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QUOTES FROM THE BARD
PLAY: Antony and Cleopatra
ACT/SCENE: 2.6
SPEAKER: Lepidus
CONTEXT:
LEPIDUS
Be pleased to tell us—
For this is from the present—how you take
The offers we have sent you.
CAESAR
There’s the point.
ANTONY
Which do not be entreated to, but weigh
What it is worth embraced.
CAESAR
And what may follow,
To try a larger fortune.
DUTCH:
Ik bid u, zeg ons, —
Want dit dient niets ter zake, — wat gij denkt
Van onzen voorslag.
MORE:
Be pleased to=Please
From the present=Beside the point
Weigh=Consider
Embraced=If accepted
Compleat:
When you please=Als ‘t u belieft
The present state of things=De tegenwoordige toestand der zaaken
To weigh=Weegen, overweegen
Embrace=(to receive or embrace an opinion): Een gevoelen omhelzen
Topics: reply, value
ACT/SCENE: 2.6
SPEAKER: Lepidus
CONTEXT:
LEPIDUS
Be pleased to tell us—
For this is from the present—how you take
The offers we have sent you.
CAESAR
There’s the point.
ANTONY
Which do not be entreated to, but weigh
What it is worth embraced.
CAESAR
And what may follow,
To try a larger fortune.
DUTCH:
Ik bid u, zeg ons, —
Want dit dient niets ter zake, — wat gij denkt
Van onzen voorslag.
MORE:
Be pleased to=Please
From the present=Beside the point
Weigh=Consider
Embraced=If accepted
Compleat:
When you please=Als ‘t u belieft
The present state of things=De tegenwoordige toestand der zaaken
To weigh=Weegen, overweegen
Embrace=(to receive or embrace an opinion): Een gevoelen omhelzen
Topics: reply, value