QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Comedy of Errors ACT/SCENE: 1.2 SPEAKER: Dromio of Syracuse CONTEXT: FIRST MERCHANT
Therefore give out you are of Epidamnum,
Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate.
This very day a Syracusian merchant
Is apprehended for arrival here
And, not being able to buy out his life,
According to the statute of the town
Dies ere the weary sun set in the west.
There is your money that I had to keep.
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
Go bear it to the Centaur, where we host,
And stay there, Dromio, till I come to thee.
Within this hour it will be dinnertime.
Till that, I’ll view the manners of the town,
Peruse the traders, gaze upon the buildings,
And then return and sleep within mine inn,
For with long travel I am stiff and weary.
Get thee away.
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
Many a man would take you at your word
And go indeed, having so good a mean. DUTCH: Wel menig hield u hij uw woord en ging
Met zulk een aardig duitjen werk’lijk door. MORE: Give out=Tell
Confiscate=Forfeited
The Centaur=An inn
Manners=Customs
Mean=Method, opportunity
Compleat:
To give out=Uytgeeven
To confiscate=Verbeurd maaken, verbeurd verkaaren, aanslaan
Manners=Zeden, manieren, manierlykheid
Mean=Het midden, de middelmaat; gering, slecht Topics: money, punishment, business, opportunity