Miko: annotations

To reach.

A fool.

A crabapple.

Inexperienced.

“In blood” was a hunting term meaning a vigorous chase.

The sky.

“Haud credo” is Latin for “I don't believe it”. So Holofernes is expressing disagreement with Sir Nathaniel. In the next line, however, Dull misunderstands the phrase and thinks that the last syllable of “credo” refers to “doe” - a female deer. So he says it wasn't a “haud credo”, it was a pricket - a male deer.

A male deer in its fifth year when it has a full set of antlers.

A male deer in its second year when its antlers are still straight.

“Sanguis” is the Latin word for blood. Some scholars suspect Holofernes meant to say “sanguigno” - the Italian word for blood. Henry Irving actually made that change in his edition of Shakespeare.