Adam, 1) the progenitor of the human race: Ado II, 1, 66. Ado II, 1, 66 LLL IV, 2, 40. V, 2, 322. As II, 1, 5. R2 III, 4, 73. H4A II, 4, 106. III, 3, 186. “A. was a gardener,” H6B IV, 2, 142; cf. R2 III, 4, 73 and Hml. V, 1, 35. Hml. V, 1, 35 “the picture of old A.” Err. IV, 3, 13 (meaning the bailiff, because, as the commentators will have it, the buff he wore resembled the native buff of Adam). Used as the symbol of human frailty: H5 I, 1, 29.
2) Adam Bell, a famous archer, much celebrated in popular songs and grown proverbial for his skill: Ado I, 1, 261. Therefore substituted for Abraham, q. v., by M. Edd. in Rom. II, 1, 13.
3) name of servants: As I, 1, 1. 22 etc. Shr. IV, 1, 139.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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