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QUOTES FROM THE BARD
Who cannot be crushed with a plot?
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER: Parolles
CONTEXT:
FIRST SOLDIER
You are undone, captain, all but your scarf; that has a knot on’t yet
PAROLLES
Who cannot be crushed with a plot?
FIRST SOLDIER
If you could find out a country where but women were
that had received so much shame, you might begin an
impudent nation. Fare ye well, sir; I am for France too: we shall speak of you there.
PAROLLES
Yet am I thankful if my heart were great
‘Twould burst at this. Captain I’ll be no more;
But I will eat and drink, and sleep as soft
As captain shall: simply the thing I am
Shall make me live. Who knows himself a braggart,
Let him fear this; for it will come to pass
That every braggart shall be found an ass.
Rust, sword! cool, blushes! and, Parolles, live
Safest in shame! being fooled, by foolery thrive!
There ‘s place and means for every man alive.
I’ll after them.
DUTCH:
Wie kan niet door een complot vernietigd worden?
MORE:
Impudent=Shameless
Braggart=Boaster
Found an ass=Shown to be an ass
Shame=Dishonour, disgrace
Compleat:
Impudent=Onbeschaamd, schaamteloos
Braggart, braggard or Braggadochio=Een pocher, Blaaskaak
Shame (reproach, ignominy)=Schande
Topics: conspiracy, loyalty
Let us assay our plot; which, if it speed, is wicked meaning in a lawful deed
PLAY: All’s Well that Ends Well
ACT/SCENE: 3.7
SPEAKER: Helen
CONTEXT:
WIDOW
I have yielded:
Instruct my daughter how she shall persever,
That time and place with this deceit so lawful
May prove coherent. Every night he comes
With musics of all sorts and songs composed
To her unworthiness: it nothing steads us
To chide him from our eaves; for he persists
As if his life lay on’t.
HELEN
Why then to-night
Let us assay our plot; which, if it speed,
Is wicked meaning in a lawful deed
And lawful meaning in a lawful act,
Where both not sin, and yet a sinful fact:
But let’s about it.
DUTCH:
Nu dan, deze’ avond
De zaak beproefd; en zoo ‘t gelukt, begaat
Een boosgezind gemoed een goede daad.
MORE:
Persever=Persevere
Coherent=Fitting
Stead=Assist (we have nothing to gain)
Lay=Depended
Assay=Attempt
Speed=Succeed
Fact=Deed, crime
Compleat:
Persevere=Volharden, volstandig blyven
Coherent=’t Zamenhangende
To stand in good stead=Dienstelyk zyn, goeden dienst doen
That will not stand them in stead=Dat zal hen niet te passe komen; ‘t zal hen niet baaten
To speed=Voortspoeden, voorspoedig zyn, wel gelukken
The business speeds well=Die zaak spoeit wel voort
Fact=Daad, feyt
Topics: conspiracy, plans/intentions
There is but one mind in all these men
PLAY: Julius Caesar
ACT/SCENE: 2.3
SPEAKER: Artemidorus
CONTEXT:
ARTEMIDORUS
“Caesar, beware of Brutus. Take heed of Cassius. Come not near Casca. Have an eye to Cinna. Trust not Trebonius. Mark well Metellus Cimber. Decius Brutus loves thee not. Thou hast wronged Caius Ligarius. There is but one mind in all these men, and it is bent against Caesar. If thou beest not immortal, look about you. Security gives way to conspiracy. The mighty gods defend thee!
Thy lover,
Artemidorus”
Here will I stand till Caesar pass along,
And as a suitor will I give him this.
My heart laments that virtue cannot live
Out of the teeth of emulation.
If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayst live.
If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive.
DUTCH:
Slechts een geest leeft in al deze mannen,
en die is tegen Caesar gekeerd.
MORE:
Look about you=Keep your eyes open, take care
Security=Over-confidence
Suitor=Petitioner
Out of the teeth=Beyond the reach
Emulation=Rivalry, envy
Contrive=Conspire
Compleat:
To look about=Rondom zien, omkyken
Secure (fearless or careless)=Onbevreest, zorgeloos
Suiter in chancery=een Pleiter in de Kanselarij
Emulation=Haayver, volgzucht, afgunst
To contrive=Bedenken, verzinnen, toestellen
Burgersdijk notes:
Caesar, neem u in acht enz. Plutarchus bericht, dat zekere Artemidorus, een rhetor uit Cnidos, die van de samenzwering kennis had gekregen, aan Caesar bij zijn gang naar de Senaatszitting een klein geschrift overreikte, waarin hij hem de noodigste inlichtingen gaf en zeer aandrong, dat Caesar, dit onmiddellijk lezen zou. Deze beproefde het verscheidene keeren, maar werd er in verhinderd door de menigte volks, dat hem begroette.
Topics: conspiracy, defence, envy, unity/collaboration
Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough to mask thy monstrous visage? Seek none, conspiracy. Hide it in smiles and affability.
PLAY: Julius Caesar
ACT/SCENE: 2.1
SPEAKER: Lucius
CONTEXT:
LUCIUS
No, sir. Their hats are plucked about their ears,
And half their faces buried in their cloaks,
That by no means I may discover them
By any mark of favour.
BRUTUS
Let ’em enter.
They are the faction. O conspiracy,
Shamest thou to show thy dangerous brow by night
When evils are most free? O, then by day
Where wilt thou find a cavern dark enough
To mask thy monstrous visage? Seek none, conspiracy.
Hide it in smiles and affability.
For if thou path, thy native semblance on,
Not Erebus itself were dim enough
To hide thee from prevention.
DUTCH:
O gij, samenzwering!
Schroomt gij uw dreigend voorhoofd ‘s nachts to toonen,
Wanneer het kwaad vrij omgaat? Waar dan vindt gij
Bij dag een grot, wier zwart uw monsteraanschijn
Genoeg vermomt? O zoek niet, samenzwering ;
Een glimlach zij uw mom en vriend’lijkheid
MORE:
Proverb: Fair face foul heart
Plucked about=Pulled down over
Discover=Identify
Mark of favour=Feature, identifying mark
Dangerous=Threatening
Native semblance=True appearance
Prevention=Being stopped (recognised)
Compleat:
Plucked=Gerukt
Discover=Ontdekken, bespeuren, aan ‘t licht brengen
Semblance=Gelykenis, schyn
Prevention=Voorkoming, verhoeding, verhinderen
Topics: proverbs and idioms, deceit, appearance, conspiracy
Let not our looks put on our purposes
PLAY: Julius Caesar
ACT/SCENE: 2.1
SPEAKER: Brutus
CONTEXT:
CASSIUS
The morning comes upon ’s. We’ll leave you, Brutus.
—And, friends, disperse yourselves. But all remember
What you have said, and show yourselves true Romans.
BRUTUS
Good gentlemen, look fresh and merrily.
Let not our looks put on our purposes,
But bear it as our Roman actors do,
With untired spirits and formal constancy.
And so good morrow to you every one.
BRUTUS
Boy! Lucius!—Fast asleep? It is no matter.
Enjoy the honey-heavy dew of slumber.
Thou hast no figures nor no fantasies,
Which busy care draws in the brains of men.
Therefore thou sleep’st so sound.
DUTCH:
En, wakk’re mannen, vroolijk rondgeblikt;
Draagt op uw voorhoofd niet uw plan ten toon;
Neen, zet het door, als helden op ‘t tooneel,
Met onbezweken geest en kalm gemoed.
MORE:
Put on=Show
Bear it=Carry ourselves
Formal=Dignified
Constancy=Firm mind
Figures=Illusions
Compleat:
To put on=Aandoen
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Formal=Gestaltig, vormelyk, naauwgezet, gemaakt
Constancy=Standvastigheid, volharding, bestendigheid
Figure=Voorbeeldsel, afbeeldsel
Topics: purpose, appearance, conspiracy, conscience