What though I kill'd her husband and her father?

The readiest way to make the wench amends

Is to become her husband and her father:

The which will I; not all so much for love

As for another secret close intent,

By marrying her which I must reach unto.

But yet I run before my horse to market:

Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives and reigns:

When they are gone, then must I count my gains.

What is the meaning of the phrase "I run before my horse to market"?

to be extremely busy

to make devious plans

to be in denial

to be very impatient

to

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Ralph Ward

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28 December, 15:44

What though I kill'd her husband and her father?

The readiest way to make the wench amends

Is to become her husband and her father:

The which will I; not all so much for love

As for another secret close intent,

By marrying her which I must reach unto.

But yet I run before my horse to market:

Clarence still breathes; Edward still lives and reigns:

When they are gone, then must I count my gains.

What is the meaning of the phrase "I run before my horse to market"?

to be extremely busy

to make devious plans

to be in denial

to be very impatient

to

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Angelina May · Answer 1

The phrase as used in the statement above means to be very impatient.

The horse is a transport animal that once can use to go anywhere including market, when someone now runs before his horse to market, leaving the horse behind, that means the person is been very impatient.