уильям шекспир - King Lear

113 deal of mangreat show of manliness

114 worthied himearned him honor/made him a hero

115 attempting … self-subduedattacking one who offered no resistance

116 fleshmentexcitement of a first success

116 dread exploitfearsome military enterprise (sarcastic)

118 None … foolthere is not one of these rogues and cowards who cannot make a fool of a man like Ajax(the great Greek warrior was famously stupid; Cornwall is the subject of this dig)

120 stocksinstrument of public punishment in which the offender sat with his ankles and sometimes wrists confined

121 reverentold and revered (sarcastic)

121 braggartboaster

126 bold maliceimpudent hostility

127 gracesovereignty

133 usetreat

135 colourtype

136 sistersister-in-law, i.e. Goneril

136 awayhere/there (Cornwall directs where the stocks are to be placed)

141 answerbe responsible for

145 pleasurewill

147 rubbeddeflected (from bowling where the “rub” is the obstacle that disrupts the path of the ball)

148 watchedgone without sleep

150 out at heelsworn out (literally, coming through one’s stockings or shoes; an appropriate phrase for one whose feet are poking out of the stocks)

151 Give … morrowGood-bye

153 approveprove

153 sawsaying

154 out … sunproverbial for going from good to bad; Kent means that Regan will prove worse than Goneril

156 beaconi.e. the sun

156 this under globei.e. the earth

157 comfortablecomforting, encouraging

158 Nothing … miserythe miserable are almost the only people to see miracles

161 obscurèd coursesecret (and “disguised”) course of action/dimmed fortunes

162 Fromaway from (i.e. in France)

162 enormous statedisordered situation (or country)

163 o’erwatchedworn out by lack of sleep

164 vantageadvantage

166 Fortune … wheel!Fortune was traditionally depicted as a woman turning a wheel that raised humans up and cast them down

167 proclaimedpublicly declared an outlaw

168 happyopportune, fortunate

171 attend my takingwait to catch me

172 am bethoughthave decided

174 in … mandespising mankind (in particular, man’s claim to be superior to beasts)

176 elftangle (into “elflocks” or messy knots of hair)

177 presentedopenly displayed

180 Bedlamthe Saint Mary of Bethlehem hospital in London; a number of those who were released became beggars

181 mortifièddeadened

182 pricksspikes

183 objectsight

183 lowhumble, lowly

184 peltingpaltry, insignificant

185 banscurses

186 Turlygodunexplained; perhaps a deliberately nonsensical name

186 Poor … Tom!the sorts of cries the beggars would utter; several sixteenth-century accounts refer to beggars calling themselves “Poor Tom”

187 That’s something yeti.e. at least as Poor Tom I have some form of existence

187 Edgar … amas Edgar I do not exist/I renounce my identity as Edgar

2.2 Gentleman presumably one of Lear’s reduced retinue of knights

188 theyi.e. Regan and Cornwall

196 cruelpuns on “crewel” (i.e. wool used for stockings)

198 over-lusty at legsas a servant, too ready to run away (perhaps plays on the sense of “too eager for sex”)

199 nether-stocksstockings

200 placeposition (as Lear’s messenger)

201 Toas to

203 sonson-in-law

209 Junowife of Jupiter, the supreme Roman god

212 upon respectupon consideration/against the respect due to a king and his representatives

213 Resolvemake clear to, inform

213 modestmoderate, reasonable

213 which waywhy, how

214 usagetreatment

215 coming from uswhen you were sent by me

217 commenddeliver

219 reekingsteaming (with sweat)

219 postmessenger

220 Stewedhot and drenched in sweat

222 spite of intermissionin spite of interrupting me/in spite of his halting breath

223 presentlyimmediately

224 meinyretinue

224 straightstraight away

225 attend … answerwait until they had time to answer

230 Displayed … againstopenly behaved so impudently toward

231 man than witcourage than sense

231 drewdrew my sword

235 Winter’s … wayi.e. there is more stormy weather (trouble) on the way

237 blindi.e. to their father’s needs

238 bagsmoneybags

240 arrantdownright/notorious

241 turns the keyopens the door/provides sexual favors

242 doloursgriefs (puns on “dollar,” a silver coin)

243 tellrelate/count

244 motheri.e. hysteria (frequently a female affliction thought to arise from the womb or, in men, the abdomen; characterized by breathlessness and agitation)

245 Hysterica passio the Latin term for hysteria

246 elementrightful environment

246 belowi.e. in the womb

255 to school toi.e. to learn from

255 ant … i’th’winteri.e. the ant gathers food only in the summer when it is abundant; similarly, men work only when there is profit to be gained from a patron who is at the height of his fortunes

258 stinkingi.e. with the stench of decaying fortunes

262 againback again

264 sirman

265 formappearances, outward show

266 packpack up, be off

271 perdyby God (from the French par dieu )

274 Denyrefuse

275 fetchestricks, stratagems (Lear goes on to employ the sense of “bring”)

276 flying offdesertion

282 confusiondestruction, overthrow

289 tendsattends, awaits

293 Infirmity … boundillness always makes us neglect the duties which, when healthy, we are bound to carry out

295 oppressedoverwhelmed/afflicted

297 fallen … willangry with my more headstrong impulse

299 soundhealthy

299 my stateroyal state

301 remotionremoval

302 practicedeceit, cunning

302 Give … forthrelease my servant

303 and’sand his