Oth. Ay. Cas. Dear general, I never gave ou cause. From this time forth I never will speak word. Torments will ope your lips. Which, as I think, you know not: Here is a letter, Oth. O villain! Most heathenish, and most gross! Oth. Cas. I found it in my chamber: Oth. I kiss'd thee, ere I kill'd thee;-No way but this, [Falling upon Desdemona. Killing myself, to die upon a kiss. [Dies. Cas. This did I fear, but thought he had no weapon; For he was great of heart. Lod. [Exeunt. The beauties of this play impress themselves so strongly upon the attention of the reader, that they can draw no aid from critical illustration. The fiery openness of Othello, magnanimous, artless, and credulous, boundless in his confidence, ardent O the pernicious caitiff!-in his affection, inflexible in his resolution, and How came you, Cassio, by that handkerchief obdurate in his revenge; the cool malignity of Iago, That was my wife's? silent in his resentment, subtle in his designs, and studious at once of his interest and his vengeance; the soft simplicity of Desdemona, confident of merit, and conscious of innocence, her artless perseverance in her suit, and her slowness to suspect that she can be suspected, are such proofs of Shakspeare's skill in human nature, as, I suppose, it is vain to seek in any modern writer. The gradual progress which Iago makes in the Moor's conviction, and the circumstances which he employs to inflame him, are so artfully natural, that, though it will, perhaps, not be said of him as he says of himself, that he is a man not easily jealous, yet we cannot but pity him, when at last we find him perplexed in the extreme. Oth. Lod. You must forsake this room, and go with us; That can torment him much, and hold him long, Oth. Soft you; a word or two, before you go. Albeit unused to the melting mood, Lod. O bloody period! [Stabs himself. All, that's spoke, is marr'd. (1) Judgment. There is always danger, lest wickedness, conjoined with abilities, should steal upon esteem, though it misses of approbation; but the character of lago is so conducted, that he is from the first scene to to the last hated and despised. Even the inferior characters of this play would be very conspicuous in any other piece, not only for their justness, but their strength. Cassio is brave, benevolent, and honest, ruined only by his want of stubbornness to resist an insidious invitation. Roderigo's suspicious credulity, and impatient submission to the cheats which he sees practised upon him, and which, by persuasion, he suffers to be repeated, exhibit a strong picture of a weak mind, betrayed by unlawful desires, to a false friend; and the virtue of Emilia is such as we often find, worn loosely, but not cast off, easy to commit small crimes, but quickened and alarmed at atrocious villanies. The scenes from the beginning to the end are busy, varied by happy interchanges, and regularly promoting the progression of the story; and the narrative in the end, though it tells but what is known already, yet is necessary to produce the death of Othello." Had the scene opened in Cyprus, and the preceding incidents been occasionally related, there had been little wanting to a drama of the most exact and scrupulous regularity. JOHNSON. FINIS. GLOSSARY OF OBSOLETE WORDS, AND OF WORDS VARYING FROM THEIR ORDINARY SIGNIFICATION. Advertising, attentive. Adversity, contrariety. Advertisement, admonition. Advice, consideration, discretion, thought. Advise, to consider, to recollect. Aery or Alery, a hawk's or eagle's Appeache, to impeach. Appeared, made apparent. Attornied, supplied by substitution of embassies. Audacious, spirited, animated. Aukward, adverse. Aunts, strumpets. Authentic, learned. Awful, reverend. Awless, failing to produce awe B. Apple-john, an apple that will keep Baccare, stand back, give place for two years. Apply, to attend to, consider. Apprehensive, quick of comprehen sion. Approbation, entry or probation. Aqua-vite, strong waters, probably usquebaugh. Arabian bird, the phoenix. Arch, chief. Argentine, silver. Argentine, the goddess Diana. Argosies, ships laden with great Argument, subject for conversation, evidence, proof. Arm, to take up in the arms, Art, practice as distinguished from Ascaunt, askew, sideways. As point, completely armed. Ates, instigate from Ate, the goddess of bloodshed. Atomies, minute particles visible in the sun's rays. Attasked, taken to task. Attended, waited for. Attent, attentive. Ames-ace, the lowest chance of the Atone, to reconcile. dice. Amiss, misfortune. Amort, dispirited. An, as if. Attest, attestation. Attorney, deputation. of another. Bairn, brushwood. Baldrick, a belt. Balked, bathed or piled up. Balm, the oil of consecration Band, bond. Bandog, village-dog. Bandy, to exchange smartly Bank, to sail along banks. Banning, cursing. Banquet, a slight repast. Bar, barrier. Attorneyship, the discretional agency Beard, to defy. Bearing, demeanour. Bearing-cloth, a mantle used at chris-Bow, yoke. Bolds, emboldens. Bowlins or bowlines, tackle of a ship. Bordered, restrained. Brace, armour for the arm. Brack, to salt. Braid, crafty, deceitful, Brake, an instrument of torture; also a thicket. Brands, a part of the andirons on which the wood for the fire was supported. Brasier, a manufacturer of brass; also, Break with, to break the matter to. Bias-cheek, swelling out like the bias Breast, voice. of a bowl. Bid, to invite. Bid the base, to challenge in a contest. Bifold, two-fold. Biggin, a cap. Bilberry, the whortleberry. Breath, speech, also exercise. Breathing-courtesy, mere verbal compliment. Breeched, foully sheathed, mired. Breeching, liable to be flogged. Breathed, inured by constant practice. Bilbo, a Spanish blade, made at Bilboa, Breathe, to utter. Bill, articles of accusation. Breed-bate, an exciter of quarrels. Bill, a weapon, formerly carried by Bridal, the nuptial feast. Bin, is. Bring, to attend or accompany. Brize, the gad, or horse-fly. Bird-bolt, an arrow shot at birds from Broach, to put on the spit, to transfix. Brock, the badger. Brow of youth, the height of youth. Canary, a dance. Candle-wasters, those who sit up all Canvas-climber, a sailor. Cap, to salute by taking off the cap. Capon, metaphor for a letter. Carbonado, a piece of meat cut cross- Careires, the motion of a horse; to pass the careires, means to overstep the bounds of decorum. Carkanet, a necklace. Carl, clown, boor. Cassock, a horseman's loose coat. Castilian, an opprobrious term. Castiliano vulgo, a cant term of contempt. Cast-lips, left off lips. Cast the water, to find out disorders by inspecting the urine. Cataian, a liar. Cafling, a small lutestring, made of cat gut. Cavalero-justice, a cant term. Brownist, a follower of Brown, a sec-Cavaleroes, gay fellows. tarian. Bruising-irons, an allusion to the an cient mace. Brait, report with clamour. Bumbard, a large drinking vessel. Blurt, blurted, an expression of con- Bunting, a bird. Butt-shaft, an arrow to shoot at shafts Censure, to give an opinion. By'rlaken, by our lady. C. Caddis, worsted lace. Cade, a barrel. Cadent, falling. Cain-coloured, yellow." Boot, profit, something over and above. Calculate, to foretell. Book, paper of conditions. Bore, demeaned. Bore, the calibre of a gun. Bores, stabs. Caliver, a musket. Call, to visit. Callet, a woman, a witch. Calling, appellation. Calm, qualm. Camelot, a place where King Arthur is supposed to have kept his court. Centuries, companies of an hundred men each. Clouted, hobnailed. Control, confute. Convents, agrees, is convenient. Coach-fellow, one who draws with a Convented, summoned. confederate. Coasting, conciliatory. Codling, an unripe apple. Cob-loaf, a crusty, uneven loaf. Cock, cock-boat. Cock-and-pye, a vulgar oath. Cockshut-time, twilight. Cockle-hat, a pilgrim's hat. Cockle, a corn-weed. Codding, amorous. Codpiece, a part of the dress. Coffin, the cavity of a raised pie. Coigne of vantage, convenient corner. Coignes, corners. Coil, bustle, stir. Cold, naked. Conversion, change of condition. Conveyance, slight of hand, theft. Conveyed himself, derived his title. Copatain hat, a hat with a conical crown Coragio, courage, be of good cheer. Collection, consequence, or corollary. Corporal, corporeal. Collied, black, smutted. Colt to trick Corrigible, corrected. Coster-monger, a dealer in costers or apples. Cote, to overtake. Coted, quoted, regarded. Cotsale, Cotswood in Gloucester. Count, to reckon upon. Countenance, favour; also, false ap. pearance, hypocrisy. Counter, a hunting term. Counter-caster, one who reckons with counters. Counter-check, a term in chess. Courses, the mainsail and foresail. Cower, to sink down. Cowlstaff, a staff used in carrying a basket. Coy, to soothe. Coyed, yielded reluctantly. Coystril, a coward cock, a poltroon. Crack, dissolution; also, a boy-child. Cranking or crankling, the rush of a river. Crants, garlands. Crare, a small trading vessel. Craven, a cowardly cock, mean, cow- Create, compounded, made up of. Credit, account, information, credulity Crest, the summit. Crestless, those who have no right to armorial bearings. Crewel, worsted. Crisp, curled, winding. Critical, censorious. Crone, a very old woman. Crosses, money stamped with a cross. Crow-keeper, a scarecrow. Crownet, last purpose. Crulentious, cruel. Crusado, a Portuguese coin. Crush, to drink. Crush a cup, to crack a bottle. Cry, a pack of hounds. Cub-drawn, alluding to a bear whose Cue, a theatrical term, the last word Cuisses, armour for the thighs. Curiosity, curiousness, finical delicacy Curled, ostentatiously dressed. Cursed, under the influence of a male Curst, petulant, ill tempered, crabbed, Cut and longtail, poor and rich.' D. Daff, or doff, to put off. Damn, to condemn. Danger, control. Dank, wet, rotten. Danskers, natives of Denmark. Darkling, in the dark. Daubery, falsehood, counterfeit. Day-bed, a couch, Day-woman, dairymaid. Dear, immediate, consequential. Death-tokens, spots on those infected Death's-man, executioner. Debitor, debtor. Deboshed, debauched. Disnatured, wanting natural affection. Empery, sovereign power. Disponge, to discharge as a sponge. Disseat, displace, depose. Distained, unstained. Distemperature, perturbation. Distempered, out of humour. Distraught, distracted. Emulous, envious, jealous. Encave, to hide. Endart, to dart forth. Enfeoff, to invest with possession. Engaged, delivered as an hostage. Enmesh, to inclose, as in meshes. cover. Enridged, bordered. Ensconce, to secure in a safe place, to fortify. Enseamed, greasy. Enseer, to dry up. Ensteeped, immersed. Entertainment, pay; also, being received into service. Entreatments, favours; also, objecta Envy, aversion, malice. Esil, or Eisel, a river. Esperance, motto of the Percy family Essential, existent, real. Even, to make even, or evident. Examined, doubted. Excellent differences, distinguished es cellencies. Excrement, the beard. Execute, to use, or employ. Executors, executioners. Exercise, exhortation. Ducdame, (duc ad me) bring him to Exhale, to breathe one's last, me, the burthen of a song. Dudgeon, the handle of a dagger Due, to endue, to deck. Duke, a leader. Dull, gentle soothing. Dullard, a stupid person. Descant, to harangue upon; also, a Dup, to do up, to lift up. Deserved, deserving. Despatched, bereft. Deprive, to disinherit. Deracinate, to root up. Derogate, degraded. term in music. Design, to mark out. Duinb, to make silent. Durance, some lasting kind of stuff. E. Eanlings, lambs. Ear, to plough. Ear-kissing, whispering. Easy, slight, inconsiderable. Eche, to eke out. Extent, violence, seizure. Expiate, to end. Digress, to deviate from what is right. Ecstasy, madness. Disclose, to hatch. Discontents, malcontents. Discourse, reason. Disease, uneasiness, discontent. Diseases, sayings. Disgrace, hardship, injury. Dislimn, to unpaint, obliterate. 4 F F F |