QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: King Henry VI Part 2 ACT/SCENE: 4.2 SPEAKER: Cade CONTEXT: CADE
And good reason; for thereby is England mained, and fain to go with a staff, but that my puissance holds it up. Fellow kings, I tell you that that Lord Say hath gelded the commonwealth, and made it an eunuch: and more than that, he can speak French; and therefore he is a traitor.
SIR HUMPHREY
O gross and miserable ignorance! DUTCH: En nog erger dan dit: hij kan Fransch
spreken en dus is hij een verrader. MORE:
(See also Away with him! He speaks Latin)

Mained=Maimed
Fain to=Obliged to
Puissance=Power, strength, force
Geld=Castrate; fig. deprive of an esssential part
Gross=Dull, stupid

Compleat:
Maimed=Verminkt
Fain to=Gaern, genoodzaakt
To geld=Lubben
Gross=Grof, plomp Topics: learning/education, language, misunderstanding, perception