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| Enter Iaylors daughter alone. | Enter Gaoler's Daughter alone | | TNK III.ii.1.1 | |
| Daugh. | DAUGHTER | | | |
| He has mistooke; the Beake I meant, is gone | He has mistook the brake I meant, is gone | brake (n.) bush, thicket | TNK III.ii.1 | |
| After his fancy, Tis now welnigh morning, | After his fancy. 'Tis now well-nigh morning. | fancy (n.)whim, inclination, caprice | TNK III.ii.2 | |
| No matter, would it were perpetuall night, | No matter; would it were perpetual night, | | TNK III.ii.3 | |
| And darkenes Lord o'th world, Harke tis a woolfe: | And darkness lord o'th' world. Hark; 'tis a wolf! | | TNK III.ii.4 | |
| In me hath greife slaine feare, and but for one thing | In me hath grief slain fear, and but for one thing | | TNK III.ii.5 | |
| I care for nothing, and that's Palamon. | I care for nothing, and that's Palamon. | | TNK III.ii.6 | |
| I wreake not if the wolves would jaw me, so | I reck not if the wolves would jaw me, so | reck (v.)regard, heed, care [for] | TNK III.ii.7 | |
| | jaw (v.)bite, eat, devour | | |
| He had this File; what if I hallowd for him? | He had this file; what if I hallowed for him? | hallow, holloa, hollow (v.)shout, yell, cry out | TNK III.ii.8 | |
| I cannot hallow: if I whoop'd; what then? | I cannot hallow; if I whooped, what then? | | TNK III.ii.9 | |
| If he not answeard, I should call a wolfe, | If he not answered, I should call a wolf, | | TNK III.ii.10 | |
| And doe him but that service. I have heard | And do him but that service. I have heard | | TNK III.ii.11 | |
| Strange howles this live-long night, why may't not be | Strange howls this livelong night; why may't not be | | TNK III.ii.12 | |
| They have made prey of him? he has no weapons, | They have made prey of him? He has no weapons; | | TNK III.ii.13 | |
| He cannot run, the Iengling of his Gives | He cannot run; the jingling of his gyves | gyve (n.)(plural) fetters, shackles | TNK III.ii.14 | |
| Might call fell things to listen, who have in them | Might call fell things to listen, who have in them | fell (adj.)cruel, fierce, savage | TNK III.ii.15 | |
| A sence to know a man unarmd, and can | A sense to know a man unarmed, and can | | TNK III.ii.16 | |
| Smell where resistance is. Ile set it downe | Smell where resistance is. I'll set it down | set down (v.)log, make note, put on record | TNK III.ii.17 | |
| He's torne to peeces, they howld many together | He's torn to pieces; they howled many together, | | TNK III.ii.18 | |
| And then they feed on him: So much for that, | And then they fed on him; so much for that. | | TNK III.ii.19 | |
| Be bold to ring the Bell; how stand I then? | Be bold to ring the bell. How stand I then? | stand (v.)continue, remain, wait, stay put | TNK III.ii.20 | |
| | bold (adj.)ready, unafraid, prepared | | |
| All's char'd when he is gone, No, no I lye, | All's chared when he is gone. No, no, I lie; | chare (v.)do, accomplish, finish | TNK III.ii.21 | |
| My Father's to be hang'd for his escape, | My father's to be hanged for his escape, | | TNK III.ii.22 | |
| My selfe to beg, if I prizd life so much | Myself to beg, if I prized life so much | beg (v.)become a beggar | TNK III.ii.23 | |
| As to deny my act, but that I would not, | As to deny my act; but that I would not, | | TNK III.ii.24 | |
| Should I try death by dussons: I am mop't, | Should I try death by dozens. I am moped; | moped (adj.)bewildered, confused, in a daze | TNK III.ii.25 | |
| | try (v.)experience, undergo, endure | | |
| | dozens, byin dozens of different ways | | |
| Food tooke I none these two daies. / Sipt some water. | Food took I none these two days; sipped some water. | | TNK III.ii.26 | |
| I have not closd mine eyes | I have not closed mine eyes, | | TNK III.ii.27 | |
| Save when my lids scowrd off their bine; alas | Save when my lids scoured off their brine. Alas, | brine (n.)salt water [i.e. tears] | TNK III.ii.28 | |
| Dissolue my life, Let not my sence unsettle | Dissolve, my life; let not my sense unsettle, | sense (n.)mind, power of reason, wits | TNK III.ii.29 | |
| | unsettle (v.)become unsettled, be disturbed | | |
| Least I should drowne, or stab, or hang my selfe. | Lest I should drown, or stab, or hang myself. | | TNK III.ii.30 | |
| O state of Nature, faile together in me, | O state of nature, fail together in me, | together (adv.)all at once, at the same time | TNK III.ii.31 | |
| | nature (n.)natural powers, normal state [of mind and body] | | |
| Since thy best props are warpt: So which way now? | Since thy best props are warped! So, which way now? | | TNK III.ii.32 | |
| The best way is, the next way to a grave: | The best way is the next way to a grave; | next (adj.)nearest, shortest, most direct | TNK III.ii.33 | |
| Each errant step beside is torment. Loe | Each errant step beside is torment. Lo, | errant (adj.)wandering, straying, erring | TNK III.ii.34 | |
| | beside (adv.)to the side, from that path | | |
| The Moone is down, the Cryckets chirpe, the Schreichowle | The moon is down, the crickets chirp, the screech-owl | | TNK III.ii.35 | |
| Calls in the dawne; all offices are done | Calls in the dawn. All offices are done, | office (n.)task, service, duty, responsibility | TNK III.ii.36 | |
| Save what I faile in: But the point is this | Save what I fail in; but the point is this, | | TNK III.ii.37 | |
| An end, and that is all. | An end, and that is all. | end (n.)death, ending [of life] | TNK III.ii.38 | |
| Exit. | Exit | | TNK III.ii.38 | |