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| Enter Posthumus alone. | Enter Posthumus alone | | Cym V.i.1 | |
| Post. | POSTHUMUS | | | |
| Yea bloody cloth, Ile keep thee: for I am wisht | Yea, bloody cloth, I'll keep thee: for I wished | | Cym V.i.1 | |
| Thou should'st be colour'd thus. You married ones, | Thou shouldst be coloured thus. You married ones, | colour (v.) dye, stain a new colour | Cym V.i.2 | |
| If each of you should take this course, how many | If each of you should take this course, how many | course (n.)course of action, way of proceeding | Cym V.i.3 | |
| Must murther Wiues much better then themselues | Must murder wives much better than themselves | | Cym V.i.4 | |
| For wrying but a little? Oh Pisanio, | For wrying but a little? O Pisanio, | wry (v.)err, lapse, go wrong | Cym V.i.5 | |
| Euery good Seruant do's not all Commands: | Every good servant does not all commands: | | Cym V.i.6 | |
| No Bond, but to do iust ones. Gods, if you | No bond, but to do just ones. Gods, if you | bond (n.)duty, commitment, obligation | Cym V.i.7 | |
| Should haue 'tane vengeance on my faults, I neuer | Should have ta'en vengeance on my faults, I never | | Cym V.i.8 | |
| Had liu'd to put on this: so had you saued | Had lived to put on this: so had you saved | put on (v.)instigate, provoke, incite | Cym V.i.9 | |
| The noble Imogen, to repent, and strooke | The noble Innogen, to repent, and struck | | Cym V.i.10 | |
| Me (wretch) more worth your Vengeance. But alacke, | Me, wretch, more worth your vengeance. But alack, | | Cym V.i.11 | |
| You snatch some hence for little faults; that's loue | You snatch some hence for little faults; that's love, | | Cym V.i.12 | |
| To haue them fall no more: you some permit | To have them fall no more: you some permit | fall (v.)sin, trespass, commit wrong | Cym V.i.13 | |
| To second illes with illes, each elder worse, | To second ills with ills, each elder worse, | elder (n.)later one, more advanced one | Cym V.i.14 | |
| And make them dread it, to the dooers thrift. | And make them dread it, to the doers' thrift. | dread (v.)fear, anticipate in fear, be anxious about | Cym V.i.15 | |
| | thrift (n.)profit, advantage, gain | | |
| But Imogen is your owne, do your best willes, | But Innogen is your own, do your best wills, | | Cym V.i.16 | |
| And make me blest to obey. I am brought hither | And make me blest to obey. I am brought hither | | Cym V.i.17 | |
| Among th'Italian Gentry, and to fight | Among th' Italian gentry, and to fight | | Cym V.i.18 | |
| Against my Ladies Kingdome: 'Tis enough | Against my lady's kingdom: 'tis enough | | Cym V.i.19 | |
| That (Britaine) I haue kill'd thy Mistris: Peace, | That, Britain, I have killed thy mistress: peace, | | Cym V.i.20 | |
| Ile giue no wound to thee: therefore good Heauens, | I'll give no wound to thee: therefore, good heavens, | | Cym V.i.21 | |
| Heare patiently my purpose. Ile disrobe me | Hear patiently my purpose. I'll disrobe me | purpose (n.)intention, aim, plan | Cym V.i.22 | |
| Of these Italian weedes, and suite my selfe | Of these Italian weeds, and suit myself | suit (v.)dress, clothe, equip | Cym V.i.23 | |
| | weed (n.)(plural) garments, dress, clothes | | |
| As do's a Britaine Pezant: so Ile fight | As does a Briton peasant: so I'll fight | | Cym V.i.24 | |
| Against the part I come with: so Ile dye | Against the part I come with: so I'll die | part (n.)side, camp, party | Cym V.i.25 | |
| For thee (O Imogen) euen for whom my life | For thee, O Innogen, even for whom my life | | Cym V.i.26 | |
| Is euery breath, a death: and thus, vnknowne, | Is, every breath, a death: and thus, unknown, | | Cym V.i.27 | |
| Pittied, nor hated, to the face of perill | Pitied, nor hated, to the face of peril | | Cym V.i.28 | |
| My selfe Ile dedicate. Let me make men know | Myself I'll dedicate. Let me make men know | | Cym V.i.29 | |
| More valour in me, then my habits show. | More valour in me than my habits show. | habit (n.)dress, clothing, costume | Cym V.i.30 | |
| Gods, put the strength o'th'Leonati in me: | Gods, put the strength o'th' Leonati in me! | | Cym V.i.31 | |
| To shame the guize o'th'world, I will begin, | To shame the guise o'th' world, I will begin, | guise (n.)way, custom, practice | Cym V.i.32 | |
| The fashion lesse without, and more within. | The fashion less without, and more within. | | Cym V.i.33 | |
| Exit. | Exit | | Cym V.i.33 | |