QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Comedy of Errors ACT/SCENE: 2.1 SPEAKER: Luciana CONTEXT: ADRIANA
Say, is your tardy master now at hand?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
Nay, he’s at two hands with me, and that my two ears
can witness.
ADRIANA
Say, didst thou speak with him? Know’st thou his mind?
SUS
Ay, ay, he told his mind upon mine ear.
Beshrew his hand, I scarce could understand it.
LUCIANA
Spake he so doubtfully thou couldst not feel his
meaning?
DROMIO OF EPHESUS
Nay, he struck so plainly I could too well feel his
blows, and withal so doubtfully that I could scarce
understand them. DUTCH: Sprak hij zoo zacht, dat gij ‘t niet vatten kondt ? MORE: Tardy=Sluggish, late
At hand=Close by
Told upon mine ear=Boxed my ears
Doubtfully=Confusingly
Compleat:
Tardy=Slof, traag, langzaam
Doubtfully=Op een twyfelachtige wyze Topics: delay, equality, authority