| A | B |
|---|
| Siracusa: | Syracuse - Italy |
| guilders: | originally a gold coin |
| seditious: insurrection | against lawful authority |
| Epidamnun: a colony of Corcyra | Epidamnus |
| bark: | barquentine |
| disannul: | to annul or cancel |
| disparagement: | the act of degrading |
| wend: | to proceed on one's way |
| almanack: | provides true dates |
| maw: | mouth |
| hie: | go quickly, hasten |
| nigh: | near |
| arrant: | notorious |
| prating: | talking idly at length |
| defeatures (archaic) | disifgurement |
| Centaur: | half man - half horse |
| sconce: | skull, candle fixture |
| niggard: | to act covetously and stingly |
| Ephesus: | ancient Greek city |
| dalliance: | an inconsequential affair |
| fraughtage: | freight |
| ducats: | gold coins |
| sere: | withered |
| bankrout (archaic) | bankrupt |
| Avaunt: | forward |
| saffron face: | yellow face |
| sans fable: | the truth |
| wrack of sea: | wreck at sea |
| upbraidings: | chastisement |
| abbess: | head of a nunnery |
| so much we tender him: | we offer money to save his life |
| hence: | from this moment forward |
| shrewish: | ill-tempered |
| carcanet: (archaic) | an ornamental necklace |
| mart: | market |
| churl: | rude, ill-bred person |
| Mome: | blockhead, fool |
| malt-horse: | attached to a grinding mill |
| capon: | castrated rooster |
| coxcomb: | the cap of a jester |
| mickle: | much |
| withal: | on the other hand |
| porpentine: | porcupine |
| harbinger: | a sign of things to come |
| salt rheum: | eczema |
| carbuncle: | an abscess larger than a boil |
| caracks: large galleons | sailed in the Mediterranean |
| curtal dog: (archaic) | dog with a tail cut short |
| pernicious: | highly injurious or destructive |
| vouchsafe: | to speak in a condescending manner |
| dote: | to exhibit signs of old age |
| travail: | painfully laborious work |
| anon: | soon |
