* Flourish fanfare Prologue i.e., actor who speaks these lines
1 maidenheads virginities
2 followed sought after gi’en given
3 stand remain sound free from error/uninfected (with venereal disease)
5 shake tremble
6 stir activity (sexual)
8 pains exertions
10 breeder parent/author
11 went existed
12 Po river of northern Italy Trent English river
14 There i.e., in his works
15 let fall fail to live up to
18 fan separate (corn from chaff)
20 bays laurels (symbol of poetic fame)
21 Robin Hood “Tales of Robin Hood are good for fools” (proverbial)
22 endless unattainable
25 Do…hands i.e., applause
26 tack about change direction like a ship, due to wind (of applause)
32 leave i.e., give up acting
1.1 Location: unspecified, in or near Athens Hymen Greek god of marriage Nymph young woman dressed as nature spirit encompassed…tresses i.e., with hair worn loose (signifying virginity) wheaten garland symbol of fertility/virginity chaplets garlands, wreaths Emilia sometimes “Emily”
2 royal…hue “royal purple” (actually red)
5 quaint pretty
7 Ver personification of spring
8 harbinger herald
10 cradles i.e., circle of leaves
11 deathbeds blowing i.e., growing on graves
12 Lark’s-heels larkspurs—tall blue plants of the delphinium family
15 sense senses
19 sland’rous i.e., toward married men by calling “cuckoo,” implying “cuckold,” a husband whose wife is unfaithful
20 boding prophesying evil chough hoar jackdaw
21 ’pie magpie
22 bride-house house where a wedding is held stained dyed (black)
26 respect pay attention to
30 Jove Jupiter, the supreme Roman god
31 honour…bed i.e., your future bridegroom
34 raze erase o’th’book of trespasses i.e., record of sins kept by heaven
38 No knees i.e., do not kneel
39 stead help
43 Creon King of Thebes
46 suffer permit
49 Phoebus Roman god of the sun
51 purger cleanser, healer
53 chapel place into a chapel
54 of out of note notice
57 vault roof (i.e., the sky)
59 transported captivated, carried away suffered…themselves i.e., wrongly allowed them to remain kneeling
64 should was about to
66 Mars Roman god of war
67 Juno wife to Jupiter, and associated with the life of women and the sanctity of marriage
68 Your…blasted i.e., you were still a virgin/untroubled by misfortune
70 Hercules mythological hero famous for his strength and courage
72 Nemean of the Nemean lion, slain by Hercules
73 thawed dissolved (with desire)
77 Whereto to which
78 undertaker champion, helper
80 Bellona Roman goddess of war
86 wast were make making
88 uphold…in i.e., maintain the world in the order in which it was created
90 bound boundary, limit
92 poise balance
94 ow’st ownest
96 tenor meaning, purpose glass mirror, model
100 key tone
102 Lend…knee i.e., kneel with us
105 i’th’blood-sized in the blood-soaked
109 lief soon trace follow
111 taken seized
115 Set…ice i.e., coldly made uncandied thawed, melted
116 form expression
117 pressed…matter forced out by feeling
125 know…too i.e., dig deep
128 sundry wits some minds
133 ground-piece i.e., an example to be copied
134 gainst in anticipation of capital fatal, mortal
136 natural real (as opposed to painted)/having natural feelings
137 ardently burningly
138 shall…counter-reflect i.e., be reflected by me
141 jot smallest part
145 suppliants’ petitioners’, i.e., the war begged by the widows
146 Knolls rings, tolls
148 meditance meditating, prolonged thought
150 ospreys birds of prey, thought to have a power that made fish roll and yield to them
156 drams poisons precipitance falling headlong/rapid working (of poisons)
161 visitating inspecting, surveying
164 To give by giving
166 presents…th’doing i.e., needs to be done now
168 bootless futile
170 puissance power
172 clear pure/more intelligible
178 draw out choose
179 prim’st i.e., primest, best
180 levy enlist
181 instruments i.e., soldiers
185 widows…woes i.e., our complaints are dead (because unacknowledged)
186 famishing starving
189 Cull choose carefully unpanged untroubled by pain
192 service action
193 more imports matters more to
194 foregone previously undertaken
195 cope encounter
196 The more proclaiming i.e., making it more clear that
198 lock keep synod meeting (of the gods)
199 warranting authorizing corslet hold tightly (like close-fitting armor)
200 twinning cherries lips
201 taste-full i.e., full of sweet taste
202 blubbered tear-stained
208 bids invites
209 unlike unlikely/not liking
213 surfeit illness through excess (of grie)
214 present immediate pluck bring down
215 scandal discredit
218 aye always
219 Prorogue postpone
221 fee possession
229 hardy bold
234 get you go
236 pretended intended
238 Aulis seaport in southeast Greece
240 moiety part, portion business…look’t i.e., a bigger, future conflict
242 current moving away (since he is leaving)/authentic, genuine (as of a coin); may play on “currant,” i.e., sweet, red as a red currant berry
246 full fully bate lessen
248 solemnity i.e., the ceremony of the occasion
249 want be lacking
250 Cousin courteous form of address
253 abatement decrease
254 tongue o’th’world i.e., reputation
257 affections human feelings, passions
261 sensually subdued i.e., conquered by our senses
262 human title i.e., claim to humanity
1.2 Location: Thebes
1 blood kinship
2 prime first/favorite
3 crimes of nature i.e., human vices
5 Sully stain, tarnish
6 shame are ashamed
7 incontinence lacking self-restraint
9 frustrate striving i.e., make effort useless
10 eddy whirlpool
14 cried up supported by ruins i.e., ruined individuals
16 bare weeds ragged clothes
17 o’th’martialist of the soldier propound i.e., set as a goal for himself
18 ingots coins
19 flurted scorned
24 purge…repletion i.e., make up for her excess
25 retain take into service
28 out in error
30 cranks winding streets
37 paid…’em i.e., are treated with cold contempt
40 respect honor
43 colour appearance
44 jump exactly
46 mere absolute
48 apes imitators of fashion tutor’s tutor us
50 Affect imitate gait manner of walking catching infectious
51 faith self-reliance fond upon infatuated with
53 conceived understood
54 truly accurately, truthfully
55 generous bond noble obligation follow imitate
56 haply perhaps
57 make pursuit i.e., for unpaid bills
59 for because
60 glass image canon law
61 rapier light sword used for fencing
65 i’th’sequent trace i.e., in the following train of horses
66 plantain herb used to treat wounds
73 deifies…chance i.e., makes chance his only deity
74 Voluble inconstant
77 boot booty, profit
78 good, dares not i.e., dares not do good
79 sib related
80 break burst
82 clear-spirited noble-spirited
84 loud notorious milk…pasture i.e., they will be contaminated by the environment
86 vile wretched, shameful
92 due audience of proper attention from
93 leaden-footed slow
95 whipstock whip handle
96 but only
100 appals dismays, terrifies/causes to lose color
102 seal…wrath i.e., do as he has promised
105 But except
107 Thirds reduces to a third
108 dregged made cloudy
110 Leave that unreasoned i.e., do not think about that
112 Yet to continue
115 bounded set the limits of
118 On fail of if we fail to agree to or meet
120 intelligence of state i.e., official news of war
121 defier challenger
125 as…health i.e., like a medical bloodletting spent wasted
126 laid…purchase i.e., invested for a profit
127 hands…damage i.e., if we don’t fight with our hearts, how much damage can we do
129 th’event the outcome
132 becking beckoning
1.3 Location: the outskirts of Athens
4 timorous fearful
5 an’t if it
6 dure endure Speed success
7 Store plenty
11 affections inclinations
12 best-tempered pieces i.e., most finely crafted works
17 terrene earthly
23 helms helmets
24 broached impaled
25 sod boiled
27 stay wait spinsters i.e., women who remain at home and spin
30 As while
31 requiring praying for
33 his i.e., Theseus’
34 slightly neglectfully
35 execution performance nor neither
36 or nor
39 twins i.e., his sport and his desire to be with Theseus
41 labour effort
42 cabined been confined together (in a soldier’s tent)
44 skiffed traveled (in a small boat)
47 where…lodged in classical mythology, Pirithous and Theseus went to the underworld, the abode of the dead
48 brought them off i.e., saved them
50 cunning skill
52 umpire mediator
54 like equal which i.e., Pirithous or Hippolyta
58 enjoyed had/took pleasure in
60 proud splendid/brave
61 count age
66 more ground i.e., a firmer basis
67 buckled fastened hearses biers or coffins
71 for because
73 operance operation
76 arraignment trial, examination
80 phoenix-like…perfume i.e., the death of the plucked flower gives rise to the perfume phoenix mythical bird that lived for 500–600 years before burning on a pyre and being reborn from the ashes
81 toy trivial ornament
82 pattern model affections things she fancied (to dress in)
83 happily perhaps
84 decking dressing
86 coinage improvisation
87 sojourn reside
88 rehearsal story
89 wots knows
90 importment’s bastard i.e., a false, illegitimate version of the original events importment significance
92 dividual different
103 ripe ready
106 in i.e., go in
1.4 Location: outside Thebes Cornets brass wind instruments signifying sounds of battle battle struck within i.e., the noise of a battle is heard offstage retreat the signal to retire is sounded Flourish fanfare to announce the arrival of a person of distinction, i.e., Theseus victor i.e., victorious in battle, perhaps signified by a laurel wreath
2 dark i.e., unfavorable
6 mounted high
12 invest clothe
13 even make even, complete
17 quality rank
18 appointment armor and arms
22 make lanes cut paths through
23 mark notable sight
26 Wi’leave with permission
33 have…men i.e., are still alive enough to be called this
34 use treat
35 lees dregs rates times
37 Convent assemble behoof behalf, benefit
38 niggard grudging
40 in…state i.e., as they were this morning
41 would wish
44 unkind i.e., because it might infect their wounds
49 mark goal, target
50 imposition obligation
52 Apollo Greek sun god associated with healing, prophecy, poetry, music, and archery
54 bound things scattered i.e., restored order
3 dole mourning/fate
4 gums resins for incense cheers looks
8 quick-eyed sharp-eyed/lively
9 convent convene
16 straying winding
17 severally independently, separately
2.1 Location: a garden outside a prison in Athens
1 depart part
2 cast give
4 salmon large princely fish, i.e., rich man
5 minnows small, miserable fish, i.e., poor men given out reputed
6 better lined wealthier report rumor
8 delivered reported Marry by the Virgin Mary, i.e., indeed
9 assure settle
12 estate endow
15 solemnity i.e., the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta of from
16 tender grant/give
18 name speak about
19 old business i.e., marriage
20 hurry excitement, activity
21 tenderly carefully
23 strewings rushes (for the floor)
27 all…chamber i.e., their friendship is everything to them
29 absolute perfect, complete
30 By my troth by my faith
31 stammers speaks inadequately of grise step
34 only doers i.e., the only ones worth mentioning
38 enforce strengthen/compel
40 toy trifle
45 restraint captivity
46 divided broken
47 martyred…i’th’deliverance i.e., prevented from getting out
48 presently immediately
50 chid reproved above on the upper stage
54 yonder over there
57 lower shorter
59 Go to get on (exclamation) leave leave off
62 of between
2.2 Location: within the prison
4 chance outcome/fortune
8 Laid…come i.e., resigned the rest of my life
11 kindreds families
13 hardy bold
14 favours tokens of regard (scarves, gloves)
15 start move off
18 wagging moving (quickly) wanton carefree
19 Outstripped moved quicker than/exceeded
21 twins i.e., equals
24 red-eyed…war i.e., Mars
25 Ravished torn from
28 blast destroy
32 too-timely too early
33 heaviest hardest to bear
35 Loaden…Cupids referring either to “wife” or “embraces” Cupid Roman god of love, son of Venus
36 issue offspring
37 figures copies
38 glad gladden like…arms “only the eagle can gaze at the sun” (proverbial)
42 ever-blinded Fortune Fortune is traditionally represented as blind or blindfolded
46 tells counts
52 hallow call
53 swine wild boar
54 Parthian of Parthia, an ancient kingdom of western Asia, famed for skilled horsemen and archers
55 well-steeled tipped with steel uses occupations
58 lastly finally
63 mere pure, unalloyed
64 hold maintain
65 enjoying experiencing
69 main major
72 gall of hazard i.e., bitterness inflicted by fate
73 sink give up say even if
74 willing stoic, accepting sleeping i.e., peacefully
80 yet still/nevertheless
81 common of ordinary people
83 Woo persuade
86 mine i.e., resource
87 begetting giving birth to
94 surfeits excesses that would lead to illness
98 consume destroy
105 wanton jovial, free from care
107 abroad outside
109 more greater
111 sufficient capable
112 gaudy extravagant, colorful shadow passing show/delusion, phantom
114 What…old i.e., what would we have been if we had grown old
118 ill immoral, wicked
121 still continuously, without interruption
133 narcissus botanical name for genus of spring flowers, grown from bulbs; in classical mythology Narcissus was a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection in water and pined to death, after which he became a flower
136 forward i.e., go on (speaking)
140 Thou wouldst not i.e., be hard-hearted
142 wench girl
143 heed to care of
145 mad wild
146 go forward continue (speaking)
147 work embroider
151 Rarely beautifully
152 Dainty excellent
164 emblem symbol
166 blows blossoms paints the sun i.e., colors the sun’s rays and makes them more beautiful
167 north i.e., north wind
168 Rude rough
170 base non precious briars thorns
173 falls from the stem/is seduced for’t because of it
176 wanton mischievous/lewd
178 extant in existence
180 art i.e., embroidery
182 lie down “laugh and lie down” (proverbial), plays on sexual innuendo
183 one someone
184 bargain come to terms
188 but only, merely
192 Beshrew curse
204 enjoy possess (sexually)
208 deny forbid
212 blast destroy
213 fellow companion/contemptuous form of address
214 title claim, right blood kinship
216 upon about
218 name family lay i.e., were staked
222 free noble
227 moved upset
228 coldly calmly
232 affections emotions
235 cunningly deviously
236 strangely i.e., like a stranger
239 unjust false (to honor)
243 let…down i.e., fail to act honorably
250 branded marked
253 worthy sensible/honorable
254 hazard put at risk
256 Fie exclamation of indignation
257 play the child i.e., behave childishly
259 justly truly (to honor)
264 filch steal
265 baser more dishonorable/lowborn cutpurse thief, pickpocket
266 more again
267 to’t i.e., to the window frame
271 pitch land, position myself
275 By your leave I beg your pardon
280 bereave deprive
284 goodly handsome/kindly/excellent
286 blood parentage falsehood disloyalty
294 Yon that (little tree) over there apricock apricot (plays on allusion to “cock”)
296 window with sexual innuendo of “vagina” bring her fruit plays on sense of “impregnate her”
298 Still as whenever/even while
310 Fall on i.e., attack in force fortune chance
312 strike a battle i.e., make war
321 charge order
324 open with a view/easy to escape from
326 Prithee I pray thee, please
328 By…light mild oath
331 pelting contemptible scurvy worthless
337 for because dangerous difficult to deal with/reluctant to comply
341 morris form of folk dance for which dancers wear bells
2.3 Location: countryside outside of Athens
4 studied carefully calculated
7 pluck bring down
9 break i.e., like daybreak
17 Tempests violent storms wanton sportive/free from care/changeable/reckless
20 own i.e., kingdom (Thebes)
21 redress assistance
22 shape disguise make bring success to
28 have with ye i.e., I’ll join you chiding scolding (for not working)
29 tickle’t flog, beat it
30 jades worn-out horses/disreputable women tails horse tails/female genitalia/women (derogatory)
32 jealous…turkey turkeys spread their tails to defend their territory
33 all one i.e., no matter mumble grumble
34 Clap her aboard i.e., board her (sexually) stow fill, cram (with the penis)
35 made up reconciled/filled (sexually)
37 fescue pointer used in a schoolroom/penis
38 Take…out i.e., learn a new lesson
39 hold against stick to our intentions/hold close (sexually) maying May Day celebrations
40 ail stop, prevent
45 dainty fastidious/fine domine “master” (Latin), i.e., the schoolmaster touch his promise
46 does all i.e., is organizing everything
47 hornbook leaf of paper protected by a piece of thin horn displaying the alphabet/plays on sexual innuendo relating to the “horns” supposedly worn by a cuckold (a man with an unfaithful wife)
48 driven pursued/carried forward/thrust (with sexual implication)
49 let slip i.e., break off (the relationship/intercourse) must see i.e., insists on seeing
51 lusty lively
52 blow…on’s i.e., run to keep up with us/break wind
53 i’th’breech in the buttocks
55 hey hurrah
57 O, pardon me exclamation of mild disagreement
58 By any means certainly thing of learning i.e., the schoolmaster
59 edify instruct
60 parlously amazingly
62 makes no cry i.e., is not heard/regarded
64 tackle equipment for the dance/male genitalia
66 do perform, with play on sexual sense
67 Content i.e., agreed
68 hold wait a moment, i.e., when he sees Arcite
70 whither go you where are you going
78 marry indeed, literally “by the Virgin Mary”
83 pretty naïve
88 misgives me makes me uneasy
89 vengeance formidable trick o’th’hip a successful wrestling throw
92 plum-porridge exclamation of contempt
93 He roast eggs! i.e., he might just as well do that as wrestle
95 durst dared could have wrestled knew how to wrestle
98 wealthy abundant ears i.e., of corn never ever
100 girt circled
101 prefer promote
2.4 Location: in or near the prison
1 ’Tis odds i.e., the chances are remote that
2 affect love base lowborn
3 mean of low rank/poor
5 witless foolish Out upon’t! exclamation of disgust
6 pushes measures
7 When…us? once we reach the age of fifteen, i.e., puberty
10 bestow give
13 maidenhead virginity
18 coil he keeps i.e., turmoil he causes
23 salutes greets
30 fain wish to enjoy i.e., sexually
2.5 Location: near a stadium in Athens
2 Hercules greatest mythological hero, renowned for his strength sinews muscles/nerves/strength
3 Whate’er whoever
4 allow acknowledge
10 gentle uses i.e., gentlemanly pursuits gave me life i.e., dedicated me to
14 What proves you? What do you learn/demonstrate/set yourself to accomplish?
15 qualities accomplishments
16 could have knew how to have
19 piece accomplishment, skill
21 perfect completely accomplished
22 proper admirable/complete, worthy/handsome
27 sort social rank
28 Believe i.e., believe me
30 goes that way i.e., suggests it
32 illustrate give evidence of
35 got begotten (i.e., born)
38 purchase name win fame
39 well-found established
43 travel journey, puns on “travail” (effort)
45 Dispose of make arrangements for
49 observe respect, pay homage to
58 use treat
59 furnished i.e., provided with what you need
60 needs of necessity
61 one horse
66 observance dutiful ceremony
67 Dian i.e., Diana, Roman goddess of the moon associated with chastity and hunting
69 afoot on foot
72 want need
76 that i.e., that which
81 beshrew my heart mild oath
2.6 Location: near the prison
2 ventured taken a risk
4 hence from here
6 Fast close close hidden
10 Durst…endured i.e., would rather have risked cold iron imprisonment in fetters/stabbing
12 wit sense
15 dirge funeral song
18 purpose intend/resolve
29 kindly affectionately/according to nature (sexually)
31 no man i.e., impotent
34 So provided
39 keep yourself i.e., be in jail
3.1 Location: a forest near Athens
2 several separate laund clearing in a wood
3 bloomed in bloom
4 To…ceremony i.e., with all possible ceremony
6 buttons buds
7 enamelled knacks brightly colored ornaments (i.e., flowers) mead meadow yea yes
9 makes…flowers i.e., because they are reflected in the water
10 pace passage, narrow way (some editors emend to “place”)
11 With…presence i.e., by being there alone/merely by being there
12 eftsoons occasionally come…chop i.e., enter into and seize (her thoughts)
14 drop on come across
15 Most guiltless on’t i.e., without having expected to
17 proud elated/confident (in his belief of her regard), plays on sense of “sexually aroused” takes strong note pays close attention
19 prim’st finest
20 brace pair
21 backed ridden field i.e., battlefield
22 That…tried i.e., where claims to the throne were tried in combat
24 upon about
26 deem’st judge, estimate to be
27 therein in that (situation)
29 eared listened to
30 passion anger enclose imprison
36 perfidious treacherous
37 void’st emptiest
38 bore gentle token i.e., appeared like a gentleman
41 appointment weapons
42 chaffy worthless (like chaff)
44 house-clogs prison shackles
46 Cozener cheater, puns on “cousin” give…feat i.e., let your words correspond to your actions
49 circuit compass gross vulgar, abhorrent stuff quality
50 blazon description
55 skip overlook
56 maintain justify
57 generous well-bred, mannerly
58 question’s quarrel is
59 clear…way make his own way/prove himself innocent
62 advertised informed
64 of…doubted i.e., you would not let another call me a coward
66 i’th’sanctuary i.e., in a holy place where silence was the rule
71 temper temperament
73 compelled bears i.e., at bear-baiting
76 glass mirror
78 up forward
79 Quit rid gyves shackles
85 carry’t i.e., win the fight shades Hades, the underworld in classical mythology
90 Betake go
91 With…night i.e., in secrecy counsel confidence
92 viands food
96 plight fit condition
99 guilty shameful
101 bold courageous, confident/presumptuous
105 Wind blow, play horns wind instruments traditionally accompanying a hunt
108 musit hiding place/gap for escape (of a hare)
109 crossed prevented
113 bent brow i.e., frowning
115 oil glibness
116 cuff blow stomach anger
119 pardon me i.e., excuse me from using hard harsh
121 face outward appearance
123 office duty
126 Unjustly dishonestly
127 ’Tis…title i.e., I earned it
128 question quarrel
129 bleeding bloodletting (medical practice used to cure illness)/bloodshed (in fighting) I…suitor i.e., I beg you
130 plea quarrel (legal)
141 remedy alternative/cure
1 brake thicket gone…fancy i.e., wandered off
2 well-nigh very nearly
7 wreak care jaw devour so provided that
8 hallooed called out, shouted; to halloo or hallow is a louder sound and would require a stronger voice than if she whooped
11 but that service i.e., calling a wolf to attack him
12 livelong long—an intensive form
15 fell savage
17 set it down record it
20 Be…bell i.e., do not hesitate to ring his death knell
21 chared done
25 death by dozens i.e., in dozens of ways moped bewildered
28 scoured…brine i.e., were closed to get rid of their tears
29 Dissolve release/melt
31 state of nature i.e., existence together all at once
34 errant wandering beside i.e., in another direction
36 offices duties, tasks
37 Save…in i.e., finding Palamon and removing his shackles
6 matter significance
7 hereafter later
8 beastly i.e., like an animal
12 good now please
13 parleys arguments
14 ancient former/long-established
16 Do i.e., do drink
21 pledge drink to
22 it…blood “good wine makes good blood” (proverbial)
24 Stay wait
28 stomach appetite
30 mad lodging i.e., a strange place to live woods woodland, plays on sense of “wood” meaning “mad”
31 wild erratic, mad/uncivilized
32 hunger…sauce proverbial
36 lusty well-flavored/productive of lust
46 o’th’virginals on the virginals (small keyboard instruments); with sexual innuendo
47 Something a little
48 groan i.e., in childbirth
51 tales rumors abroad at large
55 hey ho a sigh
57 strained forced
59 Break i.e., your promise not to mention Emilia
60 wide i.e., of the mark, mistaken
68 Fear doubt foul dirty
69 trinkets i.e., shackles
72 keep touch i.e., keeps his promise
2 aglets spangles
5 tumbles rolls around, plays on sense of “copulate”
8 leak sprung a hole made, plays on sexual sense of a woman who had lost her virginity sound large
9 Run her sail her swiftly
10 course small sail attached to lower yard of a ship tack about change direction, plays on “tackle” meaning “male genitalia”
14 carrack large cargo ship cockleshell small, frail boat/shell of the cockle (shellfish)/perhaps playing on “vagina,” i.e., a shell for a “cock” or “penis”
16 rarely admirably
17 trussed up i.e., hanged trice instantly/at a single pull
21 nonny a nonsense word, often used in place of an indelicate word in song refrains and as a euphemism for “vagina”
22 He’s he shall cut horse (with a cut tail, or gelded), plays on sexual sense of “genitals” ride plays on sexual meaning also
25 prick thorn (which the nightingale supposedly presses against to stay awake), plays on sense of “penis”
26 like a top i.e., soundly (proverbial); top has a bawdy sense of “copulate with”
3.5 Taborer player of a small drum (tabor)
1 tediosity i.e., tediousness disinsanity i.e., madness
2 rudiments instructions
3 by a figure metaphorically speaking
4 very…marrow i.e., rich and nutritious substance
7 coarse-frieze rough woollen cloth capacities capabilities, intellects jean cotton cloth
9 Proh deum! “O God!” (Latin) Medius Fidius! “So help me the god of truth” (Latin)
11 close hidden
14 hums murmurs encouragement ‘Rare!’ “excellent!” go forward carry on
16 Meleager Greek warrior in classical mythology who organized a hunt in which he killed the Calydonian Boar; Theseus also participated
17 comely gracefully lovers i.e., loyal subjects cast…body i.e., form a group
18 decently properly
19 trace tread, step (in dancing)
21 Draw gather
23 have at ye exclamation signifying attack
27 bouncing strapping Barbary woman’s name/Barbary hen (guinea fowl)—slang for “prostitute”
29 Swim move gracefully
30 deliverly nimbly
31 favour curtsy frisk caper
32 Let us alone i.e., leave it to us
33 music musician
35 Couple pair off, with sexual meaning
36 wanting missing bavian baboon (sometimes also spelled “babion”), an animal thought to be a cross between a dog and an ape; the word could also mean “crafty knave”
37 tail baboon’s tail/penis
39 tumble perform acrobatic feats/have sexual intercourse manhood manliness, courage
42 Quo usque tandem? “How long then?” (Latin)—quotation from Cicero’s first oration against Catiline wanting missing
43 whistle i.e., give up—“you may whistle for it” (proverbial) all…i’th’fire i.e., everything is ruined (proverbial)
45 washed a tile i.e., labored in vain (proverbial)
46 fatuus “foolish” (Latin)
47 piece woman (derogatory) hilding worthless individual (especially woman)
49 sempster tailor
50 dogskin i.e., cheap leather
51 an if
52 break i.e., her promise
53 eel…says “who has a woman has an eel by the tail” (proverbial)
55 either both
56 position hypothesis
57 fire ill burning disease (possibly venereal) flinch fall short/abstain from drink or sex
61 nullity nonevent
64 frampul disagreeable piss o’th’nettle i.e., be in a bad temper (proverbial)
65 Go thy ways be off fit get even with, plays on sexual sense
66 George Alow name of a ship
68 gallants of war i.e., warships
74 howlet owlet (small owl)
79 dainty fine
80 Comes i’th’nick arrives just in time/experiences sexual orgasm nick slang term for “vagina”
81 made assured success
82 warrant pledge for rarest gambols most wonderful antics, perhaps with sexual implication
88 Tell count to posed baffled Buzz! exclamation of impatience
89 eat…bread i.e., father no illegitimate children
90 Your…bleed it was believed that a man’s teeth ached when his wife was pregnant
91 tinker mender of pots and pans/rascal
92 Stop…holes i.e., do not mend anything/do not have intercourse
93 Dii boni “Good gods” (Latin)
95 raise summon/cause an erection
96 Chi passa beginning of a popular dance tune bells and bones used as percussion instruments; plays on “bellibones” (i.e., pretty girls/prostitutes)
99 Et…ignis “And I have completed a work which neither the anger of Jove nor fire [shall undo]” (Latin)—quotation from Ovid’s Metamorphoses
101 trip skip
105 meditation time to think
106 Pallas Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom Train retinue
108 edify gain instruction
112 stay wait for/endure
113 doughty valiant
114 cold calm, deliberate, plays on “hail”
117 distinguish describe as
118 fable lie
119 rout company rabble crowd
120 chorus as in a Greek tragedy
122 rectifier director/one who puts things right
123 pedagogus “teacher” (Latin)
124 birch birch rod or bunch of twigs used to discipline children breeches short trousers
125 ferula cane
126 machine entertainment, device frame construction
127 dismal unlucky/dreadful/fatal, malign
128 Dis Roman god of the underworld (also called Pluto) Daedalus Athenian builder of the Cretan labyrinth
129 well-willer well-wisher
131 mickle great
132 ‘Is’ possibly an old spelling of “ice,” creating a pun
134 body main part of…study i.e., the result of careful thought
136 tenor summary (of the performance)
137 penner pen case/authorship
140 silent hanging i.e., curtains or wall hangings that will hide them while they make love host innkeeper
142 gallèd sore (from riding)
143 tapster innkeeper or waiter; originally a woman inflame augment, inflate reck’ning bill
144 beest-eating i.e., drinks the thick milk a cow gives after calving (beest)
145 eke also tool penis
146 Cum multis aliis “with many others” (Latin)
148 domine “master” (Latin)
149 Produce i.e., bring them on
150 Intrate filii! “Come in, my children!” (Latin) foot it dance away
152 derry word of no meaning, commonly used in chorus of folk songs
157 twain two
166 paint your pole i.e., something extra, playing on sexual innuendo in “pole” (maypole/penis) withal with/in addition
170 lets hindrance
171 dowsets testicles
172 dii deæque omnes “all you gods and goddesses” (Latin)
173 rarely splendidly wenches girls
1 faith pledge
3 armours suits of armor
10 outdure outlast
11 when…hearing i.e., when things are generally known
12 fatting i.e., being fattened up
14 refuses i.e., Arcite is to have the choice of weapons
15 If…hold i.e., if it does not break
27 recompense repayment, return
28 quit repay
29 show i.e., show yourself to be
35 birthright i.e., the right belonging to one of us from birth
36 pertains belongs
40 fitting fit, ready
41 stay wait
43 spared i.e., from his duties
45 Though…died i.e., from the effort of suppressing his feelings
49 lusty vigorous
51 exceed i.e., surpass me
57 find it i.e., that it is true
60 soundly in full
62 arm you put your armor on
73 grand guard extra, heavy piece of armor worn to protect the chest and shoulder while jousting
75 fain gladly that i.e., on horseback
79 warrant guarantee (that I will)
80 casque helmet
83 o’th’least too small
86 fall’n much away i.e., much thinner
88 home unsparingly/to the end/to the heart
101 bay reddish-brown horse
104 Nor…you i.e., I could not catch you up/equal your performance
106 virtue courage
113 strait tight
117 perfect i.e., fully armed
119 hold consider
120 lies depends several ways in different directions
124 aught anything
135 commend i.e., to God within i.e., offstage
140 Lo look (drawing attention)
143 retire withdraw
144 presently immediately
149 contempt i.e., disregard of his banishment
150 difference quarrel
151 base disposers i.e., dishonorably settled
154 adventure venture
156 faints loses courage Put…guard i.e., stand on guard immediately
163 crosses obstacles
166 fears frightens
170 ignorant unwitting malicious wicked
172 appointed armed
173 officers of arms supervising officials
174 Castor son of the Roman god Jupiter
175 Hold keep
182 begged i.e., had his freedom begged for contemns scorns
184 follows serves/pursues
191 spoken i.e., said to be
195 woo implore
202 no more moved i.e., with as little emotion Where whereas
210 For as for
215 Stop close
217 thy…memory i.e., Hercules, who famously completed twelve tasks set him by Eurystheus (King of Mycenae and Tiryns); he was friend and companion to Theseus but not related, although Palamon calls them cousins
228 not…denied i.e., persuasively
233 kill kills
234 Yet to show
235 grow to become one with but unless
243 that…have i.e., whatever you would invoke to create
246 chaste married, lawful
247 conjurings invocations, entreaties
251 that…maid i.e., your duty as a knight to help a damsel in distress
257 want be lacking in
263 make…reel i.e., you shake my constancy to my oath
264 place it i.e., arrange matters
266 right typical
273 question quarrel
274 credit reputation
277 Bow cause to bend
280 hold uphold
281 express will final decisions
284 passion anger heed consideration
290 maim wound, damage
297 be become
298 groaned i.e., in childbirth
302 worth become of
307 contention quarrel know i.e., show that they know
318 piece i.e., of ground
324 basely dishonorably
327 Make…devil i.e., despise death as a poor fellow/regard him as an enemy and fight willingly
331 must i.e., must be
332 to as
342 from that mouth i.e., as a result of the words she speaks
348 For on account of of from
355 pyramid obelisk, pillar or column of stone whether whichever of the two
359 grudge to fall i.e., feel that he is unjustly executed
360 with interest in a claim to
366 must i.e., be content
367 miscarry die
370 hold your course i.e., keep your resolve
373 usage treatment
374 settle here i.e., establish in Athens
375 bier movable stand on which a corpse is placed before burial
4.1 Location: the prison in Athens
10 handsome naturally graceful
11 staggering hesitating
15 Half…too i.e., who shares Theseus’ heart with Hippolyta that so that
18 hold continue
21 They i.e., the news
23 discovered revealed
30 ever constantly
33 But they prevailed i.e., without getting what they asked for fairly completely
45 How he looks! i.e., anxious
51 mind think of
55 innocent simpleton
57 Nothing…pity i.e., I’m only sorry (at what I have to tell)
58 by from
61 right in her right mind
69 miscarrying on being punished for
73 late recently angling fishing
76 attending sport i.e., waiting for a fish to bite
79 smallness high pitch
80 angle fishing rod
81 To…skill i.e., to fish by itself
83 encompassed surrounded
85 glade clearing
92 Pretty naïve
94 bevy company of
96 chaplets wreaths
97 damask variety of red rose
98 antic grotesque dance
102 handsome proper
103 ‘Willow, willow, willow’ chorus of a popular song—refers to the wearing of a willow garland by a forsaken lover
105 tall brave
106 careless tresses untidy locks of hair
107 rounded encircled
109 nymph spirit in the form of a maiden inhabiting and tending the lake
110 Iris Greek goddess of the rainbow and messenger to the gods
113 posies short rhyming mottoes often inscribed on rings
118 made i.e., my way
119 straight…flood i.e., at once threw herself into the water
124 cross intercept
125 stayed stopped
126 scarce with difficulty
128 May…(etc.) et cetera indicates that more of the song would have been sung, but the remaining words are lost
133 ‘The…Robin’ both popular songs
138 I…else i.e., otherwise I shall be away from home
140 maidenhead virginity cocklight dawn, playing on “cock” (penis)
141 thrive go well/grow (in pregnancy)
142 O…sweet first words to the seventh of Sir Philip Sidney’s Certain Sonnets
143 ev’n just
150 cross contradict distempered deranged
156 For because of
157 gone…undone pregnant, seduced and ruined
160 let…alone i.e., pay no attention to them
163 close secretive
164 Close…cockle proverbial
165 the trick on’t i.e., the technique for only fathering boys
166 gelt castrated, to preserve their singing voices
173 tickle’t up give pleasure/arouse to erection or orgasm
174 if…in metaphorically lucky/literally, using his hand to achieve sexual pleasure
179 know recognize
187 wood forest/state of madness
188 tackling rigging/male genitalia
189 Let me alone i.e., let me handle it weigh i.e., weigh anchor
190 Owgh! exclamation suggesting exertion Top the bowline! i.e., tighten the rope that keeps the sail steady in a wind
194 to the top i.e., of the mast (the lookout position)
197 kenn’st see, make out
198 wood forest/madwoman
200 Cynthia Roman goddess of the moon
4.2 Location: Theseus’ palace in Athens
11 coy modest
13 quick lively
15 Ganymede in classical mythology, the beautiful boy snatched from earth by Jove to become his cupbearer
18 constellation Ganymede was eventually changed into Aquarius
21 Pelop’s shoulder in classical mythology, Tantalus killed his son Pelops and offered him as food to the gods who then reassembled him and replaced his eaten shoulder with an ivory one
22 hence i.e., his brow promontory mountainous stretch of land jutting into the sea
23 Pointed coming to a peak
24 underworld i.e., the earth as seen from above
25 near ’em i.e., like them in character
26 foil one who sets off another to advantage
27 swart swarthy, dark meagre thin heavy sorrowful
28 still lethargic
29 stirring animation
30 this i.e., Arcite’s smile hint
32 sad serious
33 bent direction
35 choice capacity for choosing lewdly ignorantly
42 only solely
43 is complexion i.e., is the only attractive complexion
44 changeling ugly or stupid child left by the fairies in exchange for another gipsy i.e., dark, hence unattractive
45 sotted besotted
46 faith constancy
48 Whether which one had would have
52 go look i.e., for an answer (unsuccessfully)
53 gauds toys
54 distinguish choose between
60 end resolve, settle
62 unspotted pure
74 fall untimely die prematurely
76 a while briefly
86 seeming appearance
87 stout brave
88 say proclaim
92 he looks i.e., his expression shows
95 long and round i.e., his arms
96 baldric belt or girdle when…with i.e., to carry out his will when he is angry
97 Better…friend i.e., there was never a better sword
102 speak describe
104 show appearance
106 he i.e., the messenger
108 felt…for i.e., love
109 apter more likely
113 extremes violent emotions
116 Hard-haired tightly curled tods bushes
117 undo uncurl
118 livery uniform warlike maid Bellona, Roman goddess of war
122 character sign
123 fit for i.e., to kiss/like those belonging to
126 lineaments form, shape
127 clean well-built
128 staff handle
132 great eminent
136 they i.e., the freckles sweet attractive
137 well satisfactory
140 white-haired blond
141 wanton white very light so as to be feminine/childlike
142 nimble agile
145 new-conceived newly pregnant
146 labour hard work, punning on childbirth
148 grey-eyed having blue or blue-gray eyes, thought to denote compassion
153 shows looks like
154 oak wreath of oak leaves awarded for valor
157 charging staff lance for jousting embossed ornamented with figures in relief
163 show Bravely look splendidly (in fighting)
168 steeled given strength to, perhaps playing on sense of “struck (with a steel sword)”
169 the field i.e., management over the tournament
174 be royal i.e., show regal generosity in the arrangements
175 want lack bravery splendor
4.3 Location: the prison
1 time…moon at certain phases of the moon/her menstrual cycle
2 some i.e., times
3 harmless distemper nonviolent derangement
7 lards is inserted into (like pieces of fat into a meat roast) farces stuffs (in cooking), plays on sense of “makes comic”
8 withal moreover
11 burden refrain
14 fantastical fanciful as…legs i.e., as any man
15 Dido…Aeneas in Virgil’s Aeneid, Dido (Queen of Carthage) fell in love with the Trojan hero, Aeneas, who afterward left her and she killed herself on a funeral pyre
20 silver…ferry in classical mythology, the dead were provided with a piece of silver to pay Charon, the ferryman, to take them across the River Styx to the underworld
23 livers thought to be the seats of human passions
26 Proserpine Roman queen of the underworld
27 mark notice
28 prettily charmingly amiss ill/in error, plays on senses of “miss” meaning “unmarried woman/whore”
31 barley break country game involving couples whereby one couple who are in “hell” must try to catch the others, often employed as a metaphor for “having sex”
32 i’th’other place i.e., in hell
34 shrewd measure harsh punishment
38 usurer’s grease moneylender’s sweat (the traditional punishment for usurers was to be boiled in oil and lead)
40 be enough i.e., fully cooked
41 coins fabricates ideas
48 leprous suffering from leprosy, often confused with “pox” (venereal disease)
49 rid on’t avoid it
51 engrafted implanted (horticultural metaphor)
54 were would be an if
57 arras tapestry used as a wall hanging
58 suing fellow persistent suitor garden-house small house or bower in the garden
64 affected cared for
65 ere before
68 account consider
69 great penn’orth on’t good bargain state estate
70 unfeignedly sincerely
72 intemperate…eye i.e., excessive gazing at Palamon
75 faculties functions
76 vagary wandering
80 commune talk
81 beats upon is obsessed by
83 friskins antics
84 green youthful
86 stuck decked
88 compounded odours perfumes grateful pleasing
91 carve i.e., carve for
92 still among intermittently
94 play-feres playfellows, can be used with sexual connotation
95 repair go
96 tokens small gifts of love
97 suggested pleaded
99 reduce restore out of square disordered
101 approved successfully demonstrated
103 passages stages
104 appliance remedy
105 success result
5.1 Location: a forest near Athens, outside of temples to Mars, Venus, and Diana
4 swelling billowing
6 will i.e., that will
10 german closely related
11 nearness i.e., of kinship and friendship
12 Lay by set aside dove-like peacefully
14 stubborn antagonistic
15 ire anger
16 regard watch over
18 part divide
20 glass hourglass
22 show appear as
26 parcel part
27 tender regard
31 confound ruin, destroy
32 port bring to port/carry
33 limiter arbiter, judge
35 turn i.e., around and depart
40 sacrifices i.e., because they will die if he fails
42 apprehension awareness
44 profession solemn vow/occupation (soldiering)
45 Require ask
46 breath endurance
47 on forward
48 Else otherwise
49 feat deed of valor
50 garland victor’s wreath sticks…flowers i.e., Emily will be the most beautiful flower he is crowned with/there will be a rose in the garland that Emily crowns him with sticks places/adorns/stands out
51 intercession prayer
52 cistern large vessel or receptacle for liquids
56 Neptune Roman water god (symbolizing the sea) purple i.e., with blood
57 havoc slaughter field battlefields prewarn foretell; comets were popularly supposed to be omens of forthcoming events
58 Unearthèd excavated/unburied
59 teeming fertile, abundantly productive Ceres Roman goddess of crops and fruit foison harvest
60 armipotent powerful in arms
61 masoned built of stone
62 girths walls
64 laud praise
65 streamer banner
66 styled named
68 enormous disorderly
69 o’er-rank overripe, rotten
70 blood bloodshed/bloodletting
72 O’th’pleurisy of excess
75 stars fates glister sparkle
76 extinct extinguished
79 free generous
83 secrets part of the code of courtly love was secrecy
88 flourish brandish
90 vassal servant
91 Stale gravity grave old man polled bald
93 skipped jumped over, avoided
95 young lays youthful love songs
96 Phoebus i.e., the sun/sun god Apollo
98 his mortal son i.e., Phaethon, who drove his father’s sun chariot one day but was unable to control it, so that the earth was in danger of being burnt up until Zeus intervened by hurling a thunderbolt at Phaethon who fell into a river the huntress i.e., Diana
99 moist because of the moon’s influence on the tides cold chaste
101 yoke servitude
106 kenned known practised Upon tried to seduce
107 libels slanders (against women)
108 liberal licentious
109 betray reveal the love secrets of
111 large confessors men who boast of their many sexual conquests hotly angrily
115 brided married
116 cramp rheumatism
117 screwed twisted square sturdy
119 globy bulging
120 drawn their spheres come out of their sockets
121 anatomy skeleton
122 fere wife
124 Brief in short
125 prate chatter, tattle
126 defier one who distains or challenges boasts
128 close offices secret affairs
129 concealments what should be concealed
130 boldest coarsest
134 merit reward
137 chase hunting ground
139 laid unto added to
142 comes on approaches Still soft hind female deer aloof at a slight distance
148 order’s robe i.e., symbol of modesty
149 vouchsafe grant, bestow
151 maculate spotted
153 scurrile scurrilous port portal, opening
154 wanton lewd
155 Seasoned infused fear awe
156 bride-habited dressed as a bride
157 ’pointed appointed to me
160 guiltless i.e., of condemning either Palamon or Arcite to death/of choosing to marry and therefore betraying Diana election choice
162 doom sentence, pronounce judgment against
164 pretenders claimants, suitors
165 title claim
166 wheaten garland symbol of virginity
167 file and quality rank and status (a virgin)
168 band fellowship
169 ebbs and flows the tides (influenced by Diana as moon goddess)
172 well inspired of divine origin confound destroy
176 gathered i.e., lose my virginity
178 Unclasp reveal
5.2 Location: the prison habit costume
1 upon toward
6 ‘Presently’ immediately
10 watch sit up
11 fit attack of fever/sexual desire
13 fit her provide her with what she needs/enter her sexually home thoroughly
18 observe humor
20 confirm strengthen
21 That’s all one that doesn’t matter if as long as
23 Lie lie down/have sex
27 honesty chastity
28 niceness excessive scruple
29 cast…away i.e., abandon her to her madness
30 will wants to
38 physic treatment
43 all one i.e., makes no difference
46 Videlicet “that is to say” (Latin) ‘way of flesh’ i.e., sexual desire
49 ipso facto “by the very act” (Latin)
50 humour inclination, mood (also a reference to the four “humors,” or fluids, that were believed to influence human health and disposition)
56 bound obliged
65 come…tail i.e., whatever happens (proverbial) cut with a cut tail/gelded tail horsetail/penis
66 ye for you
69 founder lame hobby-horse man dressed as a horse in a morris dance/prostitute
70 skill judgment
71 ‘Light o’ love’ popular song referring to a faithless lover/prostitute
77 hand handwriting casts calculates
78 provender feed
79 betime early cozens cheats
83 coy aloof
85 bottles bundles (of hay)
86 strike measure
88 miller’s mare “as sober as a miller’s mare” (proverbial)
98 stool-ball game similar to cricket in which a stool was used as the wicket and women usually caught the ball in their laps/innuendo for sexual intercourse
101 keep celebrate
105 nice overscrupulous
111 petticoat overskirt smocks undergarments (shifts, slips)
115 then after we are married
117 fain be nibbling gladly be eating/having sex
120 against in preparation for
130 grown got taller
131 grow have an erection
133 hard meat coarse food
134 up erect
139 bear a charge have official duties
140 straight immediately
144 How…her? i.e., what did you think of her
146 from leave
147 still…way continue with the current treatment
158 marry by the Virgin Mary, i.e., indeed; plays on sense of “get married”
5.3 Location: in the forest, near the field of combat
3 hawk at pursue
4 decision trial (by combat)
7 bell death knell
10 deafing…hear no way not to hear
14 kind actuality
15 pencilled painted
16 belief i.e., in the story
17 sealed authenticated, confirmed
18 meed reward
19 question’s title winner’s right in the contest
21 wink close both eyes
25 extinct extinguished
26 envy malice
28 dam mother
33 Set off compensate for whereto of which
36 kindle incite
39 give…pay reward/be the reward for (the winning knight)
42 Out of itself i.e., outside its boundaries
49 know know to be
52 engine bent weapon (bow) ready to be discharged
55 aspect look
56 graved engraved, playing on “grave”
57 to in accordance with
58 quality nature
64 Stick misbecomingly seem out of place
66 spurs to spirit i.e., the trumpets
67 proof trial
69 spoiling…figure mutilation of his body
70 Enough would be enough
73 ward defensive action offence offensive action
74 craved…time was needed at that very moment
76 What…chance? What has happened?
81 prim’st best
85 servant i.e., Arcite
86 still always
88 end purpose
89 sinister left
90 best boding most auspicious
95 Th’assistants the supporting knights redemption rescue
96 titlers those fighting over the title
102 values shortness coming short in value
110 consummation end
112 Half-sights those who are half blind
113 God’s lid by God’s eyelid (a mild oath)
114 costliness rarity looked through was transparent
116 go…with take legal action against
117 drift driving
120 coming off leaving the arena
126 struck at head fought
127 plighted betrothed
136 race descendants
138 Alcides Hercules
139 sow bar of metal/female pig/fat, slovenly person
141 Did would
143 emulous rival Philomels nightingales
145 Anon straightaway
146 out-breasted outsung sense i.e., hearing
148 Good space for some time
149 hardly with difficulty
150 subdued defeated
151 present justice immediate execution
152 pinch torture
154 Arm give your arm to
155 lose part with/be deprived of
161 unfriended bereaved of his friend
166 one Emilia
167 blind closed for ever
5.4 pinioned tied up
5 to…wishes people wish that we might live longer
6 prevent forestall
7 beguile outwit
8 rheum catarrh lag last
9 grey approachers the elderly approaching death
10 unwappered unexhausted halting limping
11 stale old
12 such as he has been talking of
13 clear pure
18 title possession
22 tott’ring fluctuating
23 reels wavers
26 Taste act as taster, go first
28 see’t done give me freedom (in death)
29 kind of ill type of illness, i.e., insanity
34 latest last
36 piece her portion add to her dowry
39 Is…maid? Is it her first marriage?/Is she a virgin?
40 Verily truly
42 quite repay
44 requite reward
51 done finished
62 owing owning
64 Weakens his price all-black horses were thought to be vicious
65 note characteristic
66 allowance confirmation
67 calkins raised edges of horseshoes that prevent slipping
68 tell count
69 length pace, stride
70 pride mettle, spirit
72 iron…origin based on the biblical story of Jubal (Genesis 4:21–2)
74 Saturn Roman god associated with the harvest, but originally perhaps a blight god and regarded as malevolent
77 comment speculate
78 toy foolish aversion fell abandoned himself
79 comes on end i.e., rears up on his hindquarters
80 school-doing training
81 kind manage gentle handling
82 rowell spur
84 jad’ry behavior of an inferior horse/ignoble behavior disseat unseat, throw off
86 curb controlling chain or strap passed under a horse’s jaw girth saddle-securing belt diff’ring plunges different sudden, violent movements
87 Disroot dislodge grew i.e., stayed as though rooted
92 poise weight
94 floats…approaches i.e., only until the next wave comes
104 told counted false i.e., against Palamon’s prior claim to Emilia
108 Elysium final resting place in the underworld of classical mythology for the souls of the heroic and virtuous
111 This day the anniversary of this day
114 sundered parted
118 arrouse bedew, sprinkle, plays on “arouse” meaning “excite sexually”
121 vouched upheld
122 grace favor, success
123 this i.e., Arcite’s body
130 passage of arms
131 equal impartial
134 fancy love
139 lovers supporters stage of death i.e., scaffold
142 in whose end at the end of which
147 charmers the gods (who work charms or enchantments)
150 kind way/disposition
152 above beyond our capacity
153 bear…time behave appropriately for the funeral and then the wedding
* Epilogue i.e., actor who speaks these lines
2 say speak (for shyness)
3 cruel terribly
5 goes hard is going badly
9 market chances of success/profit
10 Have at let us face
12 cause purpose
14 meant intended for
15 end purpose