QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Antony and Cleopatra ACT/SCENE: 2.7 SPEAKER: Menas CONTEXT: MENAS Wilt thou be lord of the whole world? That’s twice. POMPEY How should that be? MENAS But entertain it, And, though thou think me poor, I am the man Will give thee all the world. POMPEY Hast thou drunk well? MENAS No, Pompey, I have kept me from the cup. Thou art, if thou dar’st be, the earthly Jove. Whate’er the ocean pales or sky inclips Is thine, if thou wilt ha ’t. POMPEY Show me which way. MENAS These three world-sharers, these competitors, Are in thy vessel. Let me cut the cable, And, when we are put off, fall to their throats. All there is thine. POMPEY Ah, this thou shouldst have done And not have spoke on ’t! In me ’tis villainy, In thee ’t had been good service. Thou must know, ’Tis not my profit that does lead mine honour; Mine honour, it. Repent that e’er thy tongue Hath so betrayed thine act. Being done unknown, I should have found it afterwards well done, But must condemn it now. Desist, and drink.

DUTCH: Nog eens dan, wilt gij heer der wereld zijn?

MORE: Entertain=Consider Pales=Encloses Inclips=Encompasses Competitors=Partners Mine honour, it=My honour takes precedence over it Betrayed=Disclosed Act=Intention Compleat: Entertain=Onthaalen, huysvesten, plaats vergunnen To pale in=Met paalen afperken, afpaalen. Paled in=Rondom met paalen bezet, afgepaald To inclose=Insluyten, besluyten, omheynen, rondom afschieten, binnen een schutting betrekken Competitor=Mededinger, mede-eyscher, medestreever, medevryer, nastander To betray=Verraaden, beklappen Act=Daad, bedryf

Topics: plans/intentions, honesty, advantage/benefit, dignity, integrity