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Do you think that his contempt shall not be bruising to you, when he hath power to crush?

PLAY: Coriolanus ACT/SCENE: 2.2 SPEAKER: Brutus CONTEXT: BRUTUS
Did you perceive
He did solicit you in free contempt
When he did need your loves, and do you think
That his contempt shall not be bruising to you,
When he hath power to crush? Why, had your bodies
No heart among you? or had you tongues to cry
Against the rectorship of judgement?
SICINIUS
Have you
Ere now denied the asker? and now again
Of him that did not ask, but mock, bestow
Your sued-for tongues?
THIRD CITIZEN
He’s not confirm’d; we may deny him yet.
SECOND CITIZEN
And will deny him:
I’ll have five hundred voices of that sound.
FIRST CITIZEN
I twice five hundred and their friends to piece ’em.
BRUTUS
Get you hence instantly, and tell those friends,
They have chose a consul that will from them take
Their liberties; make them of no more voice
Than dogs that are as often beat for barking
As therefore kept to do so. DUTCH: Toonde hij
U duid’lijk zijn verachting, toen hij vroeg,
Uw gunst behoefde, en denkt gij: zijn verachting
Zal niet meer kwetsen, als hij eens de macht
Tot uw verbrijz’ling heeft? MORE: Free=Clear, open
Rectorship=Governance
Judgement=Reason
Ere now=Ever before
Sued-for=Requested
Piece=Make up their number
Compleat:
Free=Vrij, openhartig
Rectorship=Een oppervoogdyschap
Judgement=Gevoelen, verstand
To sue=Voor ‘t recht roepen, in recht vervolgen; iemand om iets aanloopen
To piece=Lappen, een lap op zetten Topics: betrayal

Categories: betrayal, Coriolanus|

We do not know what’s brought to pass under the profession of fortune-telling

PLAY: The Merry Wives of Windsor
ACT/SCENE:
SPEAKER: Ford
CONTEXT:
FORD
A witch, a quean, an old cozening quean! Have I not
forbid her my house? She comes of errands, does
she? We are simple men; we do not know what’s
brought to pass under the profession of
fortune-telling. She works by charms, by spells,
by the figure, and such daubery as this is, beyond
our element we know nothing. Come down, you witch,
you hag, you; come down, I say!

DUTCH:
Wij zijn onnoozele mannen
wij weten niet, wat er binnengesmokkeld wordt;
onder de leus van waar te zeggen.

MORE:
Quean=Slang for a prostitute
Cozen=To cheat
Profession=Professed purpose, pretence
Figure=Effigy
Daubery=Trickery
Beyond our element=Beyond our ken
Compleat:
Quean=Hoer, slons, sloery
Cozen=Bedriegen
He doth not live up to his profession=Hy beleeft niet het gene dat hy belydt
Figure=Voorbeeldsel, afbeeldsel
Dawber=Bestryker; vleyer
Element=Hoofstoffe, beginsel

Topics: betrayal|fate/destiny|deceit

Categories: betrayal, deceit, The Merry Wives of Windsor|

Setting the attractions of my good parts aside, I have no other charms

PLAY: The Merry Wives of Windsor
ACT/SCENE:
SPEAKER: Falstaff
CONTEXT:
MISTRESS QUICKLY
Ay, forsooth; and then you may come and see the
picture, she says, that you wot of: Master Ford,
her husband, will be from home. Alas! the sweet
woman leads an ill life with him: he’s a very
jealousy man: she leads a very frampold life with
him, good heart.
FALSTAFF
Ten and eleven. Woman, commend me to her; I will
not fail her.
MISTRESS QUICKLY
Why, you say well. But I have another messenger to
your worship. Mistress Page hath her hearty
commendations to you too: and let me tell you in
your ear, she’s as fartuous a civil modest wife, and
one, I tell you, that will not miss you morning nor
evening prayer, as any is in Windsor, whoe’er be the
other: and she bade me tell your worship that her
husband is seldom from home; but she hopes there
will come a time. I never knew a woman so dote upon
a man: surely I think you have charms, la; yes, in
truth.
FALSTAFF
Not I, I assure thee: setting the attractions of my
good parts aside I have no other charms.

DUTCH:
Ik, neen, dat verzeker ik je; behalve de aantrekkelijkheid
van mijn persoon en mijn eigenschappen, heb ik
geen andere toovermiddelen.

MORE:
Frampold=Unhappy
Fartuous=Virtuous
Miss you=Miss, fail to attend
Parts=Qualities

Topics: appearance|virtue|betrayal

Categories: appearance, betrayal, The Merry Wives of Windsor|

Boys of art, I have deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong places

PLAY: The Merry Wives of Windsor
ACT/SCENE:
SPEAKER: Host
CONTEXT:
HOST
Peace, I say! hear mine host of the Garter. Am I
politic? am I subtle? am I a Machiavel? Shall I
lose my doctor? no; he gives me the potions and the
motions. Shall I lose my parson, my priest, my Sir
Hugh? no; he gives me the proverbs and the
no-verbs. Give me thy hand, terrestrial; so. Give me
thy hand, celestial; so. Boys of art, I have
deceived you both; I have directed you to wrong
places: your hearts are mighty, your skins are
whole, and let burnt sack be the issue. Come, lay
their swords to pawn. Follow me, lads of peace;
follow, follow, follow.

DUTCH:
Kinderen der wijsheid, ik heb u beiden bedrogen; ik heb u op verkeerde plaatsen besteld; en daar staat gij nu met heldenharten en heelshuids; en laat nu gebrande sek het einde zijn.

MORE:
Garter=Name of the inn
Politic=Devious
Subtle=Crafty, treacherous
Proverbs=Parables
No-verbs=Interdictions
Terrestrial=Priest
Celestial=Doctor
Art=Learning
Burnt sack=Heated wine
Issue=Outcome
Compleat:
Politick (or cunning)=Slim, schrander, doorsleepen
Subtle=Listig, loos, sneedig, spitsvindig
Proverb=Een spreuk, spreekwoord, byspreuk
Artful=Konstig, loos
Sack=Sek, een soort van sterke wyn

Topics: betrayal|conspiracy|deceit|learning/education|manipulation

Categories: betrayal, deceit, learning/education, manipulation, The Merry Wives of Windsor|

He gives me the proverbs and the no-verbs

DUTCH:
Zou ik mijn eerwaarde, mijn priester, mijn Sir Hugo kwijtraken? Neen, hij geeft mij de spreekwoorden en de nietwoorden.

MORE:
Garter=Name of the inn
Politic=Devious
Subtle=Crafty, treacherous
Proverbs=Parables
No-verbs=Interdictions
Terrestrial=Priest
Celestial=Doctor
Art=Learning
Burnt sack=Heated wine
Issue=Outcome
Compleat:
Subtle=Listig, loos, sneedig, spitsvindig
Politick (or cunning)=Slim, schrander, doorsleepen
Proverb=Een spreuk, spreekwoord, byspreuk
Artful=Konstig, loos
Sack=Sek, een soort van sterke wyn