| 釋義 |
Humphrey:Supposedly the name of the Duke ofGloucester (Richard III) 漢弗萊（葛羅斯特公爵之名）。
△1H.VI.1.3.29:“How now,ambitious Humphrey,what means this?”怎么了，野心勃勃的漢弗萊，你這是什么意思？
Humphrey Hour: Hour of Humphrey,Duke otGloucester,i.e.hour at which a meal was providedfor the hungry. (Duke Humphrey was supposed tohave a monument in St. Paul,s Cathedral,London,called Duke Humphrey’s Walk,where the hungrypeople frequently loitered about in hope of procuringa dinner. Hence the proverb，“to dine with Duke Humphrey”.)跟漢弗萊公爵一塊吃飯的時刻，（指）吃施舍飯的時刻。
△R.III.4.4. 176: “Faith,none,but HumphreyHour,that called your Grace / To breakfast once,forth of my company.”說實在話，沒有，除非有一回，在“漢弗萊公爵的開飯時刻”，有人叫你離開我的身邊去吃早飯。 |