TR1.1023 Quŏd Pándărús, “Thŏw hást ă fúl grĕt cárĕ TR1.1024 Lést thăt thĕ chérl măy fálle ŏut óf thĕ móonĕ! TR1.1025 Whĭ, Lórd! Ĭ háte ŏf thé thĭ nýcĕ fárĕ! TR1.1026 Whĭ, éntrĕméte ŏf thát thŏw hást tŏ dóonĕ! TR1.1027 Fŏr Góddĕs lóve, Ĭ bíddĕ thé ă bóonĕ: TR1.1028 Sŏ lát m’ăloné, ănd ít shăl bé thĭ béstĕ.”
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- Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
- English translations (Windeatt: 1998): ‘You’re worrying a lot in case the Man in the Moon fall out …!’ said Pandarus. ‘Why, Lord! I hate your foolish behaviour! Will you just concern yourself with what you’ve got to do? Do me a favour, I ask you, for the love of God; just leave me alone, and that’ll be the best thing for you!’
- Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): パンダルスは言った。「大変心配なさるのですね、男が月から落ちてこないかと思って用心するほども。いや、はや！若君の愚かな振舞いには嫌になりますよ！ねえ、しなければならないことに注意を払ってください！後生だから、お願いしますよ、だから私に任せてください、それが若君に一番いいのですから。」
- Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 彭大瑞道，“恐怕你还要担心那村夫会从月亮里掉出来呢！我真讨厌你这股傻劲儿！何不把你自己应做的事照顾着！天呀，我请求你让我自由做去，保你一切都可顺利。”
Word Information
- Etymology: OF
- Addresser: Pandarus
- Addressee: Troilus
- Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
- Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A (but see 2.32)
- Noun(s) (NPs) modified: behaviour (Troilus’ behaviour)
- Attributive/ Predicative: attributive
Information in Previous Studies
- OED: Not quoted
- MED: Not quoted
- Commented in other previous works:
- Windeatt (2003: 47): nyce: foolishly scrupulous
- Fisher (1989: 417): nyce fare: foolish behavior
- Benson (1987: 487): nyce fare: foolish (or, too scrupulous) behavior
- Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
- Donaldson (1975: 746): nice fare: foolish fuss
- Baugh (1963): N/A
Possible Definitions
foolish, silly
Comments from the Editor
See my comment of ‘alone’ (adj., Tr1.1028).