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1 sooth truth
4 stuff substancewhereof … born i.e. what is its cause
5 to learn yet to discover
6 want-wit senseless idiot
7 ado trouble
8 tossing on troubled/preoccupied with
9 argosies large merchant shipsportly stately, majesticsail sails/(act of) sailing
10 signiors sirs/gentlemenburghers citizensflood sea
11 pageants spectacles, shows
12 overpeer look down uponpetty traffickers inferior merchant ships
13 curtsy bow or curtsy, perhaps suggested by the bobbing of the smaller ships in the argosies’ wakedo them reverence pay them respect
14 fly speedwoven wings material sails (also suggestive of the wings of a fly)
15 venture risky business enterpriseforth away from home, i.e. on the seas
16 better part greater halfaffections emotions/thoughts
17 hopes expectations, prospectsstill constantly
18 where sits i.e. which way blows
19 roads harbors
24 ague fever, shaking
26 should i.e. could
27 flats sandbanks
28 Andrew name of a ship
29 Vailing lowering (in submission)high top top section of the mastribs i.e. body of the ship
30 burial burial placeshould I was I able to
32 bethink me straight think immediately
33 but merelygentle noble/harmless
34 stream current
35 waters … silks may play on idea of “watered silk,” a relatively new fabric
36 even justthis this much (i.e. the value of the cargo)
39 bechanced having happened
43 bottom ship’s bottom, hold
44 estate fortunes/circumstances
45 Upon dependent on/risked uponfortune chance, fate
48 Fie expression of impatience or disgust
52 Janus Roman god with two faces
53 framed formed
54 peep peer through eyes half-closed in laughter
55 bagpiper bagpipes were thought to sound melancholic
56 other othersvinegar aspect sour expression
58 Though even ifNestor Trojan leader, noted for his wisdom and gravityGratiano according to a contemporary Italian dictionary, a name given to a foolish or clownish character in a play
63 prevented forestalled
64 dear valuableregard consideration
66 embrace welcometh’occasion the opportunity
68 laugh i.e. meet for some fun
69 strange distant/unfamiliar
70 leisures … yours spare time accommodate yours, i.e. ensure we are available when you are
73 have in mind i.e. think about
76 respect … world concern for worldly affairs/business
77 it enjoyment (especially of material wealth)buy … care i.e. worry so much about it
78 marvellously extremely
79 hold consider, view
83 old your former/plentiful/familiar, “good old” (puns on the sense of “elderly”)
84 liver thought to be the seat of the pass ............

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