Frases de Thomas Malory

Thomas Malory foi um romancista inglês, famoso por haver escrito Le Morte d'Arthur , um dos mais célebres livros sobre as histórias do rei Artur e dos Cavaleiros da Távola Redonda. A obra, publicada em 1485, foi escrita em 1469, quando cumpria pena de prisão em Londres.

Para sua obra, Malory se baseou principalmente em livros em língua francesa do século XIII, como o Ciclo do Lancelote-Graal e o Tristão em Prosa. Wikipedia  

✵ 1405 – 14. Março 1471
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Thomas Malory: Frases em inglês

“With that truncheon thou hast slain a good knight, and now it sticketh in thy body.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book II, ch. 14
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“Then Sir Launcelot saw her visage, but he wept not greatly, but sighed.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book XXI, ch. 11
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“For it giveth unto all lovers courage, that lusty month of May.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book XVIII, ch. 25
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)
Contexto: The month of May was come, when every lusty heart beginneth to blossom, and to bring forth fruit; for like as herbs and trees bring forth fruit and flourish in May, in likewise every lusty heart that is in any manner a lover, springeth and flourisheth in lusty deeds. For it giveth unto all lovers courage, that lusty month of May.

“Right so fareth love nowadays, soon hot soon cold: this is no stability. But the old love was not so.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book XVIII, ch. 25
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)
Contexto: Nowadays men cannot love seven night but they must have all their desires: that love may not endure by reason; for where they be soon accorded and hasty, heat soon it cooleth. Right so fareth love nowadays, soon hot soon cold: this is no stability. But the old love was not so.

“For as well as I have loved thee, mine heart will not serve me to see thee, for through thee and me is the flower of kings and knights destroyed.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book XXI, ch. 9
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil, is rightwise King born of all England.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book I, ch. 5
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“The joy of love is too short, and the sorrow thereof, and what cometh thereof, dureth over long.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book X, ch. 56
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“Then were they afeard when they saw a knight.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book I, ch. 23
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“Well, said Merlin, I know whom thou seekest, for thou seekest Merlin; therefore seek no farther, for I am he.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book I, ch. 1
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“In the midst of the lake Arthur was ware of an arm clothed in white samite, that held a fair sword in that hand.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book I, ch. 25
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“What, nephew, said the king, is the wind in that door?”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book VII, ch. 34
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“Always Sir Arthur lost so much blood that it was a marvel he stood on his feet, but he was so full of knighthood that knightly he endured the pain.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book IV, ch. 9
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“I shall curse you with book and bell and candle.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book XXI, ch. 1
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)

“Knight, keep well thy head, for thou shalt have a buffet for the slaying of my horse.”

Thomas Malory livro Le Morte d'Arthur

Book III, ch. 12
Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1469) (first known edition 1485)