Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Scene

Act III: Scene 5

night's candles the stars.

Cynthia's brow the moon.

care desire.

hunt's-up morning song used to wake huntsmen and, more traditionally, a newly married bride.

runagate fugitive (runaway).

dram potion.

wrought arranged for.

mistress minion spoiled hussy.

hurdle a kind of frame or sled on which prisoners in England were drawn through the streets to execution.

hilding a low, contemptible person.

rate to scold severely; chide.

smatter to utter or gossip; an onomatopoeic word like "chatter."

demesnes the land around a mansion; lands of an estate.

puling fool whimpering child.

mammet doll or puppet.

challenge claim.

dishclout a cloth for washing dishes.

beshrew to curse: mainly in mild imprecations.


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