author, to be the author, of a statement; to state, declare, say. [IV, ii, 19].
baffled, disgraced, treated with contumely. [IV, i, 112].
balm, an aromatic preparation for embalming the dead. [II, i, 79].
band, a collar or ruff worn round the neck by man or woman. [II, ii, 77]; etc.
banquerout, early spelling of bankrupt, which was originally banke rota
(see N. E. D. for variants under bankrupt), from Italian banca rotta,
of which banqueroute is the French adaptation. The modern spelling,
bankrupt, with the second part of the word assimilated to the equivalent
Latin ruptus, as in abrupt, etc., first appears in 1543. [I, i, 127]; [ii, 88].
factor, one who has the charge and manages the affairs of an estate; a bailiff, land-steward. [I, ii, 135]. Cf. Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, III, ii, 147: “Percy is but my factor,” etc.
honestie, honorable character, in a wide, general sense. To the Elizabethan it especially connoted fidelity, trustiness. [II, i, 115].
horslock, a shackle for a horse’s feet; hence applied to any hanging lock; a padlock. [IV, i, 78].
humanity, learning or literature concerned with human culture: a term including the various branches of polite scholarship, as grammar, rhetoric, poetry, and esp. the study of the ancient Latin and Greek classics. [II, i, 3].
humour, used here in the specific Jonsonian sense of a dominating trait or mood. [I, i, 124]; [ii, 31].
map, embodiment, incarnation. [II, ii, 136]. Cf. H. Smith, Sinf. Man’s Search, Six Sermons: “What were man if he were once left to himselfe? A map of misery.”
Obiect, bring forward in opposition as an adverse reason, or by way of accusation. [IV, iv, 174].
obnoxious, liable, exposed, open, vulnerable. [III, i, 354].
obsequious, prompt to serve or please, dutiful. [V, iii, 90].
obseruers, those who show respect, deference, or dutiful attention; obsequious followers. [IV, iv, 43].
Orphants, obsolete corrupt form of Orphans. [I, ii, 206]. It survives in dialect. Cf. James Whitcomb Riley’s Little Orphant Annie.
overcome, usually, “conquer”, “prevail”; but here, “out-do”, “surpass”. [I, i, 187].
parts, function, office, business, duty. Formerly used in the plural, as here, though usually when referring to a number of persons. [I, i, 9]; [ii, 9]; [V. iii, 39].—qualities. [IV, iv, 105].
pious, used in the arch. sense of dutiful. [I, i, 101].
practicke, practical work or application; practice as opposed to theory. [II, i, 2].
Praecipuce (mis-print for precipice), a precipitate or headlong fall or descent, especially to a great depth. [III, i, 464].
presently, immediately, quickly, promptly. [IV, iv, 89].
president [variant of precedent], example, instance, illustration. [V, iii, 226].