Fellows, stand fast. I see a passenger.
Guys, stop. I see someone coming.
Hold up, guys. Someone's coming.
stop. someone coming
If there be ten, shrink not, but down with ’em.
Even if there are ten of them, don't back down. Take them down.
Even if there's ten of them, we don't back off. Take them out.
10 of them? we got this. take them down
Stand, sir, and throw us that you have about ye.
If not, we’ll make you sit, and rifle you.
Stop right there, and hand over everything you're carrying. If you don't, we'll force you to sit down and rob you.
Stop. Give us everything you've got. If you don't, we'll put you on the ground and rob you.
stop. give us everything or we'll take it by force
Sir, we are undone: these are the villains
That all the travellers do fear so much.
Sir, we're finished. These are the notorious bandits that all travelers fear so much.
We're screwed, sir. These are the criminals everyone's terrified of.
we're done for these are the outlaws everyone fears
My friends—
My friends—
my friends—
my friends—
That’s not so, sir. We are your enemies.
That's not true, sir. We are your enemies.
Not really, sir. We're your enemies.
nope. we're your enemies
Peace! We’ll hear him.
Quiet! Let's hear what he has to say.
Shut up. Let's hear him out.
quiet. let's listen
Ay, by my beard, will we, for he is a proper man.
Yes, we certainly will, because he's a fine-looking man.
Yeah, we will, because he looks like a solid guy.
yeah, he looks sharp
Then know that I have little wealth to lose.
A man I am crossed with adversity;
My riches are these poor habiliments,
Of which if you should here disfurnish me,
You take the sum and substance that I have.
Then understand that I have very little wealth to lose. I'm a man who has been struck down by misfortune. My only wealth is these shabby clothes, and if you strip me of them here, you take everything I have.
Look, I don't have much to steal. I'm a guy who's been beaten down by bad luck. All I own is what I'm wearing, and if you take that from me, you've got everything I've got.
i'm broke. my only stuff is what i'm wearing. take it and you have nothing
Whither travel you?
Where are you traveling to?
Where are you headed?
where u going?
To Verona.
To Verona.
to verona.
to verona.
Whence came you?
Where did you come from?
Where are you coming from?
where u from?
From Milan.
From Milan.
from milan.
from milan.
Have you long sojourned there?
Have you stayed there for a long time?
Have you been there long?
been there long?
Some sixteen months, and longer might have stayed
If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.
About sixteen months, and I might have stayed longer if bad luck hadn't stopped me.
About sixteen months, and I would've stayed longer if bad luck hadn't forced me out.
16 months. would've stayed longer but luck turned on me
What, were you banished thence?
What, were you banished from there?
Wait, you got banished?
you got banished?
I was.
I was.
i was.
i was.
For what offence?
For what offence?
for what offence?
for what offence?
For that which now torments me to rehearse;
I killed a man, whose death I much repent,
But yet I slew him manfully in fight,
Without false vantage or base treachery.
For something that troubles me even to talk about. I killed a man, and I deeply regret it, but I killed him fairly and honorably in combat, without using tricks or dishonorable tactics.
It's hard to even talk about. I killed someone, and I hate it, but I did it in a fair fight, with no cheating or dirty moves.
i killed a guy. i regret it. but it was fair. no dirty tricks
Why, ne’er repent it, if it were done so.
But were you banished for so small a fault?
Why, don't feel bad about it if it happened that way. But were you really banished for such a minor offense?
Hey, don't regret it if that's how it went. But you got banished for that? That's harsh.
don't sweat it banished over that though?
I was, and held me glad of such a doom.
I was, and I was actually grateful for such a sentence.
Yeah, and honestly, I was kind of grateful about it.
yep. and i was glad about it
Have you the tongues?
Do you speak multiple languages?
Do you know languages?
speak other languages?
My youthful travel therein made me happy,
Or else I often had been miserable.
My travels there when I was young made me happy, otherwise I would have been miserable most of the time.
Traveling around when I was young kept me happy, or I would've been pretty miserable.
traveling young kept me happy otherwise i'd be miserable
By the bare scalp of Robin Hood’s fat friar,
This fellow were a king for our wild faction.
I swear by Robin Hood's fat friar, this man would be perfect as a king for our band of outlaws.
By Robin Hood's fat friar, I swear, this guy would make an awesome king for our gang.
this guy would be a perfect king for our crew
We’ll have him. Sirs, a word.
We'll recruit him. Gentlemen, a word.
We want him. Hey, can we talk?
we're taking him. huddle up
Master, be one of them. It’s an honourable kind of thievery.
Master, join them. It's actually an honorable form of robbery.
Sir, join them. There's honor in being a thief like this.
join them boss it's honorable thievery
Peace, villain.
Peace, villain.
peace, villain.
peace, villain.
Tell us this: have you anything to take to?
Tell us this: do you have any skills or trade?
One thing though: do you have any skills?
what's your skill?
Nothing but my fortune.
Nothing but my luck—my fate.
Just my luck, really.
just my luck
Know then that some of us are gentlemen,
Such as the fury of ungoverned youth
Thrust from the company of awful men.
Myself was from Verona banished
For practising to steal away a lady,
An heir, and near allied unto the Duke.
You should know that some of us are gentlemen, who were thrown out by the wild passions of youth from respectable society. I myself was banished from Verona for attempting to elope with a lady, who was an heiress and closely related to the Duke.
You should know some of us are actually gentlemen, just kicked out of polite society by stupid youthful mistakes. I got banished from Verona for trying to run away with some lady, an heiress who was related to the Duke.
some of us are gentlemen kicked out by dumb youth mistakes i tried to steal a duke's niece from verona
And I from Mantua, for a gentleman
Who, in my mood, I stabbed unto the heart.
And I'm from Mantua, banished for killing a gentleman with a stab to the heart in a fit of anger.
I'm from Mantua, got exiled for stabbing a guy straight through the heart in a rage.
i'm from mantua. stabbed a guy in the heart when i was angry
And I for suchlike petty crimes as these.
But to the purpose, for we cite our faults,
That they may hold excused our lawless lives;
And partly, seeing you are beautified
With goodly shape, and by your own report
A linguist, and a man of such perfection
As we do in our quality much want—
And I'm here for similar minor offenses. But to the point—we're telling you our crimes so that we can justify our outlaw existence. Also, we see you have a handsome appearance, and by what you've told us, you're a skilled linguist, and a man of such excellence as we lack in our gang.
And I'm exiled for similar petty stuff. But here's the thing: we're telling you why we're outlaws to explain our lifestyle. Also, you look great, and you speak multiple languages, and you've got talents that our group really needs.
me too, for small stuff we're telling you because we need to justify ourselves plus you look good and speak languages we need skills like yours
Indeed because you are a banished man,
Therefore, above the rest, we parley to you.
Are you content to be our general?
To make a virtue of necessity
And live as we do in this wilderness?
In fact, because you are a banished man, we especially want to make this proposal to you. Will you agree to be our leader? To turn our bad situation into something noble and live with us here in the wilderness?
Actually, since you're a banished guy like us, we're especially keen to talk to you. Will you be our leader? Make the best of a bad situation and live out here with us?
you're banished like us so we especially want you be our leader? turn this into something good?
What sayst thou? Wilt thou be of our consort?
Say “Ay”, and be the captain of us all,
We’ll do thee homage and be ruled by thee,
Love thee as our commander and our king.
What do you say? Will you join our group? Say yes, and be the captain of us all. We'll show you respect and follow your orders, treat you as our commander and our king.
So what do you say? Will you be one of us? Say yes, and you're the boss of everyone. We'll respect you and do what you say, treat you like our king.
you in? say yes and you're king we'll follow you
But if thou scorn our courtesy, thou diest.
But if you reject our offer, you'll die.
But if you turn us down, you're dead.
refuse and you die
Thou shalt not live to brag what we have offered.
You won't live to brag about this offer we've made.
You won't survive to tell anyone about this offer.
you won't live to tell about this
I take your offer and will live with you,
Provided that you do no outrages
On silly women or poor passengers.
I accept your offer and will live with you, on the condition that you don't attack innocent women or poor travelers.
I'll take your offer and join you, as long as you don't hurt women or poor people traveling through.
i'm in but no hurting women or poor travelers
No, we detest such vile base practices.
Come, go with us; we’ll bring thee to our crews
And show thee all the treasure we have got,
Which, with ourselves, all rest at thy dispose.
No, we hate such terrible, dishonorable acts. Come, go with us. We'll take you to our group and show you all the treasure we've collected, which, along with ourselves, is now yours to command.
No, we hate that stuff. Come on, let's go. We'll take you to the others and show you all the treasure we've got, and it's all yours now to do what you want with.
nah we hate that come on. you're in charge of us and our treasure
The Reckoning
In a single scene, a robbery becomes a job offer and the exiled Valentine becomes captain of a band of gentleman outlaws. The comedy moves from the court to the greenwood, the Robin Hood world the Third Outlaw swears by, where exiles can make "a virtue of necessity." Notice that Valentine lies. He was banished for trying to elope with Silvia, not for killing a man, and he seems to think a manly duel will play better with this crowd. The outlaws are hardly terrifying: they list their own crimes like CVs, and their offer comes with a threat of death attached. Valentine's condition, no outrages on women or the poor, sets up the honour code the final act will test.
If this happened today…
You've just been fired and you're driving home at night when a group of rough-looking people blocks the road. Instead of robbing you, they start interviewing you. Where are you from? Why did you leave? Do you speak any languages? You polish your story a little, making your firing sound tougher and more respectable than it was. By the end they're begging you to run their operation, in a tone that makes it clear no isn't really an option. So you say yes, but only if they follow your rules.