No Fear Shakespeare
The Tempest
Get this No Fear to go!
Act 2, Scene 1, Page 4
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SEBASTIAN
No, he doth but mistake the truth totally.
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SEBASTIAN
No, he just gets reality completely wrong.
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GONZALO
But the rarity of it is—which is indeed almost beyond
credit—
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GONZALO
But the really unbelievable thing is—and this is
incredible—
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SEBASTIAN
As many vouched rarities are.
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SEBASTIAN
As most unbelievable things are.
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GONZALO
That our garments, being, as they were, drenched in the sea, hold
notwithstanding their freshness and glosses, being rather new-dyed
than stained with salt water.
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GONZALO
That our clothes were drenched with sea water, but they came out
looking brand-new.
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ANTONIO
If but one of his pockets could speak, would it not say he
lies?
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ANTONIO
Listen to him. If his clothes could talk, they’d call
him a liar.
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SEBASTIAN
Ay, or very falsely pocket up his report.
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SEBASTIAN
Or stuff what he says into their pockets.
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GONZALO
Methinks our garments are now as fresh as when we put them on
first in Afric, at the marriage of the king’s fair
daughter Claribel to the King of Tunis.
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GONZALO
Seriously, I think our clothes are as fresh now as they were the
day we put them on in Africa, when we attended the marriage of the
king’s daughter Claribel to the King of Tunis.
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SEBASTIAN
'Twas a sweet marriage, and we prosper well in our
return.
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SEBASTIAN
It was a lovely wedding, and we’re doing really well on
our trip home.
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ADRIAN
Tunis was never graced before with such a paragon to their
queen.
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ADRIAN
Tunis has never had such a beautiful queen.
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GONZALO
Not since widow Dido’s time.
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GONZALO
Not since the days of widow Dido.
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ANTONIO
Widow! A pox o' that! How came that
“widow” in? Widow Dido!
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ANTONIO
Widow? Why the hell is he calling her “widow
Dido”?
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