| A | B |
|---|
| lour'd: (archaic) | to look sullen |
| descant: | sing, comment, discourse |
| mew'd up: | confined |
| withal: | nevertheless |
| abjects: | showing utter hopelessness |
| bustle: | to be busily astir |
| invocate: | invoke |
| halberd: | combination spear and battle axe |
| avaunt: | away, hence |
| falchion: | a sword of medieval times |
| hedgehog: | witches in animal form |
| holp: (archaic) | help |
| wrack: | wreck |
| basiliski: most fearsome | creature of mythology |
| prodigal: | reckless: extravagant |
| divers: | diverse |
| moiety: | portion |
| betide: | happen especially by fate |
| Hie thee: | get thee |
| cacodemon: | an evil spirit |
| pill'd from me: | pillaged |
| Malapert: | bold or impudent person |
| false boding: | false proclamation |
| fawns: | flattery |
| zounds: | an interjection |
| meed: (archaic) | recompense, reward |
| sop: | a wafer dipped into a drink |
| thraldom: | slavery |
| malmsey: | very sweet Madeira wine |
| butt: | a small wine cask |
| embassage: (archaic) | message entrusted to an ambassador |
| do it unfeignedly: | don't pretend |
| importune: | beset with insistent requests |
| be fet: | deeply felt |
| troth: | pledge |
| perforce: | withheld by circumstance |
| opprobiously: | disgracefully, shamefully |
| parlous: | to a very great extent |
| complot: | crowd, plot |
| jocund: | in high spirits |
| harlot-strumpet: | a promiscuous woman |
| attainder: a writ pronouncing | a person guilty of a crime |
| empery: | the sovereignty of an emperor |
| Albeit: conceding the fact: | even though |
| wither: | to whatever place |
| straitly: | narrowly, strictly |
| suborn: | to induce someone to commit perjury |
| hop'st: | helped |
| cloy me: | to overindulge |
| caitiff: | base, cowardly, despicable |
| Holy Rood: | The Cross |
| rood: | English measure of area |
| cozen'd | deceived |
| runagate: renegade | having deserted his faith |
| recomforture: | new comfort |
| pursuivant: | attendant |
| arbitrement: | arbitration |
| peise me down: | weigh me down |
| perturbations: | state of being perturbed |
| amaze the welkin: | fright the sky with shivers |
| inveterate: | long established |
| miscreant: | villainous individual |
| durst: | darest |
| complotted: | to plot together |
| sceptre: | a staff borne by a sovereign |
| recreant: | coward, apostate, deserter |
| gage: | gauge |
| impeacht: (archaic) | impeached |
| recanting: repudiating a prior | statement of belief |
| Saint Lambert's Day | September 17 |
| caitiff: | cowardly or base person |
| jocund: full of high-spirited | merriment |
| porcullised: | facing a latticed gate |
| lour: | a menacing sound |
