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  1. Apr 2021
    1. vicinity

      The area near or surrounding a particular place.

    2. the children assembled together in some of the neighbours’ premises to play; and commonly some of us used to get up a tree to look out for any assailant, or kidnapper, that might come upon us; for they sometimes took those opportunities of our parents’ absence to attack and carry off as many as they could seize.

      The children would be on the lookout for anyone that was coming for them. As the adults were busy working in the fields the children would climb trees to keep themselves safe since their parents were not watching them. They were easier to kidnap if their parents were not with them.

    3. foment

      Instigate or stir up

    4. Thus we are all habituated to labour from our earliest years.

      They start working at a young age which is different in the United States today.

    5. libation

      A drink poured out as an offering to a deity.

    6. The head of the family usually eats alone; his wives and slaves have also their separate tables.

      This demonstrates that the husband is superior so he gets to eat by himself. I wonder if they liked being alone while eating. I would not want to eat alone even if I was superior. It is similar to the manual "Of Domesticall Duties" where it mentions that the husband is the head of the family and is superior while the wife is the heart and is still considered high, but not as high as the husband. It follows the same lines here as the husband gets to eat alone because of his superiority and the wife has to eat with the slaves as they are considered inferior.

    7. When our women are not employed with the men in tillage, their usual occupation is spinning and weaving cotton, which they afterwards dye, and make it into garments.

      This represents their gender roles. Men worked outside working on growing crops while women worked on making garments.

    8. tillage

      The preparation of land for growing crops.

    9. This is usually dyed blue, which is our favourite colour. It is extracted from a berry, and is brighter and richer than any I have seen in Europe.

      Their clothing is dyed blue from a berry. That would be a neat thing to do to dye clothes.

    10. dowry is given to the new married pair, which generally consists of portions of land, slaves, and cattle, household goods, and implements of husbandry. These are offered by the friends of both parties

      So the friends of the bride and groom provide the dowry?

    11. eye-brows

      I have never seen eyebrows written with a dash in between.

    12. impertinence

      Lack of respect, rudeness

    13. Determination, are to look for Happiness or Misery

      The capital letters here remind me of how the five wits in "Everyman" were capitalized. The capitalization signifies importance.

    14. tyrant

      A cruel and obsessive ruler.

    1. disdain

      The feeling that something is not worthy of someone's consideration or respect.

    2. maimed

      Wound or injure the cattle so that a part of their body is permanently damaged.

    3. I left my poor wife big with child

      He left his pregnant wife and family again. He does not stay with his family very much. Is it because he was bribed into marrying his wife? If he was going to be going on all these adventures, I do not think marriage was right for him right now since he is gone all the time.

    4. I stayed but two months with my wife and family

      Does he love his family? He only stayed with them for two months and is back to traveling again. If he did not go out to sea again, he would suffer?

    5. immoderate

      Not sensible or restrained, excessive

    6. dispositions

      A person's inherent qualities of mind and character.

    7. four hundred pounds

      Wow, he received a lot of money for getting married compared to the thirty pounds he had when he was living in Leyden. Did he marry for the money? It seems odd to include how much money he got from getting married.

    8. there I studied physic two years and seven months, knowing it would be useful in long voyages.

      Gulliver was a very smart man, he was looking into his future by realizing that he should take physics to help him later on in his life.

    9. although I had a very scanty allowance

      He did not have very much money growing up.

    10. My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons.

      This background information about Gulliver was really helpful as it allows readers to learn more about him, so they can better understand where he is coming from.

    11. “Yahoos”

      A rude, violent, or noisy person.

    12. he does this, leaving his pregnant wife behind and commanding his own ship.

      Every time he sets out to sea something goes wrong. Has he not learned this by now? Also, this time he is leaving his wife who is pregnant and he might not return.

    13. mutiny

      An open rebellion against proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers.

    1. deigned

      Do something that one considers to be beneath one's dignity.

    2. by no means he should tell him she was sold, but secretly put to death: for he knew he should never obtain his pardon for the other.

      The king knew that Oroonoko would not like what he did, so he told the messenger to lie to him and tell him that Imoinda was dead. However the truth is that she was sold as a slave.

    3. abating

      Becoming less intense or widespread.

    4. all of oranges and citrons

      The easiest food that they could get with their arrows. Citron is a fruit similar to lemons, but is less acidic and has a thicker peel.

    5. pliable

      Aboan was easily influenced.

    6. The parley of the eyes of these two lovers had not passed so secretly

      Anyone could tell that they were in love there was no keeping it a secret. Every time their eyes met it was not a secret.

    7. antiquated

      Old-fashioned or outdated

    8. young wives and mistresses

      The king has multiple wives? That is just weird and especially since they are a lot younger than him.

    9. tell him she was another’s, and could not be so happy to be his.

      I can sense that this is not going to end well.

    10. he sent the royal veil to Imoinda

      This does not seem like an invitation it seems more demanding and that Imoinda does not have a choice.

    11. such ill morals are only practised in Christian countries

      She was very against Christians.

    12. extolling

      They praised her enthusiastically.

    13. His eyes were the most awful that could be seen, and very piercing; the white of ’em being like snow, as were his teeth.

      The imagery describes his eyes to be white as snow. They were very distinct. His looks are perceived to be known as a superior.

    14. thither

      To or toward that place.

    15. apt

      Having a tendency to do something.

    16. they will shoot down oranges and other fruit, and only touch the stalk with the dart’s point, that they may not hurt the fruit.

      Wow, they have really good aim to not puncture the fruit.

    17. nimblest

      Quick and light in movement or action.

    18. behoves

      It is a duty or responsibility for someone to do something.

    19. They thread these beads also on long cotton threads, and make girdles to tie their aprons to, which come twenty times, or more, about the waist, and then cross, like a shoulder-belt, both ways, and round their necks, arms, and legs.

      Behn does a great job describing exactly how men dressed. Her use of descriptive imagery allows readers to get a good picture of men's clothing.

    20. without the addition of invention.

      Behn writes truthfully and wants to inform her readers. She does not write fairytales or fiction.

    1. proffer

      Offer

    2. Emperor, the Empress and their Eldest Son

      They started a family.

    3. her Coat was of Pearl, mixt with blew Diamonds, and frindged with red ones; her Buskins and Sandals were of green Diamonds

      Wow, she became an Empress and now she has it all. She has all the jewels to make her look like an authority.

    4. gave her an absolute power to rule and govern all that World as she pleased

      Did she have to be married in order to rule her own world? Could she not have done it without the Emperor's power? This seems to be referencing that women were dependent on men and could not do anything without them.

    5. so artificially placed that a stranger would lose himself therein without a Guide

      This place was really a maze. So many visitors would get lost. I guess the one entrance keeps most people out.

    6. one way to enter

      One way in and the same way out. Seems pretty safe from invaders, but would be bad if they had gotten through and there was only one way out of the island.

    7. considering what dangers she had past, and finding those sorts of men civil and diligent attendants to her, took courage, and endeavoured to learn their language

      She was very brave to be all alone on this journey other than with animals and learn the language they speak.

    8. Those few men which were in it, not knowing whither they went, nor what was to be done in so strange an Adventure, and not being provided for so cold a Voyage, were all frozen to death

      This seems as if it was all part of her plan to have her own world and a fresh start by being the only one alive in the ship. She will be the only one that will make it to the island from the ship.

    9. leight

      Does this mean "light"?

    10. That though I cannot be Henry the Fifth, or Charles the Second; yet, I will endeavour to be, Margaret the First: and, though I have neither Power, Time nor Occasion, to be a great Conqueror, like Alexander, or Cesar

      This demonstrates a big step for the power of women. Even though she does not have power to be a ruler of a place, she is determined to be one. Instead of comparing her power and time to other great rulers she sets her mind to making a world of her own. She will be the ruler of her own world and make all of her rules.

    11. Empress

      A woman who is a ruler.

    12. the Duchess asserts that she too wants to be an Empress

      Is the Duchess trying to take over her role?

    13. Why is the sun hot? What causes wind? How is snow made? Why is the sea salty? What are the elemental materials of life?

      These are examples of philosophical questions that she was asking the "men."

    1. Each brier, each bramble, when you went away

      The nature of the trees is a metaphor for dying. When there is no sun, trees change color and can die.

    2. Showes their disasters, languishing in feares

      The change in color shows all that they have been through just like age does with people.

    3. gaue their full consent

      I'm confused. Earlier it said that the poor souls did not give their consent and now it says they did. Are they referring to different people?

    4. Muses

      Muses are the Greek goddesses of poetic inspiration, the adored deities of song, dance, and memory, on whose mercy the creativity, wisdom and insight of all artists and thinkers depended.

    5. (poore soules)

      This is referring to women being poor souls and that we did not give consent to be treated unequally. Therefore, we deserve equal rights.

    6. Beeing made of him, he was the ground of all

      The evil stemming from her only came from Adam. She was made from him, so that is where she got it from. Just like temperament can be genetic, she her evilness it from who she was made from.

    7. too much loue

      Eve was too full of love which was her only fault.

    8. Yet with one Apple wonne to loose that breath,

      It only took one apple to lose your breath and die.

    9. But surely Adam cannot be excus’d, Her fault, though great, yet he was most too blame

      Although it was Eve's fault, it was also Adam's fault as well. She was not letting him get out of being blamed as he caused the fall of men as well.

    10. Our Mother Eue, who tasted of the Tree, Giuing to Adam what she held most deare

      Eve ate the apple from the tree in order to share the knowledge she had learned with Adam.

    11. wo- men

      I'm confused. Is the dash here emphasizing that women should be treated equally as men?

    12. daies

      This means "days." This is getting really difficult to understand with all of the different word spellings.

    13. Mother of succeeding Kings

      The Queen has had sons who have been good Kings. She is thought of as gracious in regard of her sons.

    14. vntill

      Old-English way of saying "until." This reading seems to have lots of different ways to spell words than the way we spell them now.

  2. Mar 2021
    1. fiend

      An evil spirit or demon.

    2. No, precious creature; I had rather crack my sinews, break my back, Than you should such dishonour undergo, While I sit lazy by.

      This shows that Ferdinand really loves Miranda. He would rather get himself hurt than see Miranda bear his logs.

    3. Prithee

      Please

    4. I have no ambition To see a goodlier man.

      She does not desire to find another man, she wants Ferdinand.

    5. O dear father!

      Only the third man Miranda has seen and she has fell in love, yet her father does not like him. He will not approve, but Miranda is trying to tell her father not to harm him.

    6. And his more braver daughter

      Wow, he is saying that Miranda is braver than him. He is a good father to be talking about his daughter like that. He thinks very highly of her.

    7. I might call him A thing divine; for nothing natural I ever saw so noble.

      This is the start to the love story between Miranda and Ferdinand as she is describing how she has never seen someone like him. She is instantly falling in love.

    8. vile

      Morally bad, wicked

    9. Abhorred

      Regard with disgust and hatred.

    10. Twelve year since, Miranda, twelve year since, Thy father was the Duke of Milan, and A prince of power.

      Is he telling her that he is not her father? If he is not her father, did her real father die?

    11. You have often Begun to tell me what I am, but stopp’d,

      It seems that Prospero was always interrupted or too busy to finish conversations with his daughter.

    12. you have Put the wild waters in this roar, allay them.

      Miranda is telling Prospero that he caused the uproar and now he is the one that needs to fix it.

    13. allay

      Diminish or put at rest

    14. Tempest

      A violent storm

    15. silence!

      This is interesting how it is a command and the "s" is not capitalized.

    16. some scholars and critics are now arguing that this play could be classified as a romance

      I agree with this as I think it should be classified as a romance because of the love at first sight between Ferdinand and Miranda. I don't quite see how it is a comedy.

    17. Prospero creates the tempest that wrecks the ship that King Alonso and Antonio are on.

      Antonio's plan backfired on him. Now he is stuck on the island that Prospero and his daughter are on.

    1. paragon

      A person or thing regarded as a perfect example of a particular quality. In this case it is excellence.

    2. but ride him not into the water: ride him over hedge or ditch, or where thou wilt, but not into the water

      I wonder what would happen if he went in the water with the horse.

    3. ON THESE CONDITIONS

      Why is this in all caps? Is it an exaggeration?

    4. Is it unwilling I should write this bill?

      If he is questioning it, then maybe he should rethink his decision to give up his soul to the devil. He should listen to the good angel.

    5. My blood congeals

      His blood clotted which prevented him from being able to sign the bill.

    6. GOOD ANGEL and EVIL ANGEL.

      He has two contradicting voices going through his head. The good angel does not want him to make the agreement with Mephistophilis and the evil angel does.

    7. I’d give them all for Mephistophilis.

      Wow he really wants more power. He would give up all of his souls just for power and knowledge. To think he was going to take his life in the beginning and now he will do anything to gain power.

    8. ravish’d

      To seize and take away by violence.

    9. THE POPE.

      There must be some type of significance with some of the characters in this story because some are in all caps. Maybe they are superior.

    10. While everything becomes possible to Doctor Faustus, he never uses his power for good; he becomes selfish, rude, and inconsiderate of why he wanted the power in the first place.

      If he was going to abuse his power, why would he make an agreement with the devil to give away his soul in 24 years? Seems a little backwards to me.

    11. He asks Mephistophilis questions concerning the universe, creation, and higher powers and all of Mephistophilis’ answers are very evasive which serve to alert Faustus that he might have made a mistake in making a deal with Lucifer.

      So Mephistophilis does not really have the knowledge that Faustus wants? He does not even give him good answers.

    12. Faustus ignores all signs and formally makes a deal with the devil.

      Why would he ignore the good angel, they just want him to be happy. I guess this was his best chance at gaining more knowledge. Was there no one else he could seek the knowledge he wanted?

    13. Lucifer agrees to give the doctor all of the knowledge he desires for the next twenty-four years.

      The number of years the devil will give knowledge to Faustus is interesting. How old would he be in 24 years?

    14. Faust is the story of a man who falls into a depression as he becomes bored and unsatisfied with his life as a scholar.

      This story seems like it would have been written today. Depression still occurs to this day.

  3. earlybritishlit.pressbooks.com earlybritishlit.pressbooks.com
    1. If his reckoning be not clear when he do come

      This means that you should confess your sins before you die, so that you can go to heaven.

    2. Now the soul is taken the body fro; Thy reckoning is crystal-clear.

      Since Everyman went to confession to confess his sins and ask for forgiveness the Angel welcomes him into heaven.

    3. Alas, I am so faint I may not stand

      He is slowly dying and hopes his people will accompany him in heaven.

    4. incontinent

      Lacking self-restraint, uncontrolled

    5. garment of sorrow

      Knowledge gives Everyman a garment that will represent his shame for sinning.

    6. scourges

      A whip used as a form of punishment

    7. Everyman, I will go with thee, and be thy guide, In thy most need to go by thy side.

      Finally, someone who says yes and will now guide Everyman to confession.

    8. Nay, not so, I am too brittle,

      Everyone he has asked to go with him has said that they cannot.

    9. No, by our Lady; I have the cramp in my toe.

      This does not seem like a good enough excuse to back out.

    10. My Cousin, will you not with me go?

      Is this him asking if his cousin will go with him to confession to ask for forgiveness?

    11. celestial

      Belonging or relating to heaven.

    12. A pilgrimage he must on him take,

      I am confused on what he is asking of Everyman. Does it mean he has to find someone to go with him?

    13. I may say Death giveth no warning:

      Everyman did not get any notice that Death was coming. Death comes out of nowhere and strikes on Everyman.

    14. I set not by gold, silver, nor riches,

      Death cannot be bribed in any way. Not even with expensive materials. If God sent him to kill someone he will obey him.

    15. And defer this matter till another day.

      Everyman is trying to bribe Death to wait and kill him some other time. Everyman is not prepared to die.

    16.  What desireth God of me?

      It is interesting that Everyman has no clue why Death has come for him. Does he not know that he was disrespecting God by sinning?

    17. Where art thou, Death, thou mighty messenger

      God calls Death to come to Everyman because they need punishment for sinning.

    18. They thank me not for the pleasure that I to them meant,

      Instead of appreciating what he has done for them, Everyman is continuing to sin.

    19. saith

      Archaic third person singular present of say.

    20. transitory

      Not permanent, only temporary

  4. Feb 2021
    1. You’ll get my absolution while you kneel.

      He is tricking people into believing that he was given the power to free them of their sins, so that they can live freely.

    2. For which, and that anon, lay dead these two.

      Now who gets the treasure? All three of the men have tried to murder each other and now they are all dead.

    3. The third man agrees with himself how to divide the treasure

      I find it that anytime there is a group of three working together, one person always gets left out. Two people end up teaming up on the other one. To see that it has been like that since this time period that is insane.

    4. two of us shall guard

      They do not want anyone to steal their treasure. Are they sending the other man out to get food just so that they can plan out how to kill him to get more money to themselves?

    5. The three men urge the old man to tell where to find Death

      Why are they referring to Death as a person? They are trying to go out and find Death.

    6. drank beyond their might

      Did the people drinking too much have an influence on who the Pardoner went after? Did he take advantage of those who were drunk?

    7. I will have money, wool, and cheese, and wheat, Though it be given by the poorest page, Or by the poorest widow in village,

      The Pardoner only seems to care about himself and is very greedy. He wants to take money away from everyone especially poor people, so they he can have anything he wants. With all of his earnings from lying to people he can afford all he has ever wanted because he earns lots of money.

    8. Is all my preaching, thus to make them free

      He says he does this to make the people free from the sins they have committed, but does he even have the authority to do that? He is just tricking everyone especially those who are not educated. He is only doing it, so that he can get more money.

    9. absolve

      To free people of their sin.

    10. cardinal

      An official in the Catholic Church that ranks right below the Pope.

    11. Death

      Why is this capitalized? Is it because it refers to the Black Death and they just shortened it calling it Death?

    12. he would willingly trick vulnerable people like widows and their hungry children

      This is so cruel. While they can barely afford food, he is taking away their only money by tricking them.

    13. vices

      Bad behavior

    14. bestow

      Confer or present a right, honor, or gift

    1. Whom I took all for love, and not riches

      He was one of the rare ones out of her five husbands who she did not love for his money. It seemed as if she genuinely loved him for who he was.

    2. Has taken away my beauty

      Time has made her age and taken away her beauty. She has enjoyed living on her own time, but she is now starting to age. She can see it that her body is changing.

    3. He never should have frightened me from drink

      He fourth husband should have never not allowed her to drink. She believed that she has the right to drink, and also however much she wants. She did not want him to ever scare her for drinking too much.

    4. mirth

      AA BB rhyme scheme with "mirth" and "birth." Then with "give" and "live."

    5. caterwaul

      To make a shrill howling or wailing noise like a cat.

    6. some men desire us for our gold, Some for our shape and some for fairness told: 265 And some, that she can either sing or dance

      Men are only attracted to women that are pretty. They only look for their physical features and not who they really are. They do not care about their personality only their looks and talents.

    7. knave

      A dishonest man. A villain.

    8. melancholy

      A feeling of pensive sadness usually without an obvious cause.

    9. The three were good men and were rich and old.

      Her three husbands that she liked spoiled her with their money and because they were old it sounds like they gave her whatever he wanted. It still seems crazy that she was married to five men.

    10. bade

      Ordered or commanded

    11. Thus, by this same example, showed he me I never should have married more than once.

      She realizes that because of the Lord's example, she should have only married once instead of five times. She begins to realize what she did wrong.

    12. sovereignty

      Supreme power or authority. The answer to what women want most is to have dominant power in a relationship and to be given full control.

    13. She gives him the answer to the question and shares it with the Queen. She is pleased and releases him so his life is spared.

      What was the answer to the Queen's question? Is it that women most desire men doing anything they ask them to?

    14. bewildered

      Confused

    15. married five times

      Was it common for women to get married multiple times?

    1. The beauty of the lady that I see

      How does he already know that they will get married if he had only seen her walk through the garden? I guess looks was the only thing that mattered because he never even met Emily.

    2. Oh, well has Fortune turned for you the dice, Who have the sight of her, I the absence.

      Arcite realizes how lucky Palamon was to win Emily. It it like Palamon won the lottery because he got the girl of his dreams and Acrite is living in sorrow knowing that Emily is not his love.

    3. To me, who am your cousin and your brother

      I was wondering earlier in the story if Arcite and Palamon were related in any way.

    4. To Athens, there in prison cell to lie

      I'm confused. If the two knights were wounded why were they sent to a prison cell until they die. Why wouldn't anyone help them? Were they an enemy? If Theseus was just willing to help the women whose husbands were wrongfully buried why would he not help heal the men instead of locking them up?

    5. Pierced through with many a grievous, bloody wound

      The two knights were severely wounded.

    6. And in his arms he took them tenderly, 100 Giving them comfort understandingly

      Theseus was hugging the women to comfort them because when they told him about their husbands burials he felt their sorrow. He felt bad for the women as he was thinking what he could do to help them.

    7. And let our sorrows sink into your heart!

      The two women are wanting Theseus to feel in his heart how sad they are and they want him to do something about it.

    8. But sets his dogs to eat them

      This is disturbing. How was it even a thing that men's lives that were taken at war were not allowed to be buried or cremated, but they were able to be eaten by dogs? This sounds horrific.

    9. woe

      Great sorrow and distress

    10. A company of ladies, two by two, Knelt, all in black

      The women were dressed in all black because they were mourning their husbands death. Black symbolizes death and is a common color worn at funerals.

    11. Disturb my triumph with this dolorous thing?”

      Theseus feels disturbed by the two women interrupting his victory with their crying. I think he is selfishly thinking how dare you interrupt my victory.

    12. Once on a time

      A common phrase that starts off many fairy tales.

    13. courtly

      Very polite or refined

    14. envies

      A feeling of discontented or resentful longing aroused by someone else's luck. Palamon was jealous of Arcite because he thought he had a better chance with Emelye if he was not banished.

    1. boon

      A favor or request

    2. forsooth

      Indeed. It is used to express surprise.

    3. descry

      To notice

    4. quaked

      To shake or tremble.

    5. ‘Christ’s Cross me speed!’

      I am confused on what this means. I get that he thinks that he did something wrong, but confused on how to interpret this.

    6. quoth

      Said

    7. bridle

      Headgear that is used to control a horse. It consists of buckled straps and the reins are attached to it.

    8. ermine

      I am confused. This is a stout in its white winter coat. Does he have a stout on him or is it referring to the white coat? Are they saying his coat is bright white?

    9. And all garbed in green this giant and his gear: a straight coat full tight that stuck to his sides, a magnificent mantle above, masked within with pelts pared pertly, the garment agleam with blithe ermine full bright,

      The knight was well dressed.

    10. the first course in the court duly served

      Did they receive four course meals everyday?

    11. Each his load as he liked himself, there ladled and nothing loath

      They had plenty enough food as everyone had more than one plate full of food.

    12. But Arthur would not eat till all were served

      That was kind of him to wait and eat until everyone else had their food especially since he was the king. This is also a tradition and an appropriate thing to do to this day. Even now people wait for everyone to get their food before they begin eating as it is the polite thing to do.

    13. devise

      To plan or invent with careful thought.

    14. Round Table

      This was mentioned in the previous reading, "Romances of Marie de France." Why is this capitalized? Is it because the people at the Round Table are superior?

    15. the beheaded knight picks his head up

      Is this knight some kind of monster? If he cut his head off how is he not dead? Is this a fantasy where he can pick his head up and come back to life? Do they never die?

    16. Dutifully

      In an obedient manner that is motivated by duty instead of desire. Gawain did it as a duty for his lord.

    17. Gawain, concerned for his lord’s honor, steps in and agrees to the contest.

      Gawain is very brave to be stepping in King Arthur's place to compete in the beheading game with the Green Knight.

    1. she and her second lord together, to seek a more abiding city, and were no more seen

      Bisclavaret's wife left him and found another lord as they ventured to a different city, so that she would not be attacked again. They were never seen again after they left.

    2. raiment

      Clothes

    3. revelry

      Loud festivities, parties

    4. mirth

      Amusement usually expressed as laughter

    5. gallant

      Brave and heroic

    6. “Wife, I become Bisclavaret

      Now that he told her, what will happen to him? Assuming she keeps the information to herself and does not share it with anyone how will anyone know that he told his wife?

    7. How may the knowledge of one who loves so closely, bring you to harm?”

      He cannot even tell his wife where he is going. What will happen to him if he tells his wife where he has been going?

    8. Neither did any of his house know the business which called him forth.

      No one knew where he was for those three days every week that he would disappear to. Was he cheating on his wife? Was he killing people or eating them because he was a werewolf?

    9. heed

      Pay attention to or to notice

    10. one of the maidens delivered the message with which she was charged.

      How did the maidens know exactly where Launfal was? He was just laying on the ground in a meadow and there was no one around.

    11. he stood upon his feet

      Did he just jump to his feet quickly to be a gentlemen and greet the women? He was just uneasy laying down on the ground thinking about all of his thoughts in his head.

    12. These two maidens were richly dressed in kirtles closely laced and shapen to their persons and wore mantles of a goodly purple hue. Sweet and dainty were the damsels, alike in raiment and in face.

      The imagery described here implies that he was attracted to these women and he was wondering if they were going to go to him and talk.

    13. forgotten and misliked of the King

      I'm confused was Launfal forgotten and misliked by the king or was the king forgotten and misliked by Launfal?

    14. Knights of the Round Table

      These people seem very important and high up in status.

    15. removed to Wales

      Was King Arthur forced to leave Wales to somewhere else or was he forced to be in Wales? Why did he have to be relocated?