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Help - vocabulary - Henry IV part 1 - Shakespeare



NanG
Argentina

Help - vocabulary - Henry IV part 1 - Shakespeare
 
Hi everyone!

Could you help me with the meaning of the phrase in red below?

Henry IV part 1 - Shakespeare

ACT I

SCENE I. London. The palace.

Enter KING HENRY, LORD JOHN OF LANCASTER, the EARL of WESTMORELAND, SIR WALTER BLUNT, and others
KING HENRY IV

So shaken as we are, so wan with care,
Find we a time for frighted peace to pant,
And breathe short-winded accents of new broils
To be commenced in strands afar remote.


Thanks in advance !

And warm regards.

7 Dec 2010      





MoodyMoody
United States

Wan is another word for pale, and care here means worry. A more modern idiom would be "worried sick."

7 Dec 2010     



NanG
Argentina

Thanks a lot !!! Smile

7 Dec 2010