QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Merry Wives of Windsor
ACT/SCENE:
SPEAKER: Sir Hugh Evans
CONTEXT:
SLENDER
Did her grandsire leave her seven hundred pound?
SIR HUGH EVANS
Ay, and her father is make her a petter penny.
SLENDER
I know the young gentlewoman; she has good gifts.
SIR HUGH EVANS
Seven hundred pounds and possibilities is goot gifts.
SHALLOW
Well, let us see honest Master Page. Is Falstaff there?
SIR HUGH EVANS
Shall I tell you a lie? I do despise a liar as I do
despise one that is false, or as I despise one that
is not true. The knight, Sir John, is there; and, I
beseech you, be ruled by your well-willers. I will
peat the door for Master Page.

DUTCH:
Zou ik u foorliegen? ik feracht een leugenaar, zooals
ik iemand feracht, die falsch is, of zooals ik iemand
feracht, die niet te fertrouwen is.

MORE:
Your well-willers=Wellwishers
Gifts=Qualities
Possibilities=Prospects (for inherited wealth)
Peat=Knock
Compleat:
Well-wisher=Een die ‘t beste wenscht
Gift=Gaaf, talent
A well wisher to one=Een die iemand alles goeds wenscht

Topics: truth, honesty, legacy, money