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Authors: William Shakespeare

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250
mar
ruin
pen
i.e. penis

251
th’unhappy
the unlucky/miserable/trouble-causing

258
doubly sees himself
sees himself reflected twice

259
double
dual/deceitful

260
of credit
worth believing

266
quite miscarried
entirely come to harm

268
advisedly
deliberately

269
surety
guarantor

274
lay with
slept with

277
lieu of
exchange for

279
fair
good, unmuddied (i.e. without needing repair)

280
cuckolds
men with unfaithful wives

281
grossly
coarsely/foolishly

287
e’en
just

292
richly
i.e. laden with expensive goods

295
dumb
speechless

302
living
livelihood

304
road
harbor

311
manna
during the Exodus, the food God provided for the Israelites in the desert

314
you … full
your curiosity will not be content until further details are revealed

316
charge … inter’gatories
examine us under formal questioning

318
inter’gatory
question

319
sworn on
under oath to answer truthfully

320
stay
wait

323
couching
in bed

325
sore
greatly
ring
gold band (plays on the sense of “vagina”)

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