A 16306 GLOSSARY: OR, COLLECTION OF WORDS, PHRASES, NAMES, AND ALLUSIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN THOUGHT TO REQUIRE ILLUSTRATION, IN THE WORKS OF ENGLISH AUTHORS, PARTICULARLY SHAKESPEARE AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES. BY ROBERT NARES, A.M., F.R.S., F.A.S., ARCHDEACON OF STAFFORD, &c. GENERAL L.BRA Jniversity: A NEW EDITION, WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS BOTH OF WORDS AND EXAMPLES, BY JAMES O. HALLIWELL, Esq., F.R.S., &c. AND THOMAS WRIGHT, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., &c. VOL. II. K-Z. LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, 36, SOHO SQUARE; MDCCCLXXII. A GLOSSARY. K. KA ME, AND I'LL KA THEE, prov., or more commonly, in an abbreviated form, KA ME, KA THEE. A proverbial phrase, considered as parallel with the Latin adage, “Muli mutuò scabunt;" but of Scottish origin, in which dialect ca, pronounced caw, means call, or invite; as they use fa for fall, a for all, &c. See Jamieson in Call. Ray has it among his Proverbs, p. 126, but without notice of its real origin. His illustrations are merely these: "Da mihi mutuum testimonium." Cic. Orat. pro Flac. Lend me an oath or testimony; swear for me, and I'll do as much for you; or claw me, and I'll claw you; commend me, and I'll commend you. Pro Dello Calauriam. Neptune changed with Latona "Delos for Calauria." But none of these come exactly to the point: "One good turn deserves another," is quite as parallel as any of them, and "claw me," &c., much more so. See CLAW. In Kelly's Scottish Proverbs it stands : as to prove that it must be pronounced kay, or key: Thou art pandar to me for my wench, and I to thee for thy cousenage. K me, k thee, runs through court and country. Secur. Well said, my subtle Quicksilver. Those Ks ope the doors to all this world's felicity. Eastw. Hoe, O. Pl., iv, 221. Key itself was often pronounced kay. See KAY. We cash-keepers Hold correspondence, supply one another On all occasions. I can borrow for a week Two hundred pounds of one, as much of a second, A third lays down the rest; and when they want, As my master's money comes in, I do repay it. Ka me, ka thee. Massinger's City Madam, ii, 1. Also act iv, sc. 2. Κα me, ka thee, one good tourne asketh another. You know the law has tricks; Ka me, ka thee. Lodge, Satire 1st. In one passage we find a ridiculous, and probably an arbitrary, variation of it: If you'll be so kind as to ka me one good turn, I'll be so courteous to kob you another. Witch of Edm. by Rowley, &c., ii, 1 +But kay me, Ile kay thee; give me an inch to day, Ile give thee an ell to morrow. Armin., Nest of Ninnies, 1608. +Epig. 6. Ka mee, ka thee. My muse hath vow'd, revenge shall have her swindge To catch a parret in the woodcocks sprindge, &c. Taylor's Workes, 1630. +Manus manum fricat; ka me, ka thee, one good turne requireth another. Withals' Dictionary, ed. 1634, p. 565. |