Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Scene

Act I: Scene 1

'sblood (4) [Obsolete] euphemism for by God's blood; used as an swearword.

bookish theoric (24) the student, not practitioner.

affined (39) [Obsolete] under obligation; bound.

cashiered (48) dismissed (but not necessarily without honor).

trimmed (50) [Obsolete] dressed up.

peculiar (60) private.

compliment extern (63) outward appearance.

daws (65) jackdaws or crows; here, fools.

thick-lips (66) the Moor.

Zounds (86) [Archaic] by God's wounds.

distemp'ring draughts (99) intoxicating drinks.

grange (106) an isolated farmhouse.

gennets for germans (113) Spanish for relatives.

accident (142) an occurrence.

Sagittary (158) the name of an inn.

deserve (183) reward.


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