[405-54] _Earth'd_ means _buried_. [406-55] A _wink_ here means _the least distance_. [406-56] It is difficult to say just what _But doubt discovery there_ means. Antonio says, "But out of your certainty that Ferdinand is drowned, you have a great hope, a hope so high that ambition cannot see anything greater." [406-57] This means _ten leagues farther away than a man can travel in his life_. [406-58] _Can have no note_ means _can receive no word_. [406-59] This clause means _unless the sun carried the mail_. [406-60] _Though some were cast up again._ [406-61] This sentence means, _you and I can manage what is to come_. [407-62] "_Measure us back_," etc., means the same as _Return to us_. [407-63] The word _others_ may be understood after _there be_. [407-64] A _chough_ is a bird of the jackdaw kind. [407-65] This clause means, _I myself could breed a bird to talk as sensibly_. [407-66] This is difficult to understand. Perhaps it means. "And how does your present contentment advance or care for your interest?" [407-67] _Feater_ means _more fittingly_ or _more becomingly_. [408-68] A _kibe_ is a sore on the heel. [408-69] _Candied_ means here the same as crystallized. [408-70] This means, _while you, doing the same thing, might put Gonzalo to continuous sleep forever_. [408-71] _Suggestion_ here means _temptation_. [408-72] _They'll tell the clock to any business_, etc., means _they will speak any words we tell them to_. [408-73] _Draw together_ is _let us draw our swords together_. [409-74] That is, _Why are your swords drawn_? [409-75] This means, _Why do you look so ghastly_? [410-1] _Inch-meal_ means _piece-meal_. [410-2] _Urchin-shows_ are _fairy-shows_. [410-3] _Fire-brand_ refers to will o' the wisp, or dancing balls of light seen sometimes at night in swampy places. People used to think these lights were tended by naughty sprites who lured men into trouble. [410-4] We would now say _sometimes_. [410-5] _Mow_ means _make mouths_ or _grin_. [411-6] _Pricks_, here, means their _prickles_ or _sharp quills_. [411-7] Caliban is a monster, part brute, part human, more fish-like than man-like, probably. He works only when Prospero drives him to it, and he hates his master bitterly in spite of all that the latter has done for him. Now Caliban is under punishment for his wickedness. [411-8] _To bear off_ means _to keep off_. [411-9] A _bombard_ is a black jar or jug to hold liquor. [411-10] _Poor-john_ is an old name for dried and salted _hake_, a kind of fish. [411-11] Trinculo means that any strange beast could be exhibited and make a man's fortune. [412-12] A _gaberdine_ was a coarse outer garment or frock. [412-13] A _swabber_ is a man who scrubs the decks of a ship. [412-14] _Tang_ means _sharp taste_; here it means that Kate spoke sharply.