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QUOTES FROM THE BARD
It must be a very plausive invention that carries it: they begin to smoke me
ACT/SCENE: 4.1
SPEAKER: Parolles
CONTEXT:
PAROLLES
Ten o’clock: within these three hours ’twill be
time enough to go home. What shall I say I have
done? It must be a very plausive invention that
carries it: they begin to smoke me; and disgraces
have of late knocked too often at my door. I find
my tongue is too foolhardy; but my heart hath the
fear of Mars before it and of his creatures, not
daring the reports of my tongue.
SECOND LORD
This is the first truth that e’er thine own tongue
was guilty of.
DUTCH:
Wat zal ik zeggen, dat ik gedaan heb? Het meet een zeer waarschijnlijke vond zijn, als zij mij helpen zal.
MORE:
Proverb: I will smoke you
Plausive=Plausible
Smoke=Scent (suspect)
Creatures=Soldiers
Daring=Daring to do
Compleat:
Plausible=Op een schoonschynende wyze, met toejuyghinge
Topics: proverbs and idioms, suspicion, honesty, courage
They say, our French lack language to deny
PLAY: All’s Well that Ends Well
ACT/SCENE: 2.1
SPEAKER: King
CONTEXT:
KING
Farewell, young lords; these warlike principles
Do not throw from you: and you, my lords, farewell:
Share the advice betwixt you; if both gain all,
The gift doth stretch itself as ’tis received,
And is enough for both.
FIRST LORD
‘Tis our hope, sir,
After well enter’d soldiers, to return
And find your grace in health.
KING
No, no, it cannot be; and yet my heart
Will not confess he owes the malady
That doth my life besiege. Farewell, young lords;
Whether I live or die, be you the sons
Of worthy Frenchmen: let higher Italy,—
Those bated that inherit but the fall
Of the last monarchy,—see that you come
Not to woo honour, but to wed it; when
The bravest questant shrinks, find what you seek,
That fame may cry you loud: I say, farewell.
SECOND LORD
Health, at your bidding, serve your majesty!
KING
Those girls of Italy, take heed of them:
They say, our French lack language to deny,
If they demand: beware of being captives,
Before you serve.
DUTCH:
Neemt u in acht voor de Italiaansche vrouwen ;
De Franschen, zegt men, weten niet te weig’ren,
Als die iets vragen ; geeft u niet gevangen,
Reeds voor gij strijdt.
MORE:
Warlike=Military
All=Shared, without being divided
Well-entered=Properly initiated
Be you=Act as if you are
Bated=Abated, dwindling
But=Only
Fall=Decline
Questant=Of those on a quest, seeking
Compleat:
Warlike=Strydbaar, oorlogs, krygs
Warlike discipline=Krygstugt
Initiated=Ingewyd, in de eerste gronden onderweezen, in eenig konstgenootschap aangenomen
Bate=Verminderen, afkorten, afslaan
Fall=Val, verval
Quest=Onderzoek [omtrent misdryf]
Topics: integrity, advice, legacy, courage
Our dearest friend prejudicates the business and would seem to have us make denial
PLAY: All’s Well that Ends Well
ACT/SCENE: 1.2
SPEAKER: King
CONTEXT:
KING
The Florentines and Senoys are by the ears;
Have fought with equal fortune and continue
A braving war.
FIRST LORD
So ’tis reported, sir.
KING
Nay, ’tis most credible; we here received it
A certainty, vouch’d from our cousin Austria,
With caution that the Florentine will move us
For speedy aid; wherein our dearest friend
Prejudicates the business and would seem
To have us make denial.
FIRST LORD
His love and wisdom,
Approved so to your majesty, may plead
For amplest credence.
DUTCH:
En waarschuwt, dat Florence om rasschen bijstand
Ons vragen zal; ja, onze waarde vriend
Spreekt reeds vooruit zijn oordeel uit en wenscht ,
Dat wij het weig’ren.
MORE:
By the ears=In a scuffle
Braving war=Defiant war
Vouched=Affirmed
Move=Urge
Prejudicates=Prejudges
Plead for=Serve as
Compleat:
To set people together by the ears=’t Volk tegen malkanderen ophitsen
To brave=Trotsen, braveeren, trotseeren, moedig treden
To vouch=Staande houden, bewyzen, verzekeren
To move=Verroeren, gaande maaken; voorstellen
Prejudicate=Vooroordeelig, vooringenomen
Leave it to his discretion, and let us listen to the moon
PLAY: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ACT/SCENE: 5.1
SPEAKER: Theseus
CONTEXT:
THESEUS
A very gentle beast, of a good conscience.
DEMETRIUS
A very best at a beast, my lord, that e’er I saw.
LYSANDER
This lion is a very fox for his valour.
THESEUS
True. And a goose for his discretion.
DEMETRIUS
Not so, my lord. For his valour cannot carry his
discretion, and the fox carries the goose.
THESEUS
His discretion, I am sure, cannot carry his valour, for
the goose carries not the fox. It is well. Leave it to
his discretion, and let us listen to the moon.
DUTCH:
En ik ben overtuigd, dat zijn verstand zijn dapperheid
niet meêsleept, want de gans loopt niet met den vos weg.
Maar komaan; wij zullen dat maar aan zijn verstand te
raden geven, en nu naar de maan luisteren.
MORE:
Goose=Symbol of foolishness
Fox=Symbol of low cunning, not courage
Compleat:
Goose-cap=Een gek, zotskap
Fox=Vos. A cunning fox=Een looze vos
To play the fox=Schalk zyn als een vos
Topics: courage, conscience, appearance
Never did I hear such gallant chiding
PLAY: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ACT/SCENE: 4.1
SPEAKER: Hippolyta
CONTEXT:
HIPPOLYTA
I was with Hercules and Cadmus once,
When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear
With hounds of Sparta. Never did I hear
Such gallant chiding. For, besides the groves,
The skies, the fountains, every region near
Seemed all one mutual cry. I never heard
So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.
THESEUS
My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind,
So flewed, so sanded, and their heads are hung
With ears that sweep away the morning dew,
Crook-kneed, and dew-lapped like Thessalian bulls,
Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouth like bells,
Each under each. A cry more tunable
Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn,
In Crete, in Sparta, nor in Thessaly.
Judge when you hear.
But, soft! What nymphs are these?
DUTCH:
Ik was met Hercules en Cadmus eens,
Die met Spartaansche honden op een beer
In Greta’s bosschen jaagden; ‘k hoorde nooit
Een schooner jachtrumoer;
MORE:
Bayed=Brought to bay (surrounded)
Chiding=Barking
Flewed=With heavy jowls
Sanded=Sand-coloured
Dewlapped=With folds of skin around the neck
Tunable=Tuneful
Cheered=Encouraged
Compleat:
To hold at bay=Door ‘t blaffen verschrikken, in den loop sluyten, op een zekere afstand houden, in twyfel houden
To chide=Kyven, bekyven
The dew-lap of an ox=De quab die den ossen onder aan den keel hangt, de kossem
To chear up=Moed in spreken, moed scheppen