It would have madded me; what shall I do
Now I behold thy lively body so?
Shakespeare, Titus Andronicus, act iii. sc. 1.
That his dear father might interment have,
See, the young man entered a lively grave.
Massinger, The Fatal Dowry, act ii. sc. 1.
Livery. It need hardly be observed that the explanation of ‘livery’ which Spenser offers (see below) is perfectly correct; but we do not any longer recognize the second of those uses of the word there mentioned by him. It is no longer applied to the ration, or stated portion of food, delivered at stated periods (the σιτομέτριον of Luke xii. 42), either to the members of a household, to soldiers, or to others.
To bed they busked them anon,
Their liveryes were served them up soone,
With a merry cheer.