Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Scene

Act IV: Scene 1

coy (2) caress.

neaf (16) fist.

tong & bones (25) instruments for rustic music.

peck of provender (27) one-quarter bushel of grain.

bottle of hay (28) bundle of hay.

exposition of (33) Bottom's malapropism for "disposition to."

vaward (100) vanguard.

Cadmus (107) a Phoenician prince and founder of Thebes: he killed a dragon and sowed its teeth, from which many armed men rose, fighting each other, until only five were left to help him build the city.

hounds of Sparta (109) dogs famous for their hunting skill.

Thessalian (117) inhabitant of Thessaly, a region of E Greece, between the Pindus Mountains and the Aegean Sea.

St. Valentine (134) birds were supposed to choose mates on St. Valentine's Day.

idle gaud (162) useless trinket.

patched (202) wearing motley (many-colored garments).


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