132 convert ... effects divert me from the grim deeds I intend to carry out 134 want lack
134 colour character, quality/motive, grounds/hue (colorless tears rather than red blood) 141 habit clothing/demeanor
141 as as when/as if
143 coinage invention
144 cunning skillful/crafty
149 reword repeat
150 gambol spring away
151 unction ointment
152 trespass sin
153 skin and film form a thin skin over
154 mining corroding/undermining/sapping
158 ranker more abundant
158 virtue i.e. virtuous talk and rebukes
159 pursy short-winded/fat
161 curb and woo bow and entreat
174 That so that
174 scourge and minister agent of retribution
175 bestow dispose of/stow away
175 answer well justify/pay for
178 behind yet to come
181 bloat bloated/flabby/swollen with self-indulgence
182 Pinch wanton in pinching your cheeks leave marks that proclaim you a wanton (lewd woman) 182 mouse common term of endearment
183 reechy filthy, squalid (literally "smoky")
185 ravel ... out unravel (i.e. reveal) all this business
187 in craft through cunning, by design
189 paddock ... gib toad, bat, tomcat (creatures popularly supposed to be the familiars of witches) 190 dear concernings important matters
192 Unpeg unfasten (thus letting the birds out) 193 famous ... down a reference to a lost story; presumably the ape attempted to imitate the birds who had been released from the basket by climbing in, then leaping out in the hope of flying, only to succeed in breaking his neck 194 try conclusions experiment
202 set me packing cause me to be sent away at once/make me begin plotting 205 still ... grave quiet, trustworthy and dignified/dead
206 prating prattling, chattering
207 draw ... you finish my dealings with you/haul you to your grave 209 matter significance