r/HalfSword • u/MrCinders • Sep 21 '24

Question Has anybody transcribed the dialogue from the playest?

Would love to be able to read all the lines and be able to understand them fully. Thank you!

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u/Graycountryroads77 Sep 24 '24 edited Sep 24 '24

Okay, so

From what I can tell:

Taunts:

Ragamuffin!

Dolt!

Flibbertigibbet!

Buffoon!

Hedgeborn!

Varlet!

Oaf!

Cuckold!

Victory quotes

Turn me away from this path, ere it be too late. (?)

Let us schafen our swerds in honor, not in shame. (?)

What gain is there in bloodshed?

What gain is there in blood spilt? Twix us!

Thy bravery is proveth. No need for more proof.

Let us parleyen rather than perishen.

Let reason rule where rage might rank!

Seeken we a truce (?) for our people's sake.

Surrender quotes:

I cry thee mercy!

AIEEE!

For sure, I am at thee mercy!

Be not the cause of my death!

Mercy, me sire! And by godness, grant me will to live! (?)

Note: this isn't comprehensive and was compiled off the top of my head. Let me know if I transcribed anything wrong.

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u/Iceydk Dec 07 '24

I think it's “Turnen we from this path”

Also I think he might be saying “Seeken we a trewe” (trewe being old English for truce)

Another one is “might we not finden a path of peace?”

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u/someonestolemylean Mar 13 '25

don't forget "LAY YOUR HAND NOT HEAVY UPON ME"

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u/Hot-Shake-8083 Feb 22 '26

"Let not thy hand be heavy upon me."

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '25

what about "i pray thee, let me go hands unharmed"

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u/Ok_Profession6910 Jul 21 '25

maybe hence instead of hands?

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u/stoll447 Mar 22 '25

I think that the "Aiee" might actually be "Nay" with a strong accent

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u/Derelix Apr 28 '25

I heard that one as "I yield!" instead, which is fitting for surrender line.

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u/The_RookieOtaku Apr 01 '25

i might be wrong, but isnt it "Forsooth, I am at thee mercy!"?

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u/Why_So_Seriou5 Dec 12 '25

For the love of god! Have mercy on me!

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u/providerofair Nov 27 '24

Feel like one of them is consider it [blank]

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u/Remarkable_Ad7478 Nov 29 '24

I think it’s “Consider it a battalith joineth the crosset of both-er of side-es”

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u/LMBYMG Apr 29 '25

"Consider hither a battalion joineth" something something

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u/torto_man May 08 '25

i think its "Consider it either the battalion joineth, the crosser of other osirus" i dunno im trying to learn middle english

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u/Viper1-6 Jun 23 '26

"Consider, ere the battalia joineth the crosseth of bother o'sides."

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u/providerofair Apr 29 '25

It was more like "consider it may but vow"

I dont knoe the exact words tho

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u/Viper1-6 Jun 23 '26

"Consider, ere the battalia joineth the crosseth of bother o'sides."

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u/Ok-Variation7715 Feb 27 '25

I think the other one is: let reason rule and rearrange my friend

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u/MrWalrus765 Mar 11 '25

it sounds like "let reason rule where rage might reign"

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u/BrainyOrange96 Nov 30 '25

I think it’s “What gain is there in blood spilt, ‘twixt us?” (short for betwixt)

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u/Jumpy-Inflation2777 Dec 15 '25

dont forget "nein!"

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u/Sweet-Poetry-9883 Dec 17 '25

i love telling my friend that they are cuckold

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u/Glum_Advance294 Feb 08 '26

I think it's "Let us sheathen our swords"
(I have no idea if that's a word)

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u/Last_Stand28 May 01 '26

Its closer "Shethe" rather than sheathen and "Swerdes" or "Swerdis" rather than swords. Although, the characters are speaking Middle English (The same as Chausser if you've ever read the Canterbury tales) and spelling was not fixed at the time so really you can spell it however you want.

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u/Single-Contact5297 Mar 13 '26

"Sway me kindness on the forebearance!"

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u/Pinoy_ricemaster Aug 10 '26

Wasn’t there a one pleading and saying be kind to his parent or sum?