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This is an easy-to-read retelling of Thomas Middleton and William Rowleys tragedy titled THE CHANGELING.

1.2
The third madman, a Welshman, said, Cat whore, cat whore, her parmasant, her parmasant!
A mouse had eaten his parmesan cheese, and he was insulting the cat for letting it happen.
A cather [cat whore] is dialect for a scaffolding. Gallows have scaffolds. The word comes from the Welsh cader, which can mean wooden frame.
Cat whore is also close in pronunciation to captor.
A stereotype of the Welsh is that they really liked cheese.

4.1
Noting how eager and excited Diaphanta was, Beatrice said to herself:
Alas, the gold is but a by-bet a by-the-way part of the bet to wedge in the honor.
Beatrice was making a bet that she could retain her honor by persuading Diaphanta to take her place on her Beatrices wedding night. The gold was only a small part of the bet a by-bet because Beatrice was aware that Diaphanta wanted to sleep with Alsemero; Beatrices alas showed that Beatrice was aware of that.
The money was an excuse for Diaphanta to agree to sleep with Alsemero without acknowledging that she wanted to sleep with Alsemero.
It is not a good idea to let a boss know that you want to sleep with her husband. It is better to let her think that you want the money. Beatrice was taking this into account and making sure that Diaphanta had an excuse to sleep with Beatrices husband an excuse that Diaphanta believed would not upset Beatrice.
The money would wedge in the honor. It would tighten and make firmer Diaphantas agreement to give up her honor by giving Beatrice an excuse for Diaphanta to sleep with Alsemero that Diaphanta believed would not upset Beatrice. It would also allow Beatrice to retain a reputation for honesty. Honor can be wordplay for on her, and Beatrice would allow Alsemero to be on Diaphanta.

4.2
Deflores said:
No, no, she is a pretty, easy, round-packed sinner
Easy can mean of easy virtue. But an easy sinner is a person who commits small sins: sins that cause little discomfort.
Round-packed may mean with feminine curves or pleasantly plumb, or it may mean that a round circle of her body is frequently packed with a penis.

4.3
Disguised as a madwoman, Isabella then said:
Let me suck out those billows in thy belly.
If he had been in the sea, he would have swallowed a lot of water and had billows of it in his stomach.
A billow is a great swelling wave.
In this society, an alternate spelling of billow was bellow.
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, one definition of Bellows is figurative. Applied to that which blows up or fans the fire of passion, discord, etc.
A penis can fan the fire of passion. Certainly, the production of semen involves fanning the fire of passion.
If semen can be likened to water, then
Hmm.
The author of this retelling is shocked. Really. I am.

5.1
Beatrice continued:
Some ill thing haunts the house. It has left behind a shivering sweat upon me: Im afraid now. This night has been so tedious and long and vexatious.
Oh, this strumpet! Even if she had a thousand lives, he should not leave her until he had destroyed the last.
This was ambiguous:

Who is he?
What does destroyed mean?
In the slang of the time, to die meant to have an orgasm.
One meaning: Even if she had a thousand lives, Alsemero would give Diaphanta a thousand orgasms.
Another meaning: Even if she had a thousand lives, Deflores would murder Diaphanta a thousand times.

5.3
Let me go to her, sir, Deflores said.
Alsemero replied:
Indeed, you shall go to her.
He called to Beatrice:
Peace, crying crocodile; your sounds are heard. Silence!
Crocodile tears are fake tears.
He then said to Deflores:
Take your prey to you. Get you in to her, sir.
In to can sound like into, in which case Get you into her, sir is an invitation for Deflores to have sex with Beatrice.

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David Bruce