[466]. provoked: called forth, challenged.
[499, 500]. a sin that Gentiles: supposed to be an allusion to Tantalus, who divulged the secrets of the gods.
[503]. but act not: take not a part in thy own affliction; 'thy' is objective: in afflicting thyself.
[505]. self-preservation bids: i.e. that thou do so.
[509]. his debt: debt to him.
[516]. what offered means: those offered means which.
[528]. blazed: trumpeted abroad.
[531]. affront: a front to front encounter. The word occurs as a noun but once in Shakespeare:
'There was a fourth man in a silly habit,
That gave the affront with them.'—Cymb., V. iii. 87.