waggoner driver.
As Phaeton . . . immediately Phaeton, the son of Apollo, was allowed to drive the chariot of the sun for a day. His reckless driving nearly set the earth on fire and Zeus, the king of the gods, struck him dead with a thunderbolt.
wink close and be unable to see.
civil night sober, serious night.
lose a winning match . . . stainless maidenhoods that is, win Romeo by surrendering to him.
unmann'd untrained; also, as yet husbandless.
cords the rope ladder so that Romeo can climb up to Juliet's balcony.
death-darting eye of cockatrice a cockatrice is a fabulous serpent supposedly hatched from a cock's egg and having power to kill by a look.
bedaubed smeared or stained with blood.
divinest show excellent appearance.
all naught all wicked.
all dissemblers all liars.
aqua vitae alcoholic spirits.
tributary paying tribute.
modern commonplace.
