FALK. En gammel praktikus, som ikke henter sin visdom blot af mugne pergamenter, har sagt, at kærligheden gør Petrarker så let, som fæ og ladhed patriarker. Men hvem var Maren?
FALK. A gray old stager,1
whose sagacious head Was never upon mouldy parchments fed, Says "Love makes Petrarchs, just as many lambs And little occupation, Abrahams." But who was Molly?
1. A grey old stager. Ibsen’s friend P. Botten-Hansen, author of the play Hyldrebryllupet.
