Richard III (Modern Library Classics)

  357 Daring an opposite defying an enemy

  363 set ... cast gambled my life on the throw of a die

  364 stand await, endure

  364 hazard chance

  364 die singular of "dice" (with connotations of death) 365 six Richmonds probably refers to the military precaution of disguising other soldiers as their commander 370 acquit thee acquitted yourself

  371 royalties emblems of sovereignty, i.e. the crown 379 name rank

  382 become their births befits their social standing

  385 ta'en the sacrament confirmed an oath by taking Holy Communion 386 unite ... red i.e. unite the Houses of Lancaster (symbolized by a red rose) and York (a white rose) by marrying Elizabeth, daughter of Edward IV

  387 conjunction union (literally, proximity of planets) 393 sire father

  397 succeeders inheritors, heirs

  398 ordinance decree

  402 Abate blunt

  402 edge sword edge

  403 reduce bring back

  405 increase growth, harvest, prosperity

  407 stopped staunched, stopped from bleeding/no longer inflicted Act 5 Scene 3

  2 prophet i.e. Henry VI

  3 by nearby

  3 him Henry VI/Richmond

  5 Exeter town in the county of Devon, southwest England

  7 Rougemont puns on Richmond

  8 bard (prophetic) poet

  18 Jack small figure of a man that struck the clock bell every hour (plays on the sense of "knave, base fellow") 18 keep'st the stroke observe the hour by striking the bell, i.e. regularly interrupt 19 meditation thoughts, reflection

  22 true loyal