QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Antony and Cleopatra
ACT/SCENE: 3.6
SPEAKER: Caesar
CONTEXT:
MAECENAS
Let Rome be thus informed.
AGRIPPA
Who, queasy with his insolence already,
Will their good thoughts call from him.
CAESAR
The people knows it, and have now received
His accusations.
AGRIPPA
Who does he accuse?
CAESAR
Caesar, and that, having in Sicily
Sextus Pompeius spoiled, we had not rated him
His part o’ th’ isle. Then does he say he lent me
Some shipping, unrestored. Lastly, he frets
That Lepidus of the triumvirate
Should be deposed, and, being, that we detain
All his revenue.

DUTCH:
t Volk, zijn overmoed reeds moe,
Komt van zijn goede meening dan terug.


MORE:
Thus=Accordingly
Queasy=Disgusted
Spoiled=Plundered, stripped
Rated=Allocated
Detain=Withhold
Compleat:
Thus=Dus, aldus, zo
Queasy=Braakachtig
To spoil=Bederven, vernielen, berooven

Topics: blame, justification, equality, debt/obligation

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