QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Comedy of Errors ACT/SCENE: 4.1 SPEAKER: Antipholus of Ephesus CONTEXT: ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
A man is well holp up that trusts to you!
I promisèd your presence and the chain,
But neither chain nor goldsmith came to me.
Belike you thought our love would last too long
If it were chained together, and therefore came not.
ANGELO
Saving your merry humour, here’s the note
How much your chain weighs to the utmost carat,
The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion,
Which doth amount to three-odd ducats more
Than I stand debted to this gentleman.
I pray you, see him presently discharged,
For he is bound to sea, and stays but for it.
ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS
I am not furnished with the present money.
Besides, I have some business in the town.
Good signior, take the stranger to my house,
And with you take the chain, and bid my wife
Disburse the sum on the receipt thereof.
Perchance I will be there as soon as you. DUTCH: Ik heb op ‘t oogenblik het geld niet bij mij,
En heb ook in de stad nog iets te doen. MORE: Holp=Helped
Belike=Perhaps
Saving=With due regard to
Note=Receipt
Discharged=Satisfied, his debt paid
Chargeful fashion=Expensive
I am not furnished=I do not have
Present=At the moment, now
Compleat:
Holpen=Geholpen; Holp op=Opgeholpen
Saving=Behouding, zaaligmaakig, bewaaring, redding, bespaaring
To discharge=Onstlaan, lossen, quytschelden
Chargeable=Lastig, kostelyk
Furnished=Verzorgd, voorzien, gestoffeerd Topics: debt/obligation, value, trust