336 GLOSSARY. 
Apt, adj. Fit, suitable: p. 181, 1. 22. Compare Shakespeare, Jul. Cas. . 
ii. 2.97: ‘A mock Aft to be render’d.’ 
Arefaction, sb. Drying, the act or state of growing dry: p. 124, l. 14. 
Arrogancy, sb. Arrogance: p. 5, 1.9; p. 88, 1. 22. Compare Shake- 
speare, Hen. VIII. ii. 4. 110: 
‘But your heart 
Is cramm’d with arrogancy, spleen, and pride.’ 
Artificial, adj. Constructed with art, ingenious, skilfully contrived: p. 125, 
1. 5. So in Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, i. 1. 37: 
‘ Artificial strife 
Lives in these touches, livelier than life.’ 
Artsman, sb. One skilled in the liberal arts: p. 150, lL. 15. 
As=that, in the phrases ‘so as’: p. 4,1. 43 p. 16, 1. 28, &c. ‘insomuch 
as’: p. 56,1. 2. ‘Such...as’: p. gt, l. 23. 
As. As that: p. 23, 1.5. As for instance: p. 26, I. 15. 
Ask, v.t. To require: p, 85, 1.6. Comp. Essay vi. p. 18; ‘It asketh a 
strong wit, and a strong heart, to know, when to tell truth, and to doe it.” 
Aspect, sb. The appearance of a planet, which varied with its position 
among the stars: p. 145, 1. 10. Used metaphorically, p. 79, 1. 2, with a 
reference to the old astrological belief in the power exercised by the planets 
upon the fate of man. So Shakespeare, Tr. and Cr. i. 3. 92: 
‘Whose medicinable eye 
Corrects the ill aspects of planets evil.’ 
So also Essay ix. p. 29. 
Aspersion, sb. Sprinkling; and so, intermixture: p. 47,1. 20; p. 199,1. 6. 
Assure, v.i. To ensure, guarantee: p. 152, 1, 21. Used transitively by 
Shakespeare, 3 Hen. VI. iii. 3. 240: : 
‘This shall assure my constant loyalty.’ 
Assured, ~.p. Safe, secure: p. 171, 1. 18. 
As touching. With respect to: p. 8,1. 10. See Matt. xviii. 19. 
Astrolabe, sb. An ancient astronomical instrument for taking the height 
of the stars &c. Chaucer wrote a treatise upon it for the use of ‘little 
Lewis’ his son: p. 80, l. 13. 
Athletic, sb. The art of activity: p. 133, 1.24. We now use ‘athletics’ 
in the same sense. 
Attend, used as a transitive verb, p. 153, l. 6. 
. Attended, ~.p. Accompanied: p. 224, 1. 32. 
Attend upon. To accompany: p. 225, ll. 23, 24. 
Authorised, adj. Gifted with authority: p. 253, 1. 16. 
Awake, v.t. To awaken, rouse: p. 203, |. 11. 
‘We must awake endeavour for defence.” 
Shakespeare, K. John, ii. 1, 81. 
B. 
Backward, adv. Backwards: p, 38, l. 19. 
Baladine, sb. A ballet dancer: p. 165,1.22. Cotgrave (Fr. Dict. ed. 1632) 
gives, ‘Baladin: m. A common dauncer of galliards, and other stirring, 
or liuely Ayres.’ 
Bare = Bore; past tense of ‘bear’: p. 59, |. 19. 
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