уильям шекспир - King Lear

78 obeyEdgar begins a paraphrased version of five of the Ten Commandments

79 commit noti.e. do not commit adultery

80 on proud arrayin overly fine clothes

83 glovesi.e. a mistress’ gift, displayed by being worn in one’s cap

86 slept ini.e. dreamed of

87 dicei.e. gambling

88 out-paramoured the Turkhad more lovers than the Turkish Sultan, famous for his harem

88 light of eareager to listen to gossip

90 creaking … silksi.e. the sounds of a fashionable woman walking

92 placketsopenings in skirts/vaginas

92 pen … booksi.e. do not sign a loan agreement

94 suum, munpresumably Edgar imitates the sounds of the wind

94 nonnyoften used as part of a refrain in popular songs

95 Dolphin … byperhaps Edgar addresses an imaginary horse; sessa is a cry of encouragement used in hunting or may derive from the French cessez (“stop”)

96 answerface, encounter

99 cat no perfumethe secretions of the anal glands of the civet cat are used to make perfume

100 on’sof us

100 sophisticatednot simple or natural

101 unaccommodatedunprovided for (i.e. not wearing clothes)

102 lendingsclothes that are “lent” only, not part of him

104 naughtynasty, wicked

107 walking firei.e. Gloucester and his torch

108 Flibbertigibbetthe name of a devil (all of the devils Edgar mentions are to be found in Samuel Harsnett’s 1603 Declaration of Egregious Popish Impostures )

108 curfewi.e. nightfall

109 cockcockcrow

109 web … pincataract of the eye

110 squintscauses to squint

112 oldwold, downs

112 switholdprobably Saint Withold, apparently a protector from harm

112 footed thricewalked three times

113 nightmareevil female spirit supposed to settle upon a sleeper’s chest, inducing bad dreams and feelings of suffocation

113 nine-foldperhaps the imps who attend her

115 her troth plightgive a solemn promise (to do no more harm)

116 arointbegone (used to witches and demons)

118 What’swho’s

122 wall-newti.e. lizard on the wall

122 wateri.e. water newt

124 ditch-dogi.e. dead dog in a ditch

125 mantlescum

125 standingstagnant

125 whippedthe standard punishment for vagabonds

126 tithingparish

127 three … shirtsthe clothing allowance of a servant

129 deeranimals

131 Smulkinthe name of a devil (that, according to Harsnett, took the form of a mouse)

133 The … darknessthe devil

133 Modo … Mahuthe names of two devils

135 flesh and bloodi.e. children (Gloucester is thinking of Edgar, Goneril, and Regan)

135 viledebased, corrupted

136 getsbegets, conceives

147 Thebani.e. Greek philosopher (from Thebes)

149 preventforestall, thwart

151 Importuneurge

152 t’unsettleto be disturbed

158 bloodlineage, family

163 cry you mercyexcuse me

170 keep stillremain

171 sootheindulge, humor

172 him you onhim along with you

174 Atheniani.e. Greek philosopher (from Athens)

176 Child … cameperhaps a line from a lost ballad about the legendary French hero Roland ( Childwas the title for a young man seeking knighthood)

177 wordpassword/customary saying

177 stillalways

177 fie … manthe cry of the giant in the children’s tale of Jack the giant-killer

Act 3 Scene 5

3.5 Location: the Earl of Gloucester’s residence

1 hisi.e. Gloucester’s

2 naturenatural familial affection

3 something fearssomewhat frightens

5 hisi.e. Gloucester’s

5 provoking … himselfEdgar’s sense of his own worth, provoked into action by Gloucester’s reprehensible badness/a provoking quality in Gloucester, which incited Edgar’s reprehensible wickedness

8 to beof being

9 approvesproves

9 an intelligent partya spy, an informer

17 apprehensionarrest

19 his suspicionsuspicion of Gloucester

Act 3 Scene 6

3.6 Location: unspecified; presumably an outbuilding on the Earl of Gloucester’s estate

2 piece outsupplement

5 impatienceanger/inability to bear suffering

6 Fraterettothe name of a devil; in Harsnett he is associated with a “fiddler,” which perhaps suggests Nero, the first-century Roman emperor who famously played the fiddle while Rome burned

6 anglerfisherman/thief

7 lake of darknesspresumably the Stygian lake of the classical underworld, but a phallic fishing rod and vaginal dark lake may also be implied; perhaps Nero’s murder of his own mother is glanced at—she reportedly asked to be stabbed in the womb as this was where her son had grown

10 yeomanland owner below the rank of gentleman

12 toas

13 madsense now shifts to “angry”

15 a thousandi.e. a thousand devils

16 hizzinghissing

16 ’emthem i.e. Goneril and Regan; the Quarto text continues at this point with an imaginary “arraignment” of Goneril (see “Quarto Passages That Do Not Appear in the Folio,” p. 132)

21 mar my counterfeitingspoil my pretense

23 Trey … Sweetheartnames for bitches—even his female dogs, he imagines, have turned against him; their names may suggest Lear’s daughters (“tray” can mean “pain, affliction,” “blanch” can mean “to deceive,” “to flatter”)

24 throw his headunclear; presumably a threatening gesture of some sort

24 Avauntbegone

25 or black oreither black or

26 poisonsi.e. with rabies

27 grimfierce

28 brachbitch

28 himmale

29 bobtail tykesmall dog with a tail that has been bobbed (cut short)

29 trundle-taildog with a long, curling tail

32 hatchlower half of a divided door

33 Do … deapparently the sound of chattering teeth again

33 Sessa!cry of encouragement used in hunting or may derive from the French cessez (“stop”)

33 wakesannual parish fairs (frequented by beggars)

34 hornbeggars carried drinking horns on strings round their necks

35 anatomizedissect