Miko: annotations

In Greek mythology, Cupid shot arrows tipped with gold to make people fall in love, and tipped with lead to make them dislike each other.

May Day (the first of May). It was custom to celebrate May Day by going to the woods before sunrise and collecting flowers and branches. After dawn, they would return to their homes and adorn their doors and windows with the branches and flowers.

Later in the play, in Act IV, scene 1, Theseus mentions the May Day celebration when he says “No doubt they rose up early to observe the rite of May”.

sneak out of

love's

a sudden fit of temper

Black. From the word “coal”.

Mismatched. This is probably a variant of “misgrafted”, meaning poorly matched like two plants being grafted together.

Momentary. The First Quarto says “momentany”; the First Folio says “momentarie”.

say directly to his face

morally deficient or wicked