Affliction, 1) any painful sensation: “man's nature cannot carry the a. nor the fear,” Lr. III, 2, 49 (the horrors of the thunderstorm).
2) great suffering of the mind, misery: Tp. V, 22. Tp. V, 22 Wiv. V, 5, 178. LLL I, 1, 316. Wint. III, 2, 224. IV, 4, 586. V, 3, 76. H6B III, 2, 301. H8 III, 1, 88. Rom. III, 3, 2. Tim. III, 2, 62. IV, 2, 44. V, 1, 213. Mcb. III, 2, 18. Hml. III, 1, 36. III, 2, 324. IV, 5, 188. Lr. IV, 6, 36. Lr. IV, 6, 36 Oth. IV, 2, 48. Cymb. III, 6, 10. V, 4, 108. Abstr. pro concr.: “O fair a.” John III, 4, 36 (== afflicted lady).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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