QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Cymbeline
ACT/SCENE: 1.2
SPEAKER: Queen
CONTEXT:
QUEEN
No, be assured you shall not find me, daughter,
After the slander of most stepmothers,
Evil-eyed unto you: you’re my prisoner, but
Your jailer shall deliver you the keys
That lock up your restraint. For you, Posthumus,
So soon as I can win the offended king,
I will be known your advocate: marry, yet
The fire of rage is in him, and ’twere good
You lean’d unto his sentence with what patience
Your wisdom may inform you.
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
Please your highness,
I will from hence to-day.
QUEEN
You know the peril.
I’ll fetch a turn about the garden, pitying
The pangs of barr’d affections, though the king
Hath charged you should not speak together.

DUTCH:
Doch gij weet,
Thans vlamt zijn toorn te fel; en ‘t ware goed,
Voor ‘t vonnis u te buigen, zoo gedwee,
Als uw verstand u raden moet.

MORE:
After=According to
Evil-eyed=Malevolent
Win=Win over
Lean unto=Accept
Compleat:
After=Volgens
To look with an evil eye=Met nydige oogen aanzien
He leans to that opinion=Hij helt naar dat gevoelen

Topics: plans/intentions, patience, love