为了"话剧能否向人们展示爱情的真实特点"一事,伊丽莎白(一世)与Viola 之间有了争执。为了讨好女皇,Wesses 勋爵与莎士比亚打了一个赌:50英镑。
女皇接着说: 50英镑,是一大笔赌注,与赌的事情相配:一部话剧能否向人们展示爱情真实特点? 我是这个赌注的见证人和揭晓时判官。到目前为止,我还没看到任何结论。
(Queen Elizabeth: Fifty pounds! A very worthy sum on a very worthy question. Can a play show us the very truth and nature of love? I bear witness to the wager, and will be the judge of it as occasion arises. I have not seen anything to settle it yet.)
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