Come your ways, come your ways ['come along,' come hither with me'].Tr. & Cr., iii. 2. Look to 't, I charge you: come your ways.-Hamlet, i. 3. Well, go thy way [go along with thee,' 'pursue thine own way']: thou shalt not from this grove, till I.-Mid. N. D., ii. 2. Well, go thy way [ be off with thee,' be gone,' 'I give thee thy way']; if Sir Toby would leave drinking, thou.-Tw. N., i. 5. Go thy way go on thine own way,' thou know'st well what thou 'rt about ']. Hector! There's a brave man .. Go thy way, Troilus, go thy way !-Tr. & Cr., i. 2. ... Go thy ways, wench; serve God.-R. & Jul., ii. 5. Say'st thou so, old Jack; go thy ways; I'll make more of thy old body than I have done.-Merry W., ii. 2. Go thy ways, old Jack; die when thou wilt, if manhood, good manhood, be not forgot. 1 H. IV., ii. 4. Ay, go your ways, go your ways ['go away,'' go along with you']: I knew.— As You L., iv. I. God amend us, God amend! we are much out o' the way ['strayed from rectitude, or the right path'].-Love's L. L., iv. 3. He draws Mark Antony out of the way [‘apart,' ' away '].—Jul. C., iii. 1. A pox of drowning thyself! it is clean out of the way ['out of the question, away from the purpose '].—Oth., i. 3. I'll devise a mean to draw the Moor out of the way ['apart,'' away'], that your converse and business.-Ibid., iii. 1. Is 't lost? is 't gone? speak, is it out o' the way? ['mislaid'].—Ibid., iii. 4. But at fourscore it is too late a week ['too late a period of time,'' too late an epoch,' 'too late by at least a week.' See Too dear a halfpenny," previously cited}.— As You L., ii. 3. She'll burn a week longer [ at least a week longer,' a good portion of time longer'] than the whole world.-Com. of E., iii. 2. Well be with you [I wish you well,' 'good wishes to you '], gentlemen!— Hamlet, ii. 2. If the sins of your youth are forgiven you, you're well to live ['you will live well,' 'you will be fortunate to live'].—W. T., iii. 3. Well said! ['well done'] thou look'st cheerly.-As You L., ii. 6. Spread, Davy; spread, Davy: well said, Davy.—2 H. IV., v. 3. -Well said, my hearts!-R. & Jul., i. 5. Come, give me that: this way; well said.-Ant. & C., iv. 4. What said he? How looked he? Wherein went he? [In what clothes was he dressed].-As You L., iii. 2. And he went still in this fashion ['was always dressed in this style'], colour, ornament.-Tw. N., iii. 4. Jove sometime went disguis'd ['was disguisedly attired '], and why not I?— 2 H. VI., iv. I. Never lack'd gold, and yet went never gay [* never dressed gaily '].—Oth., ii. 1. And thane of Cawdor too; went it not so? ['did not the prediction run thus'].Macb., i. 3. When three or four of his blind brothers went to it ['were killed,' 'went to death.' 'went to destruction '].-Two G. of V., iv. 4. He shall conceal it, Whiles you are willing it shall come to note, What time ['at which time,' 'when'] we will our celebration keep.—Tw. N., iv. 3. An thou canst not smile as the wind sits [according to the mood that pleases thy superiors'], thou 'lt catch cold.—Lear, i. 4. Is 't possible? Sits the wind in that corner? ['does the air of her favour blow in that direction,'' is this the state of affairs'].-M. Ado, ii. 3. Though my reason sits in the wind against me [ blows me in the contrary direction,' advises me to a different course'.-Ant. & C., iii. 8. There is something in the wind [there is something going forward,' there is something adverse threatening'], that we cannot get in.-Com of E., iii. 1. 6 6 By this same coxcomb that we have i' the wind ['we have got the wind of,' got the upper hand of'; also, we have got scent of,' on whose track we are'].All's W., iii. 6. He knows the game: how true he keeps the wind! [' maintains the advantage he has gained, pursues the track he is on '].—3 H. VI., iii. 2. Why do you go about to recover the wind of me? ['take advantage of me'].— Hamlet, iii. 2. It keeps on the windy side [ on the safe side,'' on the side protected from the wind,' on the advantageous side'] of care.-M. Ado, ii. 1. Still you keep o' the windy side of the law: good.-Tw. N., iii. 4. Brown, madam: and her forehead as low as she would wish it ['lower than she could wish it to be '].-Ant. & C., iii. 3. So will you wish on me ['invoke curses upon me'], when the rash mood is on.-Lear, ii. 4. O, a good wish upon you ! [' may you have your wish '].-As You L., i. 3. Exceeding those that I can wish upon thee ['invoke upon thee'].—R. III, i. 3. I will wish him [recommend him '] to her father.-Tam of S., i. I. I would not wish them to ['aspire after for them,'' desire for them '] a fairer death. -Macb., v. 7. When man was wish'd to ['enjoined to,' 'desired to'] love his enemies!—Timon, iv. 3. Bringeth sensible regreets-to wit [that is to say,' be it known'], (besides commends, and courteous breath), gifts of rich value !—Mer. of V., ii. 9. Diest; or, to wit, I kill thee, make thee away.-As You L., v. 1. To wit, no female should be inheritrix in Salique land.-H. V., i. 2. To wit, an indigested and deformed lump.-3 H. VI., v. 6. But 'tis no wit [' unwise'] to go.—R. & Jul., i. 4. Witness [as may be attested by '] our too much memorable shame, when Cressy battle.-H. V., ii. 4. You appeared to me but as a common man; witness the night, your garments, your lowliness. Ibid., iv. 8. Witness the hole you made in Cæsar's heart.-Jul. C., v. i. Witness this army, of such mass and charge.-Hamlet, iv. 4. Woe, woe are we ['most grieved are we.' See OATHS, EXCLAMATIONS, &c.], sir, you may not live to wear.-Ant. & C., iv. 12. Hob, nob, is his word ['is his decree']; give 't or take 't.—Tw. N., iii. 4. That is done too, sir; only cover is the word [the determined fact,' 'the decreed thing, the definitive sentence'].—Mer. of V., iii. 5. Slaying is the word; it is a deed in fashion.-Jul. C., v. 5. If they suffer our departure, death's the word.-Ant. & C., i. 2. Pardon's the word to all.-Ibid., v. 5. -Coupe le gorge! That is the word. I thee defy again.-H. V., ii. 1. The word is," Pitch and pay"; trust none.-Ibid., ii. 3. The word is, mildly: pray you, let us go.—Coriol., iii. 2. Now have I done a good day's work ['accomplished a good deed.' See "Made good work," previously cited].-R. III., ii. 1. How earnestly are you set a' work ['urged to act'], and how ill requited!— Tr. & Cr., v. II. My son profits nothing in the world ['whatever'] at his book.-Merry W., iv. 1. I do nothing in the world but lie.-Love's L. L., iv. 3. And it is nothing, nothing in the world.-Mid. N. D., v. 1. He hath no interest in me in the world.-As You L., v. i. I will choose mine heir from forth the beggars of the world [' in chief,' 'in especial,' 'paramount,'' most notorious'].—Timon, i. 1. The beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!-Hamlet, ii. 2. I therefore apprehend and do attach thee, for an abuser of the world [' pre-eminent,' unparalleled; and also implying of mankind,' of the public'], a practiser of arts inhibited. Oth., i. 2. [See "A woman of the world," previously cited, for an idiom formerly in use.] Seeming! I will write against it ['denounce it,'' protest against it'].-M. Ado, iv. 1. I'll write against them ['denounce them,' 'protest against them'], detest them, curse them.-Cym., ii. 5. I'd give bay Curtal and his furniture, My mouth were no more broken than these boys', And writ as little beard ['subscribed or confessed to owning as little beard,'' gave tokens of possessing as little beard'].—All's W., ii. 3. I must tell thee, sirrah, I write man ['give evidence of the right to be called a man,' show that I am worthy to be styled a man,' 'proclaim myself to be a man']; to which title age cannot bring thee.—Ibid., ii. 3. Observe his inclination in yourself ['in your own person,' 'by your own obser vations'].-Hamlet, ii. 1. Shakespeare uses some idiomatic terms of number : : A brace of two'] draymen bid God speed him well.-R. II., i. 4. And I have lost a brace of kinsmen.-R. & Jul., v. 3. I have not a case of [three '] lives.-H. V., iii. 2. A couple ['two'] of Ford's knaves, his hinds.-Merry W., iii. 5. Have ta'en a couple of as arrant knaves as any in Messina.-M. Ado, iii. 5. I am sworn brother to a leash of [three '] drawers.-1 H. IV., ii. 4. That you three fools lack'd me, fool, to make up the mess [the four '].— Love's L. L., iv. 3. A mess of [four '] Russians left us but of late.—Ibid., v. 2. Where are your mess of [' four '] sons to back you now.—3 H. VI., i. 4. Here comes a pair of [' two '] very strange beasts.-As You L., v. 4. Here justified by us, a pair of kings.-W. T., v. 3. Made a pair of [' a set of,'' a flight of'] stairs to marriage.-As You L., v. 2. I'll make a fat pair of ['set of '] gallows.-1 H. IV., ii. 1. Than the length and breadth of a pair of [a set of'] indentures?—Hamlet, v. 1. I yet am unprovided of a pair of [a set of'] bases. . . thou shalt have my best gown to make thee a pair.-Per., ii. 1. Shakespeare uses several idioms of elliptical expression: [Be gone] about it: you know where to find me.—2 H. IV., i. 2. And he to England shall [go] along with you.-Hamlet, iii. 3. Let Romeo [depart] hence in haste.-R. & Jul., iii. 1. Early to-morrow will we rise, and [go] hence.-Jul. C., iv. 3. I will [go] from hence to-day.-Cym., i. 2. Say she'll [go] home to her father.-Cym., iii. 2. I'll [go] through Glo'stershire.-2 H. IV., iv 3. I'll [go] to the king, my master, that is dead. Ibid., v. 2. I'll not [go] to Rome, I'll [go] back with you.-Coriol., v. 3. I'll willingly [go] to him: to gain his colour.-Cym., iv. 2. By this sun that shines, I'll [go] thither.-Ibid., iv. 4. I'll [have] no more drumming; a plague of all drums !—All's W., iv. 3. No; I'll [have] no Anne Bullens for him.-H. VIII., iii. 2. I must [go] to England; you know that?-Hamlet, iii. 4. On mine own accord I'll [go] off.-W. T., ii. 3. [Go] on, Bardolph; lead the men away.-2 H. IV., iii. 2. [Away, be gone] to the church: take the priest.-Tam. of S., iv. 4. Pray you, let's [go] to him.-Coriol., iii. 1. Let's [go] to our affairs. Forgive us our sins!-Oth., ii. 3. If you have any music that may not be heard, [set] to't again.-Ibid., iii. 1. If we compose well here [we will undertake the expedition], to Parthia.- Ant. & C., ii. 2. He shall [go] to Parthia.—Ibid., ii. 3. He purposeth [to go] to Athens: whither, with what haste.-Ibid., iii. 1. [Go] to the sea-side straightway: I will possess you.—Ibid., iii. 9. [Go] to him again: tell him he wears the rose of youth.—Ibid., iii. 11. [Hasten] to the monument! . . . To the monument! . . . To the monument !— Ibid., iv. II. [Let me repair] to the trunk again, and shut the spring of it.-Cym., ii. 2. [Betake you] to some shade, and fit you to your manhood.—Ibid., iii. 4. Pray, sir, [let us go] to the army: I and my brother.-Ibid., iv. 4. Now [let me turn] to my daughter's letter.-Per., ii. 5. What, shall we [go] toward the Tower?—R. III., iii. 2. Let us [go] toward the king.-Macb., i. 3. But [be gone], up to the mountains !-Cym., iii. 3. Bid them all home; he's gone, and we 'll [go] no farther.-Coriol., iv. 2, Soft, soft! we'll [have] no defence.-Ibid., iii. 4. His lordship will [depart] next morning for France.—All's W., iv. 3. We will [go] ourself in person to this war.-R. II., i. 4. We will not [move] from the helm to sit and weep.-3 H. VI., v. 4. Why, then, will I [fight] no more.-Tr. & Cr., iv. 5. Where's Hector? I will [have, or fight with] none but Hector.-Ibid., v. 5. ... I will not [go] out of doors. . . I will not [go] over the threshold . . . indeed, I will not [go] forth.-Coriol., i. 3. Nay, your wit will not [issue] so soon out as another man's will-'tis strongly wedged up in a block-head.-Ibid., ii. 3. I will [go] to-morrow (and betimes I will [go]) to the.-Macb., iii. 4. He calls to horse; but will [go] I know not whither.-Lear, ii. 4. I will [go] with you to the court.-2 H. IV., iii. 2. By the good gods, I'd [go] with thee every foot.-Coriol., iv. 1. I mean, Master Slender, what would you [have] with me?—Truly, for mine own part, I would [have] little or nothing with you.—Merry W., iii. 4. Now, say, Chatillon, what would France [have] with us?-John, i. 1. He is very sick, and would [go] to bed.-H. V., ii. 1. There's something more would [proceed] out of thee; what say'st ?—H. VIII., i. 2. IMPERATIVE MOOD: SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD. Shakespeare occasionally uses both these moods very elliptically; allowing one or more words to be understood in the sentence thus constructed. Witness the following passages where he employs the imperative mood: But, be it [so]; let it live: it shall not neither.-W. T., ii. 3. Love they to live ['let them love to live'] that love and honour have.-R. II., îì. 1. Hold out my horse ['let but my horse hold out'], and I will first be there.-Ibid., ii. 1. [May] thy ignominy sleep with thee in the grave, But not [be] remember'd in thy epitaph!-1 H. IV., v. 4. Now bind my brows with iron; and [let] approach The ragged'st hour that time and spite dare bring, To frown upon th' enrag'd Northumberland.—2 H. IV., i. 1. Yet [let] Heavens have glory for this victory!- -1 H. VI., iii. 2. Dismay not ['be not dismayed '], princes, at this accident.—Ibid., iii. 3. Before young Talbot from old Talbot fly, [Let] the coward horse that bears me fall and die !—Ibid., iv. 6. 4. Know the whole world ['be it known to the whole world'] he is as valiant.Tr. & Cr., ii. 3. Appear it ['let it appear '] to your mind that.-Ibid., iii. 3. [Let] what [ever] may be sworn by, both divine and human, seal what I end withal! -Coriol., iii. 1. Wash they [let them wash'] his wounds with tears.-R. & Jul., iii. 2. Whom you yourselves shall set out for reproof, Fall, and no more.-Ibid., v. 5. If I know this, know [* be it known to '] all the world besides, that.—Jul. C., i. 3. Now know you ['be it known to you '], Casca, I have mov'd.—Ibid., i. 3. [May] the gods to-day stand friendly, that we may, Lovers in peace, lead on our days to age!—Ibid., v. 1. Therefore our everlasting farewell [let us] take.—Ibid., v. 1. And [may] the chance of goodness be like our warranted quarrel !—Macb., iv. 3. |