為了"話劇能否向人們展示愛情的真實特點"一事,伊麗莎白(一世)與Viola 之間有了爭執。為了討好女皇,Wesses 勳爵與莎士比亞打了一個賭:50英鎊。
女皇接著說: 50英鎊,是一大筆賭注,與賭的事情相配:一部話劇能否向人們展示愛情真實特點? 我是這個賭注的見證人和揭曉時判官。到目前為止,我還沒看到任何結論。
(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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