QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Timon of Athens
ACT/SCENE: 5.4
SPEAKER: Alcibiades
CONTEXT:
SECOND SENATOR
Throw thy glove,
Or any token of thine honour else,
That thou wilt use the wars as thy redress
And not as our confusion, all thy powers
Shall make their harbour in our town, till we
Have sealed thy full desire.
ALCIBIADES
Then there’s my glove;
Descend, and open your uncharged ports:
Those enemies of Timon’s and mine own
Whom you yourselves shall set out for reproof
Fall and no more: and, to atone your fears
With my more noble meaning, not a man
Shall pass his quarter, or offend the stream
Of regular justice in your city’s bounds,
But shall be rendered to your public laws
At heaviest answer.

DUTCH:
Geen man der mijnen zal ‘t hem aangewezen
Verblijf verlaten, noch den stroom van ‘t recht,
Dat in uw stad erkend is, tegenstreven,
Of door uw eigen wet wordt hij ten strengste
Ter rekenschap gedaagd.

MORE:
Throw thy glove=It was the tradition to throw down one’s glove, or gauntlet, to initiate a duel.
Redress=Reparation
Confusion=Destroy
Sealed=Satisfied
Uncharged=Not attacked
Reproof=Punishment
Quarter=Scope, assigned area
Remedied to=(some versions have rendered): Surrendered to
Heaviest answer=Most severe punishment
Compleat:
Redress=Herstelling, verhelping, verbetering, vergoeding, verligting
Confusion (ruin)=Verwoesting, bederf, ruine
Sealed=Gezegeld, verzegeld
Reproof=Bestraffing, berisping
Quarter=Lijfsgenade, kwartier
To render=Overgeeven

Topics: dispute, revenge