Get this No Fear to go!
Original Text |
Modern Text |
|
|
45 |
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
“Why” first: for flouting me; and then “wherefore”:
for urging it the second time to me.
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
“Why” first: for defying me. And then “wherefore”: for doing it a second time.
|
|
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
Was there ever any man thus beaten out of season,
When in the “why” and the “wherefore” is neither rhyme nor reason?
Well, sir, I thank you.
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
I don’t think any man’s ever been beaten for a “why” and “wherefore” that made so little sense. Well, thank you.
|
|
50 |
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
Thank me, sir, for what?
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
Thank me? For what?
|
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
Marry, sir, for this something that you gave me for nothing.
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
Because you gave me something for nothing.
|
|
|
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
I’ll make you amends next, to give you nothing for
something. But say, sir, is it dinnertime?
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
Next time I’ll give you nothing for something. Is it lunchtime?
|
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
No, sir, I think the meat wants that I have.
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
No. The meat lacks something that I have.
|
|
|
55 |
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
In good time, sir, what’s that?
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
What would that be?
|
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
Basting.
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
A basting.
|
|
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
Well, sir, then ’twill be dry.
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
Well, then it will be dry.
|
|
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
If it be, sir, I pray you, eat none of it.
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
If it is, I suggest you don’t eat it.
|
|
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
Your reason?
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
Why not?
|
|
|
60 |
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
Lest it make you choleric and purchase me another dry
basting.
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
Because it will make you angry, and that will get me another beating.
|
|
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
Well, sir, learn to jest in good time. There’s a time for all
things.
|
ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE
Well, learn to make jokes at the appropriate time. There’s a time for all things.
|
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
I durst have denied that before you were so choleric.
|
DROMIO OF SYRACUSE
Before you got so angry, I never would have thought that.
|
No Fear Shakespeare for iPhone™ and iPod® touch. Plain English translations of Shakespeares more popular plays plus all 154 sonnets for free!
Summary, analysis, themes, essay topics, and more.
Get the No Fear Shakespeare you can hold in your hand. In print and ebook at BN.com
It’s a statistical inevitability.
...and other effective ways of dealing with cheaters.
Show off your mad tech skillz.
Hey, that’s what friends are for!
Like the iPod touch we’re giving away.
Become a fan on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter