Mercury, 1) the ancient god, son and messenger of Jove: LLL V, 2, 940. John IV, 2, 174. H4A IV, 1, 106. H5 II Chor. H5 II Chor. R3 II, 1, 88. IV, 3, 55. Troil. II, 2, 45. IV, 3, 55. IV, 4, 14. Hml. III, 4, 58. Ant. IV, 15, 35. Patron of craftiness: “Mercury endue thee with leasing,” Tw. I, 5, 105. “littered under M.” Wint. IV, 3, 25. “M., lose all the serpentine craft of thy caduceus,” Troil. II, 3, 13. cf. Tit. IV, 1, 67.
2) name of a planet: Wint. IV, 3, 25. Tit. IV, 3, 55. IV, 4, 14.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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