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| Enter Iailor, Wooer, Doctor. | Enter Gaoler, Wooer, and Doctor | | TNK IV.iii.1.1 | |
| Doct. | DOCTOR | | | |
| Her distraction is more at some time of the Moone, | Her distraction is more at some time of the moon | distraction (n.) madness, derangement, insanity | TNK IV.iii.1 | |
| Then at other some, is it not? | than at other some, is it not? | | TNK IV.iii.2 | |
| Iay. | GAOLER | | | |
| She is continually in a harmelesse distemper, | She is continually in a harmless distemper, | harmless (adj.)innocent, causing no harm | TNK IV.iii.3 | |
| | distemper (n.)malady, illness, derangement | | |
| sleepes / Little, altogether without appetite, save often | sleeps little, altogether without appetite save often | | TNK IV.iii.4 | |
| drinking, / Dreaming of another world, and a better; and | drinking; dreaming of another world, and a better; and | | TNK IV.iii.5 | |
| what / Broken peece of matter so'ere she's about, the name | what broken piece of matter soe'er she's about, the name | matter (n.)subject-matter, content, substance | TNK IV.iii.6 | |
| | broken (adj.)disjointed, fragmentary, disconnected | | |
| Palamon lardes it, that she farces ev'ry busines / Withall, | Palamon lards it, that she farces every business withal, | lard (v.)permeate, saturate, pepper | TNK IV.iii.7 | |
| | farce, force (v.)stuff, cram | | |
| fyts it to every question; | fits it to every question. | question (n.)conversation, discourse, piece of talk | TNK IV.iii.8 | |
| | fit (v.)suit, befit, be suitable [for] | | |
| Enter Daughter. | Enter Gaoler's Daughter | | TNK IV.iii.9 | |
| Looke where / Shee comes, you shall perceive her | Look where she comes; you shall perceive her | | TNK IV.iii.9 | |
| behaviour. | behaviour. | | TNK IV.iii.10 | |
| Daugh. | DAUGHTER | | | |
| I have forgot it quite; The burden o'nt, was | I have forgot it quite; the burden on't was | burden, burthen (n.)refrain, chorus | TNK IV.iii.11 | |
| downe / A downe a, and pend by no worse man, then | ‘ down-a, down-a,’ and penned by no worse man than | | TNK IV.iii.12 | |
| Giraldo, Emilias Schoolemaster; he's as / Fantasticall too, | Geraldo, Emilia's schoolmaster. He's as fantastical, too, | fantastical (adj.)fanciful, imaginative, full of wild ideas | TNK IV.iii.13 | |
| as ever he may goe upon's legs, / For in the next world will | as ever he may go upon's legs; for in the next world will | | TNK IV.iii.14 | |
| Dido see Palamon, and Then will she be out of love with | Dido see Palamon, and then will she be out of love with | Dido (n.)[pron: 'diydoh] Queen of Carthage who fell in love with Aeneas when he was shipwrecked on her shores; commanded by Jupiter, Aeneas left without seeing Dido again, and she killed herself on a funeral pyre | TNK IV.iii.15 | |
| Eneas. | Aeneas. | Aeneas (n.)[pron: e'nayas] Trojan hero, son of Anchises and Aphrodite; in Roman legend, the ancestor of the Romans | TNK IV.iii.16 | |
| Doct. | DOCTOR | | | |
| What stuff's here? pore soule. | What stuff's here! Poor soul. | stuff (n.)rubbish, nonsense | TNK IV.iii.17 | |
| Ioy. | GAOLER | | | |
| Ev'n thus all day long. | E'en thus all day long. | | TNK IV.iii.18 | |
| Daugh. | DAUGHTER | | | |
| Now for this Charme, that I told you of, you | Now for this charm that I told you of, you | | TNK IV.iii.19 | |
| must / Bring a peece of silver on the tip of your tongue, | must bring a piece of silver on the tip of your tongue, | | TNK IV.iii.20 | |
| Or no ferry: then if it be your chance to come where / The | or no ferry; then if it be your chance to come where the | | TNK IV.iii.21 | |
| blessed spirits, as the'rs a sight now; we maids / That | blessed spirits are – there's a sight now! We maids that | | TNK IV.iii.22 | |
| have our Lyvers, perish'd, crakt to peeces with / Love, | have our livers perished, cracked to pieces with love, | perish (v.)destroy, wither, become ruined | TNK IV.iii.23 | |
| | liver (n.)part of the body thought to be the seat of the passions [especially sexual desire] | | |
| we shall come there, and doe nothing all day long / But | we shall come there, and do nothing all day long but | | TNK IV.iii.24 | |
| picke flowers with Proserpine, then will I make / Palamon | pick flowers with Proserpine. Then will I make Palamon | Proserpine, Proserpina (n.)daughter of the corn-goddess Ceres; Hades, king of the Underworld, abducted her and made her his queen | TNK IV.iii.25 | |
| a Nosegay, then let him marke me,---then. | a nosegay; then let him mark me – then – | mark (v.)note, pay attention [to], take notice [of] | TNK IV.iii.26 | |
| Doct. | DOCTOR | | | |
| How prettily she's amisse? note her a little | How prettily she's amiss! Note her a little | note (v.)observe, pay attention [to], take special note [of] | TNK IV.iii.27 | |
| | prettily (adv.)cleverly, ingeniously; or: charmingly | | |
| | amiss (adj.)deficient [in mind], deranged | | |
| further. | further. | | TNK IV.iii.28 | |
| Dau. | DAUGHTER | | | |
| Faith ile tell you, sometime we goe to | Faith, I'll tell you, sometime we go to | | TNK IV.iii.29 | |
| Barly breake, / We of the blessed; alas, tis a sore life they | barley-break, we of the blessed. Alas, 'tis a sore life they | barley-break (n.)type of country game in which a couple occupies a den [nicknamed ‘hell’] in the centre of a [barley] field, and tries to catch other couples, who may separate [break] when about to be caught | TNK IV.iii.30 | |
| have i'th / Thother place, such burning, frying, boyling, | have i'th' tother place, such burning, frying, boiling, | | TNK IV.iii.31 | |
| hissing, / Howling, chattring, cursing, oh they have | hissing, howling, chattering, cursing – O, they have | | TNK IV.iii.32 | |
| shrowd / Measure, take heede; if one be mad, or hang or | shrewd measure; take heed! If one be mad, or hang or | measure (n.)punishment, treatment, retribution | TNK IV.iii.33 | |
| | shrewd (adj.)harsh, hard, severe | | |
| Drowne themselves, thither they goe, Iupiter blesse / Vs, | drown themselves, thither they go – Jupiter bless us! – | Jupiter, Jove (n.)Roman supreme god; associated with the heavens and the weather, especially thunder and lightning; husband of Juno | TNK IV.iii.34 | |
| and there shall we be put in a Caldron of / Lead, and | and there shall we be put in a cauldron of lead and | | TNK IV.iii.35 | |
| Vsurers grease, amongst a whole million of / Cutpurses, | usurers' grease, amongst a whole million of cutpurses, | grease (n.)sweat, melted fat | TNK IV.iii.36 | |
| | cutpurse (n.)pickpocket, thief, robber | | |
| and there boyle like a Gamon of Bacon / That will never | and there boil like a gammon of bacon that will never | | TNK IV.iii.37 | |
| be enough. Exit. | be enough. | | TNK IV.iii.38 | |
| Doct. | DOCTOR | | | |
| How her braine coynes? | How her brain coins! | coin (v.)create fantasies, fabricate, fantasize | TNK IV.iii.39 | |
| Daugh. | DAUGHTER | | | |
| Lords and Courtiers, that have got maids with | Lords and courtiers that have got maids with | | TNK IV.iii.40 | |
| Child, they are in this place, they shall stand in fire up | child, they are in this place; they shall stand in fire up | | TNK IV.iii.41 | |
| to the / Nav'le, and in yce up to 'th hart, and there th' offending | to the navel and in ice up to th' heart, and there th' offending | | TNK IV.iii.42 | |
| part burnes, and the deceaving part freezes; in troth | part burns and the deceiving part freezes – in troth | troth (n.)truth, good faith | TNK IV.iii.43 | |
| a very greevous punishment, as one would thinke, for | a very grievous punishment, as one would think, for | | TNK IV.iii.44 | |
| such a Trifle, beleve me one would marry a leaprous | such a trifle. Believe me, one would marry a leprous | | TNK IV.iii.45 | |
| witch, to be rid on't Ile assure you. | witch to be rid on't, I'll assure you. | | TNK IV.iii.46 | |
| Doct. | DOCTOR | | | |
| How she continues this fancie? Tis not an | How she continues this fancy! 'Tis not an | continue (v.)keep up, maintain, elaborate | TNK IV.iii.47 | |
| engraffed / Madnesse, but a most thicke, and profound | engraffed madness, but a most thick and profound | ingraft, engraffed (adj.)ingrafted, ingrained, deep-rooted | TNK IV.iii.48 | |
| | thick (adj.)deep, heavy, profound | | |
| mellencholly. | melancholy. | | TNK IV.iii.49 | |
| Daugh. | DAUGHTER | | | |
| To heare there a proud Lady, and a proud Citty | To hear there a proud lady and a proud city | | TNK IV.iii.50 | |
| wiffe, howle together: I were a beast and il'd call it good | wife howl together – I were a beast an I'd call it good | and, an (conj.)if, whether | TNK IV.iii.51 | |
| sport: one cries, o this smoake, another this fire; | sport! One cries ‘ O, this smoke!’, th' other ‘ This fire!’; | sport (n.)recreation, amusement, entertainment | TNK IV.iii.52 | |
| One cries, o, that ever I did it behind the arras, and | one cries ‘ O that ever I did it behind the arras!’, and | arras (n.)tapestry hanging | TNK IV.iii.53 | |
| then howles; th' other curses a suing fellow and her | then howls; th' other curses a suing fellow and her | suing (adj.)persistently entreating, importuning, chasing | TNK IV.iii.54 | |
| garden house. | garden-house. | garden-house (n.)small building in a garden [often used for lovers' assignations] | TNK IV.iii.55 | |
| Sings. | (She sings) | | TNK IV.iii.56 | |
| I will be true, my stars, my fate, &c. | I will be true, my stars, my fate, etc. | | TNK IV.iii.56 | |
| Exit. Daugh. | Exit | | TNK IV.iii.56 | |
| Iay. | GAOLER | | | |
| What thinke you of her Sir? | What think you of her, sir? | | TNK IV.iii.57 | |
| Doct. | DOCTOR | | | |
| I think she has a perturbed minde, which I cannot | I think she has a perturbed mind, which I cannot | | TNK IV.iii.58 | |
| minister to. | minister to. | | TNK IV.iii.59 | |
| Iay. | GAOLER | | | |
| Alas, what then? | Alas, what then? | | TNK IV.iii.60 | |
| Doct. | DOCTOR | | | |
| Vnderstand you, she ever affected any man, ere | Understand you she ever affected any man ere | affect (v.)love, like, be fond of | TNK IV.iii.61 | |
| She beheld Palamon? | she beheld Palamon? | | TNK IV.iii.62 | |
| Iay. | GAOLER | | | |
| I was once Sir, in great hope, she had fixd her | I was once, sir, in great hope she had fixed her | | TNK IV.iii.63 | |
| Liking on this gentleman my friend. | liking on this gentleman my friend. | | TNK IV.iii.64 | |
| Woo. | WOOER | | | |
| I did thinke so too, and would account I had a | I did think so too, and would account I had a | | TNK IV.iii.65 | |
| great / Pen-worth on't, to give halfe my state, that both / She | great penn'orth on't, to give half my state that both she | pennyworth, penn'orth (n.)money's worth, bargain, good value | TNK IV.iii.66 | |
| | state (n.)estate, property, wealth, means | | |
| and I at this present stood unfainedly on the / Same | and I at this present stood unfeignedly on the same | unfeignedly (adv.)genuinely, sincerely, honestly | TNK IV.iii.67 | |
| tearmes. | terms. | | TNK IV.iii.68 | |
| Do. | DOCTOR | | | |
| That intemprat surfeit of her eye, hath | That intemperate surfeit of her eye hath | intemperate (adj.)excessive, immoderate, inordinate | TNK IV.iii.69 | |
| | surfeit (n.)excess, over-indulgence | | |
| distemperd the / Other sences, they may returne and settle | distempered the other senses; they may return and settle | distemper (v.)disorder, derange, disturb, confuse | TNK IV.iii.70 | |
| againe to / Execute their preordaind faculties, but they | again to execute their preordained faculties, but they | execute (v.)carry out, fulfil, perform | TNK IV.iii.71 | |
| | preordained (adj.)intended, normal, appointed | | |
| | faculty (n.)function, power, capability | | |
| are / Now in a most extravagant vagary. This you / Must | are now in a most extravagant vagary. This you must | extravagant (adj.)vagrant, straying, roaming | TNK IV.iii.72 | |
| | vagary (n.)wandering, displacement, roaming about | | |
| doe, Confine her to a place, where the light / May rather | do: confine her to a place where the light may rather | | TNK IV.iii.73 | |
| seeme to steale in, then be permitted; take / Vpon you | seem to steal in than be permitted; take upon you, | | TNK IV.iii.74 | |
| (yong Sir her friend) the name of / Palamon, say you | young sir her friend, the name of Palamon; say you | | TNK IV.iii.75 | |
| come to eate with her, and to / Commune of Love; this will | come to eat with her and to commune of love. This will | commune (v.)talk, converse, discourse | TNK IV.iii.76 | |
| catch her attention, for / This her minde beates upon; other | catch her attention, for this her mind beats upon; other | beat on / upon (v.)be obsessed by, be preoccupied with | TNK IV.iii.77 | |
| objects that are / Inserted tweene her minde and eye, | objects that are inserted 'tween her mind and eye | | TNK IV.iii.78 | |
| become the prankes / And friskins of her madnes; Sing | become the pranks and friskins of her madness. Sing | prank (n.)trick, frolic, mischief | TNK IV.iii.79 | |
| | friskin (n.)antic, friskiness, playful action | | |
| to her, such greene / Songs of Love, as she sayes Palamon | to her such green songs of love as she says Palamon | green (adj.)youthful, inexperienced, immature | TNK IV.iii.80 | |
| hath sung in / Prison; Come to her, stucke in as sweet | hath sung in prison; come to her stuck in as sweet | stick (v.)decorate, adorn | TNK IV.iii.81 | |
| flowers, as the / Season is mistres of, and thereto make | flowers as the season is mistress of, and thereto make | | TNK IV.iii.82 | |
| an addition of / Som other compounded odours, which | an addition of some other compounded odours, which | odour (n.)perfume, fragrance, scent | TNK IV.iii.83 | |
| | compounded (adj.)blended, mingled, combined, made up | | |
| are grateful to the / Sence: all this shall become Palamon, | are grateful to the sense. All this shall become Palamon, | sense (n.)senses, sensation, organs of sense | TNK IV.iii.84 | |
| | grateful (adj.)pleasing, agreeable, gratifying | | |
| for Palamon can / Sing, and Palamon is sweet, and ev'ry | for Palamon can sing, and Palamon is sweet and every | | TNK IV.iii.85 | |
| good thing, desire / To eate with her, crave her, drinke to | good thing. Desire to eat with her, carve her, drink to | carve (v.)serve food to, wait on | TNK IV.iii.86 | |
| her, and still / Among, intermingle your petition of grace | her, and still among intermingle your petition of grace | still (adv.)constantly, always, continually | TNK IV.iii.87 | |
| | among (adv.)from time to time, every now and then | | |
| and acceptance / Into her favour: Learne what Maides have | and acceptance into her favour. Learn what maids have | | TNK IV.iii.88 | |
| beene her / Companions, and play-pheeres, and let them repaire | been her companions and playferes, and let them repair | playfere (n.)playfellow, playmate, companion | TNK IV.iii.89 | |
| | repair (v.)come, go, make one's way | | |
| to / Her with Palamon in their mouthes, and appeare with | to her with Palamon in their mouths, and appear with | | TNK IV.iii.90 | |
| / Tokens, as if they suggested for him, It is a falsehood | tokens, as if they suggested for him. It is a falsehood | token (n.)keepsake, present, memento | TNK IV.iii.91 | |
| | suggest (v.)present ideas, make suggestions | | |
| | falsehood (n.)delusion, deception, illusion | | |
| / She is in, which is with fasehoods to be combated. / This | she is in, which is with falsehoods to be combated. This | | TNK IV.iii.92 | |
| may bring her to eate, to sleepe, and reduce what's / Now | may bring her to eat, to sleep, and reduce what's now | reduce (v.)restore, bring back, lead back | TNK IV.iii.93 | |
| | bring (v.)persuade, induce, cause | | |
| out of square in her, into their former law, and / Regiment; | out of square in her into their former law and regiment. | square, out ofabnormal, disordered, deviant | TNK IV.iii.94 | |
| | regiment (n.)rule, regimen, normal state | | |
| I have seene it approved, how many times / I know not, | I have seen it approved, how many times I know not, | approve (v.)prove, confirm, corroborate, substantiate | TNK IV.iii.95 | |
| but to make the number more, I have / Great hope in this. | but to make the number more I have great hope in this. | | TNK IV.iii.96 | |
| I will betweene the passages of / This project, come in | I will between the passages of this project come in | passage (n.)incident, occurrence, event, happening | TNK IV.iii.97 | |
| with my applyance: Let us / Put it in execution; and | with my appliance. Let us put it in execution, and | execution (n.)action, performance, doing | TNK IV.iii.98 | |
| | appliance (n.)remedy, cure, treatment | | |
| hasten the successe, which doubt not / Will bring forth | hasten the success, which doubt not will bring forth | success (n.)result, outcome, issue | TNK IV.iii.99 | |
| comfort. | comfort. | | TNK IV.iii.100 | |
| Florish. Exeunt | Exeunt | | TNK IV.iii.100 | |