QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Coriolanus ACT/SCENE: 2.2 SPEAKER: Coriolanus CONTEXT: BRUTUS
Sir, I hope
My words disbench’d you not.
CORIOLANUS
No, sir: yet oft,
When blows have made me stay, I fled from words.
You soothed not, therefore hurt not: but
your people,
I love them as they weigh.
MENENIUS
Pray now, sit down.
CORIOLANUS
I had rather have one scratch my head i’ the sun
When the alarum were struck than idly sit
To hear my nothings monster’d.
MENENIUS
Masters of the people,
Your multiplying spawn how can he flatter—
That’s thousand to one good one—when you now see
He had rather venture all his limbs for honour
Than one on’s ears to hear it? Proceed, Cominius. DUTCH: Hield ik voor slagen stand, en vlood voor woorden.
Gij vleit niet, dus gij krenkt niet. Doch, uw burgers
Bemin ik naar zij waard zijn. MORE: Disbenched=Upset (unseated)
Soothed not=Did not flatter
As they weigh=According to their weight or value
Monstered=Described as remarkable
Multiplying spawn=Common people
Venture=Risk
Compleat:
To sooth up=Vleijen, flikflooien
To weigh or be of weight (to be considerable, important)=Van gewigt, belang, aanzienlyk zyn
To ventiure=Waagen Topics: resolution, remedy, value, flattery