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QUOTES FROM THE BARD
What trust is in these times?
They that, when Richard lived, would have him die
Are now become enamored on his grave.
Thou, that threw’st dust upon his goodly head
When through proud London he came sighing on
After th’ admired heels of Bolingbroke,
Criest now “O earth, yield us that King again,
And take thou this!” O thoughts of men accursed!
Past and to come seems best; things present, worst. DUTCH: Wie kan deze eeuw betrouwen? MORE:
Accursed=Cursed, doomed to misery and destruction
Heels=Applied to persons attended or pursued by others Topics: trust
O foolish youth, Thou seek’st the greatness that will overwhelm thee.
PLAY: King Henry IV Part 2
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER: King
CONTEXT:
Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought.
I stay too long by thee; I weary thee.
Dost thou so hunger for mine empty chair
That thou wilt needs invest thee with my honours
Before thy hour be ripe? O foolish youth,
Thou seek’st the greatness that will overwhelm thee.
DUTCH:
Uw wensch was vader dier gedachte, Hendrik./
Je wens is de vader van de gedachte
MORE:
Proverb: The wish is father to the thought
Hunger for =Longing to see
Wilt needs=Must
Topics: proverbs and idioms, still in use
Sir, I will be as good as my word. This that you heard was but a color
PLAY: King Henry IV Part 2
ACT/SCENE:
SPEAKER: Falstaff
CONTEXT:
FALSTAFF
That can hardly be, Master Shallow. Do not you grieve at this. I shall be sent for in private to him. Look you, he must seem thus to the world. Fear not your advancements. I will be the man yet that shall make you great.
SHALLOW
I cannot well perceive how, unless you should give me your doublet and stuff me out with straw. I beseech you, good Sir John, let me have five hundred of my thousand.
FALSTAFF
Sir, I will be as good as my word. This that you heard was but a color.
DUTCH:
Heer, ik zal zoo goed als mijn woord zijn; wat gij
daar gehoord hebt, was maar voor den schijn.
MORE:
Proverb: An honest man is as good as his word
Topics: promise, appearance
Thou art a summer bird, Which ever in the haunch of winter sings The lifting up of day.
PLAY: King Henry IV Part 2
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER: King
CONTEXT:
KING
O Westmoreland, thou art a summer bird,
Which ever in the haunch of winter sings
The lifting up of day.
Enter HARCOURT
Here comes more news.
HARCOURT
From enemies heaven keep your Majesty,
And when they stand against you, may they fall
As those that I am come to tell you of.
The Earl Northumberland and the Lord Bardolph,
With a great power of English and of Scots,
Are by the shrieve of Yorkshire overthrown.
The manner and true order of the fight
This packet, please it you, contains at large.
DUTCH:
O, Westmoreland, gij zijt een zomervogel,
Die aan des winters verz’nen steeds den opgang
Des nieuwen dags bezingt.
MORE:
Haunch=Hind part, towards the end (of winter)
Shrieve=Sheriff
Topics: emotion and mood, wellbeing
I will not excuse you. You shall not be excused. Excuses shall not be admitted. There is no excuse shall serve. You shall not be excused.
PLAY: King Henry IV Part 2
ACT/SCENE: 5.1
SPEAKER: Shallow
CONTEXT:
By cock and pie, sir, you shall not away tonight. What, Davy, I say!
FALSTAFF
You must excuse me, Master Robert Shallow.
SHALLOW
I will not excuse you. You shall not be excused. Excuses shall not be admitted. There is no excuse shall serve. You shall not be excused. Why, Davy!
DUTCH:
Ik wil u niet ontschuldigen; gij zult niet ontschuldigd
worden; ontschuldigingen worden niet aangenomen; geen
ontschuldiging helpt u; gij zult niet ontschuldigd worden.
Kom toch, David!
MORE:
Schmidt:
Cock and pie=Mild oaath meaning God and the book
Cock=Corruption or rather disguise of the name of God
Topics: still in use, identity, understanding, independence