Today’s Totally Random
Lines
Oui, vraiment, sauf votre grace, ainsi dit-il.
Alice
King Henry the Fifth
Act V, Scene
ii, Line 112
Alice is the waiting woman of Katherine, the daughter of the King of France. The fighting in France is over, the English have won, and now Henry wants to take Katherine as his bride, as part of the peace settlement. He’s trying to tell her that he will love her, but Henry’s French is not good, and Katherine’s English is no better. Alice is acting as a bit of an interpreter.
Henry has just
told Katherine that she is like an angel. Katherine says to Alice, Did he just
call me an Angel?, and Alice replies in French with Today’s Line. It
translates as, Yes, truly, save your grace, that’s what he said.
And that is Today’s Totally Random Line. Yes, it’s in French. Yes, it’s Shakespeare’s original text. Did Will speak good enough French to write this, or did he have some Frenchman help him write this scene?
Je ne sais pas.
I do not know.
Very clever Frenchie, How about this:
Ou est mon treat?
Where is my treat?
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