QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Antony and Cleopatra
ACT/SCENE: 4.4
SPEAKER: Antony
CONTEXT:
ANTONY
Well, well,
We shall thrive now.—Seest thou, my good fellow?
Go put on thy defences.
EROS
Briefly, sir.
CLEOPATRA
Is not this buckled well?
ANTONY
Rarely, rarely.
He that unbuckles this, till we do please
To doff ’t for our repose, shall hear a storm.—
Thou fumblest, Eros, and my Queen’s a squire
More tight at this than thou. Dispatch. —O love,
That thou couldst see my wars today, and knew’st
The royal occupation! Thou shouldst see
A workman in ’t.
Good morrow to thee. Welcome.
Thou look’st like him that knows a warlike charge.

DUTCH:
Goed, goed;
Nu is de zege ons zeker. — Ziet gij, knaap?
Ga, wapen thans uzelven.

MORE:
Proverb: What we do willingly is easy

Defences=Armour
Briefly=Soon
Doff=Take off
Tight=Adept
Workman=Expert
Compleat:
Armour=Wapenrusting, wapentuyg, rusting, geweer
To doff=Afligen, afdoen
Tight=Net, geschikt, ordentlyk, styf, dicht

Topics: life, satisfaction