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PLAY: King Henry VI Part 1 ACT/SCENE: 1.2 SPEAKER: Reignier CONTEXT: CHARLES
Let’s leave this town; for they are hare-brain’d slaves,
And hunger will enforce them to be more eager:
Of old I know them; rather with their teeth
The walls they’ll tear down than forsake the siege.
REIGNIER
I think, by some odd gimmors or device
Their arms are set like clocks, stiff to strike on;
Else ne’er could they hold out so as they do.
By my consent, we’ll even let them alone.
ALENCON
Be it so. DUTCH: Met raderwerk of koord zijn wis hun armen
Als bij een klok gemaakt, om steeds te slaan ,
Want anders hielden zij liet nooit zoo vol.
Laat hen met rust, zietdaar wat ik zou raden.
MORE: Gimmors=A gimcrack, clockwork, a curious contrivance (also gimmer, gimmal)
Rascal=(a) wretch; (b) lean deer not worth hunting
Hare-brained=Reckless
Still=Continuously

Compleat:
Rascal=(a) Een schelm, guit, schobbejak, schurk,vlegel, schavuit; (b) (a rascal (lean) deer) Een mager Hert of Rhee
Harebrained=Dolkloppig, onbesuisd
A harebrained fury=Een onbesuisde woede, dolkoppige raazerny
Still=Steeds, gestadig, altyd Topics: strength, loyalty

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