The Two Gentlemen of Verona Page 19
Act 4 Scene 2
4.2 Location: Milan
3 colour pretext
3 commending praising
7 protest swear
8 twits taunts/reproaches
9 commend offer/declare
12 quips sharp retorts
18 crept moved quietly, stealthily
20 creep crawl
20 go walk upright
21 love not here i.e. do not love Silvia
25 I ... own i.e. it's a good thing for your sake that you made your meaning clear 26 lustily heartily
26 Host innkeeper
27 allicholly the Host means "melancholy"
40 swains youths/lovers
42 grace virtue/favor/elegance
43 admired marveled at
46 repair hasten
47 of with
55 do are
55 likes pleases
56 likes me not does not please me/does not love me
58 plays false plays out of tune/is unfaithful
58 father respectful term for an old man
62 quick sharp (in the following line Julia plays on the sense of "lively, rapid" when she contrasts quick with slow) 63 slow heavy/not rapid
66 jars sounds discordant
67 change modulation (in the following line Julia plays on the sense of "fickle/unfaithful") 68 spite vexation
69 but one thing only the same melody
70 one ... thing a lover play only one role (play is sexually suggestive and thing puns on "vagina") 74 out ... nick beyond reckoning
82 Saint Gregory's well has been identified as an actual well near Milan 91 will intent/desire
92 compass yours fulfill your wishes/win your approval/gain your sexual desire 94 hie hurry
95 subtle cunning, treacherous
96 conceitless witless
99 thy love i.e. Julia
100 pale ... night i.e. the moon (associated with chastity) 102 wrongful suit dishonorable/insulting courtship
103 by and by and for that reason/presently
107 if even if
112 importunacy persistent entreaties
114 And ... I in that case, you may assume that I am too 117 hers i.e. her (Julia's) love
118 sepulchre bury
120 obdurate unyielding
121 Vouchsafe permit
125 else elsewhere
126 shadow image/portrait (playing on the usual sense in the previous line) 127 If ... am if the image in Silvia's picture was real, you would be false to it and reduce it to mere shadowy unreality, just as you have done to me (Julia is changed from her real self through both heartbreak and disguise) 130 since ... well as it will suit your fickle nature well 137 halidom all I consider holy
138 lies lodges
139 house i.e. inn
142 heaviest sorrowful/darkest
Act 4 Scene 3
4.3 Eglamour amour (French for "love") suggests a lover; his own lady having died, Eglamour remains devoted to the cause of true love by functioning as a knightly escort to Silvia 10 impose command
15 remorseful compassionate
19 Vain foolish
24 would want to go
26 for because
28 repose rely
33 still always
39 grievances distress/sorrowful affections
42 Recking caring
42 betideth befalls
43 befortune happen to
47 cell simple dwelling
Act 4 Scene 4
1 play the cur play up/be knavish/behave like a dog
2 goes hard is tough
2 of from
7 steps me steps (me is emphatic)
8 trencher plate
8 capon's chicken's
9 keep control
10 takes upon him undertakes
11 a dog at adept at (puns on the literal meaning of dog) 12 take ... did plead guilty to his wrongdoing
13 verily truly
13 had would have
14 thrusts me thrusts
16 bless the mark i.e. pardon the phrase I am about to use 17 pissing while short time (literally, the time it takes to urinate) 24 wot of have learned about
24 makes ... ado makes no more fuss
26 stocks contraption for public punishment in which a person had their wrists and ankles confined 26 puddings sausages
28 pillory instrument of punishment in which a person had their head and wrists confined 31 still mark always pay attention to
32 heave up raise
32 make water urinate
42 jewel i.e. the pretty dog Proteus thinks Lance delivered to Silvia 43 cur dog/ill-bred fellow
44 currish mean-spirited/snarling
49 squirrel i.e. small dog (contemptuous)
50 hangman boys rascally boys fit for the hangman
56 still an end continuously (possible printer's error for "on end") 57 entertained taken into service
60 yond yonder, the one over there, i.e. Lance
61 behaviour bearing/manners
62 augury discernment/prediction
63 Witness are evidence of
67 delivered who gave
68 leave part with/forsake
81 therewithal with it
89 poor fool Julia refers to herself
96 To ... obtain i.e. Silvia's love (for Proteus)
99 true-confirmed truly established/legitimate/declared
103 speed succeed
104 mean means/agent
106 if ... she if I am indeed Silvia
116 fit his chamber suit his room
118 unadvised inadvertently
123 hold wait a moment
125 protestations declarations (of love)
126 newfound recently invented
132 profaned abused/treated irreverently
136 tender care for/esteem
149 sun-expelling mask mask worn by a lady to protect her complexion from the sun 151 pinched the lily-tincture eroded the lily-white color 152 as ... I Julia may have besmirched her face as part of her disguise 154 stature height
154 Pentecost Whitsun, Christian festival held on the seventh Sunday after Easter 155 pageants of delight enjoyable plays/entertainments
157 trimmed dressed up
161 a-good in earnest
163 Ariadne ... flight in Greek mythology Ariadne was abandoned by her lover Theseus despite the fact that she had helped him to escape from the labyrinth that contained the beastly Minotaur 163 passioning passionately sorrowing
165 lively in a lifelike way/convincingly
169 beholding indebted
176 mild gracious, kind
177 suit ... cold wooing (of Silvia) will be in vain/received coldly 178 my mistress i.e. Julia herself
181 tire headdress
187 periwig wig
189 as high the same height as (i.e. no lower than) hers 190 respects values/admires
191 respective worthy of respect
193 shadow the disguised/heartbroken Julia
193 take ... up pick up this picture/take on this rival 194 senseless form unconscious image
197 statue i.e. an idol
197 stead place
198 use treat
199 Jove king of the gods
Act 5 Scene 1
5.1 Location: outside the city
1 gild tinge with gold
4 break not hours do not fail to keep meetings
5 before their time early
6 expedition speedy action
8 Amen, amen i.e. amen to that/yes indeed
9 postern side or back gate
10 attended followed
11 three leagues about nine miles
12 recover reach
12 sure secure
Act 5 Scene 2
5.2 Location: Milan
2 milder more gracious, gentler
3 person physical appearance
5 little thin
7 spurred urged on (plays on the idea of the spurs of a riding-boot) 9 fair attractive/pale-complexioned/effeminate
10 wanton willful, capricious woman
10 black tanned
13 pearls cataracts/syphilitic sores
13 put out make useless
13 eyes eyes/vaginas (syphilis infected both the eyes and the genitals) 16 Ill ... war i.e. she does not like it when you talk of violence/your talk of war only reminds her of your inadequacy for masculine pursuits 18 hold your peace remain silent
20 makes has
22 birth noble ancestry
23 derived descended
26 pities is concerned for/considers pitiful
28 owe own
29 out by lease rented out/not entirely in one's possession 40 Friar Laurence possibly a slip for Friar Patrick, the friar at whose cell Silvia and Eglamour met, though conceivably another friar is being referred to 42 Him i.e. Eglamour
43 being masked she having on a mask
45 even evening
47 stand delay
48 mount you rise up/get on horseback
51 Dispatch hurry up
53 flies her fortune flees her good fortune (i.e. Turio's courtship) 55 reckless uncaring
Act 5 Scene 3
5.3 Location: wilderness/forest
3 more mischances greater misfortunes
4 brook endure
8 Moyses and Valerius i.e. two of the outlaws ("Moyses" is a form of "Moses") 11 beset surrounded/beseiged
Act 5 Scene 4
1 use custom
2 desert deserted place
5 complaining sorrowing
6 record sing
8 mansion i.e. his breast, love's dwelling place 11 Repair revive (plays on the senses "reconstruct" and "return") 12 nymph beautiful one/semi-divine being
13 hallowing shouting
15 Have who have
17 from from committing
20 respect value
20 aught anything
21 him i.e. the First Outlaw
22 forced ... love i.e. sexually assaulted/raped you 23 Vouchsafe grant
23 meed reward
23 fair favorable/beautiful
24 boon favor
31 approach loving advances
37 tender precious
38 full just
40 solicit urge/chase after favors
41 action course of action/fighting
43 still approved continually tested/proven
47 rend tear up
47 faith promises, fidelity
50 thou'dst two i.e. you are somehow able to be a faithful lover to two women at once 53 counterfeit ... friend false imitation of a true friend like Valentine 55 respects takes into consideration
57 spirit nature/breath of air (this latter sense, picked up on in moving, implies proximity between Silvia and Proteus) 57 moving wooing/stirring
58 form manner of behaving/appearance
59 at arms' end at sword's point/with my penis 63 uncivil uncivilized, brutish
64 ill fashion wicked sort
66 common commonplace (i.e. showing no special qualities of friendship) 68 beguiled deceived
71 right hand i.e. his closest friend, Proteus
74 count consider
75 private personal/internal
77 confounds overcomes
80 tender't offer it
81 commit do wrong
83 receive thee regard you as
84 Who he who
85 nor neither
85 these i.e. heaven and earth
86 penitence repentance
86 th'Eternal's God's
87 love i.e. friendship
87 free generous
91 wag lad
93 charged instructed
99 cry you mercy forgive me
101 depart departure (from Verona)
106 gave aim was the object of
107 entertained received
108 cleft the root split the bottom of my heart
109 habit outfit (Julia's page disguise; also puns on the sense of "behavior") 111 raiment clothing
111 if ... love if it is in fact shameful to disguise oneself for love/if you can feel shame, being a false lover 113 It ... minds propriety considers it less disgraceful for women to disguise themselves than for men to be unfaithful 118 Inconstancy ... begins unfaithful passions drop away even before they begin 128 disgraced dishonored (plays on the sense of "out of favor") 132 give move
133 measure range
135 hold protect ("Verona" may be a slip for "Milan," which is Turio's home) 143 means efforts
144 slight conditions insubstantial grounds
149 repeal recall
150 Plead ... merit argue that there is a new state of affairs now that you have shown your superior deserving 151 subscribe bear witness/acknowledge
158 kept withal lived with
163 employment service
165 Dispose of make arrangements for
165 as ... deserts in accordance with their deservings 166 include all jars bring to an end, shut up all discord 167 triumphs festivities
167 rare solemnity marvelous celebration
171 grace virtue/charm
172 grace ideal female beauty
175 fortuned come to pass