Scroll, a paper written on, a schedule, a letter, a list: “receives the s.” Lucr. 1340 (a letter). “here is the s. of every man's name,” Mids. I, 2, 4. Mids. I, 2, 4 “within whose empty eye there is a written s.” Merch. II, 7, 64. “here's the s., the continent and summary of my fortune,” III, 2, 130. III, 2, 130 “the s. that tells of this war's loss,” John II, 348. “do you set down your name in the s. of youth,” H4B I, 2, 202. “accept this s. which in the right of Richard Plantagenet we do exhibit to your majesty,” H6A III, 1, 149. “give him from me this most needful s.” R3 V, 3, 41 (Ff note). “give the king this fatal-plotted s.” Tit. II, 3, 47. “a s., and written round about,” IV, 2, 18. IV, 4, 16. “do not exceed the prescript of this s.” Ant. III, 8, 5.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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