QUOTES FROM THE BARD

PLAY: All’s Well that Ends Well
ACT/SCENE: 4.3
SPEAKER: First Soldier
CONTEXT:
FIRST SOLDIER
I’ll whisper with the general, and know his pleasure.
PAROLLES
I’ll no more drumming; a plague of all
drums! Only to seem to deserve well, and to
beguile the supposition of that lascivious young boy
the count, have I run into this danger. Yet who
would have suspected an ambush where I was taken?
FIRST SOLDIER
There is no remedy, sir, but you must die: the
general says, you that have so traitorously
discovered the secrets of your army and made such
pestiferous reports of men very nobly held, can
serve the world for no honest use; therefore you
must die. Come, headsman, off with his head.
PAROLLES
O Lord, sir, let me live, or let me see my death!
FIRST LORD
That shall you, and take your leave of all your
friends.

DUTCH:
Er helpt niets aan, vriend, gij moet toch sterven. De
generaal zegt, dat gij, die zoo verraderlijk de geheimen
van uw leger verklapt hebt, en zulke vergiftige berichten
gegeven van mannen, door ieder voor hoogst edel
gehouden, op de wereld voor niets goeds te gebruiken zijt ;

MORE:
Seem to deserve well=To appear worthy
Beguile the supposition=Fool the opposition
Discovered=Revealed
Pestiferous=Malignant
Held=Regarded
Compleat:
To deserve=Verdienen
To deserve not well of one=Iemand ondienst doen
To discover=Ontdekken, bespeuren, aan ‘t licht brengen
Pestiferous=Pestveroorzaakend, verderflyk
To hold=Houden, vatten

Topics: courage, appearance, betrayal, punishment