Cymbeline (47 page)

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shaped Unto
fitted, suited

412
end of
purpose in (to make Cymbeline suffer)

419
service
i.e. in battle

420
Unlike
unlikely, amazing

423
Be pleased awhile
permit me to speak for a few more moments

425
as yours
as your son

427
lapped
wrapped

428
curious
exquisite

429
probation
proof

432
sanguine
bloodred

435
natural stamp
birthmark

436
end … donation
purpose in giving it

440
deliverance
in giving birth

440
pray
I pray

441
starting … orbs
displacement from your spheres

443
Thou … kingdom
because Guiderius and Arviragus are immediate heirs to the throne

447
But
anything other than

455
rare
exceptional

456
fierce abridgement
drastically compressed account

457
branches
details

458
Distinction … in
need to be distinguished fully from one another/should prove plentiful once they have been distinguished from one another

462
your … to
what motives the three of you (Belarius, Guiderius, and Arviragus) had for joining

463
demanded
asked about

464
by-dependences
side issues, related matters

465
chance
happening, occurrence

465
nor
neither

466
Will serve
are suited to

466
interrogatories
interrogations

467
anchors
concentrates his looks, attention

468
throws her eye
gazes

470
counterchange … all
each reciprocates the looks of the others

471
quit this ground
leave this place

472
smoke
fill with smoke (from incense or sacrificial fires)

473
hold
consider

474
relieve me
help/rescue me

475
gracious season
joyous occasion

477
Save
except

478
taste our comfort
feel, experience our mercy/share in our happiness

482
forlorn
wretched, destitute

483
becomed
become, suited

483
graced
done honor to/made rich

486
company
accompany

487
beseeming
appearance, i.e. his peasant’s garb

487
fitment
preparation

490
you finish
an end of you

492
sinks
makes bend, weighs down

494
often
many times over

501
doomed
judged, sentenced

502
freeness
generosity, benevolence

504
holp
helped

505
As
as if

506
Joyed
overjoyed

509
upon … backed
riding upon his eagle’s back

510
spritely shows
ghostly visions

512
label
sheet of paper (the tablet)

512
containing
contents

513
so … hardness
i.e. hard to understand

514
collection of
deduction, inference from

515
construction
interpretation

516
Philharmonus
i.e. lover of harmony

519
whelp
cub

528
leo-natus
born of a lion

528
import
signify, mean

530
mollis aer
Latin for “soft air”; a false etymology of
mulier
, Latin for “woman”

531
divine
interpret (by divine inspiration)

534
clipped about
embraced

536
seeming
plausibility

537
cedar
the tree was an emblem of sovereignty, especially in the Bible

538
Personates
stands for

538
point … forth
indicate your two sons

541
issue
offspring, descendants

547
wonted
usual, accustomed

549
Whom
on whom

553
stroke
action, onset

557
Lessened herself
i.e. by disappearing into the distance

561
west
understood in classical geography as the location of Britain

562
Laud
praise

563
crookèd
curling

564
Publish
announce

565
Set we forward
let’s set on, begin marching

566
ensign
standard, banner

569
seal
confirm

570
Set on there!
Onward, forward march!