[FootnoteV.1: EntertwoClowns,] Thesecharactersarenotintheoriginalstory, butareintroducedbyShakespeare.
[FootnoteV.2: Makehergravestraight:] i.e., straightways, forthwith.
[FootnoteV.3: Thecrowner] Acorruptionofcoroner.
[FootnoteV.4: Itmustbeseoffendendo;] Aconfusionofthingsaswellasofterms: usedforsedefendendo, afindingofthejuryinjustifiablehomicide.
[FootnoteV.5: Toact, todo, andtoperform:] Warburtonsays, thisisridiculeonscholasticdivisionswithoutdistinction, andofdistinctionswithoutdifference.
[FootnoteV.6: Argal,] AcorruptionoftheLatinword, ergo, therefore.
[FootnoteV.7: Delver.] i.e., adigger, onethatopensthegroundwithaspade.
[FootnoteV.8: Ifthemangotothiswater,—itis, willhe, nillhe, hegoes,] , andofcoursewithoutanymixtureofnillornolensin] , asstated, whetherhewouldornot, itwouldnothavebeenofhisownaccord, orhisact.
[FootnoteV.9: Crowner's-questlaw.] Crowner'squestisavulgarcorruptionofcoroner'sinquest.
[FootnoteV.10: Why, therethousay'st] Say'stsomething, speak'sttothepurpose.
[FootnoteV.11: Morethantheirevenchristian.] AnoldEnglishexpressionforfellow-christian.
[FootnoteV.12: Washeagentleman?] .
[FootnoteV.13: Confessthyself——] Admit, orbyacknowledgmentpasssentenceuponthyself, asasimpleton? "Confess, andbehanged," wasaproverbialsentence.
[FootnoteV.14: Tellmethat, andunyoke.] Unravelthis, andyourday'sworkisdone, yourteammaythenunharness.
[FootnoteV.15: Cudgelthybrainsnomoreaboutit;] i.e., beataboutthybrainsnomore.
[FootnoteV.16: Astoupofliquor.] Astoupisajug.]
