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| Enter Iaylors Daughter alone. | Enter Gaoler's Daughter alone | | TNK II.v.1 | |
| Daughter. | DAUGHTER | | | |
| Let all the Dukes, and all the divells rore, | Let all the dukes and all the devils roar; | | TNK II.v.1 | |
| He is at liberty: I have venturd for him, | He is at liberty. I have ventured for him, | venture, venter (v.) run a risk, take a chance, dare to act | TNK II.v.2 | |
| And out I have brought him to a little wood | And out I have brought him. To a little wood | | TNK II.v.3 | |
| A mile hence, I have sent him, where a Cedar | A mile hence I have sent him, where a cedar | | TNK II.v.4 | |
| Higher than all the rest, spreads like a plane | Higher than all the rest spreads like a plane, | | TNK II.v.5 | |
| Fast by a Brooke, and there he shall keepe close, | Fast by a brook, and there he shall keep close, | fast (adj.)close, very near [to] | TNK II.v.6 | |
| | close (adv.)safely, secretly, out of sight | | |
| Till I provide him Fyles, and foode, for yet | Till I provide him files and food, for yet | | TNK II.v.7 | |
| His yron bracelets are not off. O Love | His iron bracelets are not off. O love, | bracelet (n.)manacle, fetter, handcuff | TNK II.v.8 | |
| What a stout hearted child thou art! My Father | What a stout-hearted child thou art! My father | | TNK II.v.9 | |
| Durst better have indur'd cold yron, than done it: | Durst better have endured cold iron than done it. | endure (v.)undergo, suffer, put up with | TNK II.v.10 | |
| | iron (n.)iron weapon, steel, sword | | |
| I love him, beyond love, and beyond reason, | I love him beyond love, and beyond reason, | | TNK II.v.11 | |
| Or wit, or safetie: I have made him know it | Or wit, or safety; I have made him know it. | wit (n.)intelligence, wisdom, good sense, mental ability | TNK II.v.12 | |
| I care not, I am desperate, If the law | I care not, I am desperate. If the law | | TNK II.v.13 | |
| Finde me, and then condemne me for't; some wenches, | Find me, and then condemn me for't, some wenches, | | TNK II.v.14 | |
| Some honest harted Maides, will sing my Dirge. | Some honest-hearted maids, will sing my dirge, | dirge (n.)funeral song, song of mourning | TNK II.v.15 | |
| And tell to memory, my death was noble, | And tell to memory my death was noble, | memory (n.)history, memorial record | TNK II.v.16 | |
| Dying almost a Martyr: That way he takes, | Dying almost a martyr. That way he takes | | TNK II.v.17 | |
| I purpose is my way too: Sure he cannot | I purpose is my way too; sure he cannot | purpose (v.)intend, plan | TNK II.v.18 | |
| Be so unmanly, as to leave me here, | Be so unmanly as to leave me here? | | TNK II.v.19 | |
| If he doe, Maides will not so easily | If he do, maids will not so easily | | TNK II.v.20 | |
| Trust men againe: And yet he has not thank'd me | Trust men again. And yet he has not thanked me | | TNK II.v.21 | |
| For what I have done: no not so much as kist me, | For what I have done, no, not so much as kissed me, | | TNK II.v.22 | |
| And that (me thinkes) is not so well; nor scarcely | And that, methinks, is not so well; nor scarcely | methinks(t), methought(s) (v.)it seems / seemed to me | TNK II.v.23 | |
| Could I perswade him to become a Freeman, | Could I persuade him to become a free man, | | TNK II.v.24 | |
| He made such scruples of the wrong he did | He made such scruples of the wrong he did | | TNK II.v.25 | |
| To me, and to my Father. Yet I hope | To me and to my father. Yet I hope, | | TNK II.v.26 | |
| When he considers more, this love of mine | When he considers more, this love of mine | | TNK II.v.27 | |
| Will take more root within him: Let him doe | Will take more root within him. Let him do | | TNK II.v.28 | |
| What he will with me, so he use me kindly, | What he will with me, so he use me kindly; | kindly (adv.)lovingly, gently, affectionately | TNK II.v.29 | |
| | use (v.)treat, deal with, manage | | |
| For use me so he shall, or ile proclaime him | For use me so he shall, or I'll proclaim him, | | TNK II.v.30 | |
| And to his face, no-man: Ile presently | And to his face, no man. I'll presently | presently (adv.)immediately, instantly, at once | TNK II.v.31 | |
| Provide him necessaries, and packe my cloathes up. | Provide him necessaries, and pack my clothes up, | | TNK II.v.32 | |
| And where there is a path of ground Ile venture | And where there is a path of ground I'll venture, | | TNK II.v.33 | |
| So hee be with me; By him, like a shadow | So he be with me; by him, like a shadow, | | TNK II.v.34 | |
| Ile ever dwell; within this houre the whoobub | I'll ever dwell. Within this hour the hubbub | | TNK II.v.35 | |
| Will be all ore the prison: I am then | Will be all o'er the prison; I am then | | TNK II.v.36 | |
| Kissing the man they looke for: farewell Father; | Kissing the man they look for. Farewell, father; | | TNK II.v.37 | |
| Get many more such prisoners, and such daughters, | Get many more such prisoners, and such daughters, | get (v.)beget, conceive, breed | TNK II.v.38 | |
| And shortly you may keepe your selfe. Now to him: | And shortly you may keep yourself. Now to him. | keep (v.)guard, watch, tend | TNK II.v.39 | |
| Exit | | TNK II.v.39 | |