TR2.1037 “Nĕ jómpre ĕk nó dĭscórdănt thýng y̆féerĕ, TR2.1038 Ăs thús, tŏ úsĕn térmĕs óf phĭsík TR2.1039 Ĭn lóvĕs térmĕs; hóld ŏf thí mătérĕ TR2.1040 Thĕ fórme ălwéy, ănd dó thăt ít bĕ lík; TR2.1041 Fŏr íf ă péyntŏur wóldĕ péynte ă pýk TR2.1042 Wĭth ássĕs féet, ănd hédde ĭt ás ăn ápĕ, TR2.1043 Ĭt córdĕth náught, sŏ wére ĭt bút ă jápĕ.”
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- Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
- English translations (Windeatt: 1998): Oh, and don’t jumble together things that clash, such as using technical terms from medicine in the language of love. Always stick to a form suitable for your subject-matter, and see to it that it’s consistent. For if a painter were to paint a pike with ass’s feet and give it the head of an ape, it wouldn’t be at all fitting, unless it were just a joke.’
- Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): 不調和な言葉も一緒にごちゃ混ぜにしてはいけません。たとえば愛の言葉に医学用語を使うといったようなことは駄目。常に内容に相応しい形を用いて維持し、首尾一貫させてください。だってそうでしょう、画家がカワカマスを描くにあたり、驢馬の足をつけ、猿の頭をつけて描くならば、それがほんの冗談だとしても、変てこなことですからね。」
- Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 不要夹杂些不相干的事进去，譬如在情话中掺些医药名词之类；从头至尾应有一贯的格式；好比画家画鱼而添上驴脚，装上猴头，就变成了四不像，岂不笑话。”
Word Information
- Etymology: OE&ON
- Addresser: Pandarus
- Addressee: Troilus
- Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
- Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
- Noun(s) (NPs) modified: writing (form of a letter)
- Attributive/ Predicative: predicative
Information in Previous Studies
- OED: Not quoted
- MED: Not quoted
- Commented in other previous works:
- Windeatt (2003: 93): lik: consistent
- Fisher (1989: 435): do that it be lyk: make sure that it is consistent
- Benson (1987: 503): lik: similar; i.e., consistent with the subject
- Davis et al. (1979): 1. like (with obj.) (s.v. lyk/liche, adj.)
- Donaldson (1975: 785): lik: apt
- Baugh (1963: 115): lik: shortened form of ylike, suitable
Possible Definitions
consistent; suitable
Comments from the Editor
See my comment of ‘discordaunt’ (adj. & n., Tr2.1037).