QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Richard III
ACT/SCENE: 5.5
SPEAKER: King Richard III
CONTEXT:
RATCLIFFE
He smiled and said “The better for our purpose.”
KING RICHARD
He was in the right, and so indeed it is.
Tell the clock there. Give me a calendar.
Who saw the sun today?
RATCLIFFE
Not I, my lord.
KING RICHARD
Then he disdains to shine, for by the book
He should have braved the east an hour ago
A black day will it be to somebody. Ratcliffe!
RATCLIFFE
My lord.
KING RICHARD
The sun will not be seen today.
The sky doth frown and lour upon our army.
I would these dewy tears were from the ground.
Not shine today? Why, what is that to me
More than to Richmond, for the selfsame heaven
That frowns on me looks sadly upon him.

DUTCH:
Dan weigert ze ons haar licht, want, naar het boek,
Moest zij een uur reeds in het oosten prijken.
Een zwarte dag zal dit voor iemand zijn.
Ratcliff!

MORE:
Proverb: It will be a black (bloody) day to somebody

Disdains=Refuses
Book=Almanac
Lour=Scowl
Compleat:
To disdain=Versmaaden, verachten, zich verontwaaardigen
To loure (lowr)=Donker uytzien’ stuursch kyken

Topics: proverbs and idioms, fate/destiny