QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: King Henry VIII
ACT/SCENE: 5.1
SPEAKER: Old Lady
CONTEXT:
OLD LADY
An hundred marks? By this light, I’ll ha’ more.
An ordinary groom is for such payment.
I will have more or scold it out of him.
Said I for this the girl was like to him?
I’ll have more or else unsay ’t. And now,
While ’tis hot, I’ll put it to the issue.

DUTCH:
Want nu het heet is , wil ik ‘t ijzer smeden.

MORE:
Proverb: It is good to strike while the iron is hot
Scold=Admonish
Issue=Action
Compleat:
Scold=Kyven, schelden
Matter in issue=De zaak in geschil

Topics: proverbs and idioms

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