Notes for Shakespeare's Sonnet 134


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1. confess'd: acknowledged.

2. mortgaged: pledged against a doubtful outcome.   will: (1) wishes (2) pleasure, especially sexual.

3. so: provided that.   that other mine: my other self (my best friend).

5. will not: does not will to.

6. kind: generous.

7. surety-like: as a guarantor.   write: endorse.

8. bond: mortgage.   bind: rope or chain.

9. statute: full amount secured under bond; security (of a usurer).

10. use: (1) interest. (2) sexual activity.

11. came: who became.

12. my unkind abuse: your unkind deceiving of me; unnatural ill-usage.