage | vegetation, plant-life |
Plantagenet | [pron: plan'tajinit] name of an English royal dynasty, which ruled from the accession of Henry II (1154) to the death of Richard III (1485); from Latin planta genista 'sprig of bloom', worn as a crest by Geoffrey, Count of Anjou, the father of Henry II, from whom the house is also called the Anjou or Angevin dynasty |
pledge | glove [thrown down], gage |
plight | betroth, engage |
plight | pledge, promise, marriage vow |
plight | make marriage vows |
plighted | pledged, promised, engaged |
plot | plan, scheme, stratagem |
plume | furnish with plumage; put a feather in the cap of |
policy | stratagem, cunning, intrigue, craft |
pomp | pageant, ceremony, procession |
port | bearing, demeanour, carriage |
portage | [unclear meaning] life's voyage, journey through life |
portage | portholes, openings |
portion | dowry, marriage gift, settlement |
practice | scheme, plot, stratagem, intrigue |
practise | engage in, carry on, take up |
prank | outrageous deed, excessive behaviour |
prejudice | detriment, damage, misfortune |
prejudice | injure, harm, damage |
prerogatived | privileged, advantaged, favoured |
presage | signify, indicate |
presage | foreboding, presentiment, misgiving |
presage | predict, forecast |
presage | sign, indication, portent |
presager | indicator, interpreter, announcer |
pressure | impression, stamp, image |
prest | engaged, made ready, hired |
principal | mistress, superior, manager |
print | imprint, image, stamped impression |
private | private communication, confidential message |
privilege | advantage, superiority, edge |
privilege | benefit, advantage, licence |
prize | advantage, privilege |
procreant | person engaged in procreation, copulator |
procurator | deputy, agent, proxy |
progeny | ancestry, descent, parentage |
progress | state passage, royal journey |
promise | have an engagement elsewhere |
prompted | eagerly ready, urged on to act |
prone | eager, ready |
property | (plural) stage requisites, accessories, props |
proportion | marriage portion, dowry |
proud | courageous, valiant, brave |
purchase | beneficial result, benefit, advantage |
put | cause, encourage, provoke |
put | push on, urge, encourage |
put | provoke into doing, encourage into |
questant | seeker, searcher, someone engaged in a quest |
race | course, passage |
rage | warlike ardour, martial spirit |
rage | madness, insanity, derangement |
rage | violent outburst, furious passion |
rage | violence, fighting, conflict |
rage | folly, rashness, mad jest |
rage | rave, show signs of madness |
ready | eager, willing, ready to act |
reflex | reflection, image, shadow |
refractory | rebellious, obstinate, umanageable |
rejoicer | cheerer, encourager, consoler |
resolution | determination, courage, firmness of purpose |
reverence | pay homage, worship, show respect [to] |
reverence | pay homage, hold in respect |
rhetoric | oratory, flowery language |
rheum | watery discharge, seepage [especially of the eyes] |
ride | manage, conduct, control |
rigorously | cruelly, savagely, with severity |
rivage | coast, shore, bank |
road | harbour, anchorage, roadstead |
road | period of travel, stage |
romage | commotion, turmoil, bustle |
rough | difficult to manage, not thoroughly trained |
rub | stir up, encourage, stimulate |
ruffian | rage, bluster, rampage |
ruffle | rage, bluster, storm |
ruffle | handle roughly, treat with outrage |
ruffle | stir to anger, enrage |
ruinous | ruined, decayed, ravaged |
rule | proper discipline, good management |
sack | plunder, pillage, despoil |
safeguard | under safe-conduct, with guarantee of safe passage |
sage | solemn, grave, dignified |
sail | voyage, passage, sailing |
Saint Edmundsbury | Bury St Edmunds, market town in Suffolk; site of the shrine of St Edmund and a place of pilgrimage |
salvage | variant form of ‘savage’ |
savage | fierce, ferocious, wild |
savage | uncultivated, wild, rough |
savage | uncivilized, wild, ungoverned |
savage | boorish, uncivil, unsociable |
savagery | wilderness, wildness of growth |
scaffold | stage, platform [in a theatre] |
scaffoldage | theatre scaffolding, stage platform |
scath, scathe | harm, hurt, damage |
scene | stage, performing area |
scholar | learned man, erudite person [who knows Latin, the language of exorcism] |
scrippage | contents of a scrip [an invented word to parallel ‘baggage’] |
scurrility | bawdry, indecent language |
seal | [unclear usage] seal up close, forestall, prevent |
season | age [duration of life] |
season | age [period of history], time |
secondary | deputy, agent, second-in-command |
see | see to, manage, attend to |
semblance | likeness, image, depiction |
Seneca | [pron: 'seneka] Roman tragedian, 1st-c |
serve | be of use, render service, be an advantage [to] |
serving | means, agency, assistance |
sessa, sesey, sese | [cry of encouragement used in hunting, fencing] be off, off you go |
set | encourage, urge, incite |
set | enhance, show to advantage, display by contrast |
shade | shadow, unreal image, unsubstantial semblance |
shadow | reflection, reflected image |
shadow | image, likeness, portrait, semblance |
shadow | illusion, unreal image, delusion |
shift | stratagem, contriving, trick |
shift | stratagem, tactics, way |
shipping | voyage, sailing, passage |
shore | waterside dump, sewage channel |
simple | common, ordinary, average, humble |
skirmish | do battle, wage war |
smite | injure, harm, do damage to |
smooth | gloss over, make less noticeable, camouflage |
snuff | in need of snuffing out; also: in a rage |
so | average, middling, so-so |
soothe | humour, encourage, indulge |
speak | find language for, say in words about |
speculation | observer, watcher, agent |
speed | fare, manage, get on |
spell backward | misrepresent, distort, conjure up a bad image of |
spilth | spillage, slopping, upset |
spirit | courage, resolution, valour |
spirit | hostility, anger, rage |
spleen | eagerness, spirits, impetuosity |
spoil | plunder, pillage, sack |
spoil | devastate, ravage, impoverish |
spousal | marriage, nuptial, matrimonial |
spring | youthful old age |
spur | eagerness, alacrity, enthusiasm |
squirility | bawdry, indecent language |
stage | platform, dais, stand |
stage | put on stage, put on public display |
stand | make advantageous, profit from, make the most of |
start | advantage, edge, upper hand |
starting | bounding, eager, energetic |
state-statue | image of a statesman |
stead | advantage, help, benefit |
steel | engrave, inscribe, make a permanent image of |
sternage | sterns [of a fleet of ships] |
stomach | element of courage, exercise of valour |
stomach | spirit, courage, valour, will |
strain | urge, press, encourage |
strait | cramped passage, confined path |
stratagem | soldierly action, well commanded engagement |
stratagem | deed of violence, bloody act |
stratagem | scheme, device, cunning plan |
strike | fight, engage in fighting |
stuff | baggage, belongings, luggage |
sub-contracted | already betrothed, engaged a second time |
subtlety | cunning, crafty stratagem |
success | succession, lineage, inheritance |
suffrage | vote, approval, consent |
sure | harmless, innocuous, unable to cause damage |
surveyor | superintendent, land agent, estate supervisor |
swagger | force by blustering language, bully |
swear | [unclear usage] swear in opposition to, disavow, deny |
taint | disparage, denigrate, belittle |
take | behave, act; or: rage, rant |
task | occupy, engage, make demands on |
tax | censure, blame, take to task, disparage |
teeming-date | child-bearing age |
tender | proposal of marriage, offer of betrothal |
termagant | savage, violent, turbulent |
thraldom | bondage, servitude, captivity |
thralled | enslaved, imprisoned, held in bondage |
thrift | profit, advantage, gain |
throat | be an outrageous liar |
tide | course, stream, passage |
tie | bring into subjection, put in bondage |
tillage | tilling, cultivation |
time | (the) world, (the) age, society |
time | age, years |
tire | be exercised, be actively engaged |
title-leaf | title-page of a book |
tongue | (plural) foreign language |
tongue | speech, expression, language, words, voice |
top | upper stage |
tract | trace, trail, evidence of passage |
tractable | compliant, manageable, governable |
trade | traffic, passage, coming and going |
tragedian | actor, strolling player [not only of tragedy] |
train | retinue, following, entourage |
train | stratagem, wile, lure |
travail | movement, motion, passage |
tripe-visaged | tripe-faced, flabby |
triumph | public festivity, pageant, display of celebration, tournament |
triumphantly | as in a festive pageant, with great celebration |
troth-plight | engagement, act of betrothal |
troth-plight | engaged, betrothed |
tush | exclamation of disparagement, disbelief, contempt |
twig | stratagem for entrapping |
tyrannically | outrageously, vehemently, violently |
umbrage | shadow, pale semblance |
unbruised | undamaged by the world |
unbruised | unmarked, uncrushed, undamaged |
undertake | take on, fight with, engage in combat with |
unheart | dishearten, discourage, dispirit |
unkindness | offence, ill-will, umbrage |
unmellowed | not matured in age, showing no grey hairs |
usage | treatment, handling, conduct |
use | make use of, engage [in], practise [with] |
use | satisfy, fulfil, engage in |
use | treat, deal with, manage |
use | opportunity, benefit, advantage |
vail | do homage, pay respect, show devotion |
vantage | right moment, suitable opportunity |
vantage | in addition, as well, besides |
vantage | benefit, aid, help |
vantage | advantage, benefit, advancement, profit |
vantage | advantageous position, place of vantage, superiority |
vantage | helpful position, beneficial location |
varlet | manservant, page, attendant |
vassalage | humble people, low subjects |
vassalage | servitude, subjection, total allegiance |
vaultage | vault, cavern, chamber |
veal | [unclear usage] Dutch pronunciation of ‘well’; or: version of Dutch ‘viel’ = plenty |
vendible | marriageable |
vengeance | harm, mischief, damage |
vent | emission, discharge, seepage |
ventage | finger-hole [of an instrument] |
vice | (usually capitalized) buffoon, stage jester; a character representing vice in morality plays |
vie | stake, venture, wager |
villagery | villages |
violent | rage with violence, seethe, rampage |
virtue | courage, valour, bravery |
visage | face, countenance |
visage | outward appearance, aspect, air |
visaged | featured, looking |
vulgar | vernacular, everyday language |
waftage | passage, conveyance by water |
wage | pay, recompense, reward |
wage | stake, hazard |
wage | struggle, do battle, vie |
wage | risk, venture upon, engage in |
wage | compete, be a rival to, measure up to |
waggon | carriage, coach |
want | lack, shortage, dearth |
waste | wasting, devastation, ravages |
waste | lay waste, ravage, devastate |
waste | [legal] damage to property by a tenant |
wasted | laid waste, ravaged, ruined |
way | course, passage |
weed | [debated usage] weed out, root out |
whet | encourage, incite, egg on |
while | times, age |
wholesome | good, beneficial, advantageous |
wild | savage, fierce, cruel |
win | gain advantage [over], get the better [of] |
winter | aged, venerable |
within | behind the stage facade |
wiving | marriage, marrying, taking a wife |
wonder | calamity, disaster, tragedy |
word | maxim, saying, adage, motto |
work | run, toss about, rage |
work | preserve to the end, manage to maintain |
worried | maltreated, harassed, savaged |
wort | [pun on Evans' pronunciation of ‘word’] cabbage |
wounded | damaged, tainted, tarnished |
wrong-incensed | inflamed with wrath, kindled with rage |
yare | [nautical] manageable, easy to manouevre, ready for sea |
years | maturity, experience [coming through age] |
years | age |
yoked | joined in marriage, wedded |
young days, of so | from such an early age |
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