Fifth section Flashcards
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Wretched florentine-capilet-pitied
I am, my lord, a wretched Florentine,
derived from the ancient Capilet.
My suit, as I do understand, you know
and therefore know how far I may be pitied
strangely
Why do you look so strangely upon your wife?
marry-hand-heaven-myself-embodied-both or none
If you shall marry,
you give away this hand, and that is mine;
you give away heaven’s vows, and those are mine;
you give away myself, which is known mine;
for I by vow am so embodied yours
that she which marries you must marry me,
either both or none.
oath-virginity
Good my lord,
ask him again upon his oath if he does think
He had not my virginity
wrong-common price-behold-rich validity-commoner
He does me wrong, my lord. If I were so,
he might have bought me at a common price.
Do not believe him. O, behold this ring,
whose high respect and rich validity
did lack a parallel. Yet for all that
He gave it to the commoner o’ th’ camp
If i be one.
loath-instrument
I did my lord, but loath am to produce
so bad an instrument. His name’s Parolles.
Patient-noble wife-diet-virtue-return it-mine
I must be patient.
you that have turned off a first noble wife
may justly diet me. I pray you yet -
since you lack virture, I will lose a husband -
send for your ring. I will return it home,
and give me mine again.
same-finger
sir, much like the same upon your finger
gave-abed
and this was it I gave him, being abed.
truth
I have spoke the truth
Lord
Ay, my lord.
promised?
do you know he promised me marriage?
lord
ay, my lord
given-buy
it was not given me, nor I did not buy it
lent
it was not lent to me neither
found
I found it not.
gave
I never gave it him
aught
it might be yours or hers for ought I know
never tell
I’ll never tell you
bail
I’ll put in bail, my liege
Jove-man
by Jove, if ever I knew man, ‘twas you.
guilty-no maid-knows not-strumpet-old man’s wife
Because he’s guilty and he is not guilty.
He knows I am no maid, and he’ll swear to ‘t.
I’ll swear I am a maid, and he knows not.
great king, I am no strumpet. By my life,
I am either maid or else this old man’s wife.
fetch bail-jeweler-abuse-I quit him-defiled-with child-young-riddle-behold
good mother, fetch my bail. -widow exits- stay, royal sir.
the jeweler that owes the ring is sent for,
and he shall surety me. but for this lord
who hath abused me as he knows himself,
though yet he never harmed me, here I quit him.
he knows himself my bed he hath defiled,
and at that time he got his wife with child.
Dead though she be, she feels her young one kick.
so there’s my riddle: one that’s dead is quick.
and now behold the meaning:
