Instrument, 1) tool, organ; applied to things: Lucr. 1038. Tp. III, 3, 54 (cf. To). Wint. II, 1, 154. John IV, 1, 104. R2 V, 5, 107. H4B IV, 1, 217. H6C V, 1, 87. H6C V, 1, 87. I, 3, 354. Cor. I, 1, 104. Rom. V, 3, 200. Caes. I, 3, 70. III, 1, 154. Mcb. II, 1, 43. Hml. V, 2, 327. Lr. V, 3, 171. Oth. I, 3, 271. Cymb. III, 4, 75. V, 4, 10. To persons: Meas. V, 237. Alls V, 3, 202. Wint. I, 2, 415. IV, 4, 637. V, 2, 77. John V, 2, 81. H6A III, 3, 65. H6C IV, 6, 18. Mcb. I, 3, 124. III, 1, 81. IV, 3, 239. Ant. V, 2, 236. Per. IV Prol. 44.
2) agent, author: “I partly know the i. that screws me from my true place in your favour,” Tw. V, 125. “that cause . . . was cursed i. of his decease,” H6A II, 5, 58. “if haply you my father do suspect an i. of this your calling back,” Oth. IV, 2, 45.
3) a document: “I kiss the i. of their pleasures,” Oth. IV, 1, 232.
4) any tool or machine to make music: Lucr. 1140. Lucr. 1140 Tp. III, 2, 146. Gent. III, 2, 84. As IV, 3, 68. Shr. I, 1, 82. Shr. I, 1, 82 II, 100. II, 100 III, 1, 22. III, 1, 22 III, 1, 22 III, 1, 22 Alls III, 6, 69. R2 I, 3, 163. II, 1, 149. H4A V, 2, 98. Troil. III, 1, 104. Cor. I, 9, 41. Rom. IV, 5, 86. Tim. I, 2, 102. Caes. IV, 3, 239. Caes. IV, 3, 239 Caes. IV, 3, 239 Caes. IV, 3, 239 Hml. III, 2, 387. Oth. III, 1, 3. Oth. III, 1, 3 Oth. III, 1, 3 IV, 2, 169. Cymb. IV, 2, 186.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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