William Shakespeare (1564-1616)....
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Some words the Bard 'of Avon' added.... |
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| 1. | Hamlet | |
| ....Do you hear, let them be well used; for they are the abstract and brief chronicles of the time.... | ||
| Hamlet | Hamlet, Act II, Scene ii | |
| 2. | Henry IV, Part One | |
| The better part of valour is discretion. | ||
| Falstaff | Henry IV, Act V, Scene iv | |
| 3. | Used by Shakespeare | |
| There we will sit upon the rocks, | ||
| And see the shepherds feed their flocks, | ||
| By shallow rivers, by whose falls | ||
| Melodious birds sing madrigals. | ||
| His acquaintance Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593) | ||
| 4. | Julius Caesar | |
| And the first motion, all the interim is | ||
| Like a phantasma or a hideous dream. | ||
| The genius and the mortal instruments | ||
| Are then in council; and the state of man..... | ||
| Brutus (part of his soliloquy) | Julius Caesar, Act 2, Scene 1 | |
| 5. | Henry V | |
| We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. | ||
| For he today that sheds his blood with me | ||
| Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, | ||
| This day shall gentle his condition. | ||
| Henry | Henry V, Act IV, Scene iii | |
| 6. | As You Like It | |
| It was a lover and laffe, with a haye with a hoe and a | ||
| Haye nonie no and a haye nonie nonie no, that o're the | ||
| Green corne fields did paffe in fpringe time. | ||
| A song from.... | As You Like it, Act V, Scene iii | |
| 7. | Sonnet | |
| She.... me.... we.... be.... | ||
| Unknown | ||
| 8. | Julius Caesar | |
Who will go with me? I will proclaim my name about the field: I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho! A foe to tyrants, and my country's friend; I am the son of Marcus Cato, ho! |
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Cato |
Julius Caesar, Act V, Scene IV | |
| 9. | Hamlet | |
To be, or not to be, that is the question, |
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Whether
'tis nobler in the mind to suffer |
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| The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, | ||
| Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, | ||
| And by opposing end them; to die to sleep | ||
| No more, and by a sleep, to say we end | ||
| The heartache and the thousand natural shocks | ||
| That flesh is heir to - 'tis a consummation | ||
| Devoutly to be wished. | ||
Hamlet (part of his soliloquy) |
Hamlet, Act III, Scene I | |
| 10. | An attempted soliloquy in respect that before | |
To sleep yea, to dream nae. |
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That is
always our way, no no more |
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| Until lavender violet and green thoughts preside. | ||
| To sleep is a soliloquy, to dream is tangentility. | ||
| My dream talks to and and for us both in design | ||
| And in devotion, and in erstwhile sphere. | ||
| Who speaks for us now? And is it sow? | ||
| Our past and future literacy do that as an accord. | ||
| I see verity in your words, and blossoming in your eyes. | ||
| Not everyone can see your eyes as I do. | ||
| They are truer and more becoming than alt on earth. | ||
He knoweth |
No Act or Scene | |
| veritas is forever. | ||
That is the only necessary evidence that we have changed little over the centuries. *doffs hat* |
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