court-gall
bitter figure of the court
durance
imprisonment
engendering
propagating, reproducing
enginous
cunning, crafty
equivocation
misleading use of, in this case, an example.
familiars
evil spirits, or, at the time of the play, officers of the Catholic Church who arrested heretics
goes to wrack
is devastated
gossips
godparents
gulleries
trickery
lecherous
exhibiting excessive sexual desire or lewdness
lenitive
the meaning of this word is unclear in this context, but most scholars go with soothing
lycanthropia
a form of insanity in which the patient believes himself to be a wolf
mandragora
a narcotic
mortification
the state preceding death
osier
a willow tree
physiognomy
the art of understanding a person’s character by their features
poniard
a long knife with a crossed handle, historically worn by the upper classes
radical
a technical term from astrology meaning fit to be judged or decided
scourge
whip, or instrument used to inflict pain or punishment
seise
to take possession of, legally
Spanish jennet
a small Spanish horse
suborned
bribed, coerced with money
supportation
support
Switzer
a Swiss mercenary, a common figure at the time
sycophants
suck-ups, flatterers
unbeneficed
unprivileged, poor
