Wittenberg-

The famous university where Martin Luther studied, as did Shakespeare's Hamlet and Horatio. "Rhodes": Roda, or Stadtroda, in Germany.

Graced-

Grazed. In line 17 "graced" means permission to proceed to a degree.

Disputes-

TDisputations, academic exercises that took the place of examinations.

Bliss-

The salvation of his soul.

Bene disserere est finis logices-

To carry on a disputation well is the end or purpose of logic. "Analytics": the title of two treatises on logic by Aristotle.

Galen-

The ancient authority on medicine (2nd century a.d). The Greek means, "Being and not being," i.e. philosophy.

ubi desinit philosophus, ibi incipit medicus-

"Where the philosopher leaves off the physician begins".

Justinian-

Roman emperor and authority on law (483-565 a.d), author of the Institutes.

Alter rem alter valorem rei etc-

If something is bequeathed to two persons, one shall have the thing itself, the other something of equal value.

Exhereditare filium non potest pater nisi-

A father cannot disinherit his son usless...

Jerome's Bible-

The Latin translation, or "Vulgate", of St. Jerome.

artisan-

A master of the occult arts, such as necromancy.

Jove-

God, a common subsitution in Elizabethan drama.

conceit-

Filled with the idea.

schools-

The university lecture rooms.

Prince of Parma-

The duke of Parma was the Spanish governor-general of the Low Countries, 1579-92.

Indian Moors-

Dark-skinned native Americans

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