King Henry IV, Part I (Webster's German Thesaurus Edition)

167 Pages·2006·1.216 MB·English

by  William Shakespeare

KING HENRY IV,

PART I WEBSTER'S GERMAN
Thesaurus Edition

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Preparation

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King Henry IV,
Part I
Webster's German
Thesaurus Edition

for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOEFL®, TOEIC®, and AP® Test
Preparation

William Shakespeare

TOEFL®, TOEIC®, AP® and Advanced Placement® are trademarks of the Educational Testing Service which
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King Henry IV, Part I: Webster's German Thesaurus Edition for ESL, EFL, ELP, TOEFL®, TOEIC®, and
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Contents

PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR........................................................................................1

PERSONS REPRESENTED..............................................................................................2

ACT I..............................................................................................................................4

ACT II...........................................................................................................................29

ACT III..........................................................................................................................66

ACT IV..........................................................................................................................93

ACT V.........................................................................................................................110

GLOSSARY.................................................................................................................133

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PREFACE FROM THE EDITOR

Webster’s paperbacks take advantage of the fact that classics are frequently assigned readings in
English courses. By using a running English-to-German thesaurus at the bottom of each page, this
edition of King Henry IV, Part I by William Shakespeare was edited for three audiences. The first
includes German-speaking students enrolled in an English Language Program (ELP), an English as
a Foreign Language (EFL) program, an English as a Second Language Program (ESL), or in a
TOEFL® or TOEIC® preparation program. The second audience includes English-speaking
students enrolled in bilingual education programs or German speakers enrolled in English speaking
schools. The third audience consists of students who are actively building their vocabularies in
German in order to take foreign service, translation certification, Advanced Placement® (AP®)1 or
similar examinations. By using the Webster's German Thesaurus Edition when assigned for an
English course, the reader can enrich their vocabulary in anticipation of an examination in German
or English.

Webster’s edition of this classic is organized to expose the reader to a maximum number of
difficult and potentially ambiguous English words. Rare or idiosyncratic words and expressions are
given lower priority compared to “difficult, yet commonly used” words. Rather than supply a single
translation, many words are translated for a variety of meanings in German, allowing readers to
better grasp the ambiguity of English, and avoid them using the notes as a pure translation crutch.
Having the reader decipher a word’s meaning within context serves to improve vocabulary
retention and understanding. Each page covers words not already highlighted on previous pages. If
a difficult word is not translated on a page, chances are that it has been translated on a previous
page. A more complete glossary of translations is supplied at the end of the book; translations are
extracted from Webster’s Online Dictionary.

Definitions of remaining terms as well as translations can be found at www.websters-online-
dictionary.org. Please send suggestions to [email protected]

The Editor
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PERSONS %REPRESENTED

KING HENRY THE FOURTH
HENRY, Prince of Wales
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sons to the King.

PRINCE JOHN of Lancaster,
EARL OF WESTMORELAND
SIR WALTER BLUNT
THOMAS PERCY, Earl of Worcester
HENRY PERCY, Earl of Northumberland
HENRY PERCY, his son
EDMUND MORTIMER, Earl of March
SCROOP, Archbishop of York
SIR MICHAEL, his Friend
ARCHIBALD, Earl of Douglas
OWEN GLENDOWER
SIR RICHARD VERNON
SIR JOHN FALSTAFF
POINTZ
GADSHILL
PETO
BARDOLP
LADY PERCY, Wife to Hotspur
LADY MORTIMER, Daughter to Glendower
MRS. QUICKLY, Hostess in Eastcheap

German
quickly: schnell, flugs, schleunig,
geschwind, bald, rasch, alsbald,
expreß.
son: Sohn, der Sohn.
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LORDS, OFFICERS, SHERIFF, VINTNER, CHAMBERLAIN, DRAWERS,
CARRIERS, TRAVELLERS, and ATTENDANTS.%
4 King Henry IV, Part I

ACT I

SCENE I. LONDON. A ROOM IN THE PALACE.%

[Enter the KING HENRY, WESTMORELAND, SIR WALTER BLUNT, and
others.]
KING.
So shaken as we are, so wan with care,
Find we a time for frighted peace to pant,
And breathe short-winded accents of new broils
To be commenced in strands afar remote.
No more the thirsty entrance of this soil
Shall daub her lips with her own children's blood;
No more shall trenching war channel her fields,
Nor bruise her flowerets with the armed hoofs
Of hostile paces: those opposed eyes,
Which, like the meteors of a troubled heaven,
All of one nature, of one substance bred,
Did lately meet in the intestine shock
And furious close of civil butchery,
Shall now, in mutual well-beseeming ranks,
March all one way, and be no more opposed
Against acquaintance, kindred, and allies:
The edge of war, like an ill-sheathed knife,
No more shall cut his master. Therefore, friends,
As far as to the sepulchre of Christ--
Whose soldier now, under whose blessed cross

German
accents: Akzente, Betont, Quetschwunde, Prellung, neulich.
Schwerpunkte. wundstoßen, Verwundung. meteors: Meteore.
acquaintance: Bekanntschaft, commenced: begannst, begann, paces: Gangarten, Schritte.
Bekannter, Bekannte, Kenntnisse, begonnen, begannt, begannen, sepulchre: die Grabstätte.
Bekanntmachung, Kenntnis, Begriff. angefangen. shaken: geschüttelt, erschüttert,
afar: fern, weit. daub: schmieren. gebebt, gerüttelt.
blessed: segnete, segnetet, segnetest, furious: wütend, rasend, grimmig, soldier: Soldat, der Soldat.
gesegnet, segneten. toll, wild, stürmisch, sehr böse, sauer, strands: Strände, Strandet, Stränge.
breathe: atmen, atmest, atmet, atme. fuchsteufelswild, wüst, erzürnt. thirsty: durstig.
bruise: Quetschung, quetschen, blauer intestine: Darm. trenching: grabend.
Fleck, Bluterguss, verletzen, kindred: verwandt, gleichartig. troubled: gestört, beunruhigt,
Verletzung, zerstampfen, lately: kürzlich, letztlich, neuerdings, aufgewühlt, trüb, unruhig, trübe.
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We are impressed and engaged to fight--
Forthwith a power of English shall we levy,
To chase these pagans in those holy fields
Over whose acres walk'd those blessed feet
Which fourteen hundred years ago were nail'd
For our advantage on the bitter cross.
But this our purpose now is twelvemonth old,
And bootless 'tis to tell you we will go:
Therefore we meet not now.--Then let me hear
Of you, my gentle cousin Westmoreland,
What yesternight our Council did decree
In forwarding this dear expedience.%
WESTMORELAND.
My liege, this haste was hot in question,
And many limits of the charge set down
But yesternight; when, all athwart, there came
A post from Wales loaden with heavy news;
Whose worst was, that the noble Mortimer,
Leading the men of Herefordshire to fight
Against th' irregular and wild Glendower,
Was by the rude hands of that Welshman taken;
A thousand of his people butchered,
Upon whose dead corpse' there was such misuse,
Such beastly, shameless transformation,
By those Welshwomen done, as may not be
Without much shame re-told or spoken of.
KING.
It seems, then, that the tidings of this broil
Brake off our business for the Holy Land.
WESTMORELAND.
This, match'd with other, did, my gracious lord;

German
acres: Morgen. befassen, sich beschäftigen, ordnungswidrig, gesetzwidrig.
athwart: quer. engagierten, engagiertest, legten ein. liege: Lounger.
beastly: tierisch, gemein, grob, forwarding: Sendung, Zusendung, loaden: Beladen.
schändlich, bestialisch, animalisch. Versendung, Versand, Weiterleitung, noble: edel, Adlig, edelmütig, adelig,
bootless: nutzlos. Versenden. hehr, erhaben, stattlich, nobel.
chase: jagen, verfolgen, Verfolgung, gracious: gnädig, gütig. pagans: Heiden.
nachgehen, treiben, fahnden, folgen, haste: Eile, Hast, Geschwindigkeit. rude: unverschämt, unhöflich,
nachzusetzen, hetzen, nachjagen, impressed: beeindruckt. unanständig, ungezogen, grob,
hochtreiben. irregular: unregelmäßig, irregulär, barsch, unverfroren.
corpse: Leiche, Kadaver, Aas. ungeregelt, ungesetzlich, shameless: schamlos, frivol.
engaged: besetzt, beschäftigt, legte ein, unrechtmäßig, ungleichmässig, tidings: Neuigkeiten, Nachricht,
legtet ein, legtest ein, engagierte, sich ungleich, widerrechtlich, illegal, Meldung, Neuigkeit, Bericht.