QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: King Henry VI Part 3
ACT/SCENE: 3.2
SPEAKER: Lady Grey
CONTEXT:
CLARENCE
[to GLOUCESTER] He knows the game:
how true he keeps the wind!
GLOUCESTER
[to CLARENCE] Silence!
KING EDWARD IV
Widow, we will consider of your suit;
And come some other time to know our mind.
LADY GREY
Right gracious lord, I cannot brook delay:
May it please your highness to resolve me now;
And what your pleasure is, shall satisfy me.
GLOUCESTER
[to CLARENCE] Ay, widow? Then I’ll warrant
you all your lands,
An if what pleases him shall pleasure you.
Fight closer, or, good faith, you’ll catch a blow.

DUTCH:
Genadig vorst, ik kan geen uitstel lijden,
‘t Behage uw hoogheid thans bescheid te geven,
En wat u zal behagen is mij goed.

MORE:

True=Exactly, correctly, conforming
Keeps the wind=Stays upwind (to avoid being scented); conceals intentions
Brook=Endure, stand
Resolve=Answer
Warrant=Guarantee

Compleat:
True=(right, genuine) Echt, fyn, opregt
To brook=Verdraagen, uitstaan
To brook an affront=Een boon verzwelgen, een leed verkroppen
To resolve (to untie, to decide, to determine a hard question, a difficulty)=Oplossen, ontwarren, ontknoopen
Warrant (assure, promise)=Verzekeren, belooven, ervoor instaan

Topics: plans/intentions, deceit, delay