Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Scene

Act II: Scene 3

cast (14) dismissed.

stoup (27) a two-quart tankard.

pottle-deep (51) to the bottom of the tankard.

canakin (66) a drinking pot.

swag-bellied (75) loose-bellied.

Almain (79) a German.

lown (88) a lout or rascal.

twiggen (143) wicker-covered.

mazzard (146) [Obsolete] the head.

propriety (167) proper order.

quarter (171) friendliness.

censure (184) judgment.

unlace (185) to undo.

entreats his pause (220) begs him to stop.

imposition (260) a quality imposed by others.

discourse fustian (272) to speak nonsense.

Hydra (298) the many-headed beast killed by Hercules.

probal (333) provable by.


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