Both Uses of
allegiance
in
The Winter's Tale
- On your allegiance, Out of the chamber with her!†
Scene 2.3 *allegiance = loyalty
- 'Hermione, queen to the worthy Leontes, king of Sicilia, thou art here accused and arraigned of high treason, in committing adultery with Polixenes, king of Bohemia; and conspiring with Camillo to take away the life of our sovereign lord the king, thy royal husband: the pretence whereof being by circumstances partly laid open, thou, Hermione, contrary to the faith and allegiance of true subject, didst counsel and aid them, for their better safety, to fly away by night.'†
Scene 3.2
Definition:
loyalty to a person, group, or cause