12 he i.e. Pericles
13 bound i.e. by his promise to Diana/ on his way
14 interim … confound make the intervening time seem as nothing
15 feathered briefness the speed of a bird in flight
20 by … doomthanks to the consent of your imagination
Act 5 Scene 2
5.2 Location: Ephesus
1 just righteous/ exact
2 confess admit/ proclaim
7 Wears … livery i.e. is still a virgin
9 stars fortune, destiny
10 against … Riding as we were anchored
14 favour appearance
32 sanctity i.e. religious vows
33 sense i.e. desire
33 bend direct
33 licentious lustful
34 curb restrain
34 spite of seeing in spite of what I see
46 sports amusements/entertainments
54 yielded born
59 substitute deputy
66 How possibly preserved by what possible means you were preserved
72 officer agent
77 all all that
82 Night oblations nightly/evening prayers
83 fair handsome
85 this ornament i.e. Pericles’ beard and long hair
86 Makes which makes
86 to form into shape
89 of good credit credible
91 there in Pentapolis
94 son i.e. Lysimachus
95 do … stay i.e. frustrate our longing
96 untold that is untold
Epilogue
4 keen harsh/cruel
7 descry see/discover
8 figure emblem
10 aye always/forever
11 fame report/rumor
12 to against
13 to … turn the citizens become angry
15 so in this manner
16 although … meant even though it was not done, but only intended