Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 17 (nat, leaguer, assyrian, mowche, bashas, andalle…). Matches are highlighted.
flourishing youth, If thou but condescend unto her will; But if thou dost deny, know that she hath A high and Princely stomach, which never brooks, Affronts of such a nature. Obstinate young man, That wilt not see thy good, Lady persuade Your brother to some reason, you may hap To work upon his nature, and prevail; I leave you to
hither, To view the strength of Memphis. Sister, I believe She is his mistress rather, for such dalliance As I have seen between them argue love Of a more fervent nature; I have come, And found them kissing with such ardency, As if they feign would have their souls to meet, And at their mouths salute. With patience And manly
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Nothing inferior Madame, but beyond it; His body is a Temple stately built, Where Ʋ enus comes and offers turtle doves To gain his liking. As if They wedded were together, hand in hand Walking in so delectable a mansion. Every way provided To satisfy your pleasure. He came with Calasiris from some parts Of Greece, as I am given to understand, And landed here last night. In Calasiris house without the Temple. Let me alone, I am your Ingineer To work your pleasure. I suppose she is Him sister or his wife. I never saw one fairer, such a beauty As would have made Jove stoop, and shaken off His Eagles borrowed shape, to force a kiss From her Nectorious hand. Let not that Trouble your thoughts, he cannot be so foolish, That when so great a happiness shall be Offered unto him as the love and liking Of fair Arsace Oromdates wife, Egypt's great Deputy, but reverently Kneel down, and worship such a change in love. I doubt it not; What mad man but will be content to change His Brass for Gold, his Copper for rich pearl? Both which he shall enjoy, enjoying you. Never fear it. You shall have time enough to bath in bliss. Calasiris And the fair parties. It shall be done with speed. My son be ruled by me, be not so foolish To shun this happiness that courts thee now, Embrace it, least hereafter thou repent Thy oversight; thou shalt have rule and riches, Dalliance, and all the fruits of flourishing youth, If thou but condescend unto her will; But if thou dost deny, know that she hath A high and Princely stomach, which never brooks, Affronts of such a nature. Obstinate young man, That wilt not see thy good, Lady persuade Your brother to some reason, you may hap To work upon his nature, and prevail; I leave you to your selves. Exit Cibile. Not all the art I have can work him to it. Yes of thanks, No otherwise, he craves leave to depart, A sign he does not Like his entertainment. A right course The r wit hath found out mistress, my advice Is this, that once more you solicit him By fair entreaty and persuasive means To win him that way, but if he stand out And stubbornly refuse to grant your suit, Let him be tied unto cold fare hard lodging, And give him up unto your Eunuchs hands To be scourged and tormented, for young men Reg rd not when they are entreated fair, But when inforced, then they stoop and yield. Madame you are Too pitiful, if that and eyesore be To see him scourged, you may refrain the sighed, I know 'twill mollify his haughty stomach To your desire. We'll give it out, they came As spies from King Hid sp S army hither, To view the strength of Memphis. Sister, I believe She is his mistress rather, for such dalliance As I have seen between them argue love Of a more fervent nature; I have come, And found them kissing with such ardency, As if they feign would have their souls to meet, And at their mouths salute. With patience And manly fortitude beyond belief, Takes glory in his sufferings, and becomes More unrelenting now then heretofore. Our labour's lost in the attempting it, He hath Cariclea still before his eyes, Lodgeth her in his heart, his mouth expressed it; I herd him to exclaim thus, deer Cariclea, My love, my life, my heart, thy only name Makes me despise my torments, and in thee I'm comforted what ever fallen to me; Whereby I'm confident she is his wife, Or secret mistress, wherefore if you please, Lets (as the proverb says) cast our last anckor, And seek some means to rid her of her life, For when he knows she's dead, 'tis very likely He'll change his mind, when hope of love is gone. Worser intily, By a more sure and far more safe a way, By a strong subtle cup of deadly poison, The plot is laid already, and the potion P epar'd, I stay but only for the patient T'administer it. Yes, Aura madame. Why do you weep, sweet heart? it'll mar your be uty, Your brother shall not long be kept in prison; Be not so foolish to consume and pine Away for sorrow, know Theagines This night shall be released, and come unto thee, Therefore be merry; 'twas his foolish fault And disobedience to my mistress service Made him to be committed; nicety Is nought in young folks, but all is forgotten, (Partly at my request) and liberty Granted unto him, this was the occasion I sent for you, that you might be partaker Of this glad news, therefore rouse up your self, And now at length eat something; Aura lay The table, I have made some meat, I hope Will comfort your weak stomach, sure you are Too blame to fast so long. By all the gods 'tis true, which if it be not, Let me be poisoned at this table here And be a sad example; more this day Your business all shall be dispatched, so that You shall not needs to take more care hereafter, If by refraining from your meat you do not Destroy your health and die, pray eat a little. Aura give me some wine, Cariclea health Remember good Theagines. I will not have thy help, false wretch, I will not th'ast poisoned me, bear witness all here present That see me die, I lay my death on none But her and this quean Aura, so inform Arsace that she may revenge my death. she die. My children great Arsace recommends Her love unto you, who hath seat me here To serve you in all things that you command, I'm proud to be employed in your service Who am a Gr cian too, and born in Lesbos: Most be utifull young man cheer up thy self, I bring thee joyful news, Arsace loves thee, Arsace she whose favour kings have kneeled for, Does kneel to thee petitioning thy love With rich oblatio S both of pearl and gold. How, will you do it without course of Law Or orde lie proceeding, who will do In this point your commandment? for although All things are subject to you, yet the laws Are free, and will not let you kill without The judgement of the Persian magistrates; Beside we should be careful how we did Accuse the maid, least we should not be able To pro e what we do lay unto her charge.
Plot summary
Plot — The Strange Discovery
After the death of his daughter, Charicles decides to leave Egypt and return to Greece so that he can die at home. Before he can go, the Ethiopian legate entrusts him with the care of a maiden, whom he adopts as a daughter and names Chariclea; but the legate is expelled from Egypt before he can reveal more of the girl’s history. Back in Greece, Chariclea seems uninterested in men until she meets Theagenes, who has come to Delphos to participate in a religious ceremony. After that, they are both stricken with love-melancholy. A physician diagnoses Chariclea with green-sickness and prescribes sex, so Charicles plans to introduce her to his nephew, whom he hopes she will marry. The visiting Egyptian priest Calasiris realizes otherwise and helps her to abscond with Theagenes to Africa, taking with them a fascia which explains her origins. Chariclea is really the daughter of the King and Queen of Ethiopia. Her fortunes arise from her skin colour: her mother was looking at a picture of a white woman at the moment of conception, so the child too was born white; fearing a charge of adultery, she disposed of the baby and reported her dead. In Egypt, Theagenes attracts the interest of Arsace while her husband, the Deputy, is away at war with Ethiopia, but he is impervious to her advances, even when she has him imprisoned and scourged. Realizing that the problem lies in his love for Chariclea, Arsace plots to poison her, but the poisoned cup goes astray and it is the bawd Cybele who is killed. Chariclea is tried for the murder and found guilty after Arsace provides five false witnesses; but when she is thrown into the fire, it refuses to burn her because she is wearing a magical fire-repelling ring. The Deputy hears of her beauty and has her brought to him along with Theagenes. Arsace commits suicide. Chariclea and Theagenes are captured by the Ethiopians on the way to the Deputy’s camp. It is customary for prisoners of war to be sacrificed, but Chariclea saves herself by producing the fascia describing her origins, and she and Theagenes are appointed Ethiopian priests in succession to her parents. In the sub-plot, Demeneta attempts to seduce her stepson Cnemon, but when he rejects her, she tells his father, Aristippus, that he assaulted her, and thereby gets the young man a thrashing. To further her revenge, she asks Thisbe, her maid, to lead him on. Thisbe encourages him to regain his father’s favour by catching his stepmother in the act of adultery. When he…