QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Comedy of Errors ACT/SCENE: 2.1 SPEAKER: Adriana CONTEXT: LUCIANA
Ere I learn love, I’ll practice to obey.
ADRIANA
How if your husband start some otherwhere?
LUCIANA
Till he come home again, I would forbear.
ADRIANA
Patience unmoved! No marvel though she pause;
They can be meek that have no other cause.
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry,
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain.
So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee,
With urging helpless patience would relieve me;
But, if thou live to see like right bereft,
This fool-begged patience in thee will be left. DUTCH: Een armen mensch, door ‘t nijdig lot geplaagd,
Vermanen wij tot kalm zijn, als hij klaagt;
Maar drukte eens ons hetzelfde leed als hem,
Niet min, licht meer, verhieven we onze stem MORE: Proverb: All commend patience but none can endure to suffer
Proverb: Let him be begged for a fool

Begging for a fool refers to the practice of petitioning for custody of the mentally ill or minors so as to gain control of their assets
Pause=Pause to consider marriage
Like=Similar
Like right bereft=To have rights similarly taken from you
Helpless=Receiving no aid, wanting support
Bereave (bereft)=Taken from, spoiled, impaired
Compleat:
Bereft, bereaved=Beroofd
To beg one for a fool, to beg his estate of the King=Het bestier der goederen van een Krankzinnig mensch, van den Koning verzoeken Topics: adversity, law/legal, patience, poverty and wealth, proverbs and idioms