Draff, "driff, draff, mish, mash" (M[5],b), rubbish, refuse, dregs: see other volumes of this series. Mish, mash = mess.
Drawk, "drawk and ... darnel" (M[24],a), a weed very similar to darnel—Bromus secalinus; darnel is Lolium perenne.
Driff, see Draff.
Driffe, "hence I will you driffe" (M[17],d), drive.
Drivel, "live thus like a drivel" (N[61],b), a generic reproach; drudge, servant, idiot, dotard, fool; see other volumes of this series.
Drouse, "a hounded drouse" (WH[288],d), in view of the wretched printing of this play it serves little useful purpose to suggest a correct reading; the most probable would seem to be hounded = hundred and drouse = douse; i.e. a god give him a hundred duckings.
Dutch Jargon, see Wealth and Health.
Eachwhere, "eachwhere sore hated" (R[197],a), everywhere.
Edwards, "angelots and Edwards" (R[216],d), see Angelots. I am further inclined to doubt whether the pieces referred to were of current or recent striking. It is true Edward VI. reformed the coinage, but as the angelots (at least) are specifically referred to as "old," and as the angelot is probably that of 1420, the Edward is also likely to be the angel of Edward IV. introduced in 1465, which bears an effigy of that king. The angel of Edward VI., of the third coinage of the reign, does not bear an effigy of Edward VI. It may not be out of place to detail the various issues, though this cannot, of course, settle the point as to what coin was meant by the Edward. Kenyon, on "The Gold Coins of England," says there were four distinct series of gold coins issued during the reign of Edward VI. First Coinage (January 1546-47):—Half-sovereigns (value 10s.). Obverse—king in robes and crowned, enthroned, the figure of an angel on each arm of the throne; reverse—shield bearing arms of France and England quarterly, supported by lion and dragon. Crown (value 5s.). Obverse—rose, crowned; reverse—shield with arms, crowned. Half-crowns (value 2s. 6d.). Type like the crowns. Second Coinage (1548):—Treble Sovereign (value £3). Type like last half-sovereign, except that king has no robes, and holds a sword instead of a sceptre. Sovereign (value £1). Same as £3, only with different mint-mark. Half-sovereign (value 10s.). Obverse—bust in profile to right; reverse—oval shield, crowned, and garnished. Crowns (value 5s.). Same as half-sovereign of this coinage. Half-crowns (value 2s. 6d.). Same as half-sovereign of this coinage. Third Coinage (1550):—Double Sovereign (value 48s). Obverse—king seated, holding sceptre and orb; reserve—shield with arms, upon a large double rose. Sovereign (value 24s.). Same as double sovereign. Angel (value 8s.). Type similar to angels of Henry VIII. The type seems to have been fixed in Henry VI.'s reign. The Archangel Michael was on the obverse, trampling with his left foot upon the dragon, and piercing him through the mouth with a spear. Reverse has shield bearing arms of England and France upon a ship. [No effigy of Edward VI.] Angelet (value 4s.). Same as angel. Fourth Coinage (1552):—Sovereign (value 20s.). Obverse.—three-quarter length of king in profile; reverse—same as sovereign of second coinage. Half-sovereign (value 10s.). Obverse—same as sovereign; reverse—square shield crowned between E.R. Crown (value 5s.). Same as half-sovereign. Half-crown (value 2s. 6d.). Same as crown. Hawkins, on "The Silver Coins of England," says of Edward VI. Silver coinage, there were Groats, Half-groats, Pennies, Half-pennies. Note—All silver. Shillings—Obverse—king's bust in profile, crowned; reverse—arms upon an oval shield. Crowns—Obverse—the king mounted on a horse; reverse—arms, and cross fleuree. Half-crowns. Same as crowns. Shillings—Obverse—the king on horsebark, galloping; reverse—a square-topped shield, crowned. Sixpence. Exactly the same as the shilling. Threepence. Same as shilling. Pence of this coinage (1552) occur both of fine and base metal. The fine penny has (on the obverse) the king seated, with arms and cross on the reverse. The base penny has a full-blown rose, instead of the enthroned king. Half-pence are nearly the same as pence.
Empery, "in this empery" (N[56],d), empire, dominion; also more loosely, region. "Ruling in large and ample empery o'er France."—Shakespeare, Henry V. (1599), i. 2. "A lady So fair, and fastened to an empery, Would make the great'st king double."—Shakespeare, Cymbeline (1605), i. 7.