1 King Henry the Sixth

Fight till the last gasp;

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  I, ii, 127

戰到最後一刻鐘； the last gasp: the last possible moment

Glory is like a circle in the water,

Which never ceaseth  to enlarge itself,

Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought.

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  I, ii, 133

光榮就像水面的圓圈，

它會不停地擴大，

直到無法再大而消散於無。disperse: to go in different directions. nought, also naught: nothing

(it said,) unbidden guests

Are often welcomest when they are gone.

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  II. ii, 55

不速之客

當他們離去時 往往最受歡迎 unbidden: without having been invited

Between two hawks, which flies the higher pitch;

Between two dogs, which hath the deeper mouth;

Between two blades, which bears the better temper;

Between two horses, which doth bear him best;

Between two girls, which hath the merriest eye;

I have, perhaps, some shallow spirit of judgment;

But in these nice sharp quillets of the law,

Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw.

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  II. iv, 11

但是說到法律上那些準確巧妙的事情，

老實說，我不比一個傻子聰明。 pitch: flight. mouth: voice. temper: strength, hardness  bear him: carry himself. nice: precise. quillets: subtleties. daw: jackdaw, fool, simpleton

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I’ll note you in my book of memory,

我會記住你，

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  II, iv, 101

Just Death, kind umpire of men’s miseries,

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  II, v, 29

正義的死神，人們苦難的仁慈仲裁者，Just: reasonable and fair.  umpire: one who settles a matter and brings peace

Choked with ambition of the meaner sort;

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  II, v, 123

with: by.  meaner sort: those of lower rank

Defer no time, delays have dangerous ends,

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  III, ii, 33

延誤會有危險的後果，

I owe him little duty, and less love,

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  IV, iv, 34

我不欠他義務，也不欠他的情，

Of all base passions, fear is most accursed.

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  V, ii, 18

accursed: under a curse

So doth the swan her downy cygnets save,

Keeping them prisoner underneath her wings.

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  V, iii, 56

天鵝就是這樣保護她毛茸茸的幼雛，

把它們關在羽翼之下。cygnets: young swans  save: to keep somebody safe from harm

She’s beautiful and therefore to be wooed:

She is a woman, therefore to be won.

她真美麗所以被人追求：

她是女人所以被人贏得。

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  V, iii, 78

To be a queen in bondage is more vile

Than is a slave in base servility;

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  V, iii, 112

在囚籠中當皇后

比服賤役的奴才更卑賤。bondage: the state of being a prisoner  vile: extremely bad

Marriage is a matter of more worth

Than to be dealt in by attorneyship.

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  V, v, 55

婚姻大事

並非別人可以越俎代庖。 attorneyship: proxy

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For what is wedlock forced, but a hell,

An age of discord and continual strife?

Whereas the contrary bringeth bliss,

And is a pattern of celestial peace.

  --- 1 King Henry the Sixth  V, v, 62

強迫的婚姻，只是一座地獄，

一輩子爭吵不休？

然而自主的婚姻帶來幸福，

成為天堂平和的榜樣。wedlock: state of being married  age: lifetime  bringeth: brings  bliss: perfect happiness  pattern: model, example  celestial: of heaven