Assignment 2
Everything Old is New Again!Translating Early Modern English into Modern EnglishBelow are some lines from some of William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets, written in EarlyModern English. On the lines below each quote, translate each sentence into Modern English, as we might speak it today.

"To thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou can'st not then be false to any man." Hamlet, Act i, Sc.3
be truthful to your self and to others because you cant full anyone, night or day.

"What is best, that best I wish in thee." Troilus & C, Act ii, Sc.2
i wish the best for everyone

"Safe may'st thou wander, safe return again!" Cymbeline, Act iii, Sc.5
to be safe so he can come back again.

"Give me thy hand, 'tis late; farewell, good night." Rom & Jul, Act iii, Sc.3
give me your hand, its late, farewell, goodnight.

"Have more than though showest; speak less than thou knowest; lend less than thou owest." K Lear, Act i, Sc.4
Have more than you show, speak less than you know, lend less than you owe.

"Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear, thy dial how thy precious minutes waste." Sonnet 77
The beauties waste more time looking at them self.

"This above all: to thine own self be true." Hamlet, Act i, Sc.3
be true to them all and to your self.