Celsior incedis nostro, Sejane, cothurno Quàm te Romani, quàm te tua fata ferebant: Hinc magis insigni casu, celebrique ruina Volveris, et gravius terrent exempla theatri. At tu stas nunquam ruituro in culmine vates, Despiciens auras, et fallax numen amici, Tutus honore tuo, genitaque volumine famæ. A Capreis verbosa et grandis epistola frustra Venerat, offenso major fruerere Tonante, Si sic crevisses, si sic, Sejane, stetisses. O fortunatum, qui te, JONSONE, sequutus Contexit sua fila, suique est nominis author. Nec adulator laudas, nec invidus perstringis. Vel sacrificio tuo mella, vel medicinæ acetum immiscere. Nec intenso nimis spiritu avenam dirupisti, Urbes de se certantes habere, de te disputant muse, Non arena spectacula scena exhibuit tua, Nec poemata, sed poesin ipsam parturiit, Populoque mentes, et leges ministravit, Quibus te damnare possent, si tu poteras peccare. Sic et oculos spectanti præstas, et spectacula; Scenamque condis quæ legi magis gestiat quam spectari. Non histrioni suum delitura ingenium, Alii, queis nullus Apollo, sed Mercurius numen, Quibus afflatus præstant vinum et amasia, Truduntque in scenam vitia, morbo poeta Quibus musa pagis primisque plaustris apte, Præmoriturum vati carmen, Non edunt, sed abortiunt; Cui ipsum etiam prælum conditorium est, Novâque lucina fraude in tenebras emittuntur authores, Dum poemata sic ut diaria, Suo tantum anno et regioni effingunt, Sic quoque Plauti moderni sales, Ipsi tantum Plauto vúy xoorol: Et vernaculæ nimium Aristophanis facetia Non extra suum theatrum plausus invenerunt: Tu interim Sæculi spiras quoque post futuri genium. Eternum scribi debuit quicquid æternum leg. Stylo sceptris majore orbem moderari. Romam Britannis calamus tuus, Cothurno Angliaco sublimiorem quam suis collibu Ut ind semper tibi contingat tuâ linguâ cele- | Ingenii strictura micat: fælicior ille, Quisquis ab hoc victuram actavit lampada Phabo. Ιωνσωνῳ ποτε φύντι παρεστη ποτνια Μοῦσα, Τοῖς δ' επι Μῶσα σοφῳ ψιθυρισματι παιδ' εμνησε GLOSSARY. A. 1COP, conical; terminating in a point. acmé, used in prologue to "The Staple of News" to express mature age. adalantado, the lord deputy or president of a Spanish province. @drop, azar lapis ipse. - Chem. Dic. Advised, a proverbial phrase, Are you advised, i. e. Have you found out that Has it struck you? Affects; affections, dispositions. Afront, to meet and look another in the face. Ajax, Sir, Sir John Harington, author of the treatise called Misacmos or the Metamorphosis of A-jax (a jaques.) Alfarez, an ensign or standard-bearer. Aludel, in alchemists' language, vitrum sublimatorium, subliming pots without bottoms, fitted into each other without luting. Ambre, ambergris. Ambree Mary, a celebrated female sol dier, who fought at the siege of Ghent. Amused, sometimes used for amazed. Anadem, crown or wreath. Inenst, against. Angel, a gold coin, worth about ten shillings. Antimasque, the antimasque was "a foil or false masque," directly opposed to the principal masque. If this was lofty and serious, that was light and ridiculous- GIFFORD. Antiperistasis, the opposition of a contrary quality, by which the quality it opposes becomes heightened or intended. CowLEY, Dict. Apollo, a room in the Devil Tavern in Fleet-street, kept by Simon Wadloe, where Jonson's club met. Apprentice at law, a barrister at law, as distinguished from a serjeant. Arches, the court of Arches, held in Bow Church, Cheapside, which being as it is said the first church in the city raised on arches of stone, was therefore called Sancta Maria de Arcubus, or Le Bow-GIFFORD. Archie, Archibald Armstrong, jester to James I. and Charles I. Arms, to set up, a custom used by foreign princes and ambassadors, and in more recent times by the lords lieutenant of Ireland, to set up their arms and titles in places through which they have passed, or inns where they have lodged. Arride, please. dreeding, explained by Mr. Gifford as a yellow paint, composed of orpiment or arsenic; but from a paper in Hone's Every Day Book upon this word, its true signification appears to be the thin plates of yellow metal still used to ornament toys, and known as "Dutch gold" or asidew. Assay, to take, to draw a knife along the belly of the deer, beginning at the brisket, to discover how fat he isWHALLEY. Athanor, a digesting furnace, calculated for the retention of heat. Audacious, liberal, spirited. B. Baal, the prophet; probably one John Ball, a tailor, who put money out, to receive double or treble back when King James should be pope - Gir FORD. Babion, baboon. Baffle, to act with contempt. skin, with the hair inward, dressed inwardly with rosin to keep wine or liquor sweet. Bordello, brothel. Bosom's inn, the Blossom's Inn. Braggat, a drink made of honey, ale, and spices. ferent instruments: firstly, the gear used to make a colt carry his head well; secondly, a peculiar kind of curb; and thirdly, a wooden frame used to confine the feet of a restive horse whilst he is being shod. Branched cassock, with detached sleev ornaments projecting from each shoulder. Bagatine, an Italian coin, worth about Brake, this word is applied to three dif the third part of a farthing. Balloo, a game at ball. Bale of dice, a pair of dice. Balneum, a bath; a term of alchemy, where a vessel was heated through the medium of surrounding water or sand, termed a bath. Banbury-man, a puritan; so termed from the prevalence of that persua sion at Banbury. Barbican, burh-kenning, a beacon, fortress or watch-tower. Barbing gold, clipping it. Partholomew pig, roasted pigs were the chief entertainment at Bartholomew fair. Bases, sometimes used for hose or breeches, but strictly a kind of short petticoat like the Highland kilt or the Roman military dress. Bason, heat the, when bawds were carted, frying-pans, barber's basons, &c. were beaten before them to increase the clamor. Bawson, a bear. Bay-leaf, in the mouth. It was a notion of the ancients that a bay-leaf placed under the tongue was conducive to eloquence. Bear in hand, to flatter hopes, to keep in expectation. Beech coal, charcoal made from beech wood. Benchers, idle sots, sleeping and waking Bid-stand, a highwayman. Black fellow, mischievous, malignant. Blue order, i. e. servants. Blunt, at the, with the flat side of the sword. Bolt's head, a long straight-necked ves Brave, the, the bravo, the ruffian. Bride-ale, marriage festival. Bufo, the alchemists' black tincture. Bullions, a dress of spurious finery, ornamented with hollow gilt buttons, &c., adopted by gamblers to impose on the unwary with an appearance of wealth. Bumbard, a servant of the buttery hatch, whose duty was to carry the huge cans of ale to the different offices. Bungy's dog, a familiar that followed him. Burgullion, or Burgonian, a bully, a braggadocio. Burratines: burratine is mentioned by Purchas as a strange stuff, newly invented and brought into wear, and the name appears to have been transferred from the stuff to the wearers. Burroughs, pledge, security. Butt-shaft, strong unbarbed arrows, used for shooting at a mark. C. Casarian, Madam, the name of a bawd Callet, a strumpet of the basest kind. Caliver, a weapon answering to our blunderbusses or horse-pistols. Callot, the coif worn on the wigs of judges and serjeants at law. Camused, broad, flat. Can, is sometimes used instead of know; it is genuine Saxon, and is still retained by the Scots as "ken." Cans, to burn, to mark them with a hot iron, as holding the legal quantity. Canter, a beggar, a sturdy vagrant. Cant, the gibberish of beggars and vagabonds thieves' latin. Carcanets, necklaces, and sometimes bracelets for the arm. Cargos, bullies, bravoes. Carry coals, subunit to an affront. Case, of visors or other things, a pair. Cassock, a soldier's loose outward coat. Casting-glass, or Casting-bottle, a small bottle for holding essences and perfumes. Catsos, a petty oath, a cant exclama- Chambers, small pieces of ordnance. Cheap, better, at a less price. Cheap means market, and the adjective good was formerly used in connection with it, although in modern use the substantive is transformed into an adjective. Cheat loaf, coarse bread. Cheater, gamester: the terms were synonymous in Jonson's time. Chevril, stretching: the allusion is to kid's leather, which is yielding, elastic. China-houses, places where china, then a great rarity, was sold; they were inost frequently private houses, and afforded a good shelter to intrigue. Chioppini, high clogs, worn by the Spanish and Italian ladies. Christ-tide, the affected puritanical term for Christinas. Charlitani, charlatans, juggling impos tors. Cippus, the stocks or pillory. Cuttern, a sort of guitar with wire strings, generally four in barbers' shops. Clap-dish, a beggar'e dish with a cover to it, which he clapt up and down to give notice of his necessities; this sort of dish was first used by lazars (or lepers), who received their alms in the dish to avoid infecting those whose charity they received. Clapper Dudgeon, a thorough-bred beggar, a beggar born of a beggar. Cleis, claws. Clem, starve. Cloth-workers, weavers. Coach-horse companion, close associate. Cob-sican, a swan of the largest size. Sick Lorrel, the master-rogue: the term derives its origin from a pilfering tinker of the time of Henry VIII. Cock shut light, twilight: the term derives its origin from the name of a kind of clap-net for woodcocks, used in the twilight. Coffin, the raised crust of a pie. Cokes, a simpleton, an easy gull. Compliments, accomplishments. Concealments, when the monasteries, &c., were dissolved, and their possessions vested in the crown, many estates were covertly kept by private persons, corporations, and churches; and a commission was issued by Queen Elizabeth, to search for these concealments, which, when found, were often begged by the courtiers. Conceited, full of conceits, witty, disposed to jest. Concent, agreement or harmony Confute, to reprove, to control (a latinism) Connive, wink or make faces at, Control the point, bear or beat it down. Convert, turn. Convince, subdue or overpower by its beauty. Copeman, a chapman: from the Dutch koopman. Copy, plenty, abundance: from the Latin copia. Cormorants, a name given to servants. Costermonger, a vender of apples, called costards, about the streets. Costs, of a ship, the ribs from the Latin costa. the Crowd, a three-stringed fiddle Cry, to cry Italian, to speak it as ital ian poetry is generally read, in a musical cadence. Cuban ebolition, a fantastical phrase for a particular and affected style of smoking. Cucking stool, corrupted into ducking stool; a chair at the end of a long beam, supported on a kind of upright post by a pivot or swivel, so as to be everywhere movable, used anciently for the punishment of scolds and un quiet people, by ducking or plunging them in the water. As cuckqueans (see ante) are naturally inclined to the offensive use of their tongues, the term probably originated from the frequency of their punishment. Cullisen, cognizance, distinguishing mark, the badge worn by serving men. Cunning, knowing; kenning, skill. Cunning man, a knowing man, a conjuror, a fortune-teller. Custard politic, the large custard prepared for the Lord Mayor's feast, into which it was a standing joke, (if the expression may be allowed,) for the Lord Mayor's fool to leap. D. Dagonet, Sir, a considerable personaga in the old romance of the "Mon d'Arthur." Daw, daunt, or put out of counte nance. Dauphin my boy, the burden of an old ridiculous song. Cosset, is a lamb, colt, &c., brought up by hand. COLE's Engl. Dict. Cotquean, a corruption of Cuckquean, a woman whose husband is unfaithful to her bed. Counsel, secret. Countenance, a law-term, from French contentement, or the Latin contenementum, and denotes the credit and reputation which a person hath by reason of his freehold; and most commonly what is necessary for his support and maintenance according | to his condition of life. In this sense it occurs in several old statutes.— Observations on the more Ancient Statutes, p. 11. Counterpane, one part of a pair of deeds or indentures; it is the legal term counterpana indenture. The name is derived from the shape of the indenture or division between the two deeds, anciently written on one piece of parchment, and afterwards separated in a ziz-zag, or indented form, at the line of division. This zig-zag was termed pane, from its resemblance to a pane of glass, whence counterpane, now applied to a patchwork covering for a bed, and inden-Dependence, in the language of the doture, from its imitation of the mark ello, the ground or cause of a quar of the teeth (dentes) on a seal, a very ancient mode of authenticating a deed. Counters, letting out of, supplying the gamesters with pieces of ivory, or base metal, to count with at play; for which the servants received a small gratuity. Court-dish: the meaning of this term is not certain; it probably means short allowance: a curt-dish, a shallow or rather broken dish. Coventry-blue, this city was early celebrated for its blue thread. Crack, a sprightly forward boy. Cracked in the ring, the gold coin of our ancestors was very thin, and therefore liable to crack. It still, however, continued passable until the crack extended beyond the ring, i. e. beyond the inmost round which circumscribed the inscription, when it became uncurrent, and might legally be refused. GIFFORD. Crambo, a game at short verses, in which a word is given, and the parties contend who can find most rhymes to it. Cramp-ring, fetters, shackles. Cranion-legs, small spider-like legs; but cranion is the fairy appellation for a fly. Gifford. Croaker, an old raven. Cross, the ancient penny had a double cross with a crest stamped on it; hence the term cross, for the coin. Crow, a term used by alchemists to signify a certain process of what they called fermentation. Decimo sexto, my daring braggart in decimo sexto. This expression for a youth, a stripling, occurs in many of our old writers. Decline, declining their way, turning out of their way. Deft, adroit, clever, handy. Delate, accuse or complain of. Dele-wine, a species of Rhenish wine Depart, part with. rel. Device, a puppet; any piece of macht nery moved by wheels or wires. Diameter, in, the lie direct; one of the degrees of giving the lie humorously recounted in "As you like it." Diapasms, aromatic herbs dried and re duced to powder; see "pomander." Diffused, wild, irregular, careless. Dimensum, full measure. Ding it open, break it open; the word is still used in Scotland. Discolored flowers, flowers of different colors. Disclaiming in, disclaiming; the ex pression disclaim in, i. e. any part in, is common in old writers, and con veys the same meaning as the more modern term disclaim, without the preposition. Dislike, displease. Disparagement, matching an heir under his or her degree, or against decency Dis'ple, teach by the whip; disciple of discipline. Distaste, I had a distaste; i. e. an insult offered ine. Dop, bow, dip, very low curtsey. |