Coaches. ↩
Spy. ↩
Cheats. ↩
Spy. ↩
Lustful. ↩
Genesis 31:31–42. ↩
The net in which he caught Venus and Mars. ↩
Housekeepers. ↩
Produced. ↩
Qq. read strange. ↩
Guess. ↩
The phrase used to indicate that accounts had been examined and found correct. ↩
Using words of present time; i.e., “I take,” not “I will take.” ↩
Knot. ↩
More firmly. ↩
Of difficult disposition. ↩
Chief part. ↩
Bullies (Hazlitt); lawyers (Vaughan). ↩
Royal journey. ↩
Turning a boat on its side for repairs. ↩
Scabbed. ↩
Empty. ↩
Face-modeling (Sampson). “There’s a plain statement of your practises.” ↩
Blue like those of a woman with child. ↩
Scurf. ↩
Person of highest influence. ↩
Hysteria. ↩
This year. ↩
Clearly. ↩
Youngster. ↩
Crossness. ↩
Always. ↩
The meaner servants. ↩
At once. ↩
Cast his horoscope. ↩
Making an astrological calculation. ↩
Going to the root of the matter. ↩
Write. ↩
I.e., on his handkerchief. ↩
Addressing the lantern. ↩
“The rest not considered.” ↩
A piece of news. ↩
Cleverly contrived. ↩
Religious recluse. ↩
Experienced. ↩
Sick. ↩
Medicinal. ↩
Strong broth. ↩
The mandrake was supposed to give forth shrieks when uprooted, which drove the hearer mad. ↩
Unchaste. ↩
Supposed to be a sign of folly. ↩
Throw the hammer. ↩
Boil to shreds. (Dyce.) Qq, to boil. ↩
Wealth. ↩
Lampoons. ↩
Plowshares. ↩
Spying. ↩
Deceptions. ↩
Soothing. ↩
Qq. read slight. ↩
Powder of orris-root. ↩
Wheels of craft. ↩
Certificate that the books were found correct. ↩
The badge of a steward. ↩
Spies. ↩
Lot. ↩
For Plutus. ↩
Quick steps. ↩
Miss. ↩
Remains. ↩
Profession. ↩
A decorated horse-cloth, used only when the court is traveling. ↩
The first quarto has in the margin: “The Author disclaims this Ditty to be his.” ↩
Small birds. ↩
His vizard. ↩
Curtain. ↩
The wife of Brutus, who died by swallowing fire. ↩
By artificial means. ↩
Profession. ↩
Spying. ↩
Band. ↩
Bands. ↩
Boil. ↩
Punning on the two senses of “dye” and “corn.” ↩
From exporting his grain. ↩
Optical glass. ↩
The Geneva Bible. ↩
Petticoat. ↩
Coach. ↩
A warm drink containing milk, wine, etc. ↩
Receptacle. ↩
A drug supposed to ooze from embalmed bodies. ↩
Curdled. ↩
Trial. ↩
An exclamation of impatience. ↩
In escheat; here, in fee. ↩
Disbeliever. ↩
Fraught. ↩
A dog which worries sheep. ↩
A fabulous serpent that killed by its glance. ↩
Cut a caper. ↩
Broth. ↩
Skeletons. ↩
So Dyce. Qq. brought. ↩
Perfumed sweetmeats for the breath. ↩
Smoke. ↩
Reality. ↩
Mistake. ↩
I.e., the dead body. ↩
Colophon
The Duchess of Malfi
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