| Arion | Greek musician rescued by a dolphin after sailors stole his money and ordered his to jump overboard |
| Candy | former name of the capital of Crete |
| Saint Bennet | Saint Benedict, a church in london |
| Brownist | extremist who advocated separation from the church of England and demanded freedom from government interference |
| cockatrice | mythological serpent that could kill will the glare of his eyes |
| Diana | Roman name for Artemis, goddess of the moon and the hunt |
| diliculo surgere | first two words of a latin proverb meaning “rising at dawn makes a man healthy” |
| Egyptian thief | Thyamis stood ready to kill his captive, Chariclea to prevent enemies from taking her |
| Elysium | paradise |
| golden shaft | arrow shot by the god of love, Cupid |
| Jezebel | wife of Ahab, King of Israel |
| Jove | Roman name for Zeus |
| Legion | name of devils possessing a man in the New Testament |
| Lethe | the river of forgetfulness in Hades |
| Mercury | messenger god in greek mythology |
| metal of India | gold |
| Mall | reference to a prostitute or another name for Mary |
| Pandarus | procurer, pimp |
| pavan | slow dance |
| Penthesilea | Queen of the Amazons – race of tall, warlike women |
| Pythagoras | Greek mathematician |
| renegado | Christian who becomes a heathen |
| Sir Topas | Comic protagonist |
| Sophy | name applied to a Persian ruler |
| tray-trip | dice game |
| Vulcan | Roman name for the blacksmith god |
| westward ho | the cry of boatmen called for passengers to Westminster |
Twelfth Night Allusions
July 11, 2019