| A | B |
|---|
| 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: (archaic) | be clearly felt |
| troth: | pledge |
| libels: | defamation of character |
| suppliant: | asking humbly and earnestly |
| The Queen's abjects: | minor servants |
| post horse: horse kept at a | post house |
| prodigious: | enormous, immense, tremendous |
| falchion: | a broad short sword |
| holp: (archaic) | past tense of help |
| wast: (archaic) | past tense of to be |
| basiliks: | legendary serpents |
| betide of me: help me or | woe betide thee evermore |
| forsooth: | in truth |
| surfeit: | fed to excess |
| false boding: | false dealing |
| malapert: | impudent, saucy person |
| stripling: | a lad |
| cacodemon: | an evil spirit |
| Withal obdurate: nevertheless | resistant to persuasion |
| insinuate: | to suggest in a covert manner |
| hired for meed (archaic) | reward or recompense |
| jot: | the least part of something |
| importune: | to beg, make improper advances |
| flout: | insult, gibe |
| holy rood: | The Cross of the Crucifixion |
| jocund: | cheerful, merry, gay |
| strumpet: | a prostitute, harlot |
| pursuivant: | attendants, followers |
| attainder: | the loss of all civil rights |
| misconster: | to misunderstand the meaning |
| lineaments: | structural details of a face |
| recure: | attain |
| empery: | sovereignty |
| cockatrice: a legendary | monster with a deadly glance |
| Brecknock: a Welsh town | with a large castle |
| a caitiff crown: worn by a | base despicable person |
| Lo! : | an exclamation of surprise |
| battalia: (archaic) | order of battle |
| perturbations: | mental disquiet |
| paltry: | ridiculously small |
