3. proper: appropriate

3. presuppose: assume

5. late: recent

9. rare: valuable

10. forwarde: advance

10. famous: capable of prompting fame

11. Exchanging: replacement

11. Balductum: trashy

11. Artificial: artful

13. ylfauoured: ugly

15. Aduertizement: precept

17. gladly: eagerly

23. peraduenture: perhaps

24. but I can: that I cannot

24. reserue: forego

26. consulted . . . pillowe: ‘slept on it’

27. meane: meantime

28. mysterie: trade secret

29. regular: orderly, pertaining to rules

29. direction: plan

33. Ortographie: orthography, system of spelling

34. proportionate: fitting

35. perfit: perfect

37. necessarie: unarguable

39. absolute: authoritative

39. hoppe: limp

43. for Companie sake: for company’s sake

43. Interim: in the meantime

43. credit: believe

44. Arte: a system of rules

45. squaimishe of: stingy with respect to

48. fetcheth . . . offspring: derives his origins and lineage

49. to say troth: to tell the truth

49. the start: a head start

50. are to frame: are obliged to frame

51. President: precedent

51. of vs: from us

54. quantities: lengths

55. onely: sole, unrivaled

55. going: serving

60. by-disputation: tangentially-related debate

69. Gambowlde: gambol, festive game

71. Plaudite and Gramercie: applause and thanks

72. but . . . is: but it being as it is (i.e., not very fine)

73. fancie: critical opinion

81-4. Regard of: reputation for

88-11. leaues: permissions

89-12. squibbing: making sarcastic, incendiary utterances

90-13. Diuls: devils

93-16. Gewegawes and Bables: geegaws and baubles

94-17. Woodcockes: dupes, fools

95-18. Iugling castes: tricks involving sleight-of-hand

95-18. knicknackes: trifling deceits

96-19. behinde: in reserve

100. L’Enuoy: the envoy

101-1. Euensong: sunset

106-6. Valetes: farewells

109. requite: answer to

114. demaunde ex tempore: inquire on that occasion

122. Pegaso: v.s. Pegasus

125-2. vayle: remove out of respect

125-2. bonetto: bonnet, a man’s brimless cap

126-3. Poeta: L. poet

138-15. longes to: belongs to, is affiliated with

138-15. Persnage: self

139-16. Non omni dormio: ‘I am not asleep for all’

144. bewray: reveal

144. store: inventory, stock

146. Intelligible: intelligent

147. in Tom Trothes earnest: honestly, in a forthright manner

149. instaunce: instigation

156-3. Minion: favourite, hanger-on, lover

156-3. Stowte: valiant, arrogant

156-3. swayne: servant, male rustic

156-3. Lording: petty lord

158-5. beck: gesture, nod

160-7. cringing: fawning

160-7. Fisnamie: physiognomy, face

161-8. braue: grandiose

163-10. dock: rump

163-10. diueling: a diving bird, usually a duck

164-11. cowchd fast: fitted close

165-12. Camarick: cambric, a fine white linen

165-12. with a witnesse: especially, ‘with a vengeance’

166-13. A per se A: singularly excellent

166-13. termes: words and phrases, terminology

166-13. braueries: boasts

166-13. in Print: precisely crafted

167-14. queynte: elegant, cunning

167-14. conceited: clever

168-15. guyses: costumes

168-15. passing: surpassingly

168-15. odde: remarkable, unique

169-16. Myrrour: model, example

169-16. Primerose: primrose, primula

170-17. for nonce: indeed

171-18. for Tongue, and head: with respect to expression or conception

172-19. resolute: highly-qualified, decisive

173-20. priuities: private matters

176-23. na: nay

176-23. doth . . . yeare: ‘is accomplished by a year’s training in Italy’

182-29. prowes: prowess

182-29. behauiour: good manners

185-32. Trauaile, Trauailer: travel, traveler

188. wanted: lacked

189. as . . . be: possibly

192. Phisick and Physiognomie: medical science and the science of human appearance

194. ylfauored: ugly

201. fayleth me: is inadequate for me

210. Piccolo Giouannibattista: ‘little John-baptist’

219-1. Bearnes: barns

224. Rithmus: metre

226-1. Placeboes: sycophants

228-3. fairetyled: well-roofed

232-1. If so be: if

237-6. an other an other: each other

238-7. Tyle . . . Doouehouse . . . where: if the dovehouse be roofed . . . where may one find

239-8. Fyle . . . Doouehouse: if the dovehouse be sullied (or ‘defiled’)

244. in your Coate: of your profession

258. my Syrrha: ‘my little man’

265. looked for: expected

274-1. fell: ruthless

280-3. Raptim, vti vides: hastily, as you see

285. Omni exceptione maiores: above all challenge

286. recount: account

287. Aristarchi: critics

290. president: precedent

291. presumeth: professes

292. of that: in that

296. animate: bestir

297. make account of: expect

298. ordinarie: fixed, customary

304. carrie . . . meate in their mouth: confer profit

304. De pane lucrando: ‘On Breadwinning’

324. happely: perchance

326. Extra iocum: all kidding aside

327. passingly: surpassingly, extremely

327. the rather: especially

329. onelye: uniquely, especially

354. at commaundement: at one’s service

361. plausible Elocution: pleasing expression

366. odde: remarkable

372. conceyt of Witte: conception, intellectual contrivance

372. decyphering: representation, explanation

374. stand: contend

384. sometimes: at an earlier time

385. pawlting: paltry

385. bongrely: pleasant

386. his Maistresse withall: to his mistress

396-5. gloze: flatter

397-6. speede: success

400-9. at commaundement: at the ready

401-10. without controlement: unchecked

406-15. leaue: cease

415-24. Vsurie: advantage, profit

419-28. this . . . that: Anne . . . Penny

421-30. Requite: repay

425-3. Pewter: tavern slang; argot

426-4. verye: true

427-5. spedde: succeeded, sought to succeed

428-6. coye it: behave coyly

428-6. none of: in no way

428-6. my Dame: woman in authority over me

430-8. Looke for: expect

439. yonkerly: fashionable, gallant

440. Nonproficients: inept persons

440. Nihilagents: do-nothings

447. sirra: fellow

448. subscription: signature, especially on a legal document

472. Clarke: scholar

477. may happe: perhaps

478. controll: reprove

493. Premisses: foregoing

494. to: too

495. great Purchaser: wealthy person

498. in a maner: very nearly

499. a resolute pointe: certainly

501. hundreth: hundred

506. stande with: contend with, argue against

523. Idiome: specific linguistic character

535. yl-fauoured: ugly

540. in the moste: in most writers of English

544. to: too

549. of the very same: by the very same

550. otherwhiles: sometimes

556. if: even if

563. aduise: consideration

565. in processe of time: in the course of things

567. regularly: according to rule

580. suruewe: survey

582. Canonically: authoritatively

587. equipollent: equivalent, of equal force

587. counteruaileable: equivalent

588. conformitie: regularity

599. communicate: share

601. there a straw: stop there

601. and: if