QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Merry Wives of Windsor
ACT/SCENE:
SPEAKER: Page
CONTEXT:
FORD
I do not misdoubt my wife; but I would be loath to
turn them together. A man may be too confident: I
would have nothing lie on my head: I cannot be thus
satisfied.
PAGE
Look where my ranting host of the Garter comes:
there is either liquor in his pate or money in his
purse when he looks so merrily.

DUTCH:
Zie, daar komt onze zwetsende waard van de Kouseband
aan. Die heeft of wijn in den bol of geld in den
buidel, als hij er zoo vroolijk uitziet. — Wel, wat is er,
heer waard?

MORE:
Misdoubt=Mistrust
On my head=My responsibility (also allusion to cuckold’s ‘horns’)
Garter=Name of the inn
Compleat:
Misdoubt=t’Onrecht twyfelen
This mischief will light upon your own head=Dit kwaad zal op uw eigen kop thuis komen

Topics: suspicion, trust, money, emotion and mood