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QUOTES FROM THE BARD
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God’s will, I pray thee wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive. DUTCH: Bij Jupiter, ik heb geen dorst naar goud,
En vraag niet, wie er op mijn kosten teert. MORE:
Admiration=Wonder
Prating=Prattling, chattering
Coxcomb=Fool (From fool’s cap)
Meet=Appropriate
Compleat:
Admiration=Verwondering
To prate=Praaten
Coxcomb=Een haanekam; een nar, uilskuiken
An ignorant coxcomb=Een onweetende zotskap
Mee Topics: proverbs and idioms, sill in use, honour
The man that once did sell the lion’s skin While the beast lived was killed with hunting him.
PLAY: King Henry V
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER: King Henry
CONTEXT:
Good God, why should they mock poor fellows thus?
The man that once did sell the lion’s skin
While the beast lived was killed with hunting him.
A many of our bodies shall no doubt
Find native graves, upon the which, I trust,
Shall witness live in brass of this day’s work.
And those that leave their valiant bones in France,
Dying like men though buried in your dunghills,
They shall be famed; for there the sun shall greet them
And draw their honours reeking up to heaven,
Leaving their earthly parts to choke your clime,
DUTCH:
De man, die eens de huid des leeuws verkocht,
Toen ‘t beest nog leefde, kwam bij ‘t jagen om.
MORE:
Proverb: Sell not the bear’s skin before you have bought him (for those who promise, or dispose of a thing that is not in their Power)
Proverb: Counting chickens before they are hatched.
Topics: proverbs and idioms, still in use
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.
PLAY: King Henry V
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER: King Henry
CONTEXT:
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne’er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition;
And gentlemen in England now abed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.
DUTCH:
Ons, wein’gen, ons, gelukkigen, ons, broeders;
Want wie vandaag met mij zijn bloed vergiet,
Hij zal mijn broeder zijn;
MORE:
Feast of Crispian: 25 October
Vile=Lowly born
Gentle his condition=Turn him in to a gentleman
Topics: conflict, friendship, trust, relationship
All things are ready, if our minds be so.
PLAY: King Henry V
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER: King Henry
CONTEXT:
KING HENRY
All things are ready if our minds be so.
WESTMORELAND
Perish the man whose mind is backward now!
DUTCH:
Wij zijn geheel gereed, zoo ‘t hart het is.
MORE:
Topics: wellbeing, emotion and mood, preparation
Would you and I alone, Without more help, could fight this royal battle!
PLAY: King Henry V
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER: Westmorland
CONTEXT:
God’s will, my liege, would you and I alone,
Without more help, could fight this royal battle!
DUTCH:
Gehengde ‘t God, mijn vorst, dat gij en ik
Geheel alleen den strijd beslechten konden!
MORE:
Topics: support, conflict, strength