QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Comedy of Errors ACT/SCENE: 5.1 SPEAKER: Aegeon CONTEXT: AEGEON
Most mighty duke, vouchsafe me speak a word.
Haply I see a friend will save my life
And pay the sum that may deliver me.
DUKE
Speak freely, Syracusian, what thou wilt.
AEGEON
Is not your name, sir, called Antipholus?
And is not that your bondman Dromio?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
Within the past hour, I was his bondman , sir, but he, I
thank him, gnawed my cords in two. Now I’m Dromio, and
his servant, unbound. DUTCH: Grootmoedig vorst, vergun me een enkel woord;
Waarschijnlijk is een vriend daar, die mij redden,
De som, die mij bevrijdt, betalen zal. MORE: Vouchsafe=Allow
Haply=(By chance) Luckily
Bondman=Serf, slave
Compleat:
To vouchsafe=Gewaardigen, vergunnen
Haply=Misschien
Bond-man, Bond-slave=Een Slaaf Topics: friendship, debt/obligation