| dissolutions | | a stick or switch used for beating as a punishment |
| antipathy | | weathervaces |
| nimble | | inimate |
| dot on | | distinguishing |
| mar | | the property or money that a woman gives to her hisband when they are married |
| whoreson | | lacking energy |
| tarry | | a pun; crewel is a thin yarn |
| rod | | enduring |
| fa sol la mi | | intentionally harmful |
| contemned | | Edmund sings an augmented fourth, sometimes referred to as "the devil in music" |
| dowry | | coining money was the king's privilege |
| abjure | | lasting forever or for an indefinitely long time |
| perpetual | | prostitute |
| fairest | | disorted |
| afflication | | a rope with a noose for hanging |
| opulent | | offense |
| recreant | | cause of pain or suffering |
| malicious | | curses |
| parricides | | in the dark |
| frontlet | | act foolish toward |
| visage | | countenance |
| cocks | | physical ailments |
| darkling | | shamefully |
| mire | | a stong dislike |
| cruel garters | | terminations or breaking up into parts |
| coining | | poisonous snake |
| epileptic | | an area with wet, soggy ground; bog |
| censure | | to continue in a course of action |
| sojourn | | a governed territory or country |
| diligence | | visit; to live somewhere temporarily |
| infirmities | | fanfare of trumpets |
| ignobly | | neglect |
| maledictions | | a disloyal person; traitor |
| fourish | | attentiveness |
| halter | | those who murder their fathers |
| perpetual | | wait for |
| retinue | | despised |
| lethargied | | bastard son, meant affectionately here |
| discerning | | solemnly reject |
| persevere | | most loved |
| merry | | a plant used to treat madness |
| marjoram | | damage |
| mischief | | characterized by abundance |
| adder | | in good spirits |
| familiar | | criticism |
| plucks | | a metephor for frown |
| slack | | tugging or pulling on someone's beard was an extreme insult |
| dominions | | hurt |
| courtesan | | moving quickly |
| crime | | a group of assistants or servants attending a person of importance |