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Notes on Act V, scene i
Aragonian brethren: the Duke and the Cardinal
misdoubt: have my doubts (as will most of the audience; Antonio appears very naive at this point)
repair: return
in cheat: subject to return to the lord only if the tenant dies without an heir or commits a major crime
invested in your revenues: take hold of lands that were Antonio's
heretic: unbeliever, skeptic
whither it is flying: to find out where your land is going
demesnes: additional land
fortify: strengthen themselves at his expense
bound: in friendship
ruddier: redder, more healthy
salary: payment to the Cardinal's whore
fright impudence: Pescara's honesty and integrity would frighten off the boldest beggars.
frenzy: madness
once: Antonio refers to the encounter in Act III, scene ii; he obviously does not yet know of the Duchess' death or of their children, or he would not be in such an amiable mood.
own shape: without a disguise
fraight: abounding with
infamous calling: this life of disgrace
falling: from Montaigne, Essays 1.32
howe'er: whatever happens
