"What says my Aesculapius, my / Galen, my heart of elder, ha?"
— Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Work Title
Date
1602
Metaphor
"What says my Aesculapius, my / Galen, my heart of elder, ha?"
Metaphor in Context
Enter the Host of the Garter, Justice Shallow, Master Page, and Master Slender
HOST
God bless thee, bully Doctor.
SHALLOW
God save you, Master Doctor Caius.
PAGE
Now, good Master Doctor.
SLENDER
Give you good morrow, sir.
CAIUS
Vat be all you, one, two, tree, four, come for?
HOST
To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee
traverse, to see thee here, to see thee there; to see thee
pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance,
thy montant. Is he dead, my Ethiopian? Is he dead, my
Francisco? Ha, bully? What says my Aesculapius, my
Galen, my heart of elder, ha? Is he dead, bully stale?
Is he dead?
CAIUS
By Gar, he is de coward jack-priest of de vorld. He
is not show his face.
HOST
Thou art a Castalian King Urinal, Hector of Greece,
my boy.
CAIUS
I pray you bear witness that me have stay six or
seven, two, tree hours for him, and he is no come.
(II.iiii.17-34)
HOST
God bless thee, bully Doctor.
SHALLOW
God save you, Master Doctor Caius.
PAGE
Now, good Master Doctor.
SLENDER
Give you good morrow, sir.
CAIUS
Vat be all you, one, two, tree, four, come for?
HOST
To see thee fight, to see thee foin, to see thee
traverse, to see thee here, to see thee there; to see thee
pass thy punto, thy stock, thy reverse, thy distance,
thy montant. Is he dead, my Ethiopian? Is he dead, my
Francisco? Ha, bully? What says my Aesculapius, my
Galen, my heart of elder, ha? Is he dead, bully stale?
Is he dead?
CAIUS
By Gar, he is de coward jack-priest of de vorld. He
is not show his face.
HOST
Thou art a Castalian King Urinal, Hector of Greece,
my boy.
CAIUS
I pray you bear witness that me have stay six or
seven, two, tree hours for him, and he is no come.
(II.iiii.17-34)
Categories
Provenance
HDIS
Citation
Shakespeare, William. The Complete Works. Oxford Shakespeare. Electronic Edition for the IBM PC. Stanley Wells and Gary Taylor, Editor.
Date of Entry
08/26/2003
