And the Lord Replied Because Thou Doth Lament Greatly When Thou Art Hungry
Richard Ii: Deed i, Scene three Translation
A side-by-side translation of Human activity 1, Scene iii of Richard Two from the original Shakespeare into modern English language.
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| Source: Folger Shakespeare Library | |
| Scene iii Enter Lord Align and the Duke of Aumerle. MARSHAL AUMERLE MARSHAL AUMERLE The trumpets audio and the King enters with his Nobles Male monarch RICHARD | The twenty-four hours of the big throwdown (a.k.a. trial by combat) has finally arrived. Everyone gathers at the tournament arena in Coventry. (Psst. Hither'due south what a medieval tournament arena looks like.) Bolingbroke and Mowbray are all suited upward in their armor and prepare to throw down. King Richard arrives and makes a big, red-carpet-worthy entry, complete with trumpet blasts and kneeling subjects. (In case you hadn't noticed, Richard'southward kind of a diva.) Richard gives the become-ahead for the trial by combat to brainstorm. |
| MARSHAL, to Mowbray MOWBRAY The trumpets audio. Enter Bolingbroke, Knuckles of | The Lord Marshal tells Mowbray to explicate why he plans to fight. Mowbray, more or less following the script for a duel, swears an oath to God and the king to evidence that he's innocent and Bolingbroke is the one who is a traitor. Then Mowbray asks "sky" to "defend" him. Trumpets sound and Bolingbroke appears. |
| KING RICHARD Marshal, inquire yonder knight in arms MARSHAL, to Bolingbroke BOLINGBROKE Marshal BOLINGBROKE MARSHAL, to King Richard | The Lord Marshal asks him to give his name and nowadays his instance. He does. Bolingbroke compares the fight to a pilgrimage (a trip to a holy land) and asks Rex Richard if he can kiss his hand goodbye. |
| KING RICHARD, coming downwardly | Richard comes downward from his shiny, bejeweled throne to hug Bolingbroke. He wishes him luck and says that if he's telling the truth about Mowbray being a traitor, hopefully he'll win the fight. Richard adds that if Henry loses, he'll probably cry for him, merely he won't elevator a finger to avenge his expiry. Encephalon Snack: We've already explained that a trial by combat was a mode for "gentlemen" to settle disputes in medieval England (where the play is fix). During the trial, two noblemen would go toe to toe until one died or had to be taken off on a stretcher. The last guy continuing was the winner. Here'southward something else you should know: in medieval England, people thought that God would make sure that the good guy won the fight and the bad guy lost. That way anybody would know who was lying and who was telling the truth. Equally a bonus, the guilty party would be punished in the procedure (by getting the you-know-what beat out of him). |
| BOLINGBROKE GAUNT BOLINGBROKE | Bolingbroke says not to worry. In Shakespearean trash-talk, he explains that he'south like a falcon and Mowbray's like the bird the falcon hunts. And then he says good day to his male parent, "the earthly author of my blood," and asks him to pray for his success. Gaunt says he hopes he hacks Mowbray's helmet in God's name. Bolingbroke answers that his innocence and Saint George'south will win the mean solar day. (FYI – Saint George was the patron saint of England, so Henry's basically trying to make himself England'southward rep.) |
| MOWBRAY KING RICHARD | When it's Mowbray'southward turn to speak, he says his cause is but and makes fun of Bolingbroke's big, violent speeches: "truth has a quiet breast," he says. Richard is a little dank toward Mowbray. He doesn't hug him, just he does say he sees "virtue with valour" in Mowbray's centre. |
| Marshal He presents a lance to Bolingbroke. BOLINGBROKE MARSHAL, to an Officeholder An Officer presents a lance to Mowbray. First HERALD Second HERALD Align Trumpets sound. Richard throws downwards his warder. Stay! The King hath thrown his warder down. | Only equally the throwdown is well-nigh to start, Richard steps in and is all, "Concur upwardly a infinitesimal, guys. I've changed my heed and don't want you 2 hacking into each other with your swords and staining the globe with your blood." |
| KING RICHARD Trumpets sound while Richard consults with Gaunt To Bolingbroke and Mowbray. Depict near, BOLINGBROKE KING RICHARD | Richard says Mowbray and Bolingbroke need to go dorsum to their chairs and wait for him. He goes off somewhere with his advisors to talk well-nigh what should happen side by side. When Richard comes back, he announces that he's banishing Mowbray from the kingdom... forever. (Dang. That'due south what Mowbray gets for being obedient to Male monarch Richard?) Also, he's banishing Bolingbroke from the kingdom for ten years. |
| MOWBRAY | Mowbray calls this "a heavy sentence" and compares his adjournment to being imprisoned, since he doesn't speak any linguistic communication but English language, which won't be whatever use to him if he's sent to go alive in a foreign state. |
| Rex RICHARD MOWBRAY KING RICHARD They place their correct hands on the hilts of Swear past the duty that you lot owe to God— BOLINGBROKE I swear. 195 MOWBRAY And I, to proceed all this. They step back. | Richard tells him it'south no use whining – he'due south fabricated up his mind and wants Mowbray gone ASAP. Richard tells both Bolingbroke and Mowbray to swear on the male monarch'southward sword that they won't come across each other, write to each other, or communicate ever once more. Also, they have to swear that they'll never plot confronting him while they're banished. (Yeah right.) |
| BOLINGBROKE MOWBRAY He exits. | Bolingbroke tries to become Mowbray to fess upward. He says he might as well tell the truth, since they're both banished anyway. Mowbray says if he's a traitor, his proper noun should be crossed out from the book of life (in other words, he would exist damned). He adds that he, like God, knows the truth well-nigh Bolingbroke. (In other words, nobody'south near to admit anything.) |
| KING RICHARD, to Gaunt BOLINGBROKE | Richard notices that John of Gaunt is really bummed out that his kid is getting booted out of the country. Richard makes what he thinks is a generous offer. He says that since Gaunt has been and so loyal and is then old, he'll shorten Bolingbroke's banishment past four years so Henry can come back to England in vi years instead of ten. Bolingbroke makes a smart-aleck fissure nearly how powerful the "breath of kings" tin be (since by uttering but a few official words, Richard can seemingly make 4 years of Henry's life go by in an instant.) |
| GAUNT Male monarch RICHARD GAUNT | Gaunt says Richard's offer is no practiced. Since he'due south super quondam, he'll probably exist expressionless by the time his son gets to come up home, even if the banishment is six years instead of ten. Richard tries to make Gaunt experience amend and says something like, "Don't be silly, Gaunt, of grade y'all'll be alive when Henry comes habitation." Gaunt'south not having it. He points out that kings can shorten other people's lives (by sentencing them to death, etc.) but they can't brand people live longer. |
| KING RICHARD GAUNT KING RICHARD, to Bolingbroke Flourish. King Richard exits with his Attendants. | Then Richard gets defensive. He says he's shocked to hear Gaunt say all of this, because Gaunt's the one who advised him to banish Bolingbroke and Mowbray in the offset place. Gaunt'due south all, "Yes, but when I said that I was hoping yous'd stride up and say that adjournment is too harsh. Plus, you never should have asked me about punishing my own son." Richard tunes this out and tells Gaunt to say evict to his kid. |
| AUMERLE, to Bolingbroke Align, to Bolingbroke GAUNT, to Bolingbroke BOLINGBROKE GAUNT BOLINGBROKE | Everyone says adieu to Bolingbroke. Bolingbroke is silent. When Gaunt asks his son why he's existence so quiet, Bolingbroke claims he doesn't have the correct words to express his pain, then he's just not going to say annihilation at all. |
| GAUNT BOLINGBROKE GAUNT BOLINGBROKE GAUNT BOLINGBROKE GAUNT | Gaunt tries to comfort him. He tells him to think of his banishment equally an gamble and a identify to get "accolade." He suggests that Bolingbroke pretend the roles were reversed. (Foreshadowing alert! Get your highlighters out, because this is important.) |
| BOLINGBROKE GAUNT BOLINGBROKE They exit. | Bolingbroke says he's not in the mood to play "let'southward pretend." And so Bolingbroke says goodbye to England, and says at least he can say that he's "a trueborn Englishman." |
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