footnotes+a1s2

5 **surfeit**- an excessive amount Nerissa thinks that Portia is sick because she has always had more than she needed. Now that she cannot chose the thing that she wants most, she is sick to her stomach because she cannot choose. CP

43 **deaths head**- the skull of a human head While she is choosing the suitors that she hopes that will come, Portia says she would rather be married to a skull than to have the French lord, Monsieur Le Bon, win her. CP

66 **surety-**security against loss or damage or for the fulfillment of an obligation, the payment of a debt, etc.; a pledge, guaranty, or bond. A Frenchman received a free blow to an Englishman's ear, and the Englishman swore to repay him when he was able. CP

70 **vilely-** hyperbole repulsive or disgusting, as to the senses or feelings. Portia says that the Duke of Saxony's nephew is quite disgusting in the mornings when he is sober, but when he is at his worst, he is little better than a beast. CP

79 **Rhenish wine**- any of several white wines from the Rhine River valley in Germany The duke of Saxony's nephew is a drunk, so Portia hopes that he picks a casket with a glass of wine, and not her picture. CP

87 **as old as Sibylla-**simile In classical mythology the sibyl (= prophetess) of Cumae was granted as many years of life as she could hold grains of sand in her hand. Portia fears she will live forever, if she were to never marry. CP

89 **parcel-** an object, article, container, or quantity of something wrapped or packed up; small package; bundle. Portia is glad that the **group** (parcel) of wooers is somewhat reasonable, and willl probably leave promptly because they do not want to take the test. CP