a. born under a hedge,lowly born,ofmean birth在樹籬下面誕生的，出身下賤的，出身卑賤。 hedge-born swain: rustic of mean birth出身卑賤的村夫。 △1H.VI.4.1.43:“Be quite degraded,like ahedge-born swain / That doth presume to boast ofgentle blood.”被徹底降級(jí)，像一個(gè)膽敢吹噓自己高貴血統(tǒng)的下賤村夫。