And then the Damzell, the sad Samient, / Should as his purchast prize with him convay / Unto the Souldans court […].

His girl—the one he has been trying unsuccessfully to put the make on—hears the longing and the edge of desperation in his voice and kisses him on the cheek.

A lounge lizard is a phrase meaning that someone is lazy, like a lizard, because the person is sitting on a couch or armchair.]

It broke up when it hit the ground.