QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
ACT/SCENE: 3.2
SPEAKER: Demetrius
CONTEXT:
LYSANDER
Demetrius, I will keep my word with thee.
DEMETRIUS
I would I had your bond, for I perceive
A weak bond holds you. I’ll not trust your word.
LYSANDER
What, should I hurt her, strike her, kill her dead?
Although I hate her, I’ll not harm her so.
HERMIA
What, can you do me greater harm than hate?
Hate me? Wherefore? O me! What news, my love?
Am not I Hermia? Are not you Lysander?
I am as fair now as I was erewhile.
Since night you loved me. Yet since night you left me.
Why then, you left me—Oh, the gods forbid!—
In earnest, shall I say?

DUTCH:
Uw woord! Wat fraais! Haar hand houdt u terug!
Een zwakke hand! Uw woord, noch hand, zijn iets!

MORE:
Bond=1) Pledge, oath; 2) Restraint
What news=What happened?
Erewhile=A while back
Compleat:
Bond=een Bond, verband, verbinding, verbindschrift, obligatie
Erewhile=Onlangs, niet lang geleeden

Topics: contract, trust