QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Cymbeline
ACT/SCENE: 2.4
SPEAKER: Posthumus Leonatus
CONTEXT:
PHILARIO
What means do you make to him?
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
Not any, but abide the change of time,
Quake in the present winter’s state and wish
That warmer days would come: in these sear’d hopes,
I barely gratify your love; they failing,
I must die much your debtor.
PHILARIO
Your very goodness and your company
O’erpays all I can do. By this, your king
Hath heard of great Augustus: Caius Lucius
Will do’s commission throughly: and I think
He’ll grant the tribute, send the arrearages,
Or look upon our Romans, whose remembrance
Is yet fresh in their grief.
POSTHUMUS LEONATUS
I do believe,
Statist though I am none, nor like to be,
That this will prove a war; and you shall hear
The legions now in Gallia sooner landed
In our not-fearing Britain than have tidings
Of any penny tribute paid. Our countrymen
Are men more order’d than when Julius Caesar
Smiled at their lack of skill, but found their courage
Worthy his frowning at: their discipline,
Now mingled with their courages, will make known
To their approvers they are people such
That mend upon the world.

DUTCH:
Hun krijgstucht,
Nu met hun moed vereend, zal wie hen aanvalt
Doen kennen, dat zij mannen zijn, voor wie
Ervaring voordeel was.

MORE:
Means=Approaches, contact
Conceive=Think
Seared=Withered, failing
Gratify=Repay
Arrearages=Overdue payments
Look upon=Face
Statist=Politician
Ordered=Organised
Compleat:
Means=Middelen
Conceive=Bevatten, begrypen, beseffen, zich inbeelden
To sear=Schroeijen, branden, verzengen
To gratify=Begunstigen, believen, iets te gevallen doen, involgen
Arrearage=Achterstallige schuld
Disordered=In wanorde gebragt, in de war gebragt

Topics: life, nature, advice