Explicit.


Glossary, Stage directions, Notes

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5 vigyle of this nuwe yeere = this new year's eve
6 froward of ther chere: lacuna made up from Stow
7 fallen on ther kne: lacuna made up from Stow
13 importable = unbearable
16 dotage = feeble-mindedness
20 woodnesse = madness
24 Rebecke = fiddle; ellas = alas!
25 stage direction - demonstrando vj Rusticos
27 traas = course
28 possible lacuna follows here?
37 bolling at the nale = quaffing at the ale-house
39 iowsy nolle = juicy noddle
40 pouped = gulped
42 dolled = mulled
44 cely = silly, i.e. simple, innocent
45 harome = harm
46 growell = gruel
48 cokkrowortes = stale brew-mash
53 to chawf with his bloode = to chafe his blood with
54 metyerde = meteyard or yardstick
55 stage direction - demonstrando pictaciarium
57 preost = priest
60 rigge = back