in The Scottish History of James the Fourth — Greene, Robert
Metadata
Play
The Scottish History of James the Fourth
Author
Greene, Robert
Year (catalogued)
1598
First performance
1590
Decade
1590s
Genre
Romance
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
Unknown
Speech prefix(es)
Iaq. | Ia. | Iaques.
Words
370
Characters
1940
Typicality
0.24 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A02168
BritDrama no.
854
Cluster
Cluster 21 — Old fathers & plain counsel
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Sirrah, what be you that parley, contra Monsieur my Lord Ateukin, en bonne foy, prate you against sir Altesse, me maka your test to leap from your shoulders, per ma foy cy fe re j. Poul ron speak me one parola against my bon Gen tilhome, I shall estrampe your guts, and thump your backa, that you no point manage this ten ours. Mort lieu, take me that cappa Pour nostre labeur, be gone villain in the mort. Me sweara by my ten bones, my singniar, to be loyal to your Lordship's intents, affairs, you my monsignieur, qui non feram ic pour. Yea pleasure? By my sworda me be no baby Lords. Stabba the woman per ma foy, monsignieur, me thrusta my weapon into her belle, so me may be guard per le roy. Me de your service. But me no be hanged pur my labour. Mon Deiu, what malheure be this, me come a the cham ber, Signior Andrew, Mon Deiu, take my poinyard en mon mai ne, to give the Estocade to the Damoisella, per ma foy, there was no person, elle cest en all. Gallows, what be that? Purquoy? Cest tout, un me will rama pour le mon y. Ah you calletta, you strumpet, ta Matressa Doretie este, vous surprius come say your pater noster, car vous est mort par ma foy You no dire vostre prieges, vrbleme Merchant's famme guarda your bresta, there me make you die on my morglay, Elle est tout mort, me will run pur a wager, for fear me be surpryes and pendu for my labour. Be in J meum alera au roy auy cits me affairs, J serra un chevalier, for this days tram vail. We Monsieur, elle is bless per lake teste, ouesles e spanles, I warrant she no trouble you. Mes on est mon argent Signior. Come vous plera Monsieur. Monsigneur, why be you so sadda, fette bon cheer fontre de ce monde. Est ce donque a tell point vostre estat, faith then adeiu Scotland, adeiu Signior Ateukin, me will homa to France, and no be hanged in a strange country. O Monsieur, aies patient, pardon your pouure vallet, Me be at your commandment. We will attend your nobleness.
Plot summary
Plot — The Scottish History of James the Fourth
Bohan has shut himself up in a tomb and scorns the world. He is visited by GB@FGn, who gives blessings to his sons: preferment for Nad, and for Slippér the promise of fairy help when he is in danger. Bohan shows him a story of King JameSEIV to justify his misanthropy. During the action, Oberon falls asleep. The King of Scots marries the English princess Dorothea, but in the church his eye lights on [da and he falls in tove. Al@iiKin offers to help him with his affair, hires servants (among them Slipper), and woos Ida on James’s behalf. Although Dorothea assumes the King’s pursuit of Ida is only a sham to test her own love, his behaviour and his liking for flatterers is ===== PAGE 35 ===== 1590 driving the nobles away from his court; James secretly welcomes this, since their absence gives him greater freedom of action. Ateukin attributes his lack of success with Ida to the adulterous nature of the proposal: if she had an expectation of marriage, she would be more pliable; therefore Dorothea must die, and Ateukin engages Jaqwes to murder her, with the promise of promotion at court. Ateukin uses his influence at court to sell favours. His own servants are equally corrupt: Sir Bartram bribes Slipper to steal a lease from Ateukin’s pocket, but what Slipper actually takes is the murder warrant. When the document is missed, Ateukin orders Andrew to find it; because reporting Slipper will expose his own malfeasance, Andrew instead robs him of the bribe- money to teach him a lesson. Sir Bartram shows the stolen warrant to Dorothea, and prevails upon her to escape dressed as a squire; but Jaques catches up with her, wounds her, and leaves her for dead. She is taken in by Sir GWEHBEMNAMAERSGh, whose wife, mistaking her for a young man, falls in love with ‘him’. Things go badly for the King of Scots. To insure himself against the possibility of Ateukin’s fall, Andrew secretly informs the Kinglefllngland of Dorothea’s fate. This precipitates an English invasion of Scotland in reprisal. Ateukin goes to resume the wooing of Ida, but on arrival finds her just married to Lord Eiistace; unable to persuade Jaques to kill Eustace too, he goes into hiding. Corruption, poverty, and lawlessness spread through Scotland, and the price of peace with England is ‘dead’ Dorothea’s return. When James proclaims a reward, the Queen reveals her identity to the disappointed DaayNAMGersGn, and goes to court. James puts a price on Ateukin’s head and orders Slipper and Andrew imprisoned…