Kingdom, 1) a country subject to a king: Lucr. Arg. H8 II, 2, 20 Tp. III, 2, 153. IV, 253. V, 174. Gent. II, 7, 10. As V, 4, 8. As V, 4, 8 Wint. I, 2, 338. V, 1, 10. V, 1, 10 V, 3, 6. H4A II, 4, 151. H4B III, 1, 38. H6A IV, 7, 73. H6B I, 1, 154. II, 2, 47. H6C I, 2, 16. II, 1, 93. III, 3, 94 etc. “thy fairy k.” Mids. II, 1, 144. Used of beaven: “God knows whether those . . . shall inherit his k.” H4B II, 2, 28. Of hell: “hie thee to hell, thou cacodemon, there thy k. is,” R3 I, 3, 144. “sent from the infernal k.” Tit. V, 2, 30. Of the other world: “the k. of perpetual night,” R3 I, 4, 47. “his new k. of perpetual rest,” II, 2, 46. Of the elements: “the watery k.” Merch. II, 7, 44. “the k. of the shore,” Sonn. 64, 6. Of any sovereignty: “--s of hearts,” Sonn. 70, 14. Of the state of man: “this fleshly land, this k., this confine of blood and breath,” John IV, 2, 246. “this little k. man,” H4B IV, 3, 118. “the state of man, like to a little k., suffers then the nature of an insurrection,” Caes. II, 1, 68.
2) royalty: “I must be married to my brother's daughter, or else my k. stands on brittle glass,” R3 IV, 2, 62. Perhaps also in H6C I, 1, 175 (enjoy the k. after my decease).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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