Advice, 1) counsel: Lucr. 1409. Compl. 160. Tp. V, 191. Gent. III, 2, 89. Gent. III, 2, 89 Meas. I, 1, 6. IV, 1, 8. V, 113 “(by whose a.).” Alls I, 1, 224. II, 1, 3. Wint. II, 1, 168. IV, 4, 516. H6B I, 2, 72. R3 IV, 2, 3. Troil. I, 3, 388. Tit. I, 228 “(by my a.).” IV, 2, 130. Mcb. III, 1, 21. IV, 2, 68. Hml. II, 1, 67. II, 2, 145. Lr. II, 1, 123. Oth. II, 3, 343. Ant. I, 3, 68. Per. I, 1, 62. by my a. == if I may advise you, if you will be ruled by me: “by my a., all humbled on your knees, you shall ask pardon of his majesty,” Tit. I, 472. “by my a. let us impart what we have seen to Hamlet,” Hml. I, 1, 168. Denoting medical advice and attendance: “a. is sporting while infection breeds,” Lucr. 907. “I hope your lordship goes abroad by a.” H4B I, 2, 109. III, 1, 43. Spiritual counsel: “he wants a.” Meas. IV, 2, 154. -- O. Edd. confound advice and advise.
2) deliberate consideration: “so hot a speed with such a. disposed,” John III, 4, 11. “that's not suddenly to be performed, but with a. and silent secrecy,” H6B II, 2, 68. “she will file our engines with a.” Tit. II, 1, 123. Gent. II, 4, 208. Alls III, 4, 19. Tit. IV, 1, 92. Cymb. I, 1, 156. on a., on more a. == on reflection, on better consideration: Gent. III, 1, 73. Merch. IV, 2, 6. Shr. I, 1, 117. Tit. I, 379. “upon good a.” R2 I, 3, 233. “after more a.” Meas. V, 469. “with more a.” Gent. II, 4, 207. “on his more a.” H5 II, 2, 43.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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