This World a hunting is!
W. DRUMMOND. Flowers of Sion, Edin., 1623. Thou, deity, swift-winged Love!
J. FLETCHER. Nice Valour, in BEAUMONT and FLETCHER's Comedies, &c., 1647.
Though I am young, and cannot. B. JONSON. Sad Shepherd, in Works, II, 1640. Thou, once a body, now but air!.. R.C.R.CORBET, Bishop of NORWICH]. Poetica Stromata, 1648.
Thou that loved once, now lov'st.. Sir R. AYTON. In Scots Poems, III, published by J. WATSON at Edinburgh in 1711.
Throw away thy rod!..
Rev. G. HERBERT. Temple, Cainb., 1633.
Thus, in pomp and priestly pride.. 158 F.QUARLES. Argalus and Parthenia,
Thus, thus, begin the yearly rites..
B. JONSON. Pan's Anniversary (1626), in Works, II, 1640.
When thou didst think I did not 112 Sir R. AYTON. Add. MS. 10,308, in British Museum.
When thou (poor excommunicate. 221 T. CAREW. Poems, 1640.
G. WITHER. Fair Virtue, 1622. Time! I ever must complain
When whispering strains, with
J. HAGTHORPE. Divine Meditations, 1622.
Rev. W. STRODE, D.D. Harl. MS. 6,917, in the British Museum. Whiles I, this standing lake
W.CARTWRIGHT. Comedies, &c., 1651. While the two contraries of Black 298 E. HERBERT, Lord HERBERT of Chirbury. Occasional Verses, 1668, Who can blame me, if I love? Lady M. WROATH. Urania, 1621. Whoever comes to shroud me; do Dean J. DONNE. Juvenilia, 1633. Why art thou slow, thou rest of.. P. MASSINGER. Emperor of the East, 1632. Why so pale and wan? fond.... Sir J. SUCKLING. Fragmenta Aurea, 1646.
With an old Song, made by an.... ANON. Antidote against Melancholy, 1661.
W.CARTWRIGHT. Comedies, &c., 1651. To draw no envy, Shakespeare!
B. JONSON. The First Folio Edition of W. SHAKESPEARE's Comedies, &c., 1623.
Tom and Will. were Shepherds
S. GODOLPHIN. In J. DRYDEN'S Examen Poeticum (Miscellany Poems, III), 1693.
To the old, long life and treasure! BEN JONSON. The Gipsies Metamorphosed (1626), in Works, II, 1640.
Underneath this sable hearse... ANON. In Wit's Recreations, 2nd Ed., 1641. This poem has often been attributed to B. JONSON.
Accius, L., 24. Achilles, 234.
Addle, 152, muddled, crazy. Adonis, 253. Eschylus, 24. Afeared, 20, afraid. After-wits, 108, being wise after the event, and too late. Aganippe, 48, a well fre- quented by the Muses. The Air of her face, 14, the manner, appearance. Airs, 210, musical airs. Ajax, 234. Alexander, of Menstry, aiter- wards Earl of Stirling; Sir W., 52, 90-93. Amain, 169, go at full speed! Amyntas (T. Carew), 212. Anacreon, 14.
Angel, 171, a coin worth, at different times, from 6s. 8d.
Anglesea, Countess of- see Villiers, E., 147. Arachne's arts, 2. The silk- worm's labours are intended. Aristophanes, 25.
Ballet, 47, 208, Ballad. Band, 32, bond. That is bare, 178, the gra- velled paths, separating the flower beds; and here likened to the week days. Barkley,- -,233, Berkeley. Barley Break, 282, 283, a game. Barleycorn, Sir J., 263-268. Barm, 267, yeast, leaven. Bartas-see Saluste du
Bartas, G. de. Bartlet,, 287. Bartlet, W., 287, 289. Basse, W., 22, 23, 296, 297., My batten, 84, a movable bar in a silk-loom. The Battle, 65, 66, the main body of an army. Beaumont, F., 22, 24, 52, 247-249.
Beaumont, Bart.; Sir J., 52, 123-126.
Like a Bedlam, 153, a mad-
man. Lunatics were for- merly whipped, chained, and had never a rag on,' 154.
Art, 113, human skill, as op- Beer, R., 263. posed to Nature.
Avon, 26, the Warwickshire river on which Stratford is situated.
Ayton, Sir R., 107-113.
Be gar, 163, By God! Beldames old, 58, old women. Benefactor's dole, 249, the £5 usually paid by the Dedicatee, to the Poet, for a Dedication. Berwick-on-Tweed, 148. Bethlehem, 144.
Bevis of Southampton, 149. Bi-clift top, 47. The hill Par-
nassus has a bifurcated top,
with two heads.
Black Friars Theatre, on the present site of the Times Office, in London, 248. Black jacks, 228, 264, leather jugs for beer, coated with tar. See VI, 281-285. 268, there is a pun, jack also meaning a jerkin. Black pot, 264, a beer mug.
Bacon, Viscount St. Al. Blind Bard, 49, Homer.
Thy Book alone, 183, the Bible.
Brakes, 20, 55, brushwood, thickets.
Brave, 37, bravely, finely dressed.
Brawn, 228, the cooked flesh of the boar. Broker, 152, a Fairy. Brome, R., 157. Browne, W., 52. Bryan, Sir F., 48. Burton, R., 119–122. Buskin, 24, 50, a half-boot worn by the actors in ancient Athenian tragedy. Hence, the symbol of Tragedy. Buskined, 39, tragic. Buttery-hatch, 31, 33, the
half-door of the store-room, through which drink and provisions were issued; in this case, gratuitously.
Callisto, 61. Cambridge, 235-237- Nor can, 228, 264, wooden cans. See VI, 281. Candies the grass, 211, to cover with hoar frost.
Canny Lass, 164, wary, cautious, shrewd girl. Carew, T., 211-225, 288. Carfax Church, Oxford, 156.
Carlisle, Lady-see Hay, L. Whose carriage is complete, 33, whose bearing, or pre. sence, is perfect. Bound him in a cart, 265 Traitors were conveyed in a cart from Newgate Prison to Tyburn (near the present Marble Arch), London; for
execution. Cartwright, W., 243-253. Cary, Viscount Falkland; L., 290.
Cary, Hon. T., 189-191. Castara (W. Habington, 198-203.
Cates, 55, dainties, delicacies. Cato, 46. The Distich
Moralia, or de Moribus, of D. Cato; one of the chief school-books of the Shake- spearean Age. Caud, 165, called. 'Cause, 96, because. Celia (T. Carew), 214, 215, 217, 218, 220, 222, 223. Cessed, 64, assessed. Wipe out chalk, 233. Tavern scores of credit given, were formerly written with chalk on the back of a door. Chapman, G., 51. Chargeable, 230, expensive. Charing Cross, London,
Ye have your closes, 182, ends.
Clown Groom, 37, an un- educated man. Cœlia (P. Hannay), 98. To cog, 57, to cheat, deceive, wheedle.
Coil, 40, tumult, bustle, ado. The Collar, 172, the divine restraint.
Collin (G. Wither), 79. I hold commerce, 204, com- munication. Composures, 53, poems. Of pure consent, 134, har- mony.
His copper nose, 31, red from his drinking
nose, habits. Care's Copse
Coppice, 171, a thicket of small trees, or underwood.
Corbet, Bishop of Nor- wich; R., 150-156. Him of Cordova, dead, 24, L. A. Seneca. Course-a-Park, 272. Cowley, A., 257-262. To cozen, 88, deceive, dupe, beguile.
Creak, 296, croak. Creat, 163, the Welshman's pronunciation of great. Croesus, 278.
One cross, 234. Tavern scores were kept by writing crosses in chalk on the back of the door.
Cureton, 152, a Fairy.
Daffadils, strew the green! 168, strew the green with daffodils. Danaë, 62, 216. Daniel, S., 50.
Digby,- (see VI, 197), 287. A dimpled grave, 200, buried in a dimple. Diocles (J. Fletcher), 66. Disproportioned, 134, out of musical harmony. Distracted, 153, crazed. Doffed = do off, 136, put off. Don = do on, 102, put on. Donne, Dean of St. Paul's, London; J., 94-97. Doric Music, 233. Dover, 148.
Drayton, M., 37-53: Drummond, of Hawthorn- den; W., 52, 59, 60. A Dumb Show, 161, pre- ceded each Act of some of our early Plays. Durer, A., 248.
E'er, 214, ever. Elderton, W., 47- Eliza, 26, Queen Elizabeth. Elizabeth, Queen, 26, 151. Elizabeth, Queen of Bohe- mia, and daughter of James I, 129.
Davenant, Sir W., 146, 147, House of pure Emanuel, 153,
288, 289, 291. Day's eyes, 7, daisies. Decker, T., 168, 169.
Emmanuel College, Cam- bridge; which was a great Puritan centre.
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