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QUOTES FROM THE BARD
We will have these things set down by lawful counsel, and straight away for Britain, lest the bargain should catch cold and starve
ACT/SCENE: 1.5
SPEAKER: Iachimo
CONTEXT:
POSTHUMUS
I embrace these conditions. Let us have
articles betwixt us. Only thus far you shall answer:
if you make your voyage upon her and give me directly
to understand you have prevailed, I am no
further your enemy; she is not worth our debate.
If she remain unseduced, you not making it appear
otherwise, for your ill opinion and th’ assault you
have made to her chastity, you shall answer me
with your sword.
IACHIMO
Your hand; a covenant.
We will have these things set down by lawful counsel,
and straight away for Britain, lest the bargain
should catch cold and starve. I will fetch my gold
and have our two wagers recorded.
DUTCH:
Uwe hand; ‘t is afgesproken. Wij zullen dit alles in
wettelijken vorm laten opschrijven; en dan fluks naar
Brittannië, opdat de onderneming niet verkleumt en
sterft;
MORE:
Debate=Quarrel
Starve=Sterve (perish from the cold)
Make your voyage=Press home your advantage (vauntage, vantage) (Collier)
Compleat:
Debate=Twist, verschil, krakkeel
Vantage=Toegift, toemaat, overmaat, overwigt
To starve with hunger or cold=Van honger of koude sterven
To lay a wager=Wedden, een wedspel aan gaan
Wager of law=Aanbieding van te beedigen, dat men zynen eyscher niets schuldig is
Topics: delay, urgency, contract
Hapless Aegeon, whom the fates have marked to bear the extremity of dire mishap
PLAY: The Comedy of Errors
ACT/SCENE: 1.1
SPEAKER: Duke
CONTEXT:
DUKE
Hapless Aegeon, whom the fates have marked
To bear the extremity of dire mishap,
Now, trust me, were it not against our laws,
Against my crown, my oath, my dignity,
Which princes, would they, may not disannul,
My soul would sue as advocate for thee.
But though thou art adjudgèd to the death,
And passèd sentence may not be recalled
But to our honour’s great disparagement,
Yet will I favor thee in what I can.
Therefore, merchant, I’ll limit thee this day
To seek thy life by beneficial help.
Try all the friends thou hast in Ephesus;
Beg thou, or borrow, to make up the sum,
And live. If no, then thou art doom’d to die.—
Jailer, take him to thy custody.
JAILER
I will, my lord.
AEGEON
Hopeless and helpless doth Aegeon wend,
But to procrastinate his lifeless end.
DUTCH:
Rampzaal’ge Aegeon, door het lot bestemd
Om zulk een overmaat van leed te dragen!
MORE:
Dignity=Rank
Disannul=Nullify
Sue=Plead
Limit=Permit
Hap=Luck
Wend=Approach
Procrastinate=Delay
Compleat:
Dignity (greatness, nobleness)=Grootheid, adelykheid; (merit, importance)=Waardigheid, staat-empot, verdiensten
To annul=Vernietigen, afschaffen
To sue=Voor ‘t recht roepen, in recht vervolgen; iemand om iets aanloopen
Hap=Het luk, geval, toeval
Procrastinate=Van dag tot dag uytstellen, verschuyven
Topics: fate/destiny, dignity, honour, punishment, delay
To our honour’s great disparagement
PLAY: The Comedy of Errors
ACT/SCENE: 1.1
SPEAKER: Duke
CONTEXT:
DUKE
Hapless Aegeon, whom the fates have marked
To bear the extremity of dire mishap,
Now, trust me, were it not against our laws,
Against my crown, my oath, my dignity,
Which princes, would they, may not disannul,
My soul would sue as advocate for thee.
But though thou art adjudgèd to the death,
And passèd sentence may not be recalled
But to our honour’s great disparagement,
Yet will I favor thee in what I can.
Therefore, merchant, I’ll limit thee this day
To seek thy life by beneficial help.
Try all the friends thou hast in Ephesus;
Beg thou, or borrow, to make up the sum,
And live. If no, then thou art doom’d to die.—
Jailer, take him to thy custody.
JAILER
I will, my lord.
AEGEON
Hopeless and helpless doth Aegeon wend,
But to procrastinate his lifeless end.
DUTCH:
En, zonder groote schade voor onze eer,
‘t Geslagen vonnis geen herroeping duldt,
Wil ik u gunstig zijn, zooveel ik kan.
MORE:
Dignity=Rank
Disannul=Nullify
Sue=Plead
Limit=Permit
Hap=Luck
Wend=Approach
Procrastinate=Delay
Compleat:
Dignity (greatness, nobleness)=Grootheid, adelykheid; (merit, importance)=Waardigheid, staat-empot, verdiensten
To annul=Vernietigen, afschaffen
To sue=Voor ‘t recht roepen, in recht vervolgen; iemand om iets aanloopen
Hap=Het luk, geval, toeval
Procrastinate=Van dag tot dag uytstellen, verschuyven
Topics: fate/destiny, dignity, honour, punishment, delay
Spake he so doubtfully thou couldst not feel his meaning?
PLAY: The Comedy of Errors
ACT/SCENE: 2.1
SPEAKER: Luciana
CONTEXT:
ADRIANA
Say, is your tardy master now at hand?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
Nay, he’s at two hands with me, and that my two ears
can witness.
ADRIANA
Say, didst thou speak with him? Know’st thou his mind?
SUS
Ay, ay, he told his mind upon mine ear.
Beshrew his hand, I scarce could understand it.
LUCIANA
Spake he so doubtfully thou couldst not feel his
meaning?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
Nay, he struck so plainly I could too well feel his
blows, and withal so doubtfully that I could scarce
understand them.
DUTCH:
Sprak hij zoo zacht, dat gij ‘t niet vatten kondt ?
MORE:
Tardy=Sluggish, late
At hand=Close by
Told upon mine ear=Boxed my ears
Doubtfully=Confusingly
Compleat:
Tardy=Slof, traag, langzaam
Doubtfully=Op een twyfelachtige wyze
The sun shines hot; and, if we use delay,
Cold biting winter mars our hop’d-for hay.
PLAY: King Henry VI Part 3
ACT/SCENE: 4.8
SPEAKER: King Edward IV
CONTEXT:
Seize on the shame-faced Henry! Bear him hence:
And once again proclaim us King of England.
You are the fount that makes small brooks to flow:
Now stops thy spring; my sea shall suck them dry,
And swell so much the higher by their ebb.
Hence with him to the Tower! let him not speak.
And, lords, towards Coventry bend we our course,
Where peremptory Warwick now remains:
The sun shines hot; and, if we use delay,
Cold biting winter mars our hop’d-for hay.
DUTCH:
Heet schijnt de zon, verzuim gaav’ licht het hooi,
‘t Gehoopte, aan snerpend winterweer ter prooi.
MORE:
Proverb: Make hay while the sun shines
Another reference to the York family symbol of the sun (see 2.6, ‘gnats to the sun’).
Shamefaced=Ashamed, bashful (also shamefast)
Peremptory=Positive, bold
Hoped-for hay=Anticipated harvest
Compleat:
Shame-faced=Schaamachtig, beschaamd, bloode
Peremptory=Volstrekt, uitvoerig, volkomen, uiteindig
Topics: delay, proverbs and idioms, still in use, achievement, preparation