| Acheron | [pron: 'akeron] Underworld abyss and river, which souls of the dead must cross |
| approacher | one who approaches |
| bachelor | unmarried person [man or woman] |
| bachelor | young man |
| beached | having a beach, shingly, sandy |
| bone-ache, Neapolitan | [pain in the bones from Naples] syphilis, venereal disease |
| bribed | stolen, thieved, poached |
| broached | newly begun, freshly started |
| buy | betray, exploit, treat treacherously |
| carriage | loop attached to a belt for holding a sword |
| Charon | [pron: 'kairon] guardian of the Underworld; ferryman who carried the souls of the dead across the River Acheron |
| coacher | [Q variant of torcher, unclear meaning] coach, chariot |
| course | sail attached to the lower yards of a sailing ship |
| dishonestly | treacherously |
| dominie | teacher, schoolmaster |
| empleached, impleached | entwined, intertwined, interwoven |
| endeared | attached in honour, bound by affection |
| even-pleached | with branches evenly layered |
| expiate | reached, fully arrived |
| faith-breach | breach of faith, treason, treachery |
| false | treacherous, traitorous, perfidious |
| false-heart | false-hearted, treacherous |
| falsehood | disloyalty, treachery, faithlessness |
| falsely | treacherously, deceitfully, dishonestly |
| Fates | trio of goddesses who control human destiny: Atropos (‘the inflexible’) cuts the thread of life allotted and spun by Lachesis (‘the distributor’) and Clotho (‘the spinner’) |
| fraudful | fraudulent, treacherous, deceitful |
| Goodwins | Goodwin Sands; treacherous sands for shipping off the Kent coast |
| guile | cunning, deceit, treachery |
| guiled | treacherous, deceiving, full of guile |
| hanger | loop or strap attached to a sword belt, from which a sword may be hung |
| Hector | son of Priam, married to Andromache; the bravest Trojan, who led out their army to battle |
| high-stomached | proud, haughty, stubborn |
| humoured | expressing a particular disposition; lying, treacherous |
| ill-annexed | badly added, adversely attached |
| impartial | indifferent, disinterested, detached |
| impleached | entwined, intertwined, interwoven |
| ingraft | closely attached, associated [with] |
| jess | [falconry] short strap fastened to a hawk's legs [to which the leash is attached] |
| knavery | treachery, trap, trickery |
| linen | pale, pallid, bleached |
| loose | marksman not attached to a company |
| master | teacher, schoolmaster |
| mustachio | moustached, bewhiskered |
| mustachio | moustache |
| Neapolitan bone-ache | [pain in the bones from Naples] syphilis, venereal disease |
| parrot-teacher | chatterer, babbler, empty talker |
| pedagogus | [Latin] teacher |
| pedant | teacher, schoolmaster |
| perfidious | treacherous, unfaithful, disloyal |
| pleached | intertwined, folded, bound together |
| pleached | with hedges made of interlaced branches |
| practice | trickery, treachery |
| pride | highest point reached by a bird of prey before swooping down |
| resort | visits, visitings, approaches |
| shent | [from earlier verb ‘shend’] blamed, rebuked, reproached |
| slippery | fickle, treacherous, uncertain |
| stomacher | piece of clothing used by women under their bodice to help cover the chest |
| subtle | tricky, deceptive, treacherous |
| subtly | deceitfully, treacherously, deceptively |
| tender | fond of comfort, attached to the easy life |
| thick-pleached | thickly hedged, with hedges made of closely interlaced branches |
| traitorly | traitorous, treacherous |
| treacher | traitor, deceiver, cheat |
| treacherously | despicably, contemptibly, in a cowardly manner |
| treason | treachery, betrayal, deceitfulness |
| trustless | treacherous, untrustworthy, unreliable |
| unattainted | dispassionate, detached, unprejudiced |
| unattempted | untempted, unseduced, unapproached |
| unpartial | impartial, detached, neutral |
| whitster | linen-bleacher, whitener of clothing |
| wringing | aches and pains |