Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Son, male child: Ven. 201. Ven. 201 Ven. 201 Ven. 201 Ven. 201 Tp. I, 2, 120. Tp. I, 2, 120 Tp. I, 2, 120 Tp. I, 2, 120 Tp. I, 2, 120 Tp. I, 2, 120 II, 1, 91 etc. etc. “s. to:” As I, 2, 236. Shr. II, 104. V, 1, 118. Wint. V, 3, 150. H4A II, 4, 448. H6A II, 4, 84. V, 5, 73 etc. “the s. to Lewis,” H5 I, 2, 75. H6A II, 5, 75. my s. of York (== my son York) R3 II, 4, 6. IV, 1, 14. “my s. of Gloster,” H4B IV, 4, 12. “our s. of Cornwall,” Lr. I, 1, 42. Lr. I, 1, 42 “like my lady's eldest son, evermore tattling,” Ado II, 1, 11. “that would hang us, every mother's s.” Mids. I, 2, 80 (cf. “there lives a s. that sucked an earthly mother,” Ven. 863). “mothers' --s,” R2 III, 3, 96. should have fewer words than a parrot, and yet the s. of a “woman,” H4A II, 4, 111. we are the --s of women (i. e. frail men) Wiv. II, 3, 51. “by my mother's s., and that's myself,” Shr. IV, 5, 6. == son in law: Wiv. III, 4, 79. V, 2, 3. V, 5, 188. Ado II, 1, 374. IV, 1, 27. Shr. V, 2, 13 etc. == descendant, or issue of any kind: “Adam's --s are my brethren,” Ado II, 1, 66. “the --s and children of this isle,” John V, 2, 25. “the --s of Troy,” John V, 2, 25. “--s of Rome,” Tit. V, 3, 67. Caes. I, 2, 173. all thy (earth's) “human --s,” Tim. IV, 3, 185. “they are villains and the --s of darkness,” H4A II, 4, 191. III, 3, 42. “this Hydra s. of war,” H4B IV, 2, 38 (i. e. war, the son of Hydra; cf. Of). “thou art sealed the s. of chivalry,” H6A IV, 6, 29. “O war, thou s. of hell,” H6B V, 2, 33. R3 I, 3, 230. “like the eldest s. of fortune,” H8 II, 2, 21. “emulation hath a thousand --s,” Troil. III, 3, 156. “all you have done hath been but for a wayward s.” Mcb. III, 5, 11 (i. e. a son of hell). Used as a tender appellation given to a younger man: Meas. III, 1, 161. Cor. V, 2, 68 etc. Quibbling on “sun:” Ven. 863. LLL V, 2, 168. LLL V, 2, 168 John II, 499. H4A II, 4, 135. H4A II, 4, 135 H4B III, 2, 139. H6C II, 1, 40. R3 I, 3, 267. Rom. III, 5, 127.