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127 bruit proclaim/celebrate

128 Rea-speaking echoing, repeating

130 resolve dissolve

131 Everlasting i.e. God

132 canon law, decree

134 uses habits, customary practices

136 rank and gross coarsely profuse in growth

137 merely completely

139 to compared to

140 Hyperion Greek god of the sun, and one of the Titans

140 satyr mythological creature, part man and part goat (often associated with lechery) 141 beteem permit

147 or ere before

149 Niobe for boasting that she had more children than the goddess Leto, Niobe's offspring were killed; she grieved until she was turned into a stone, from which tears continued to stream 150 wants ... reason lacks the faculty of reason

153 Hercules famously strong Greek hero who completed twelve arduous labors 154 unrighteous wicked/insincere

155 flushing redness

155 galled sore, irritated

156 post rush (literally, ride swiftly)

164 change ... you exchange the name of servant for that of friend/exchange the name of servant with you (and become yours)/mutually exchange the name of friend with you 165 make you from are you doing away from

167 even evening (also used in the afternoon)

169 truant lazy, negligent

175 ere before

179 hard close

180 Thrift economy

180 baked meats meat pies, pastries

182 dearest closest, greatest

190 yesternight last night

194 Season your admiration control your astonishment

195 attent attentive

195 deliver report

201 waste desolate expanse (puns on "waist")



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