QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: Cymbeline
ACT/SCENE: 1.4
SPEAKER: Philario
CONTEXT:
IACHIMO
Believe it, sir, I have seen him in Britain: he was
then of a crescent note, expected to prove so worthy
as since he hath been allowed the name of; but I
could then have looked on him without the help of
admiration, though the catalogue of his endowments
had been tabled by his side and I to peruse him by
items.
PHILARIO
You speak of him when he was less furnished than now
he is with that which makes him both without and
within.
FRENCHMAN
I have seen him in France: we had very many there
could behold the sun with as firm eyes as he.
IACHIMO
This matter of marrying his king’s daughter, wherein
he must be weighed rather by her value than his own,
words him, I doubt not, a great deal from the matter.
FRENCHMAN
And then his banishment.

DUTCH:
Gij spreekt van hem uit den tijd, toen hij veel minder,
dan tegenwoordig het geval is, toegerust was met alles,
wat hem volkomen maakt, zoowel uit- als inwendig.

MORE:
Crescent note=Growing reputation
Though=Even if
Endowments=Qualities
Tabled=Listed
By items=Separately
Furnished=Skilled
Without and within=Inside and out
Behold=Look into
Weighed=Assessed
Words him=Makes him appear
Matter=Reality
Compleat:
Crescent=Wassende (maan)
Endowmenet=Begiftiging, begaavingg, begaafdheid
To table=Een lijst maaken
Furnished=Verzorgd, voorzien, gestoffeerd
To behold=Aanschouwen, zien, aanzien; ziet, let wel
To weigh=Weegen, overweegen

Topics: reputation, status, age/experience