QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: All’s Well that Ends Well
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER: Parolles
CONTEXT:
PAROLLES
I will confess what I know without constraint: if
ye pinch me like a pasty, I can say no more.
FIRST SOLDIER
Bosko chimurcho.
FIRST LORD
Boblibindo chicurmurco.
FIRST SOLDIER
You are a merciful general. Our general bids you
answer to what I shall ask you out of a note.
PAROLLES
And truly, as I hope to live.
FIRST SOLDIER
‘First demand of him how many horse the
duke is strong.’ What say you to that?
PAROLLES
Five or six thousand; but very weak and
unserviceable: the troops are all scattered, and
the commanders very poor rogues, upon my reputation
and credit and as I hope to live.
FIRST SOLDIER
Shall I set down your answer so?
PAROLLES
Do: I’ll take the sacrament on’t, how and which way you
will.

DUTCH:
Ik wil alles belijden wat ik weet, zonder dwang; al kneedt gij mij ook als een pastei, ik kan niets meer zeggen.

MORE:
If=Even if
Horse=Horsemen
Unserviceable=Not fit for service
How and which way=Howsoever

Topics: reply, loyalty, betrayal