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| Enter Camillo and Archidamus. | Enter Camillo and Archidamus | | WT I.i.1 | |
| Arch. | ARCHIDAMUS | | | |
| IF you shall chance (Camillo) to visit Bohemia, | If you shall chance, Camillo, to visit Bohemia, | | WT I.i.1 | |
| on the like occasion whereon my seruices are now | on the like occasion whereon my services are now | like (adj.) same, similar, alike, equal | WT I.i.2 | |
| on-foot, you shall see (as I haue said) great difference | on foot, you shall see, as I have said, great difference | foot, onin employment, taking place, under way | WT I.i.3 | |
| betwixt our Bohemia, and your Sicilia. | betwixt our Bohemia and your Sicilia. | Sicilia (n.)island of Sicily, S Italy | WT I.i.4 | |
| Cam. | CAMILLO | | | |
| I thinke, this comming Summer, the King of Sicilia | I think this coming summer the King of Sicilia | | WT I.i.5 | |
| meanes to pay Bohemia the Visitation, which hee iustly | means to pay Bohemia the visitation which he justly | visitation (n.)visit | WT I.i.6 | |
| owes him. | owes him. | | WT I.i.7 | |
| Arch. | ARCHIDAMUS | | | |
| Wherein our Entertainment shall shame | Wherein our entertainment shall shame | entertainment (n.)pleasant reception, favourable welcome | WT I.i.8 | |
| vs: we will be iustified in our Loues: for indeed--- | us: we will be justified in our loves. For indeed – | justify (v.)excuse, exonerate, clear | WT I.i.9 | |
| Cam. | CAMILLO | | | |
| 'Beseech you--- | Beseech you – | | WT I.i.10 | |
| Arch. | ARCHIDAMUS | | | |
| Verely I speake it in the freedome of my | Verily, I speak it in the freedom of my | verily (adv.)in truth, truly, indeed | WT I.i.11 | |
| knowledge: we cannot with such magnificence--- in so | knowledge: we cannot with such magnificence, in so | | WT I.i.12 | |
| rare---I know not what to say--- Wee will giue you sleepie | rare – I know not what to say. We will give you sleepy | sleepy (adj.)sleep-inducing, soporific | WT I.i.13 | |
| Drinkes, that your Sences (vn-intelligent of our insufficience) | drinks, that your senses, unintelligent of our insufficience, | insufficience (n.)insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiencies | WT I.i.14 | |
| | unintelligent (adj.)oblivious, unaware, ignorant | | |
| may, though they cannot prayse vs, as little | may, though they cannot praise us, as little | | WT I.i.15 | |
| accuse vs. | accuse us. | | WT I.i.16 | |
| Cam. | CAMILLO | | | |
| You pay a great deale to deare, for what's giuen | You pay a great deal too dear for what's given | | WT I.i.17 | |
| freely. | freely. | | WT I.i.18 | |
| Arch. | ARCHIDAMUS | | | |
| 'Beleeue me, I speake as my vnderstanding | Believe me, I speak as my understanding | | WT I.i.19 | |
| instructs me, and as mine honestie puts it to vtterance. | instructs me and as mine honesty puts it to utterance. | | WT I.i.20 | |
| Cam. | CAMILLO | | | |
| Sicilia cannot shew himselfe ouer-kind to Bohemia: | Sicilia cannot show himself overkind to Bohemia. | | WT I.i.21 | |
| They were trayn'd together in their Child-hoods; | They were trained together in their childhoods; | | WT I.i.22 | |
| and there rooted betwixt them then such an affection, | and there rooted betwixt them then such an affection, | | WT I.i.23 | |
| which cannot chuse but braunch now. Since their more | which cannot choose but branch now. Since their more | | WT I.i.24 | |
| mature Dignities, and Royall Necessities, made seperation | mature dignities and royal necessities made separation | | WT I.i.25 | |
| of their Societie, their Encounters (though not Personall) | of their society, their encounters, though not personal, | | WT I.i.26 | |
| hath been Royally attornyed with enter-change of Gifts, | hath been royally attorneyed with interchange of gifts, | attorney (v.)carry out by a substitute, perform by proxy | WT I.i.27 | |
| Letters, louing Embassies, that they haue seem'd to be | letters, loving embassies: that they have seemed to be | embassy (n.)message [especially via an ambassador] | WT I.i.28 | |
| together, though absent: shooke hands, as ouer a Vast; | together, though absent; shook hands as over a vast; | vast (n.)great expanse, immense space, waste | WT I.i.29 | |
| and embrac'd as it were from the ends of opposed | and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed | | WT I.i.30 | |
| Winds. The Heauens continue their Loues. | winds. The heavens continue their loves! | | WT I.i.31 | |
| Arch. | ARCHIDAMUS | | | |
| I thinke there is not in the World, either | I think there is not in the world either | | WT I.i.32 | |
| Malice or Matter, to alter it. You haue an vnspeakable | malice or matter to alter it. You have an unspeakable | matter (n.)reason, cause, ground | WT I.i.33 | |
| comfort of your young Prince Mamillius: it is a Gentleman | comfort of your young prince Mamillius. It is a gentleman | | WT I.i.34 | |
| of the greatest Promise, that euer came into my Note. | of the greatest promise that ever came into my note. | note (n.)attention, notice, regard | WT I.i.35 | |
| Cam. | CAMILLO | | | |
| I very well agree with you, in the hopes of him: | I very well agree with you in the hopes of him. | | WT I.i.36 | |
| it is a gallant Child; one, that (indeed) Physicks the Subiect, | It is a gallant child; one that indeed physics the subject, | physic (v.)cure, correct, dose with medicine | WT I.i.37 | |
| | subject (n.)subjects, people [of a state] | | |
| makes old hearts fresh: they that went on Crutches ere | makes old hearts fresh. They that went on crutches ere | | WT I.i.38 | |
| he was borne, desire yet their life, to see him a Man. | he was born desire yet their life to see him a man. | | WT I.i.39 | |
| Arch. | ARCHIDAMUS | | | |
| Would they else be content to die? | Would they else be content to die? | content (adj.)contented, patient, accepting, undisturbed | WT I.i.40 | |
| Cam. | CAMILLO | | | |
| Yes; if there were no other excuse, why they | Yes – if there were no other excuse why they | | WT I.i.41 | |
| should desire to liue. | should desire to live. | | WT I.i.42 | |
| Arch. | ARCHIDAMUS | | | |
| If the King had no Sonne, they would desire | If the King had no son, they would desire | | WT I.i.43 | |
| to liue on Crutches till he had one. | to live on crutches till he had one. | | WT I.i.44 | |
| Exeunt. | Exeunt | | WT I.i.44 | |