| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| 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, |
| 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? |
| 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 |
| 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 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, |
| 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 |
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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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