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QUOTES FROM THE BARD
Naught but mine eye could have persuaded me
ACT/SCENE: 5.4
SPEAKER: Valentine
CONTEXT:
VALENTINE
Thou common friend, that’s without faith or love,
For such is a friend now; treacherous man!
Thou hast beguiled my hopes; nought but mine eye
Could have persuaded me: now I dare not say
I have one friend alive; thou wouldst disprove me.
Who should be trusted, when one’s own right hand
Is perjured to the bosom? Proteus,
I am sorry I must never trust thee more,
But count the world a stranger for thy sake.
The private wound is deepest: O time most accurst,
‘Mongst all foes that a friend should be the worst!
DUTCH:
Gij hebt mijn hoop bedrogen; slechts mijn oog
Kon me overtuigen. Nooit meer kan ik zeggen:
“Ik heb een vriend”; gij zoudt mij logenstraffen.
MORE:
Proverb: He is his right hand
Beguile=Cheat, deceive
Persuaded=Convinced
To the bosom=To the very heart
Count the world a stranger=Estrange
For thy sake=Because of you
Accurst=Doomed
Compleat:
To beguile=Bedriegen, om den tuyn leyden
Persuade=Overreeden, overstemmen, overtuigen, aanraaden, wysmaaken, dietsmaaken
For his sake=Om zynent wille
Accursed=Vervloekt
Topics: evidence, betrayal, trust, friendship, loyalty, proverbs and idioms
O heaven! Were man but constant, he were perfect
PLAY: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ACT/SCENE: 5.4
SPEAKER: Proteus
CONTEXT:
JULIA
Behold her that gave aim to all thy oaths
And entertained ’em deeply in her heart.
How oft hast thou with perjury cleft the root!
O Proteus, let this habit make thee blush!
Be thou ashamed that I have took upon me
Such an immodest raiment, if shame live
In a disguise of love.
It is the lesser blot, modesty finds,
Women to change their shapes than men their minds.
PROTEUS
Than men their minds! ’Tis true. O heaven! Were man
But constant, he were perfect. That one error
Fills him with faults, makes him run through all th’ sins;
Inconstancy falls off ere it begins.
What is in Sylvia’s face but I may spy
More fresh in Julia’s with a constant eye?
DUTCH:
De man zijn eed! ‘t is waar. O bleef de man
Steeds trouw; hij waar’ volmaakt; die Gene feil
Wekt tal van zonden, maakt hem ziende blind;
MORE:
Gave aim=Was the object of
Entertained=Kept, accepted
Cleft=Split, broke
Root=Heart
Raiment=Costume
Inconstancy=Being unfaithful
Compleat:
Aim=Oogmerk, doel, beooging
Entertain (receive or believe) a principle, an opinion, etc.=Een stelling, een gevoelen aanneemen, koesteren’ gelooven of voorstaan
Cleft=Gekloofd, gespleeten
Raiment=Kleedindg, gewaad
Inconstancy=Onstandvastigheyd, onbestendigheyd, wispeltuurigheyd
Topics: promise, looyalty, flaw/fault
Cancel all grudge, repeal thee home again, plead a new state in thy unrivalled merit
PLAY: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ACT/SCENE: 5.4
SPEAKER: Duke
CONTEXT:
DUKE
The more degenerate and base art thou,
To make such means for her as thou hast done
And leave her on such slight conditions.
Now, by the honour of my ancestry,
I do applaud thy spirit, Valentine,
And think thee worthy of an empress’ love:
Know then, I here forget all former griefs,
Cancel all grudge, repeal thee home again,
Plead a new state in thy unrivalled merit,
To which I thus subscribe: Sir Valentine,
Thou art a gentleman and well derived;
Take thou thy Silvia, for thou hast deserved her.
VALENTINE
I thank your grace; the gift hath made me happy.
I now beseech you, for your daughter’s sake,
To grant one boon that I shall ask of you.
DUTCH:
Daarom, al wat mij griefde, zij vergeten;
Mijn wrok vervloog; ik roep u weer terug.
Uw onbetwistb’re waarde geeft u aanspraak
Op nieuwen rang; dies zeg ik: Valentijn,
Gij zijt een edelman van besten bloede;
Neem gij uw Silvia, want gij zijt haar waard.
MORE:
Base=Lowly
Make such means=Take such pains
Slight=Insignificant
Conditions=Grounds, terms
Griefs=Grievances
Repeal=Recall
Plead a new state=Request new conditions
Subscribe=Endorse
Derived=Descended
Compleat:
Base=Ondergeschikt
By my means=Door myn toedoen
Slight=Van weinig belang, een beuzeling
Condition=Aardt, gesteltenis
Grievance=Bezwaarenis
Repeal=Herroepen, afschaffen, weer intrekken
Subscribe=Onderschryven
Derived=Afgeleyd, voortgekomen
Come not within the measure of my wrath.
PLAY: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ACT/SCENE: 5.4
SPEAKER: Valentine
CONTEXT:
VALENTINE
Thurio, give back, or else embrace thy death.
Come not within the measure of my wrath.
Do not name Sylvia thine; if once again,
Verona shall not hold thee. Here she stands.
Take but possession of her with a touch;
I dare thee but to breathe upon my love.
THURIO
Sir Valentine, I care not for her, I.
I hold him but a fool that will endanger
His body for a girl that loves him not.
I claim her not, and therefore she is thine.
DUTCH:
Thurio, terug, of gij omarmt den dood.
Blijf buiten het bereik van mijnen toorn.
Noem Silvia de uwe niet, want, zoo gij ‘t waagt,
Geheel Milaan beschermt u niet
MORE:
Embrace=Accept
Measure=Range
With a touch=Lay your hands on
Compleat:
Embrace=(to receive or embrace an opinion): Een gevoelen omhelzen
Embrace=(to receive or approve of an excuse)=Een verschooning aannemen, voor goed houden
Topics: anger
Let go that rude uncivil touch, thou friend of an ill fashion!
PLAY: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
ACT/SCENE: 5.4
SPEAKER: Valentine
CONTEXT:
PROTEUS
In love
Who respects friend?
SILVIA
All men but Proteus.
PROTEUS
Nay, if the gentle spirit of moving words
Can no way change you to a milder form,
I’ll woo you like a soldier, at arms’ end,
And love you ‘gainst the nature of love,—force ye.
SILVIA
O heaven!
PROTEUS
I’ll force thee yield to my desire.
VALENTINE
Ruffian, let go that rude uncivil touch,
Thou friend of an ill fashion!
DUTCH:
Ellend’ling, weg van haar die ruwe hand!
Gij vriend van boos gehalte!
MORE:
Moving=Persuasive
Arm’s end=At a sword’s length
Rude=Rough, violent
Compleat:
To move=Verroeren, gaande maaken; voorstellen
Rude=Ruuw, onbeschouwen, plomp
Topics: friendship, love, offence