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QUOTES FROM THE BARD
I return’d with simular proof enough to make the noble Leonatus mad
ACT/SCENE: 5.5
SPEAKER: Iachimo
CONTEXT:
IACHIMO
Your daughter’s chastity—there it begins.
He spake of her, as Dian had hot dreams,
And she alone were cold: whereat I, wretch,
Made scruple of his praise; and wager’d with him
Pieces of gold ‘gainst this which then he wore
Upon his honour’d finger, to attain
In suit the place of’s bed and win this ring
By hers and mine adultery. He, true knight,
No lesser of her honour confident
Than I did truly find her, stakes this ring;
And would so, had it been a carbuncle
Of Phoebus’ wheel, and might so safely, had it
Been all the worth of’s car. Away to Britain
Post I in this design: well may you, sir,
Remember me at court; where I was taught
Of your chaste daughter the wide difference
‘Twixt amorous and villanous. Being thus quench’d
Of hope, not longing, mine Italian brain
‘Gan in your duller Britain operate
Most vilely; for my vantage, excellent:
And, to be brief, my practice so prevail’d,
That I return’d with simular proof enough
To make the noble Leonatus mad,
By wounding his belief in her renown
With tokens thus, and thus; averring notes
Of chamber-hanging, pictures, this her bracelet,—
O cunning, how I got it!— nay, some marks
Of secret on her person, that he could not
But think her bond of chastity quite crack’d,
I having ta’en the forfeit. Whereupon—
Methinks, I see him now—
DUTCH:
In ‘t kort, mijn plan gelukte zoo, dat ik
Met schijnbewijzen wederkwam, genoeg
Om de’ eed’len Leonatus dol te maken
MORE:
Cold=Chaste
Made scruple=Disputed
In suit=Wooing
Post=Hasten
Design=Plan
For my vantage=To my advantage
Practice=Scheme
Simular=Simulated
Averring=Alleging
Compleat:
To scrupule=Zwaarigheid maaken
Design=Opzet, voorneemen, oogmerk, aanslag, toeleg, ontwerp
Vantage=Toegift, toemaat, overmaat, overwigt
Practice=(underhand dealing, intrigue, plot) Praktyk, bedekten handel, list
To averr=Verzeeren, staande houden, bewaarheden
Topics: deceit, evidence, reputation
Wilt thou undo the worth thou art unpaid for, by tasting of our wrath?
PLAY: Cymbeline
ACT/SCENE: 5.5
SPEAKER: Cymbeline
CONTEXT:
CYMBELINE
Why, old soldier,
Wilt thou undo the worth thou art unpaid for,
By tasting of our wrath? How of descent
As good as we?
ARVIRAGUS
In that he spake too far.
CYMBELINE
And thou shalt die for’t.
BELARIUS
We will die all three:
But I will prove that two on’s are as good
As I have given out him. My sons, I must,
For mine own part, unfold a dangerous speech,
Though, haply, well for you.
ARVIRAGUS
Your danger’s ours.
GUIDERIUS
And our good his.
DUTCH:
Wat, oude krijger,
Wilt gij uw loon, nog onbetaald, verbeuren
Door onzen toorn te wekken? Hoe! in afkomst
Aan ons gelijk?
MORE:
On ‘s=Of us
Given out him=Said he is
Haply=Perhaps
Compleat:
To give out=(Report, pretend): Voorwenden, uitstrooijen
Haply=Misschien
Topics: reputation, status, equality
Those that I reverence, those I fear – the wise; at fools I laugh, not fear them
PLAY: Cymbeline
ACT/SCENE: 4.2
SPEAKER: Guiderius
CONTEXT:
CLOTEN
Thou injurious thief,
Hear but my name, and tremble.
GUIDERIUS
What’s thy name?
CLOTEN
Cloten, thou villain.
GUIDERIUS
Cloten, thou double villain, be thy name,
I cannot tremble at it: were it Toad, or Adder, Spider,
‘Twould move me sooner.
CLOTEN
To thy further fear,
Nay, to thy mere confusion, thou shalt know
I am son to the queen.
GUIDERIUS
I am sorry for ‘t; not seeming
So worthy as thy birth.
CLOTEN
Art not afeard?
GUIDERIUS
Those that I reverence, those I fear – the wise;
At fools I laugh, not fear them.
DUTCH:
Ik vrees, die ik eerbiedig: wijze mannen;
Een nar belach ik slechts.
MORE:
Injurious=Insulting
Mere=Total
Confusion=Ruin
Compleat:
Injurious=Verongelykend, beledigend, smaadelyk, lasterlyk
Mere (meer)=Louter, enkel
Confusion (ruin)=Verwoesting, bederf, ruine
Topics: insult, ruin, reputation
You are a fool granted; therefore your issues, being foolish, do not derogate
PLAY: Cymbeline
ACT/SCENE: 2.1
SPEAKER: Cloten
CONTEXT:
CLOTEN
Leonatus! a banished rascal; and he’s another,
whatsoever he be. Who told you of this stranger?
FIRST LORD
One of your lordship’s pages.
CLOTEN
Is it fit I went to look upon him? is there no
derogation in’t?
SECOND LORD
You cannot derogate, my lord.
CLOTEN
Not easily, I think.
SECOND LORD
You are a fool granted; therefore your
issues, being foolish, do not derogate.
DUTCH:
Zou het staan, als ik eens naar hem toeging om een kijkjen van hem te nemen? Zou dat niet beneden mijn waardigheid wezen?
MORE:
Derogation=Disparagement
Derogate=Do anything derogatory to rank, lower opinion
Issues=What proceeds from you, your acts (with a play on issues to mean offspring)
Compleat:
Derogate=Onttrekken, verkorten, verminderen, benadeelen
To derogate from one’s credit=Iemands achting verkorten
To derogate from one’s self=Zich zelfs benadeelen
Topics: reputation, status, order/society
I cannot delve him to the root
PLAY: Cymbeline
ACT/SCENE: 1.1
SPEAKER: First Gentleman
CONTEXT:
FIRST GENTLEMAN
I cannot delve him to the root: his father
Was call’d Sicilius, who did join his honour
Against the Romans with Cassibelan,
But had his titles by Tenantius whom
He served with glory and admired success,
So gain’d the sur-addition Leonatus;
And had, besides this gentleman in question,
Two other sons, who in the wars o’ the time
Died with their swords in hand; for which their father,
Then old and fond of issue, took such sorrow
That he quit being, and his gentle lady,
Big of this gentleman our theme, deceased
As he was born. The king he takes the babe
To his protection, calls him Posthumus Leonatus,
Breeds him and makes him of his bed-chamber,
Puts to him all the learnings that his time
Could make him the receiver of; which he took,
As we do air, fast as ’twas minister’d,
And in’s spring became a harvest, lived in court—
Which rare it is to do—most praised, most loved,
A sample to the youngest, to the more mature
A glass that feated them, and to the graver
A child that guided dotards; to his mistress,
For whom he now is banish’d, her own price
Proclaims how she esteem’d him and his virtue;
By her election may be truly read
What kind of man he is.
SECOND GENTLEMAN
I honour him
Even out of your report. But, pray you, tell me,
Is she sole child to the king?
DUTCH:
TWEEDE EDELMAN
Wat is zijn naam en stam ?
EERSTE EDELMAN
Den wortel ken ik niet
MORE:
Delve him to the root=Trace back to the root of his family tree
Join=Ally
Sur-addition=Honorific title
Issue=Offspring
Quit being=Died
Learnings=Education
Sample=Example
Glass=Reflection
Feated them=Gave a model to follow
Dotard=Foolish old man
Out of your report=Based on what you say
Compleat:
To delve=Graaven, delven
To join=Saamenvoegen; vereenigen, voegen, vervoegen
Issue=Uytkomst, uytslag; afkomst, afkomeling
Learning=Geleerdheid
To do feats=Meesterstuken doen
Dotard=Suffer
Topics: relationship, learning/education, reputation