The Complete Works of William Shakespeare In Plain and Simple English (Translated) (341 page)

I recovered it.

I wish I had a drum of the enemy's: I would swear

that I had recovered it.

Second Lord

You shall hear one anon.

You'll be hearing one soon.

PAROLLES

A drum now of the enemy's,--

Now, a drum of the enemy's-

Alarum within

Second Lord

Throca movousus, cargo, cargo, cargo.

Throca movousus, cargo, cargo, cargo.

All

Cargo, cargo, cargo, villiando par corbo, cargo.

Cargo, cargo, cargo, villiando par corbo, cargo.

PAROLLES

O, ransom, ransom! do not hide mine eyes.

Mercy, mercy! Do not cover my eyes.

They seize and blindfold him

First Soldier

Boskos thromuldo boskos.

Boskos thromuldo boskos.

PAROLLES

I know you are the Muskos' regiment:

And I shall lose my life for want of language;

If there be here German, or Dane, low Dutch,

Italian, or French, let him speak to me; I'll

Discover that which shall undo the Florentine.

I know you are the Russian regiment:

and I shall be killed for not knowing the language;

if there are any Germans, Danes, low Dutch,

Italians, or French here, let them speak to me; I'll

unfurl secrets which will let you beat the Florentines.

First Soldier

Boskos vauvado: I understand thee, and can speak

thy tongue. Kerely bonto, sir, betake thee to thy

faith, for seventeen poniards are at thy bosom.

Boskos vauvado: I understand you, and can speak

your language. Kerely bonto, sir, make your peace

with God, for there are seventeen daggers pointing at your chest.

PAROLLES

O!

Oh!

First Soldier

O, pray, pray, pray! Manka revania dulche.

Pray, pray, pray!Manka revania dulche.

Second Lord

Oscorbidulchos volivorco.

Oscorbidulchos volivorco.

First Soldier

The general is content to spare thee yet;

And, hoodwink'd as thou art, will lead thee on

To gather from thee: haply thou mayst inform

Something to save thy life.

The general is happy to spare your life for now;

and, blindfolded as you are, will take you away

for interrogation: perhaps you can tell us something

which will save your life.

PAROLLES

O, let me live!

And all the secrets of our camp I'll show,

Their force, their purposes; nay, I'll speak that

Which you will wonder at.

O, let me live!

I'll tell you all the secrets of our camp,

their numbers, their plans; I'll tell you things

which will amaze you.

First Soldier

But wilt thou faithfully?

But will you tell us the truth?

PAROLLES

If I do not, damn me.

If I don't, may I be dammed.

First Soldier

Acordo linta.

Come on; thou art granted space.

Acordo linta.

Come on; you have a breathing space.

Exit, with PAROLLES guarded. A short alarum within

Second Lord

Go, tell the Count Rousillon, and my brother,

We have caught the woodcock, and will keep him muffled

Till we do hear from them.

Go and tell Count Rousillon, and my brother,

that the bird is trapped, and we will keep him quiet

until we hear from them.

Second Soldier

Captain, I will.

Captain, I will.

Second Lord

A' will betray us all unto ourselves:

Inform on that.

He will betray us to ourselves:

tell them that.

Second Soldier

So I will, sir.

I'll do that, sir.

Second Lord

Till then I'll keep him dark and safely lock'd.

Until then I'll keep him in the dark and safely locked up.

Exeunt

Enter BERTRAM and DIANA

BERTRAM

They told me that your name was Fontibell.

They told me that your name was Fontibell.

DIANA

No, my good lord, Diana.

No, my good lord, Diana.

BERTRAM

Titled goddess;

And worth it, with addition! But, fair soul,

In your fine frame hath love no quality?

If quick fire of youth light not your mind,

You are no maiden, but a monument:

When you are dead, you should be such a one

As you are now, for you are cold and stern;

And now you should be as your mother was

When your sweet self was got.

The name of the goddess;

and worthy of it, and more! But, fair soul,

is there no place for love in your fine body?

If your mind is not lit up with the heat of youth,

you are not a maiden, but a monument:

the time to be like you are now is when

you are dead, to be this cold and stern;

now you should be the same as your mother was

when you were conceived.

DIANA

She then was honest.

She was married then.

BERTRAM

So should you be.

And you should be the same.

DIANA

No:

My mother did but duty; such, my lord,

As you owe to your wife.

No:

my mother was just doing her duty; the same duty, my lord,

that you should do to your wife.

BERTRAM

No more o' that;

I prithee, do not strive against my vows:

I was compell'd to her; but I love thee

By love's own sweet constraint, and will for ever

Do thee all rights of service.

That's enough of that;

please, don't make me go against what I have sworn on;

I was forced to marry her; but I love you

with a love that is true, and will always

give you all the duties of a lover.

DIANA

Ay, so you serve us

Till we serve you; but when you have our roses,

You barely leave our thorns to prick ourselves

And mock us with our bareness.

Yes, that's what you say

until we give you what you want; but when you have taken our roses,

you hardly leave the thorns for us to prick ourselves on

and you mock our exposure.

BERTRAM

How have I sworn!

But I have sworn!

DIANA

'Tis not the many oaths that makes the truth,

But the plain single vow that is vow'd true.

What is not holy, that we swear not by,

But take the High'st to witness: then, pray you, tell me,

If I should swear by God's great attributes,

I loved you dearly, would you believe my oaths,

When I did love you ill? This has no holding,

To swear by him whom I protest to love,

That I will work against him: therefore your oaths

Are words and poor conditions, but unseal'd,

At least in my opinion.

It's not the quantity of promises that make the truth,

but a plain single promise that you promise to keep.

We do not swear by things that are not wholly,

but ask God to witness them: so please, tell me,

if I swore by all God's goodness

that I loved you dearly, would you believe my oaths,

when I treated you badly? There is no validity

in swearing by the God I say I love,

to do things against his law: so your oaths

are just words and empty promises, completely invalid,

at least in my opinion.

BERTRAM

Change it, change it;

Be not so holy-cruel: love is holy;

And my integrity ne'er knew the crafts

That you do charge men with. Stand no more off,

But give thyself unto my sick desires,

Who then recover: say thou art mine, and ever

My love as it begins shall so persever.

Change it, change it;

don't be so piously cruel: love is holy;

and my honor has never used the tricks

which you accuse men of. Hold back no longer,

but give in to my love sickness,

and cure me: say you are mine and my love

will always go on as it started.

DIANA

I see that men make ropes in such a scarre

That we'll forsake ourselves. Give me that ring.

I see that men make ropes for their traps, hoping

that we will throw ourselves in. Give me that ring.

BERTRAM

I'll lend it thee, my dear; but have no power

To give it from me.

I'll lend it to you, my dear, but I have no right

to give it away.

DIANA

Will you not, my lord?

You won't do it, my lord?

BERTRAM

It is an honour 'longing to our house,

Bequeathed down from many ancestors;

Which were the greatest obloquy i' the world

In me to lose.

It is an heirloom of our family,

handed down through many generations;

 it would be the worst disgrace in the world

for me to lose it.

DIANA

Mine honour's such a ring:

My chastity's the jewel of our house,

Bequeathed down from many ancestors;

Which were the greatest obloquy i' the world

In me to lose: thus your own proper wisdom

Brings in the champion Honour on my part,