QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Merry Wives of Windsor
ACT/SCENE:
SPEAKER: Sir Hugh Evans
CONTEXT:
SIR HUGH EVANS
Go your ways, and ask of Doctor Caius’ house which
is the way: and there dwells one Mistress Quickly,
which is in the manner of his nurse, or his dry
nurse, or his cook, or his laundry, his washer, and
his wringer.
SIMPLE
Well, sir.
SIR HUGH EVANS
Nay, it is petter yet. Give her this letter; for it
is a ‘oman that altogether’s acquaintance with
Mistress Anne Page: and the letter is, to desire
and require her to solicit your master’s desires to
Mistress Anne Page. I pray you, be gone: I will
make an end of my dinner; there’s pippins and cheese to
come.

DUTCH:
Ik pit u, cha. Ik heb nog niet afchecheten, taar
komen nog pippelingen en kaas.

MORE:
Go your ways=Get away with you
Which=Who
Dry nurse=Housekeeper (as opposed to wet nurse)
Laundry=Laundry-maid
Pippins=Apples
Compleat:
Go your ways=Gaat heenen
A dry nurse=Een drooge min, kindermeid, baker
Laundry (landry)=Wasschery, waschhuis, waschplaats
Pippin=Een pippeling

Topics: work, status, communication