boraverunt: quorum auctoritatem secuti multi, non solum improbi, verum etiam imperiti, (si in hunc animadvertissem, crudeliter et regie factum esse dicerent.) . (Hoc autem uno interfecto intelligo hanc rei publicæ pestem paulisper reprimi, non in perpetuum comprimi posse.) . . . (Etenim iam diu, patres conscripti, in his periculis coniurationis insidiisque versamur, sed nescio quo pacto omnium scelerum ac veteris furoris et audaciæ maturitas in nostri consulatus tempus erupit.) ... Ut sæpe homines ægri morbo gravi, cum æstu febrique iactantur, si aquam gelidam biberint, primo relevari videntur, deinde multo gravius vehementiusque adflictantur, (sic hic morbus, qui est in re publica, relevatus istius poena, vehementius vivis reliquis ingravescet.) Qua re secedant improbi, etc. GLOSSARY Reference to the text is by act and line. Obsolete words or definitions are marked †, archaic |, technical or unnaturalized words, *. have a resentment against (with 'hard,' 'heavy,' or 'heavily'). 4. 764. A, prep. (A worn-down proclitic | Beare, v. †To have ill will to, form of O. E. preposition, an, on.) Indicating time: in, on, by. (Here prefixed to O. E. adverbial genitive nihtes) 2. 18, 2. 65. Cf. Abbott, §§ 24, 140. Abhorring, adj. †Abhorrent, repulsive, repugnant. Construed with from, which is occasionally omitted. 5. 479. Be Afore, adv. (Adv. of time, from O. E. on foran =on foran, 'in front, in advance'). fore. I. 339. Aile, V. To have something the matter with one. I. 505. Article, n. A moment. 5. 444. Artificer, n. †An artful or wily person; a trickster. 4. 191. Aspire, v. †To attain. 3. 516. †Ayreling, n. A young, thoughtless person. 1. 167. = Bane, n. (Common Teutonic Begirt, v. To surround. 3. 642. †Bourd, v. (O. F. bourder = 2. 275. †Counsaile, n. Advice. 3. 406. Scheme, plan. 4. 183, 377; 5. 433, 538. Conscience, n. †Inward knowledge, consciousness. I. 29, 4. 298. Counsell, n. †Opinion. 3. 34; 4. 280. Advice. 4. 313; 5, 305, 547. Contemn, v. To despise or scorn. 5. 108. Conuent, n. †An assembly, meeting. 4. 295. Corne, n. Grain. 5. 388. †Couetise, n. Covetousness. 2. 331. Court, v. To pay courteous attention to; to try to win favor with. I. III. Machine, implement, tool. I. 144. Enginer, n. One who contrives, designs, or invents; an author, designer (often with sense of plotter, layer of snares). 5. 210. Engross, v. absorb. Entrailes, n. To occupy entirely, I. 347. The inner parts of anything; internal contents. 2. 307. Enuy, n. tIll-will, malice, en mity. I. 147; 4. 554; 4. 718; 4. 819; 5. 120. Errant, adj. Used as an intensive with substantives of reproachful sense: thoroughgoing, unmitigated. 2. 18. It is usually spelled arrant. Even, adj. Unruffled. 5. 512. Expect, v. Await (Lat. expec to). 5. 381. Expresse, v. To extort or elicit by pressure. 3. 209. Eye, n. A minute portion. See Notes. 5. 444. P GLOSSARY Reference to the text is by act and line. finitions are marked †, archaic |, technical or A, prep. (A worn-down proclitic form of O. E. preposition, an, on.) Indicating time: in, on, by. (Here prefixed to O. E. adverbial genitive nihtes) 2. 18, 2. 65. Cf. Abbott, §§ 24, 140. Abhorring, adj. †Abhorrent, repulsive, repugnant. Construed with from, which is occasionally omitted. 5. 479. [Afore, adv. (Adv. of time, from O. E. on foran on foran, 'in front, in advance'). fore. I. 339. = Be Aile, V. To have something the matter with one. I. 505. Article, n. A moment. 5. 444. Artificer, n. †An artful or wily person; a trickster. 4. 191. Aspire, v. †To attain. 3. 516. †Ayreling, n. A young, thoughtless person. 1. 167. Bane, n. (Common Teutonic word, OE. bana = O. Fris. bona, OHG. bano, Dan. bane, &c., death, murder.') Here used in a strong sense, probably deadly poison. 3. 215. Batch, n. (M. E. bache, bacche.) Properly, a baking; the quantity of bread produced at one baking. Figuratively here, the sort or 'lot' to which a thing belongs by origin (as loaves do to their own batch). 4. 222. Bate, v. To fall off in force or intensity. 3. 55. †Battaile, n. Line of battle. 5. 672. Bawde, n. A pander. 2. 275, passim. |