copyholders persons who hold land by copyhold; here, possessors of the land at the will of the lord of the manor, who, by custom, normally allowed tenants to stay for longer than the life of the original tenant.
“Take, O take those lips away” from Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure (Act I, Scene 1, Line 1).
satyrs in classical mythology, minor woodland deities having the head and trunk of a man and the hind legs of a goat, and as being fond of riotous merriment and lechery.
nymphs minor nature goddesses, represented as young and beautiful and living in rivers, mountains, or trees.
Pan Greek god with legs, ears, and horns of a goat, noted for his lust.
Syrinx Syrinx was pursued by Pan, but the gods turned her into a reed, from which Pan made his pipe.
Lotis … Priapus Priapus, another lustful god, pursued Lotis, who was turned into a lotus flower.
Sileni plural form of Silenus, a satyr and follower of Bacchus.
Jints (dialect) joints or hip/knee joints.
treacle molasses.
Praxitlean creation like the work of Praxiteles, Greek sculptor of the fourth century B.C. known for his sensual statues.
Tishbite Elijah, who in 1 Kings 18 mocks the god worshipped by the priests of Baal.
“Sins of the fathers” Exodus 20:5: “I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me.”
