sith Since. pressed Eager. smart Pain. hight Called. baths Bladud is said to have discovered the hot springs upon which the city of Bath is built. A feathered king According to legend, Bladud was killed when he tried to fly. In this his fate recalls the legend of Icarus, who flew too close to the sun and fell. wot Knows. more According to legend, Bladud was killed when he tried to fly. Leircester Leicester. t'assuage To lessen. die with Is furious with. simple Foolish. a childish mind Shakespeare's Lear calls himself a "very foolish fond old man" (TLN 2815). aband Abandon; forsake. assay Try, test. eke Also. wight Creature. in fine At the end. smart Injury, pain. minded me to prove, Was of a mind to test me. For why he wonted was Because he was accustomed. wonders Wondrous. "Cordile Cordilia. have." "Word-play. He is all goodness to them so they should love him accordingly; but the sisters may love him for his wealth" (Bullough). among thy sisters twain (Divided) between thy two sisters. undoted aye Without dowry always. eke Also. Camber Wales. blazèd Proclaimed. each-where Everywhere. ambassage Ambassadors. He sent In both the anonymous King Leir and Shakespeare's Lear, the King of France comes himself (Bullough 326). their Gonerell and Ragan. Aganippus King of France. best. Compare with TLN 264, 275-84. fro From. wight Person. sans Without. threescore Sixty. still Always. ires Angers. reft Took by force. Eke Also. Whenas When. gentles Members of the nobility. mates Equals. foil Defeat, disgrace. fain Willing. succor his Help for himself. annoy Annoyance. complaining durst not strive, Did not dare to complain. he deemed himself was far that time unwise, He decided that he had been unwise on the earlier occasions. erst First. her Gonerell. Bereaved Deprived. whereso Wheresoever. hests Biddings, behests. rigor Severity; harsh inflexibility. he came alone to me Compare with TLN 2834, in which Cordelia comes to Lear rather than Lear to Cordelia. hest Request. thrall Oppression. This I.e. her husband's approval. fere Husband. fain Willing, under the circumstances. Leircester Leicester. sundry Various. bade Entreated. remorse Sense of obligation (?). bay Call (?); see OED n.8. seat Throne. jar Clash. bales Evils; death. corse Body. sued, Pleaded. take it patiently I must Compare with Lear's attitude to prison, TLN 2948-49 (Bullough 329). Sith Seeing that. prove, Challenge. plaints Complaints. decay, Illness and death. license Liberty. twain Two kingdoms. vermin store. Large numbers of vermin. fain Glad (i.e. straw is better than a bare floor). dain Stink. haps Fortunes. repair Return. stayed Delayed. whit Not a bit. instruments--behold-- (She shows Cordila the various ways of committing suicide. rid thy restless life In Lear suicidal despair is transferred to Gloucester (Bullough 331). poignado A small dagger; a poniard. bedyed Dyed. prest Ready for use. Carthage In Virgil's Aeneid, Dido commits suicide after she is abandoned by her lover, Aeneas. get my ways Go my way, depart. fain Gladly. bide. Wait, delay. bate Discord. roy King (French). caitiff A miserable wretch. mes nobles tous My nobles all. car je suis perdue . . . tuer Because I am lost, / I must go, Despair has counseled me / to kill myself. main Physical force. eyne Eyes. ween Believe. carrion Vile, corrupted. a damnèd creature like Like a damned person. careful cark Anxious heed. for Because of. Sith Seeing that. that That which. corpse Human body, living or dead; i.e. murder their own body.