pike large, voracious freshwater fish (also, appropriately enough, known as a jack) 294 shape shape matters
124 wrought the mure made the wall
66 carriage behavior, bearing
2 vent of hearing i.e. ear 3 orient east
drooping declining, where the sun sets
4 post-horse horse kept at a post-house or inn for the use of messengers or travelers still always, continually
unfold reveal
5 acts actions, events/divisions of a play 12 fearful...defence enrollment of troops and preparations for defense inspired by fear 13 big pregnant
griefs suffering, hardship
15 And...matter which is not the case pipe small wind instrument, recorder
16 jealousies suspicions 17 of...stop so easy and straightforward to play stop finger-hole of a wind instrument
18 blunt stupid, dull 19 still-discordant constantly quarreling 21 anatomize dissect, analyze 22 household domestic intimates, i.e. audience 23 King Harry's victory Henry IV's troops defeated Hotspur and the other rebels at the Battle of Shrewsbury (dramatized in 1 Henry IV) 24 field battlefield Shrewsbury town on the Welsh-English border
25 Hotspur Sir Henry (or Harry) Percy, the Earl of Northumberland's son 28 office duty, task 29 Harry Monmouth Prince Henry (or Harry, or Hal), named after the town on the Welsh-English border where he was born 31 the Douglas Archibald, Earl of Douglas; the signifies the head of a Scottish clan
32 anointed i.e. royal, legitimate (having been marked with holy oil as part of the coronation ceremony) 33 peasant country, rustic (with connotations of "unsophisticated, credulous") 35 hold fortress; Warkworth Castle was the Earl of Northumberland's residence ragged rough, eroded
37 crafty-sick feigning illness posts messengers on horseback tiring on in tearing haste/exhausting themselves and their horses 39 Than except what
40 true wrongs the painful truth
2 Gaultree Forest ancient royal forest to the north of York an't if it
3 discoverers scouts
9 New-dated of recent date
11 powers forces
12 hold sortance with correspond, agree
quality rank
13 levy raise, muster
14 retired withdrawn
ripe ripen, develop
16 overlive survive
17 opposite adversary
18 touch ground run aground
22 form formation
24 rate estimate, number
25 just...out exact number we estimated
26 sway on move forward
27 well-appointed well-equipped
fronts faces, confronts
30 prince...Lancaster Prince John, although born at Lancaster, was actually Duke of Bedford 32 doth...coming does your arrival mean
35 If that if
36 like itselfin its true colors
routs mobs, gangs
37 bloody bloodthirsty
guarded adorned, trimmed/protected, flanked by 38 countenanced approved, supported
39 commotion insurrection, rebellion
40 most proper own true
41 reverend respected
42 Had not would not have been
dress dress up, adorn
44 honours noble selves
45 see diocese
47 letters scholarship
48 investments ecclesiastical robes
figure symbolize
55 point musical signal (perhaps plays on the sense of "sword") 58 wanton uncontrolled/idle/self-indulgent/lascivious 60 bleed let blood as a medical cure/shed blood in battle 63 take...me do not take on the role of
66 show appear
67 rank coarse, gross/corrupt
70 justly exactly/fairly
72 griefs sufferings, grievances
74 most quiet there former peacefulness in the stream of time
75 occasion circumstances
77 articles account of charges, list of grievances 79 suit supplication/legal petition
gain our audience be granted a hearing
80 unfold disclose, explain
83 but newly gone only recently passed
84 memory...earth i.e. the land bears scars of battle 85 yet appearing still visible
86 Of...instance of which every minute gives us evidence/which each moment urges upon us 87 ill-beseeming unbecoming
92 galled vexed, wounded
93 suborned bribed
grate on harass
94 seal approve, ratify by affixing a wax seal 96 commonwealth state, general good
103 unequal unjust
106 Construe make sense of/judge
to their necessities according to what is urgent and immediate 109 not appears doesn't appear
113 signories estates
116 breathed reanimated
117 the state circumstances
118 force perforce with violent compulsion banish him Richard II banished both Mowbray's father and Henry Bullingbrook (Henry IV), rather than allow them to meet in combat, in events dramatized in Richard II
120 roused raised/angry, roused
121 coursers horses
daring...spur i.e. eager to charge
122 armed...charge lances held in position
beavers visors or face guards of their helmets
123 sights of steel slits in their visors 124 blowing them together giving them the signal to charge 125 stayed kept, prevented
127 warder staff held by one presiding over combat 129 all their lives the lives of all those 130 indictment legal accusation
dint of sword force of arms
131 miscarried come to grief
133 Earl of Hereford i.e. Bullingbrook 137 He...Coventry he would not have got away in safety from Coventry (Midlands town, the location of the combat) 141 did did so, did bless and grace (him) 145 wherein on those matters in which
147 enjoy them have those requests granted set off put aside
148 think you make you seem
149 compel oblige him to make
150 policy strategy, cunning
151 overween go too far
153 ken range of sight
156 battle army
names noblemen, famed soldiers
157 perfect skilled
159 reason will it stands to reason
161 parley negotiation with the enemy
163 rotten...handling something putrid won't stand close examination (rotten case plays on sense of "syphilitic vagina") 165 very ample virtue full authority
166 determine Of decide on
168 intended implied
name title
169 muse marvel
170 schedule list
172 Each several article provided that each separate charge 173 hence elsewhere
174 insinewed to an integral part of, bound to 175 Acquitted provided that we are cleared true substantial form binding legal proceedings
176 present...confined immediate carrying out of the demands relating to us and our intentions 178 awful banks respectful (awe-full) boundaries 179 knit bind, unite
180 Please you if you're content
181 battles armies
182 At either end on both sides
frame arrange
189 absolute unconditional
190 consist upon insist upon/consist of 192 valuation estimation in the eyes of the king 193 false-derived wrongly attributed
194 nice and wanton petty and frivolous
196 were...
love even if we were willing to die for love of the king 197 winnowed separated, as is the
corn from the worthless husks (chaff) by the action of the wind
198 That...partition the king will be unable to distinguish the good from the bad in us 201 dainty petty
picking trifling
202 doubt fear
203 heirs of life survivors
204 tables records
206 history record, recount
208 precisely completely
209 misdoubts present occasion i.e. to the
extent that he would like misdoubts suspicions, fears
210 enrooted entangled by the roots
214 enraged him on provoked him
216 hangs resolved correction forestalls the determined punishment 217 execution carry out the action
218 wasted used up
rods whipping rods
219 late recent/dead
222 offer threaten
225 atonement reconciliation
231 just at an equal
233 Before lead on
234 cousin form of address between nobles, not necessarily denoting kinship 235 gentle noble
237 better...you suited you better
241 iron armored/unyielding
243 word i.e. holy word of Scripture 246 Would he were he to
countenance favor, patronage
247 set abroach unleash
250 deep...heaven learned in Scripture/firmly in God's grace 251 speaker intermediary between monarch and parliament; here, between God and the people 253 opener and intelligencer one who explains and informs 254 sanctities holiness, sacred nature 255 workings efforts/perceptions
256 But you that you don't
place position
257 countenance favor
258 false dishonest, disloyal
259 taken up raised
260 zeal puns on "seal," i.e. authority 261 heaven's substitute the monarch was regarded as God's deputy on earth 263 upswarmed made them rise up like an angry swarm 267 misordered confused
in common sense as all acknowledge
268 monstrous unnatural
269 hold...up maintain our security
270 parcels details
271 shoved i.e. dismissed
272 Hydra in Greek mythology, a monster that grew two heads for every one that was cut off 273 dangerous eyes refers to another monster, Argus, whose hundred eyes kept permanent watch until charmed to sleep by Mercury 280 supplies reinforcements
second support, renew
282 success succession
284 Whiles...generation for as long as people continue to be born 286 sound the bottom gauge the depth, i.e. foretell 288 How far forth to what extent
like approve of, agree to
289 allow them well approve of them
291 mistook misunderstood
292 lavishly freely
296 powers forces
several various, separate
299 tokens signs
305 part depart
306 Hie hurry
308 pledge toast
315 happy season opportune moment
316 something somewhat
317 Against in anticipation of
318 heaviness...event sadness comes over men before a positive outcome 319 coz abbreviation of "cousin"
321 passing surpassingly, extremely
323 rendered given
324 had been cheerful would have been uplifting 330 trains retinues, followers
331 peruse look over
332 coped withal had to fight with
335 lie lodge
341 steers unyoked calves freed from the yoke 343 sporting-place place of entertainment, leisure 347 Of for, on the grounds of
attach arrest
351 pawned pledged
356 Meet appropriate
357 shallowly foolishly, thoughtlessly 358 Fondly stupidly
359 stray stragglers
363 condition rank
370 Dale the sense now widens from "valley" to include "pit"
373 drops tears
374 lovers friends
375 do observance show respect
380 An if
indifferency ordinary size
378 I...name i.e. I am known by name everywhere on account of my vast stomach school crowd
381 womb belly
387 tardy tricks delaying dodges
388 break...back i.e. get you hanged (and your weight will cause the gallows to break) 389 but...be if it were not
392 expedition speed
393 with...possibility as fast as possible 394 foundered lamed
nine...posts over 180 horses
396 furious violent, wrathful
398 hook-nosed...Rome i.e. Julius Caesar 402 booked recorded
403 particular ballad special ballad written about me 404 picture ballads were commonly illustrated with woodcuts 406 gilt two-pences false coins, twopenny pieces gilded and passed off as gold half-crowns to compared to
407 cinders...element i.e. stars 410 desert mount merit be recognized
411 heavy fat, weighty/heinous, dreadful 413 thick fat/dim
421 been...me taken my advice
422 won them dearer they would have cost more, i.e. you would have had to fight for them 423 sold presented/betrayed/bartered away 425 left left off, given up
426 execution stayed bloodshed halted
428 present immediate
429 sure carefully, securely
431 sore seriously
434 sober moderate, dignified
438 in my condition according to my disposition/as military commander 440 would wish
444 come...proof turn out well
445 making many fish-meals they eat such a lot of fish (as opposed to red meat) 446 green-sickness anemia causing a greenish complexion; it often afflicted teenage girls 447 get wenches father only daughters
449 inflammation roused emotions resulting from drink/swelling weight sherry-sack sweet Spanish white wine 450 ascends me ascends (me is used colloquially for emphasis) 451 curdy thick, curdled
vapours noxious exhalations supposedly produced in the body and rising to the brain environ surround 452 apprehensive intelligent, perceptive forgetive apt at forging, inventive
456 liver considered the seat of the passions
457 pusillanimity lack of courage, timidity 459 parts extremes extremities
461 vital...spirits the "vital spirits" were thought to be the essence of life 462 muster me assemble
465 a-work to work
466 a mere is a mere
467 commences initiates, unleashes (puns on "Commencement," the formal term for the degree award ceremony at Cambridge University) 470 husbanded cultivated
474 potations liquors
479 tempering becoming pliant, softening like wax 480 seal with him come to an agreement/shape him to my purposes 2 debate strife, conflict
3 higher fields i.e. to Jerusalem, on a crusade 4 sanctified consecrated, holy
5 addressed ready
6 substitutes...invested deputies installed in office 7 level equal
8 want lack
9 pause us rest, wait
19 in presence present/in the royal presence 22 chance does it happen
26 offices services
28 brethren brothers
29 omit neglect
32 observed treated with respect
34 melting tender
35 flint i.e. hard, unyielding
36 humorous moody, volatile
37 flaws congealedicy gusts of wind
spring dawn/gentle warmth
38 temper disposition/mood
39 reverently respectfully
41 line range, scope
42 on ground beached
43 Confound defeat, overthrow
working exertion
47 suggestion suspicion/incitement to evil 48 force perforce of necessity
50 aconitum aconite or wolfsbane, a poisonous plant rash hasty, violent
55 other his continual his other constant 56 fattest richest, most fertile
60 blood...heart every sigh was thought to drain a drop of blood from the heart 64 curb restraint (literally, chain passed under a horse's jaw) 66 lavish wild, unrestrained
68 fronting advancing/confronting
opposed hostile
69 look...quite go too far in judging him 76 perfectness fullness
78 measure guide
79 mete measure
81 'Tis...carrion i.e. people rarely give up their pleasures despite the corrupt surroundings; drawn from th
e biblical story of Samson, who found a bees' nest in the carcass of a lion (Judges 14:8) 87 Bishop Scroop i.e. the Archbishop of York, Richard Scroop 91 borne carried out
93 course...particular turn of events set out in detail 95 haunch hindquarter, back end
96 lifting up rising, breaking
105 packet i.e. of letters, dispatch 109 stomach appetite
121 straight straightaway
122 pangs attacks, spasms of pain
126 fear me fill me with fear
127 Unfathered heirs children supposed to be unnatural, conceived supernaturally loathly births deformed infants, regarded as ill omens 128 change their manners alter their usual patterns as as if 130 flowed flooded
131 doting weak-minded/foolish/fond, attentive 133 Edward Edward III sicked sickened 135 apoplexy illness causing paralysis 139 dull gentle favourable kindly
146 heaviness sadness
147 Rain i.e. tears abroad outside 153 physic medicine
161 perturbation cause of trouble care source of anxiety 162 ports doors, gates (i.e. eyelids)
163 watchful wakeful
165 homely biggen plain nightcap
166 watch portion of the night/watchful vigil 168 armour...safety metal armor which gets hot and burns the wearer at the same time it protects him from attack 169 gates of breath i.e. mouth and nose 171 suspire breathe out
174 rigol circle (i.e. crown)
180 immediate direct successor
181 Derives itself descends
182 put...strength even if all the strength in the world were concentrated 184 lineal inherited
185 mine i.e. my heir
200 Chide drive with rebukes
201 part action conjoins unites
203 falls into revolt betrays itself, is unnatural 208 engrossed amassed
209 cankered tarnished/corrupt strange-achieved ill-gotten/brought from overseas 210 thoughtful careful invest endow (plays on financial sense) 211 arts scholarship
214 thighs...wax beeswax is stored in sacs on the upper parts of bees' legs 215 bees...pains in fact it is not workers, but drones (bees whose sole purpose is to impregnate the queen) who die after mating or are cast out of the hive to die 216 This...engrossments these accumulations give a bitter taste 217 ending dying
218 stay wait
219 determined terminated
221 kindly filial/gentle gentle noble/tender 223 tyranny cruelty but anything butg 232 chair position/throne
236 cloud of dignity rank or honor, insubstantial as a cloud 240 Were would have been
241 sealed...expectation confirmed my fears 242 manifest demonstrate
245 whetted sharpened
247 forbear endure, permit
252 balm consecrated oil used in the coronation of the monarch sanctify consecrate, render holy 253 compound mix
256 form established order, custom
260 apes of idleness fools prone to all unworthy vices 261 confines states, countries
266 gild cover with gold (puns on guilt) 267 office official position
270 flesh his tooth sink his tooth into the flesh 272 care anxiety, concerned efforts (sense then shifts to "chief concern") 278 had would have dear heartfelt
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