QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: The Merry Wives of Windsor
ACT/SCENE:
SPEAKER: Mistress Page
CONTEXT:
MISTRESS PAGE
Truly, I am so glad you have nobody here.
MISTRESS FORD
Why?
MISTRESS PAGE
Why, woman, your husband is in his old lunes again:
he so takes on yonder with my husband; so rails
against all married mankind; so curses all Eve’s
daughters, of what complexion soever; and so buffets
himself on the forehead, crying, ‘Peer out, peer
out!’ that any madness I ever yet beheld seemed but
tameness, civility and patience, to this his
distemper he is in now: I am glad the fat knight is not
here.

DUTCH:
Waarom? wel, vrouwtjen, uw man heeft weer zijn
oude vlagen.

MORE:
Lunes=Madness (also ‘lines’: tendencies)
Takes on=Rants
Eve’s daughters=Women
Complexion=Disposition; appearance
Peer out=Sprout, peep out
Compleat:
Lunes=Snoertjes die men opsmyt om een valk te rug te doen komen
Complexion=Aardt, gesteltenis, gesteldheyd
To peer out=Uitmunten, uitsteeken

Topics: madness|anger|suspicion|appearance