For this one night; which, part of it, I'll waste it Go quick away: the story of my life, And the particular accidents gone by I'll bring you to your ship, and so to Naples, Of these our dear-beloved solemnized; And thence retire me to my Milan, where 310 Alon. I long. Pros. I'll deliver all; And promise you calm seas, auspicious gales, Your royal fleet far off. [Aside to Ari.] My That is thy charge: then to the elements Be free, and fare thou well! Please you, draw near. 302. "waste"; spend.-C. H. H. [Exeunt. 309. The line is to be read, according to the folios, "to see our dear belov'd solémnizéd."-I. G. EPILOGUE Spoken by Prospero. Now my charms are all o'erthrown, Unless I be relieved by prayer, 10 Which pierces so, that it assaults Mercy itself, and frees all faults. As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free. 20 10. "with good hands"; i. e. by your applause. Noise was supposed to dissolve a spell. Thus before in this play: "hush, and be mute, Os else our spell is marr'd."-H. N. H. ? GLOSSARY By ISRAEL GOLLANCZ, M.A. Aon; II. i. 190. ABUSE, deceive; V. i. 112. ACHES (dissyllabic, pronounced "aitches," like the letter H); I. ii. 370. ADMIRE, wonder; V. i. 154. ADVANCE, raise, lift up; I. ii. 408. ADVENTURE, to risk; II. i. 192. AFTER, afterwards; II. ii. 10. AGAIN, again and again; I. ii. 390. A-HOLD; "to lay a ship a-hold," i. e., "to bring a ship close to the wind so as to hold or keep her to it"; I. i. 56. AMAZEMENT, anguish; I. ii. 14. AMEN, used probably in the sense of "again!" or perhaps merely with the force of "many"; others render it "hold, stop!"; II. ii. 106. AN, if; II. i. 186. ANGLE, Corner; I. ii. 223. ARGIER, Algiers; I. ii. 261. As, as if; II. i. 126. ASPERSION, Sprinkling of rain or Idew (with an allusion perhaps to the ceremony of sprinkling the marriage-bed with holy water); IV. i. 18. ATTACHED, seized; III. iii. 5. BACKWARD, distant, past; I. ii. 50. BADGES; "household servants usu ally wore on their arms, as part of their livery, silver 'badges' whereon the shield of their masters was engraved"; V. i. 267. BAREFOOT (used adjectively); II. ii. 11. BARNACLES, barnacle geese; IV. i. 251. BASS, utter in a deep bass; III. iii. 99. BAT-FOWLING, a term used for catching birds by night; thence the name of a thieves' trick for plundering shops about dusk by pretending to have lost a jewel near; II. i. 190. BEAK, bow (of a ship); I. ii. 196. BEAR UP, i. e., take your course, sail up; III. ii. 3. BERMOOTHES, i. e., Bermudas; "said and supposed to be inchanted and inhabited with witches and deuills, which grew by reason of accustomed monstrous thunder, storme, and tempest," &c. Stow's Annals; I. ii. 229. BERRIES (? Coffee); I. ii. 334. BLUE-EYED, with blueness about the eyes; I. ii. 269. BOMBARD, "black jack" of leather; II. ii. 22. BOOTLESS, profitless; I. ii. 35. BRAVE, fine; I. ii. 411. BRING TO TRY; "to lay, the ship with her side close to the wind, and lash the tiller to the lee side"; I. i. 40. BROOM-GROVES, groves in which broom (Spartium scoparium) abounds; or perhaps woods overgrown with genista, pathless woods; IV. i. 66. BUDGE, stir; V. i. 11. BURTHEN, undersong; I. ii. 381. BUT, except that; I. ii. 414; otherwise than; I. ii. 119. By and by, immediately; III. ii. 160. CAN, is able to make; IV. i. 27. CANDIED, converted into sugar, sweetened; II. i. 284. CAPABLE, retentive; I. ii. 353. CAPERING, jumping for joy; V. i. 238. CARRIAGE, burden; V. i. 3. CASE, Condition; III. ii. 30. CAST, to throw up; perhaps with a play upon "cast" in the sense of "to assign their parts to actors"; II. i. 256. CAT (with reference to the old proverb that good liquor will make a cat speak); II. ii. 94. CATCH, a part-song; III. ii. 129. CERTES, certainly; III. iii. 30. CHALKED FORTH, i. e., chalked out; V. i. 203. CHERUBIN, a cherub; I. ii. 152. CHIRURGEONLY, like a surgeon; II. i. 145. CLEAR, blameless; III. iii. 82. CLOSENESS, retirement; I. ii. 90. CLOUDY, gloomy; II. i. 147. COCKEREL, the young cock; II. i. 31. COIL, turmoil; I. ii. 207. COME BY, to acquire; II. i. 297. CONFEDERATES, conspires; I. ii. 111. CONSTANT, Self-possessed; í. ii. 207; "my stomach is not c." i. e. "is qualmish"; II. ii. 130. CONTENT, desire, will; II. i. 274. CONTROL, contradict; I. ii. 439. CORAGIO, Courage!; V. i. 258. COROLLARY, a supernumerary, a surplus; IV. i. 57. CORRESPONDENT, responsive, obedient; I. ii. 298. COURSES, the largest lower sails of a ship; I. i. 57. CRABS, crab-apples; II. ii. 188. CRACK, to burst (with reference to magic bands, or perhaps to the crucibles and alembics of magicians); V. i. 2. DEAR, Zealous; I. ii. 179. DEBOSHED, debauched; III. ii. 30. DISTEMPERED, excited; IV. i. 145. DISTINCTLY, Separately; I. ii. 200. DOIT, the smallest piece of money; eighty doits went to a shilling; II. ii. 35. DOLLAR, used quibblingly with "dolor"; II. i. 18. DowLE, a fiber of down; III. iii. 65. DRAWN, having swords drawn; II. i. 313; having taken a good draught; II. ii. 163. DREGS (with reference to the "liquor of the bombard," 1. 21); II. ii. 46. DROLLERY, puppet-show; III. iii. 21. DRY, thirsty; I. ii. 112. DULLNESS, stupor; I. ii. 185. EARTH'D, buried in the earth; II. i. 239. EBBING, "ebbing men," i. e., “men whose fortunes are declining"; II. i. 231. ECSTASY, mental excitement, madness; III. iii. 108. ENDEAVOR, laborious effort; II. i. 164. ENGINE, instrument of war, military machine; II. i. 165. ENTERTAINER, perhaps quibblingly interpreted by Gonzalo in the sense of "inn-keeper"; II. i. 17. ENVY, malice; I. ii. 258. ESTATE, to grant as a possession; IV. i. 85. EYE, tinge; II. i. 55. FALL, to let fall; II. i. 301. FEARFUL, timorous; I. ii. 468. FEATER, more becomingly; II. i. 278. FEATLY, deftly; I. ii. 380. FELLOWS, companions; II. i. 279. FEW, "in few," in few words, in short; I. ii. 144. FISH, to catch at, to seek to obtain; II. i. 109. FLAT, low level ground; II. ii. 2. FLAT-LONG, as if struck with the XXXVI-8 113 |