Grain and Chaff from an English Manor

by Arthur Herbert Savory

METHEGLIN—mead, a drink made from honey; Love's Labour's Lost, Act
V., Scene 2; Merry Wives, Act V., Scene 5.

HANDKERCHER—handkerchief; King John, Act IV., Scene 1; King
Henry V., Act III., Scene 2.

NOR NEVER SHALL—two negatives strengthening each other; King John,
Act IV., Scene 1, and Act V., Scene 7.

CONTRARY—stress on the penultimate syllable; cf. "matrimony," "secretary," "January," etc.; King John, Act IV., Scene 2.

To RESOLVE—to dissolve; King John, Act V., Scene 4; Hamlet, Act
I., Scene 2.

STROND—strand; cf. "hommer"—hammer, "opples"—apples, etc.; 1 King Henry IV., Act I., Scene 1.

APPLE JOHN—John Apple (?); 1 King Henry IV., Act III., Scene 3; 2 King Henry IV., Act II., Scene 4.

GULL—young cuckoo; 1 King Henry IV., Act V., Scene 1.

TO BUCKLE—to bend; 2 King Henry IV., Act I., Scene 1.

NICE—weak; cf. "naish"—weak; 2 King Henry IV., Act I., Scene 1.