Who is Silvia? What is she

W. SHAKESPEARE. Two Gentlemen of Verona a Comedics, 46, 1023 Who taught thee first to sigh...

E DE VIRE Earl of OXFORD MS. Rovi, Poet, 85, in Bodleian Library. Widow, well met! Whither go .... Sir J. DAVIES. In F. DAVISON'S Pretical Rhaponds, and Ed, 1611. Will you hear a Spanish Lady

T. DELOSET. Text as reprinted by Rev. J. W. EaSWORTH, in Roxburghe Balest, vi 655, 1889.

Willy, prithee, go to bed!..

ANTS. I: T. RAVENSCROFT'S Deuteromaize, 1009 (M)

72

Ye Highlands, and ye Lawlands!.. 179
ANOX In Scots Songs, Ed. by D.
HERD. Edin, 1769

Ye little birds, that sit and sing
T. HEYWOOD Fair Maid of the
Exchange, 1607-

238

You brave heroic minds

What is our Life? A Play of... 149 Sir W. RALEGH. In O. GIBBONS Madrigals, 1612.

M. DRAYTON Poems (1606), You spotted snakes with double .. W. SHAKESPEARE. Midsummer Night's Dream, 1600.

262

(M.)

What Shepherd can express ... E. DE VERE, Earl of OXFORD.

In

Venice, 1600

J. BODENHAM'S Engiand's Helicon, 1600.

You, that embrace enchanting .... W. SMITH. Chloris, 1596.

83

A', 188, all.

Acold, 80, chilled.

Adam, 271.

7.

282.

Adown, 256, down.

A-dry, 159, thirsty.
Affection (in Sir W. Ra-
legh's sense), 151, feeling
opposed to reason.
Afield, 142, in the field.
After-wits, 59, being wise
after the event, and too late.
Aglaia (N. Breton), 73, 74..
Piped a-good, 256, vigorously,
heartily.

Ajmere, 203.

Alexander the Great, 62.

All-a-pieces

shiver,

45,

broken all to pieces.
All too pitiless, 75, altogether.
Aman, 63, Haman.
Amaryllis (H. Constable),
118-120.

And, 141, if you.
Angel-gold, 162, standard
gold used in making angels,
coins valued, at different
times, from 6s. 8d. to 10s.
Here likened to golden hair.
Angels, 160, a pun on the
word; meaning the coin,
which was a lawyer's fee,
and also spirits in Heaven.
Anomos (the poetical name
of A. W.), 168-178.
'Anon, Sir!', 198, the answer
of a waiter in a tavern.
Antimachus (T. Lodge), 86.
Antique stories, 253, ancient.
Apelles, 24, 26.

Lead apes in hell, 31, 38, the
fancied consequence of dying
an old maid.
Arcadia, 99.
Arden, 253.
Ariel (W. Shakespeare), 1.
Armstrong, T., 188.
Arrant, 156, errand.
Strange array, 181, dress.
Art, 89, human skill, as op-
posed to Nature.
Arts, 158, the Liberal Arts.

Astra (W. Browne), 279, 280.
Astrea [Queen Elizabeth]
(Sir J. Davies), 27-35.

The ba', 179, the ball.
Look babies in your eyes,
186, the small image of one-
self, reflected in the pupil of
another's eye.

Green balk, 72, a ridge, or
mound, on the ground.
Ballating, 204, writing Bal-
lads.

Some bare! 169, bare place.
Barginet = bargeret, 86,

a

pastoral song and dance."
Barnes, B., 66-69.
Barnfield, R., 18-23, 135.
Bauble, 220, a stick with a
carved head with ass's ears,
carried by Fools.
Bauzen's skin, 255,a badger's
skin.

Beaumont, F., 196-208, 214.
Bebathèd, 143, bathed.
Bedecked, 108, adorned.
Bedlam Tamberlaine, 255.
furious. The reference is to

Marlow's Play.
Beechen-tree, 185, beech-tree.
Beforne, 22, before.
Berycinth (B. Barnes), 66.
Unswept stone, besmeared,
12, soiled through neglect.
Bewray, 37, 77, reveal.
Bide, 89, abide, endure.
My judgement blear, 126,
beguile, blind, impose upon.
The box, 72, a garden shrub.

Breton, N., 70-80.
Bride-House, 211, the house
where a wedding is held.
Britans, 262, Britons.
Browne, W., 276–282.

Cælia, (Sir D. Murray), 228.
Cæsar, C. J., 62, 143.
Cain, 271.

Campion, M.D.; T., 229–251.
Can't, 85, cannot.
Carr, Earl of Somerset;
R., 300.

Cassamen (M. Drayton), 253.
Catched, 195, caught.
Celia (B. Jonson), 219, 220.
Chalk-hill, J., 266, 267.'
Chaucer, G., 22.
Chequered plain, 185, varie-
gated.
'Cherry-ripe!' 238, a street
cry; here applied to a lady's
lips.
Chloris (W. Smith), 83.
Chop-church, 36, a trafficker
in church livings.
Clora (J. Fletcher), 209.
Cockers, 255, leggings, or
gaiters.

Cockle hat, 9, a hat with a
scallop-shell in it.
Co'entry blue, 255, a blue
thread made at Coventry.
Colin, 257.
Articles of the Conclusion,
76, Treaty.

Black-haired coney, 72, ? a
rabbit.

Constable, H., 111-120.
Cordiwin = Cordwain = Cor-
dovan, 255, Spanish leather.
Coridon (R. Barnfield), 19.

Coridon (N. Breton), 70, 75,

76, 78, 79:
Coridon (Ignoto), 137-139.
Corin (the poetical name of
W. Smith), 83.
Corinna (T. Campion), 241.
Corse, 16, a dead body.
Coryate, T., 203.
Courtesied, 13, curtsied.
Couth she, 253, knew she.
She coys, 81, becomes distant
in manner.

Crabs, 3, 239, wild apples.
Cresseid = Cressida, 244.
One silly cross, 18, one simple
adverse circumstance.
He crowed crank, 254, lustily.
Curtail curtal dog, 18, one
that had his tail cut short.
Cynthia (Anon), 26.
Cytheron-Cythera(Cerigo),

172.

| Dives, 63, the rich man in
Luke xvi.

Music of Division, 149. In
Music, a florid melodic pas-
sage, a run.
Dole, 228, grief, sorrow.
Dorus (Anon)., 225.

By Dove, 254, the Derbyshire
river.

Dowland, J., 21.
Castle Down, 180.
Dowsabell, 253-257.
Drayton, M., 23, 253-264.
Drummond, W., of Haw-
thornden, 288-290.
Drybobs, 204, smart sayings.
Sing... of dumps, 11, melan.
choly tunes.

Go to Dunmow, 31, Little
Dunmow in Essex.

Fond, 181, 256, &c., foolish.
Fondlings, 141, foolish per-

sons.

Forestall, 37, to rig the
market; to make a 'corner'
of any article, by buying up
all the available supplies,
and so raising the price.
Fore-wit, 59, foresight.
Sweetly were forsworn, 16,
perjured, faithless.
France, 274.
Francke J. Fletcher), 209.
Frettished, 69, benumbed.
Frolic, 189, 253, &c., joyous,
gay.

Is froward, 260, perverse,
refractory.

Go full bare, 74, very scantily
clothed.

Fuller, D.D.; T., 202.

167.

No date, 136, no end.
Davies, Sir J., 27-38.
Davison, F., 121-127.
Davison, W., 128, 129.
Decker, T., 189, 190.
[? Deloney, T.], 108-110.
Demurs, 59, delays.
Depaint, 25, paint.
Desire, 150, 151, &c., love
longings.

Desire, 150, 151, &c., the
same personified.
Devereux, Earl of Essex;
R., 84, 85.
Diaphenia (H. Constable),

Grovy hills, 232, hills with

groves of trees on them.
Guiderius (W. Shakespeare),

7.

Gyves, 274, fetters.

Hakluyt, the Cosmographer;
R., 264.

Sent them out halting, 68,
limping.

Handkercher, 93, pocket-
handkerchief.
Harbinger, 211, forerunner.
Harpalus (Sir D. Murray),
226-228.

Helen, 233, 237.

manners.

Lemster, 254, Leominster.
Lesbia (T. Campion; from
Catullus), 229.
Lewd brother slaw, 255,
Cain.

Licia (G. Fletcher the Elder),
39.

Can ye
it.
Lingel, 255, thread.
List, 181, listen.
When he list, 148, pleases.
Chequered Lists, 290, borders.
Lithe, 254, pliant, flexible.
I have my livery sued, 28,
obtained possession of my
property.

liken it, 44, resemble

'Loth to depart,' 132, a
well-known song.

My Love, the Lady, or
Gentleman, I love.

My love, the love I have for
that person.

Lover, a man who loves a
Also called, Ser-

woman.

vant, True Love.
So many Loves, 248, Lovers.
Whose Loves are dead, 208,
Lovers.

The old Loves, 234, the
Beauties of ancient Times.
Keep our loves, 139, preserve
our mutual affection.
Lucrece, 23, 32.

Lazy luskings, 67, idlers.
A lute, 21, 197, 198, a musical
instrument like a guitar, or
a mandolin.

Luve, 179, Lover.
Lycoris (Anon.), 225.
Lycoris (Anon.), 265.

May, 68, 70, May games.
A Maying, 45, 265, gathering,
especially on May Day, the
hawthorn; called May, be-
cause it blooms in that
month.

A Mean, 56, a medium, as
the Golden Mean.
Melibœus (Sir W. Ralegh),
152, 153.

Old Melibœus (Anon.), 81.
Memnon's rock, 39, on the
Nile.

'Mends, 180, amends.
Love is merchandised! 8,
bartered.

Mermaid Tavern, in Bread
Street, London, 201-203.
Feathers he meweth, 258,
dries.

Mickle, 253, great.
Midas, 269.

Orient pearl, 64, brilliant,
pellucid, lustrous.

An orpèd swine, 115, stout,
strong.
Orpheus, 14.
O' th', 7, of the.
Outlandish spirits, 37, men
who have travelled.
Owe, 207, own.

COWS.

Milton, J., 203.

Miniver, 255, a mixed fur.
Minos, 166.

Mistress, always, in this
Series, in a good sense; with
its many equivalents, such
as, sweet Heart! dear Joy!
Saint! dearest Shepherdling!
sweet Shepherdling! Sove-
reign! fair Sweet! pretty
Sweeting! sweet Virgin! &c.,
&c.

Molten, 160, melted.

Round Morrises dance, 66,
Morris-dances.
Moulted, 45, melted.

Murray, Earl of-see Stew-
art, J.

Murray, Sir D., 226–228.

Mushrumpts,

rooms.

63,

Musket eglantine, 290.

Myrrha, 113, 114.

Nae, 188, no.

mush-

to be indebted.

Pavy, S., 216.

Peakish hill, 254, in the Peak
district of Derbyshire.
In peascod (= peacod) time,
142, when the pea crop is

ripe.
Peers the Piper (B. Barnes),
66.

Peg, and Peggie (T. Decker),
189, 190.
Penelope, 32, 38.

Perdue, 17, lost, or concealed,

120.

Phillis (T. Heywood), 295,
296.

Phillis (T. Lodge), 91, 92.
Daisies pied,2,party-coloured.
Pierian spring, 50, a spring
in Pieria, haunted by the
Muses.

A pile of steel, 69, 261, a point.
Plaguy hide, 285, vexatious,
troublesome, annoying.
Plaint, 48, complaint.
His plate, 64. Silver plate is
intended.

Did plate = plait, 94, to in-
terweave gold with golden
hair.

Play-feres, 145, playmates.

PLAYS-

Bloody Brother, 16, by J.
Fletcher.
Merchant of Venice, 5, 6,
by W. Shakespeare.
A melting pleasance, 44, de-
light, enjoyment, pleasure.
Plies the box, 72, creeps close
by the side of that shrub.

POEMS, BALLADS, ETC.
Epistles, 23, M. Drayton's
England's Heroical Epis-

tles.
Fairy Queen, 23, by E.
Spenser.

Furies, 22, King James'
translation from G. de
Saluste du Bartas.
Iliads, 201, of Homer.
Lepanto, 22, King James'
Poem.

Lucrece, 23, W. Shake

speare's Rape of Lucrece.