profit (6) reap an advantage or benefit.
resolve (7) determine; answer.
The Art of Love (8) Ovid's Ars Amatoria.
proceeders (11) workers.
despiteful (14) spiteful; malicious.
wonderful (15) that causes wonder; amazing.
cullion (20) a low, contemptible fellow.
lightness (24) wantonness.
fondly (31) foolishly.
haggard (39) a wild hawk.
"eleven-and-twenty long" (58) "right on the money"; allusion to the card game "one-and-thirty."
marcantant (64) a merchant.
pedant (64) a schoolmaster.
"let me alone" (72) "count on me."
stayed (84) stopped; halted.
credit (108) the favorable estimate of a person's character; reputation; good name.
"take upon you" (110) play your part.
repute (114) regard.
pass assurance (119) to give a legal guarantee.
dower (119) that part of a man's property which his widow inherits for life.
