| A | B |
| moe: | more |
| beshrew: | curse |
| Plantagenets: | founded by Geoffrey V of Anjou |
| peradventure: | doubt, chance |
| fell poison: | cruel, terrible poison |
| assculeth: | attacked |
| cynget: | a young swan |
| surety: | the state of being sure |
| artificer: | a skilled craftsmen |
| artifice | an artful stratagem |
| league: | 3.9 - 7.4 Kilometers |
| giddy: | dizzy |
| fantasied: | engaged in fantasy |
| Ascension Day: | forty days after Easter |
| Mercury: | Roman god |
| Saint Edmunds-Bury: | market town in Suffolk county |
| convertite: a person who changes | affiliation, especially a religious one |
| perusing: | examining in detail |
| albeit: | even though |
| inveterate: | firmly established |
| See of Rome: the seat of a | bishop's power |
| brabbler: | squabbler |
| Goodwin Sands: | sand bank in the English Channel |
| covetousness: marked by | extreme desire to possess |
| patcht: | patched |
| tidings: | news |
| possesst: | possessed |
| indue: | induce |
| weal: | well being |
| mew up: | to shut up, confine |
| liege: a vassal or | devoted follower |
| beldams: | old women |
| gripe: | grip |
| Bretagne: | Brittany France |
| Envenom: | curse |
| Limoges: a town known for | its enamels |
| gauds: | large ornamental beads |
| modern rosaries: | gauds |
| puissance: | powerful |
| Calais: | French port on the English Channel |
| fulsome: | characterized by abundance |
| clouts: | baby clothes |
| whet: | sharpen |
| controlment: | the act of controlling |
| presage: omen | warning of a future occurrence |
| diffidence: | timidity, shyness |
| groat: | coinage used in England |
| catechize: | principle of Christian dogma |
| accoutrement: | accessory equipment or dress |
| Basillisco: | a braggart in an old play |
| roundure: | French for circle |
| fleet: | flee |
| mutines of Jerusalem: | mutineers, seditious |
| bastinado: | beating with a stick |
| Dauphin: | a French prince |
| churlish: | having a bad disposition, surly |
| rail: | complain |
| rheum: | tears |