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of my fate might perhaps distemper yours. Shakespeare, Twelfth Night 



ii. I. 5. 



Distinguish, v. i. To assert distinctly, decide : p. 166, I. 3. 

 Disvalued, p.p. Depreciated : p. 237, I. 3. 



1 But in chief 



For that her reputation was disvalueil 

 In levity. Shakespeare, Meas. for Meas. v. I. 221. 

 Divers, adj. Different; and so, several: p. 25, 1. 32; p. 85, 1. 31. For 



indeed, every sect of them, hath a divers posture, or cringe by themselves. 



Essay iii. p. 9. 



Diverse, adj. Different: p. 39, 1. 27 ; p. 85, I. 15. 

 Divination, sb. Foretelling of future events : p. 87, 1. 25. Diuination, 



or Southsaying, & telling things by coniecture. Mantice. Baret, 



Alvearie. 



Diyulsion, sb. A tearing asunder: p. 189, 1. 13. Divulsion : f. A. divi 

 sion, or pulling vp ; also, a cutting, section, or division. Cotgrave 



Fr. Diet. 



Dogmatical, sb. Dogmatical statement, dogma: p. 153, I. 30. 

 Dolor, sb. Grief, suffering: p. 140, 1. 5. A minde fixt, and bent upon 



somewhat, that is good, doth avert the dolors of death. Essay ii. p. 7. 

 Domestical, adj. Domestic : p. 223, 1. 16. Domestique: com. Dotius- 



ticall, housall, of our household. Cotgrave, Fr. Diet. 

 Donative, sb. A gift, largess: p. 48, 1. 14; p. 71, 1. i. For their men 



of warre ; it is a dangerous state, where they live and remaine in a body, 



and are used to donatives. 1 Essay xix. p. 8l. 

 Dotation, sb. Endowment: p. 79, 1. i. 

 Doubt, v.i. To hesitate through fear, and then, to fear: p. 16, 1. 28- 



p. 26, 1. 8. 



I doubt some danger does approach you nearly. 



Shakespeare, Macb. iv. 3. 67. 

 Droumy, adj. Turbid : p. 246, 1. 16. Halliwell (Arch, and Prov. Diet.) 



gives the word as a Devonshire provincialism. Chaucer uses drovy.* 

 Drown, v. i. To be drowned : p. 92, 1. 27. 



Drowth, sb. Drought: p. 151, 1. 23. Compare Pericles, iii. Gower, 3. 

 Dulceness, sb. Sweetness, p. 238, 1. 21. 



E. 



Easiliest, adv. Most easily : p. 41, I. 29. 



Ecstasy, sb. A trance: p. 145, 1. 24. A state in which the functions of 



the senses are temporarily suspended. Such was the trance (Ixaraatt) 



into which the Apostle Peter fell (Acts x. 10). See Shakespeare, Oth. 



iv. i. 80: 



I shifted him away, 

 And laid good scuse upon your ecstasy 

 Eccentrics, sb. According to the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, the 



supposed circular orbits described by the planets about the earth, which 



was not in the centre: p. 161, I. 30. 



