| A | B |
|---|
| poltroon: | base coward |
| sepulchre: | tomb, burial chamber |
| privily: | privately |
| privy to: | made a participant in knowledge |
| sith: | since |
| septentrion: | northerly |
| inexorable: | not capable of being persuaded |
| falchion: | one-handed single-edged sword |
| wanton: | capricious and unjust |
| orisons: | communicating with a deity |
| trull: | a prostitute or trollop |
| Antipodes: | at the far ends of the Earth |
| Beshrew (archaic) | curse |
| Hyrcania: | province of ancient Persia |
| poniards: | light-weight dagger |
| ean: | an |
| quailing breasts: | recoiling in dread |
| Priam: | King of Troy |
| pliants: | persons easily influenced |
| argosy: | a merchant ship or fleet therof |
| screech owl: | fatal to our house |
| cavil: | deceive |
| troth: | pledged faithfulness |
| basilisk: | fearsome creature of mythology |
| Nestor: | bumbling figure |
| loth: | unwilling |
| disannuls: | cancel the cancellation |
| buckler: | falsehood, a shielded lie |
| coverture: | shelter, protection |
| presaging prophecy: | foreshadowing |
| levy men: | draft into military service |
| meed: | a fitting recompense |
| ruinate: | bring to ruin |
| gainsay: | deny, dispute |
| malpert: | impudently bold |
| Roscius: | comic actor of Rome |
