QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: King Henry VI Part 3
ACT/SCENE: 2.6
SPEAKER: George
CONTEXT:
WARWICK
I think his understanding is bereft.
Speak, Clifford, dost thou know who speaks to thee?
Dark cloudy death o’ershades his beams of life,
And he nor sees nor hears us what we say.
RICHARD
O, would he did! And so perhaps he doth:
‘Tis but his policy to counterfeit,
Because he would avoid such bitter taunts
Which in the time of death he gave our father.
GEORGE
If so thou think’st, vex him with eager words.
RICHARD
Clifford, ask mercy and obtain no grace.
EDWARD
Clifford, repent in bootless penitence.
WARWICK
Clifford, devise excuses for thy faults.
GEORGE
While we devise fell tortures for thy faults.

DUTCH:
Terg, denkt gij dit, hem eens met scherpe woorden.

MORE:

Understanding is bereft=Not conscious (of surroundings)
Overshade=Overshadow
Beam=Ray of light, sunbeam
Policy=Strategy, tactic
Counterfeit=Pretend, feign
Vex=Taunt, torment
Eager=Bitter
Bootless=Hopeless, futile, wasted
Penitence=Repentance
Fell=strong; cruel, vicious, intense, savage.

Compleat:
Fell=(cruel) Wreed, fel
Bootless=Te vergeefs, vruchteloos
To overshadow=Overschaduwen, omschaduwen, beschaduwen, belommeren
A beam of the sun=Een straal der Zonne
To call forth bright beams=Heldere straalen uitschieten, uitstraalen
To counterfeit (feign)=(Zich) Veinzen
A counterfeit friendship=Een gemaakte of geveinsde vriendschap
To vex=Quellen, plaagen
Eager=Graag, happig, greetig; heftig, vuurig, vinnig
Penitence=Boetvaardigheid, berouw, leedweezen

Topics: regret, flaw, fault