June 2019
1 year ago
Sogliardo: […] by this Parchment Gentlemen, I have ben so toil’d among the Harrots [Heralds] yonder, you will not belieeve, they doe speake the straungest language, and give a man the hardest termes for his money, that ever you knew.
Carlo: But ha’ you armes? Ha’ you armes?
Sogliardo: Yfaith, I thanke God I can write myself Gentleman now, here’s my Pattent, it cost me thirtie pound by this breath.
Ben Jonson, Every Man Out of His Humour (1599)
I guess that means I've been translated as well. I'm glad you found something I wrote noteworthy.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Benjamin. I've long thought that your statement was a great summary for why to have a coat of arms.
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