Volume 1

A glossary, or, Collection of words, phrases, names, and allusions to customs, proverbs, etc., which have been thought to require illustration, in the works of English authors, particularly Shakespeare, and his contemporaries / [Robert Nares].

  • Robert Nares
Date:
1882
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    Which good fellowes will sone tnke a man by the sieve, aud cause him to take up his inne, some with beggary, &c. Ascham. Toxoph., p. 47, n. ed. When Jove-born Phoebus’ tierie steeds about the world had bin. And, wearied with their yearly taske, had taken up their inne Far in the south. Mirror for Mag., p. 555. tSome oi them alreadie have gotten readie passage and taken up their innes in the greatest rnarchauntes purlers. Holinshed, 1577- tNow, quoth Robin Hood, I’ll to Scarborough, It seems to be a very tine day: He took up his inn, at a widow woman’s house, Hard by the waters gray. Robin Hood, the nolle Fisherman. To INN. To lodge. In thyself dwell, Inn any where: continuance maketli hell. Dr. Donne. It is used also for to house corn : Late harvest of come, so that the same was scarcely inned at S. Andrew’s tide. Stowe’s Annals, L 8. The latter sense is hardly obsolete. See Johnson. iThis is a busie month with the farmers in the country inning of their corn, and thereof cometh protit; a busie month with the pick pockets at Bartholomew-fair, and thereof cometh liamring. Poor Robin, 1707. INNS-A-COURT. This odd corruption of inns of court is by no means an erratum, where it is found, but was the current mode of speaking and writing at the time. Much desired in England by ladies, inns a court gentlemen, and others. Wit's Interpr., p. 27,1655. A young innes a court gentleman is an infant newly crept from the cradle of learning to the court of liberty. Lenton’s Leasures, 1631, Char. 29. INNATED, part. adj. Inborn, innate. This seems to have been originally the more common form. In the true regard of those innated virtues, and fair parts, which so strive to express themselves in you, 1 am resolved to entertain you to the best of my unworthy power. B. Jons. Every Man out of his II., ii, 3. 0 save me, thou innated bashfulness ! Malcontent, 0. PI., iv, 101. Till love of life, and feare of being forc’t, Vanquisht WT innated valour of his minde. Daniel, Civil Wars, B. ii, p. 60. Their countenances labouring to smother an innated sweetnes and chearefulnes. Decker’s Entertainment of James 1,1604, E 4. fSure I am, that God takes my part in resisting and writing against these crying crimes, and I am per- swaded that your majestie hath an innated Christian hatred of them. Taylor’s Workes, 1630. INNATIVE, adj. Innate, native; originally implanted. [Chapm., II.,iv, 524, uses the word as applied to the roots of a tree.] And look how Ivons close kept, fed by hand, Lose quite th’ innative fire of spirit and greatnesse That lyons free breathe. Revenge of Bussy D’Ambois, D 3. An INNOCENT, s. An idiot; as being naturally incapable of sin. There be three kinds of fools, mark this note, gentle- men, Mark it, and understand it An innocent, a knave-fool, a fool politick. B. f FI. Wit without Money, act ii, p.290. She answer’d me So far from what she was, so childishly, So sillily, as if she were a fool. An innocent. Two Nob. Kinsm., iv, 1. Again, if you be a cuckold, and know it not, you are an innocent; if you know it and endure it, a true martyr. Eastward Hoe, O. PI., iv, 299. Do you think you had married some innocent out of the hospital, that would stand with her hands thus, and a playse mouth, and look upon you. B. Jons. Epicoene, iii, 4. fINNOCENT, 5. An innocent person. Beare witnesse I die an innocent. Gough’s Strange Discovery, 1640. flNNORMITY. A word used in the true “ Tragedie of Richard the Third” to signify not being within the legal age to reign. P. 11. But say, Lodwicke, who hath the king made pro- tector During the innormitie of the young prince. INSANE ROOT, A root causing in- sanity ; conjectured to mean hemlock. Were such things here, as we do speak about? Or have we eaten of the insane root That takes the reason prisoner ? Macb., i, 3. This quotation would not prove much, without the corroborating passage from Ben Jonson : They lay hold upon thy senses As thou liadst snufft up hemlock. Sejanus, act iii. Where afterwards it is rather re- presented as deadly than intoxicating. It is not improbable, as Mr. Malone observes, that Shakespeare had ra- ther a general notion of some root which would produce that effect, than of anything precise. In general, the root of hemlock is not considered as the operative part. This particular property of deceiving the sight with imaginary visions is attributed to hemlock, in the following passage adduced by Mr. Steevens: You gaz’d against the sun, and so blemished your sight; or else you have eaten of the roots of hemlock, that makes men’s eyes conceit unseen objects. Greene’s Never too late, 1616. INSANIE, s. Madness; an affected word, coined for the pedant Holo- fernes. This is abhominable (which he would call abominable) it insinuateth me of insanie. Love’s L. L., v, 1. To INSCONCE. To fortify, to inclose with security; the same as to en- sconce. From sconce, a fortification. See Ensconce. An you use these blows long, I must get a sconce for my head, and insconce it too, or else I shall seek my wit in my shoulders. Com. of Err., ii, 2.