index (n.)
prologue, preface, table of contents
Ham III.iv.53[Gertrude to Hamlet] what act, / That ... thunders in the index? [i.e. is a prelude to what you are about to say]
R3 II.ii.149[Buckingham to Richard] I'll sort occasion, / As index to the story we late talked of, / To part the Queen's proud kindred from the Prince
R3 IV.iv.85[Queen Margaret to Queen Elizabeth] I called thee ... / The flattering index of a direful pageant
TC I.iii.343[Nestor to Ulysses, of the outcome of Hector's challenge] such indexes, although small pricks / To their subsequent volumes [also: indication]
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