| Contriv'd | premeditated |
| Iniquity | evil-mindeness |
| yerk'd | thrust at |
| prated | talked nonsence |
| scury | insulted |
| grievance | hardship |
| cable | scope |
| signiory | venetien ruling powers |
| out tongue | speak louder |
| provalgate | make known |
| seige | rank |
| raised | alarmed |
| tush | shut up |
| florentine | a foriegner |
| sblood | by christs blood- a strong oath |
| negligence | failure in duty |
| zounds | christs wounds |
| ruffians | trouble makers |
| barbary | black/african region |
| gondolier | a boat operater |
| Moor | African origin |
| provender | dismissed |
| jemets | german horse |
| teper | candle |
| fathom | ability |
| saucy | insolent |
| start | disturb |
| malicious bravery | mischievous impudence |
| coursers | race horses |
| profane | foul mouthed |
| colour | credibility |
| Florentine | Forign, not a venetian; Florence was a centre of commerce and banking |
| Certes | Assuredly |
| Epithets of War | Military jargon |
| Spinster | A person (usually a woman) who spins wool |
| Off-Cap'd | Taking off a hat |
| Like Timorous | Such frightening |
| Daws | Jackdaws (a bird) |
| Knee Crooking Knave | Bowing and scraping servant |
| Grange | Isolated country house |
| Haunt | Hang |
| S'blood | By Christs Blood, a strong oath |
| Charg'd | Ordered |
| Courses | Race horses |
| Jennets | Little Spanish horses |
| Germans | Blood relations |
| Profane | Foul-mouthed |
| Bark | Vessels |
| Cast | Discharge |
| Taper | Candle |
| Prated | Talked nonsense |
| Furnish Me | Equip myself |
| Marble | Steadfast, unfeeling |
| Whip Me | A contemptuous dismissal |
| Covered With | Mated with |
| Fathom | Ability |
| Provender | Feeding |
| Zounds | Lago swears by Gods wounds |
| Doting on | Enjoying |
| Lin'd Their Coats | Made a profit for themselves |
| Bombast | Some fancy reason; cotton stuffing |
| rapier | a long, slender, two-edged sword with a cuplike hilt, used in the 16th and 17th centuries |
| miscarry | to fail to attain an intended goal, as a plan or project |
| mar | to inflict damage, especially disfiguring damage, impair the soundness, perfection, or integrity of |
| resitution | act of making good or compensating for loss, damage, or injury |
| minion | a subordinate official, a darling |
| strumpet | a woman prositute |
| malice | a desire to harm others or to see others suffer, extreme ill will or spite |
| anon | in a short ime; soon |
| alabaster | a dense transulcent, white, or tinted fine-grained gypsum |
| promethean | boldly creative; defiantly original |
| portent | an indication of something important or calamitous about to occur, an omen |
| perjury | the deliberate, willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath |
| conception | something conceived in the mind; a concept, plan, design, idea, or thought |
| zounds | used to express anger, surprise, or indignation |
| commend | to express approval of; praise |
| recognizance | a pledge, a token |
| pernicious | causing great harn (deadly); destructive; evil and wicked |
| odious | arousing or meriting string dislike or intense displeasure |
| apt | exactly suitable, appropriate |
| amorous | strongly attracted or disposed to love, especially sexual love |
| 'Sblood | By Christ's blood; a strong oath |
| Arithmetician | Theorist |
| Bags | Money-bags |
| Barbary horse | African stallion |
| Be lee'd | Be delayed |
| 'Sblood | By Christ's blood; a strong oath |
| Arithmetician | Theorist |
| Bags | Money-bags |
| Barbary horse | African stallion |
| Be lee'd | Be delayed |
| Bombast | Fancy |
| Cashier'd | Dismissed, sacked |
| Certes | Assuredly; certainly |
| Certes | Military jargon |
| Charg'd | Ordered |
| Charms | Spells, love-potions |
| Complement extern | Outward demonstration |
| Counter-caster | Petty accountant |
| Coursers | Racehorses |
| Covered with | Mated with |
| Deserve | Reward |
| Devision | Devising; strategic planning |
| Distempering draughts | Intoxicating drink |
| Doting on | Enjoying |
| Dull watch | Late time |
| Florentine | A foreigner; not a Venetian |
| Germans | Blood relations |
| Grange | Isolated country house |
| Haunt | Hang |
| Jennets | Little Spanish horses |
| Knee-crooking knave | Bowing and scraping servant |
| Like timorous | Such frightening |
| Loud | Good |
| Maidhood | Girlish immaturity |
| Making the beast with two backs | Having sex |
| Odd-even | Just after midnight |
| Off-capp'd | Removed their hats (a sign of respect) |
| Old black ram | A reference to Othello |
| Owe | Possess |
| Peculiar | Personal, private |
| Provender | Feeding |
| Saucy | Insolent |
| Spinster | Person (usually a woman) who spins wool |
| Taper | Candle |
| The devil | In some traditions, the devil is depicted as black |
| Thick-lips | An insult to 'the Moor', suggesting he is negroid |
| Tinder | Tinder-box |
| Toged | Wearing official gowns (like the Roman toga) |
| Tupping | Copulating with (a language of sheep-farmers) |
| Zounds | By God's wounds |