TR4.400 “Ǎnd óver ǎl thís, ǎs thów wěl wóost thǐsélvě,
TR4.401 Thǐs tówn ǐs fúl ǒf lády̌s ál ǎbóutě;
TR4.402 Ǎnd, tó my̌ dóom, fáirěr thǎn swíchě twélvě
TR4.403 Ǎs éverě shé wǎs, shál Ǐ fýnde ǐn sǒm róutě --
TR4.404 Yěe, ón ǒr twó, wǐthóutěn ány̌ dóutě.
TR4.405 Fǒrthí bě glád, my̌n ówěn déerě bróthěr!
TR4.406 Ǐf shé bě lóst, wě shál rěcóvere ǎn óthěr.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): And besides all this, as you well know yourself, this town and all around is full of ladies; and in my opinion, I’ll find one or two in some crowd, twelve times as beautiful as she ever was—yes, don’t you doubt it! So cheer up, my own dear brother! If she’s lost, we’ll get another instead.
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): その上、若君ご自身はご存じのように、淑女ならこの町中に満ち溢れています、私の判断では、彼女(あれ)より何倍も何倍も美しい人が女性群の中から、そう、一人や二人、必ずや見つかりますよ。だから明朗になってください、親愛なる兄弟たる殿下よ、彼女が駄目でも、代わりの人が見つかりますよ。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 况且，你也知道，城中有的是好女子；我相信，十二倍于她那样美的人也还可以有，要我替你找出一两个来是靠得住的。所以，你心上还是放宽些为是，亲爱的朋友，她若无从挽回了，另外再寻一个。

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: Pandarus
• Addressee: Troilus
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): 4.48
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (female)
• Attributive/ Predicative: predicative

Information in Previous Studies

• OED: Not quoted
• MED: Not quoted

• Commented in other previous works:
• Windeatt (2003): N/A
• Fisher (1989): N/A
• Benson (1987): N/A
• Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
• Donaldson (1975: 889): fairer … twelve: twelve times fairer
• Baugh (1963: 161): fairer … twelve: twelve times as fair

Possible Definitions

beautiful, handsome, attractive

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘dere’ (adj., Tr4.405).