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JACK 
a mean fellow 
JACK-A-LENT 
a puppet thrown at in Lent 
JACK GUARDANT 
a jack in office 
JADE 
to whip, to treat with contempt 
JAR 
the ticking of a clock 
JAUNCE 
to prance 
JESS 
a strap of leather attached to the talons of a hawk, by which it is held on the 
fist 
JEST 
to tilt in a tournament 
JET 
to strut 
JOURNAL 
daily 
JOVIAL 
merrily, appertaining to Jove 
JUDICIOUS 
critical 
JUMP 
to agree to hazard 
JUSTICER 
a judge, magistrate 
JUT 
to encroach 
JUTTY 
a projection, to jut out beyond 
JUVENAL 
youth, young man

Interpreting Elizabethan / Shakespearean Manuscripts and Original Documents
 

Vital, but little known, information about the Elizabethan alphabet is essential when looking at copies of original manuscripts of the period - examples of which can be found in Shakespeare's ' First Folio '. Learning the alphabet used during the Elizabethan era will no doubt clarify many questions that the differences of the Tudor / Elizabethan alphabet have raised such as "Couldn't Elizabethans spell properly?" and "Why is there so much confusion with the letters 'u' and 'v' and 'i' and 'j' ?Shakespeare translations and understanding the real meanings behind some of the Shakespeare language in the great plays and sonnets can be difficult. And this is hardly surprising when the expressions and their meanings have been obsolete since the Elizabethan era!


William Shakespeare Education - the Elizabethan Alphabet - Differences only 24 letters - Deciphering manuscripts of the era

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