| A | B |
|---|
| blazon: | coat of arms |
| alla stoccata: | a fencing move |
| amerce: | to punish with a fine |
| smatter: | talk idly |
| demesnes: | domain |
| stratagem: | under handed strategy |
| prorogoue: | discontinue or postpone |
| charnel- house | vault for human skeletal remains |
| surcease: | to bring to an end |
| forsooth: | in truth |
| harlotry: | rogue, lecher, harlot |
| Mandrake: | plant of the nightshade family |
| such soon-speeding gear: | such quickly acting medicine |
| hasty powder: | speedy gunpowder |
| penury: | poverty |
| to associate me: | to help me |
| pestilence: | plague |
| beshrew: | curse |
| obsequies: | funeral prayers |
| muffle me: | hide me |
| inexorable: | determined |
| affright thee: | terrify thee |
| thy conjuration: | your solemn appeal |
| Beauty's ensign: | Beauty's officer |
| paramour: | mistress |
| sepulchre: | tomb |
| descry: | make known |
| ambiguities: | questions with two answers |
| direful: | sad |
| impeach: | accuse |
| a jealous hood: | a jealous spy |
| slug-abed | lazy loafer |
| aqua-vitae: | whiskey |
| dirges: | funeral hymns |
| troth: | pledged faithfulness |
| merry dump: | merry tune |
| but the gleek: | but the joke |
| crotchets: | hooked instruments |
| pate: | head |
| dry-beat you: | beat you severely |
| pestilent knave: | annoying knave |
| presage: | predict |
| My bosom's lord: | my heart |
| sits lightly in his throne: | my heart is very light |
| Is it e'en so? | Is it so? |
| Meagre were his looks: | He looked very thin |
| penury: | poverty |
| caitiff wretch: | poor wretch |
| cock-a-hoop: | boastful, defiant |
| medlar tree: a small tree | of the rose family |
| gyves: | a shackle |
| hap: | an occurrence |
| Titan: | a race of powerful deities |
| osier: | willows used in basketry |
| holy physic: | practice of healing |
| shrift: | confession to a priest |
| Petrarch: | Italian, scholar, poet |
| cheveril: | herb related to parsley |
| driveling love: | stupid talk |
| indite: | invite |
| flirt-gills | thoughtless giddy girls |
| skains-mates: | companions |
| scurvy knave: | a rogue |
| cockatrice: a legendary creature | resembling a large rooster |
| weal: | happiness |
| swounded: | unlucky, unbelievably wasted |
| bier: | a coffin stand |
| bankrout: | bankrupt |
| aqua-vitae: | strong distilled alcohol |
| wot: | what |
| jocund: | sprightly and light hearted |
| runagate: | a renegade |
| purgatory: | an intermediate state |
| vestal: | virgins |
| doting: | excessive fondness |
| pomegranate tree: | considered to be the tree of life |
| dram: | an apothecary's weight unit |
| rendered asunder: | strewn far and wide |
| beseech: | plead, beg, request |
| tapster: | one who draws draught beer |
| condign: | very worthy |
| intimate: | suggest |
| surety: | a security against loss |
| hackney: | horse |
| L'envoy | conveys the moral of the poem |
| immured: | imprisoned |
| guerdon: | reward |
| profaners: | not holy, unconsecrated |
| partisans: | allegiance to a faction |
| hist: | used to attract attention |
| sycamore: | a tree of Egypt and Asia Minor |
| Aurora Borealis: | the Northern Lights |
| prest: | ready |
| pernicious: | highly injurious or destructive |
| canker: | a spreading sore |
| chaste: | pure |
| scant: | excessively frugal |
| Lammas-tide: | August 1st |
| wormwood: | bitter or grievous |
| lineamant: | outline feature |
| nuptial: | relating to the marriage ceremony |
| aught: | any |
| in post: | by horse |
| discords: | feud |
| jointure: | dowry |
