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  12 he i.e. Pericles

  13 bound i.e. by his promise to Diana/ on his way

  14 interim … confound make the intervening time seem as nothing

  15 feathered briefness the speed of a bird in flight

  20 by … doomthanks to the consent of your imagination

  Act 5 Scene 2

  5.2 Location: Ephesus

  1 just righteous/ exact

  2 confess admit/ proclaim

  7 Wears … livery i.e. is still a virgin

  9 stars fortune, destiny

  10 against … Riding as we were anchored

  14 favour appearance

  19 reverend appearer person who appears reverend

  32 sanctity i.e. religious vows

  33 sense i.e. desire

  33 bend direct

  33 licentious lustful

  34 curb restrain

  34 spite of seeing in spite of what I see

  46 sports amusements/entertainments

  54 yielded born

  59 substitute deputy

  66 How possibly preserved by what possible means you were preserved

  72 officer agent

  77 all all that

  78 came placèd came to be placed

  82 Night oblations nightly/evening prayers

  83 fair handsome

  85 this ornament i.e. Pericles’ beard and long hair

  86 Makes which makes

  86 to form into shape

  89 of good credit credible

  91 there in Pentapolis

  94 son i.e. Lysimachus

  95 do … stay i.e. frustrate our longing

  96 untold that is untold

  Epilogue

  4 keen harsh/cruel

  5 fell cruel/savage

  7 descry see/discover

  8 figure emblem

  10 aye always/forever

  11 fame report/rumor

  12 to against

  13 to … turn the citizens become angry

  15 so in this manner

  16 although … meant even though it was not done, but only intended