Alexander Schmidt, Shakespeare Lexicon and Quotation Dictionary

Commission, (once of four syllables in the middle of a line: H8 II, 4, 1), 1) charge, mandate: “there is our c., from which we would not have you warp,” Meas. I, 1, 14. “give out a c. for more heads,” II, 1, 253. “this is from my c.” Tw. I, 5, 201. “have you any c. from your lord to negotiate with my face?” Tw. I, 5, 201 “let not her penance exceed the king's c.” H6B II, 4, 75. H6B II, 4, 75 “a c. to a blank of danger,” Troil. III, 3, 231. Hml. V, 2, 18. Hml. V, 2, 18 Hml. V, 2, 18 Lr. V, 3, 252. Oth. IV, 2, 225 (Q1 command). Cymb. II, 4, 12. III, 7, 10. III, 7, 10 Per. IV, 1, 83. to be in c. == to be trusted with an office: H4B III, 2, 97. Mcb. I, 4, 2.
2) a warrant by which any trust is held, or power exercised: “things out of hope are compassed oft with venturing, chiefly in love, whose leave exceeds c.” Ven. 568. cf. thou (affection) “mayst cojoin with something; and thou dost, and that beyond c.” Wint. I, 2, 144. “take thy c.” Meas. I, 1, 48. Meas. I, 1, 48 “I might ask you for your c.” As IV, 1, 138. “you are more saucy with lords and honourable personages than the c. of your birth and virtue gives you heraldry,” All's II, 3, 279. cf. “arbitrating that which the c. of thy years and art could to no issue of true honour bring,” Rom. IV, 1, 64. “I'll give him my c. to let him there a month,” Wint. I, 2, 40. “from whom hast thou this great c.?” John II, 110. III, 3, 11. H4B IV, 1, 162. H6A V, 4, 95 “(letters of c.).” R3 I, 4, 90. H8 I, 2, 20. H8 I, 2, 20 H8 I, 2, 20 H8 I, 2, 20 II, 2, 6. II, 2, 6 II, 4, 1. II, 4, 1 III, 2, 233. III, 2, 233 V, 3, 141. Cor. I, 2, 26. IV, 5, 144. IV, 7, 14. Hml. II, 2, 74. III, 3, 3, Lr. V, 3, 65. Oth. I, 3, 282. II, 1, 29. Ant. II, 3, 41. Per. I, 3, 13.
3) persons joined in a trust or office: “you are of the c.; sit you too,” Lr. III, 6, 40 (cf. “to be in c.” H4B III, 2, 97. Mcb. I, 4, 2. Cor. IV, 7, 14).