early modern
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(the horatio monologues) xvii
xviitell him you want to find a man like heone who plays watten1 at a table in a tavernwho sits naked in the smock he sleeps ina nightshirt bought from a ragmanwhite linen unwashed time yellowed tannedby fireplace smoke and sweattrousers fadedto beige and threadbarebarefoota squatter from an abandoned housewith a wife to return to Continue reading
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(the horatio monologues) xvi
want his wife to behis accomplice who removesthe purse from the pouchthe brooch on a chain from the neckthe ruby on the ring from the finger removesthe doublet of brocade from the torsothe pluderhosen (1) made of silk from the trunkpointed poulaines (2) from the feet wanthis wife to chew a leaf of henbane (3) Continue reading
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(the horatio monologues) xiii
Between wars in early modern Europe, soldiers often were idle and sometimes engaged in criminal activity. It wasn’t unusual for commanders to rid towns, villages, and the country of undesirables by recruiting them.xiiiimpress charm recruit a highwayman on horsebacka fugitive on foot Continue reading
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