before adv.:
1.
in front
Shr. III. ii. 58
“near-legg'd
before,”
Mac. V. vii. 75 [viii. 46] “Had he his hurts
before?”
2.
“God before,” with God
as our leader H5 I. ii.
307.
3.
“the better foot
before,” put your best foot foremost John IV. ii. 170, Tit. II. iii. 192.
4.
used adj. earlier,
previous
H5 IV. i. 182
“beforebreach of the
king's laws.”