Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Scene

Act II: Scene 1

Danskers Danes.

what means what their income is.

keep lodge.

drabbing associating with prostitutes.

season qualify.

incontinency without self-restraint, especially in regard to sexual activity.

quaintly skillfully, ingeniously.

unreclaimed untamed.

of general assault common to all men.

videlicet (Latin) that is; namely.

windlasses roundabout means.

assays of bias This is a metaphor from the game of lawn bowling; the weight in the ball, which causes it to follow a curved line, is called the bias. Hence the meaning of the phrase is "indirect attempts."

doublet a man's close-fitting jacket, with or without sleeves, worn chiefly from the 14th to the 16th centuries. The coat that was fastened (braced) to the hose (short breeches) by laces. When a man was relaxing or careless of appearance, he "unbrac'd," much like a man today loosens his tie or takes off his suit jacket.

down gyved fallen, like fetters, about his ankles.

ecstasy madness

fordoes destroys.

jealousy suspicion.

cast beyond ourselves look beyond what we know or understand.


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