Majesty, 1) grandeur, dignity of aspect and manner: “he trots with gentle m.” Ven. 278. “the sun ariseth in his m.” Ven. 278 “in great commanders grace and m. you might behold,” Lucr. 1387. Sonn. 7, 4. 78, 8. LLL I, 1, 137. IV, 3, 228. As III, 2, 154. Wint. V, 2, 39. V, 3, 35. V, 3, 35 R2 III, 3, 70. H6A I, 2, 79. V, 3, 70. H6B I, 1, 33. III, 1, 6. III, 2, 50. H6C IV, 6, 71. R3 I, 1, 16. III, 1, 100. Ant. III, 3, 20. Ant. III, 3, 20 46 etc.
2) royalty: “hiding base sin in plaits of m.” Lucr. 93. I sue for exiled --'s repeal; let him return, 640; cf. “O fair return of banished m.” John III, 1, 321. “the sceptre, the attribute to awe and m.” Merch. IV, 1, 191. “to bless the bed of m.” Wint. V, 1, 33. John II, 350. III, 1, 98. III, 1, 98 IV, 2, 213. IV, 3, 148. R2 II, 1, 120. R2 II, 1, 120 H6B I, 2, 36; R3 III, 7, 169. Hml. III, 3, 15. IV, 1, 31. Ant. V, 2, 17 etc. Masc. in Lucr. 640.
3) title given to kings and queens: Tp. II, 1, 168. LLL II, 141. V, 2, 311. V, 2, 311 All's I, 1, 4. All's I, 1, 4 I, 2, 10. I, 2, 10 I, 2, 10 H5 V, 2, 26. H6A III, 1, 96. H6A III, 1, 96 H6A III, 1, 96 H6B I, 1, 1. Hml. II, 2, 26. III, 1, 22 etc. “your high m.” All's II, 1, 113. “your sweet m.” R2 II, 2, 20. “my dear m. your queen,” Hml. II, 2, 135. “most royal m.” Lr. I, 1, 196. “good m.” Ant. III, 3, 2. most gracious m. 7 etc. “the m. of England,” John I, 3. “the double --s,” II, 480. “before my father's m.” H4A V, 1, 96. “the m. of buried Denmark,” Hml. I, 1, 48. “where is the beauteous m. of Denmark?” IV, 5, 21. “this old m.” Lr. V, 3, 299. Applied to the princess of France: LLL V, 2, 736 (probably as supposed to be heiress of her dead father).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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