2 King Henry the Sixth

(Unto the poor King Reignier,) whose large style

Agrees not with the leanness of his purse.

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  I, i, 111

‘Tis not my speeches that you do mislike,

But ‘tis my presence that doth trouble ye;

Rancour will out .

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  I, i, 140

你們所討厭的不是我說的話，

你們是覺得我在這裡礙事；

怨恨是藏不住的。 mislike: dislike  Rancour: a continuing and bitter hate

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Main chance, (father, you meant, but I meant Maine,)

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  I, i, 212 

The opportunity for personal gain

Could I come near your beauty with my nails,

I’d set my ten commandments in your face.

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  I, iii, 141

要是我能用我的指甲挨近妳的美貌，

我會在妳的臉蛋上留下十道指痕。set: put  commandments: fingers

(For) blessed are the peacemakers on earth.

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  II, i, 34

世間謀求和平的人有福了。blessed: fortunate  cf Matthew 5:9

How irksome is this music to my heart!

When such strings jar, what hope of harmony?

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  II, i, 54

irksome: annoying  jar: make a musical discord, be out of tune

Now God be praised, that to believing souls

Gives light in darkness, comfort in despair!

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  II, i, 64

要讚美神，祂讓虔信的人們

在黑暗裡得到光明，在絕望中得到慰藉！souls: people

(, and) God defend the right!

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  II, iii, 55

上帝保護有理的一方！defend: protect somebody from harm

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep,

And in his simple show he harbours treason.

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  III, i, 53

溪流深處水流平緩，

他老實的外表藏著叛逆。 simple show: innocent appearance  harbours: lodges

The fox barks not when he would steal the lamb.

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  III, i, 55

當狐狸要偷小羊來吃時 不吠。

(Ah, uncle Humphrey,) in thy face I see

The map of honor, truth, and loyalty.

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  III, i, 202

He dies, and makes no sign.

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  III, iii, 29

他死了，沒有預兆。sign: omen?

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The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day

Is crept into the bosom of the sea;

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  IV, i, 1

絢麗、顯露黑夜祕密、悲天憫人的白天

已經一頭鑽進了大海的懷抱； gaudy: bright, resplendent  blabbing: revealing secrets of the dark  remorseful: compassionate  the bosom of: the loving care and protection of

Small things make base men proud.

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  IV, i, 106

小事令下層庶民得意洋洋。 base: lower-class

True nobility is exempt from fear:

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  IV, i, 129

真正的高貴是無所畏懼的： nobility: nobleness  exempt: free from

(, and) I will make it felony to drink small beer.

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  IV, ii, 67

我會把喝清淡啤酒的人定重罪。small: weak

The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.(disturb law and order to become king)

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  IV, ii, 76

第一件事，咱們要把所有律師殺掉。（擾亂法律和秩序 好當國王）

(And) Adam was a gardener.

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  IV, ii, 134

亞當從前是個園丁。

Sir, he made a chimney in my father’s house, and the bricks are alive at this day to testify it;

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  IV, ii, 148

he: i.e. Cade’s father

And seeing ignorance is the curse of God,

Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven,

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  IV, vii, 73

看出 無知乃上帝之詛咒，

知識乃吾人藉以飛上天之翅膀， wherewith: with which

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Can we outrun the heavens?

  --- 2 King Henry the Sixth  V, ii, 73

我們能逃出上天嗎？ outrun: escape from