QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: All’s Well that Ends Well
ACT/SCENE: 3.2
SPEAKER: Countess
CONTEXT:
COUNTESS
Brought you this letter, gentlemen?
FIRST GENTLEMAN
Ay, madam;
And for the contents’ sake are sorry for our pain.
COUNTESS
I prithee, lady, have a better cheer;
If thou engrossest all the griefs are thine,
Thou robb’st me of a moiety: he was my son;
But I do wash his name out of my blood,
And thou art all my child. Towards Florence is he?
SECOND GENTLEMAN
Ay, madam.
COUNTESS
And to be a soldier?
SECOND GENTLEMAN
Such is his noble purpose; and believe ‘t,
The duke will lay upon him all the honour
That good convenience claims.

DUTCH:
Ik bid u, lieve dochter, vat meer moed;
Als gij geheel dien kommer de’ uwen rekent,
Ontrooft gij mij mijn deel.

MORE:
Have a better cheer=Cheer up
Engrossest=Claim
Moeity=Share
Good convenience=Propriety
Compleat:
Chear up=Moed scheppen, moed in spreeken
To engross=Te boek stellen, in ‘t net stellen
Moeity=De helft
Convenience=Bequaamheyd, gelegenheyd, geryflykheyd

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