Its, poss. pronoun of the 3d person, relating to neuters; a word just coming into use in Shakespeare's time, but not nearly so frequent as his (q. v.): Tp. I, 2, 95. Tp. I, 2, 95 Meas. I, 2, 4. Wint. I, 2, 151. Wint. I, 2, 151 Wint. I, 2, 151 Wint. I, 2, 151 III, 3, 46. H6B III, 2, 393. The earlier O. Edd. it, the later “its:” Tp. II, 1, 163. Wint. II, 3, 178. H4B I, 2, 131. H5 V, 2, 40. Rom. I, 3, 52. Hml. I, 2, 216. V, 1, 244. Lr. IV, 2, 32. Ant. II, 7, 49. Ant. II, 7, 49
Even absolutely, contrary to the present use: “each following day became the next day's master, till the last made former wonders its,” H8 I, 1, 18.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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