Come, come, be patient. We must bring you to our captain.
Relax, be patient. We're taking you to our captain.
Chill. We're bringing you to the boss.
relax we're taking you to the captain
A thousand more mischances than this one
Have learned me how to brook this patiently.
I've suffered a thousand worse things than this. I know how to bear it quietly.
I've been through worse. I can handle this.
i've had worse i can handle it
Come, bring her away.
Come on, let's take her away.
Come on, let's go.
let's go
Where is the gentleman that was with her?
Where's the man who was with her?
Where's that guy who was with her?
where's the guy
Being nimble-footed, he hath outrun us.
But Moyses and Valerius follow him.
Go thou with her to the west end of the wood;
There is our captain. We’ll follow him that’s fled.
The thicket is beset; he cannot ’scape.
He was fast—he got away from us. But our men are chasing him. Take her to the west end of the forest.
He was too fast. But we've got people after him. Take her west.
he got away we're chasing him take her west
Come, I must bring you to our captain’s cave.
Fear not; he bears an honourable mind
And will not use a woman lawlessly.
I'm taking you to our captain's cave. Don't be afraid—he's an honorable man and won't hurt you.
I'm taking you to the cave. Don't worry—the captain's decent.
don't be scared the captain's honorable he won't hurt you
O Valentine, this I endure for thee!
Oh Valentine, I endure this for you.
Valentine, I'm doing this for you.
valentine i'm bearing this for you
The Reckoning
In this short capture scene, Silvia's escape goes wrong and every thread of the play is pulled into the same forest. Eglamour, praised earlier as the perfect gentleman, simply outruns everyone and leaves her behind. Silvia doesn't panic. She says she has already learned to bear worse and calls out to Valentine, which makes her the steadiest person on stage. There's dramatic irony here too: the 'honourable' captain the outlaw describes is Valentine himself, though Silvia doesn't know it. The scene is a hinge. It puts Silvia in danger and sets up the rescues, betrayals and reunions of the final scene.
If this happened today…
You've quit your job and left home to join your partner abroad, and a family friend has promised to get you there safely. Halfway there, things go wrong. Your car is stopped at a sketchy checkpoint and your 'reliable' escort bolts into the trees without looking back. The men who stop you are brusque, but they keep saying their boss is a decent guy. You don't cry or beg. You've been through worse, and you remind yourself why you're doing this.