Humbleness, 1) absence of pride, submissiveness: Merch. I, 3, 125. As V, 2, 103. All's II, 1, 117. H8 V, 1, 65. Tit. I, 45. IV, 2, 4.
2) benevolence, kindness; “which h. may drive unto a fine,” Merch. IV, 1, 372 (i. e. kindness on the part of the signiory).
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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