QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Richard III
ACT/SCENE: 2.1
SPEAKER: King Edward
CONTEXT:
RICHARD
Good morrow to my sovereign king and queen,
And, princely peers, a happy time of day.
KING EDWARD
Happy indeed, as we have spent the day.
Brother, we have done deeds of charity,
Made peace of enmity, fair love of hate,
Between these swelling, wrong-incensed peers.

DUTCH:
Wij deden, Gloster, hier een christ’lijk werk ;
Wij schiepen vrede uit krijg en liefde uit haat
Bij deze felle, boos ontvlamde pairs.


MORE:
Swelling=Inflated, self-important
Wrong-incensed=Inappropriately angry
Compleat:
To swell=Opblaazen
To incense=Ophitsen, vertoornen, tergen

Topics: emotion and mood, satisfaction, work, resolution

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