Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

SATYR

in Il Pastor Fido, or The Faithful Shepherd — Dymoke, Tailboys, trans.; Guarini, Giovanni Battista

Metadata

PlayIl Pastor Fido, or The Faithful Shepherd
AuthorDymoke, Tailboys, trans.; Guarini, Giovanni Battista
Year (catalogued)1602
First performance1601
Decade1600s
GenrePastoral
Play typeCloset (?) Translation
Speech prefix(es)Sa. | Sa ▪ | Sa | (Sa.)
Words629
Characters3265
Typicality0.48 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA02284
BritDrama no.1298
ClusterCluster 20 — Conjurers, witches & physicians

Important excerpts

Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 20 (ithimore, nat, invisible, notary, glycerie, humfrey…). Matches are highlighted.

Treacherous perfidious witch, Is't not enough th'ast made thy heart to lie, Thy face, thy words, thy laughter and thy looks, But that thy hair must lie. Poets behold Your native gold, your amber pure, that you So fondly praise, for shame your subject change, In steed whereof sing me a witches subtlety, That robbeth sepulchres and rotten

Full speech

And I alive? Tush Amarillis hears thee not, be quiet now. I have hunted thee so long That at the last th'art fallen into my snare. This is the robe sister, this is the hear. I even to thee. Are you not that same famous Corisca, that Excellent mistress of lies, that at so deer a ra e False Hope's, feigned looks, and lying words dost fell, That hast betrayed me so many ways perfidious Corisca. I gentle wicked wretch, I was not so When me thou to follow Coridon. See, see a wonder, This is news indeed. But when I stole Fair Lillaes bow, Clor scarf, Daphne's rich oabe, And Silutaes buskin's, then thou promised me Thy love thou gavest another should be my reward. The dainty garland which I gave to thee, Thou gavest to Nisus. And when me thou madest To watch so many frosty night both n The cave, the woods, and by the river side, And ever mockedst me, was I not gentle then? Believe me now thou shalt me pay for all. Now see if thou canst run away again. Thy policies shall not avail thee now. If but thy head hold on t'is vain to strive. What faith o faithless woman hast? Darest thou Yet speak of faith to me? I'll carry thee Into the darkest cave this mountain hath: Where never Sun nor humane step approached, Il'e hide the rest there thou with my delight And with thy scorn shalt feel what I will do with thee. Ah wicked, thinkest thou to deceive me yet? Canst thou yet tempt me with thy subtleties? The wretch hath almost moved me, should I but trust Affection only I were overcome. But to be short, I will not trust thee, strive no more. For all this humbleness thou art Corisca still. What favour's that? Thou thinkest with feigned words And forged tears to mollify my heart. We'll try. No pity I. I am resolved. Hast thou now made and end of all thy charms? O witch are these to me? Ribald to me? And do Not I with these my hands thrust out thy bitches tongue? A silly woman in my hands, Dares brave me? dares despise me thus? Well I'll. O heavens who can endure I'll pay you home, come on. That will I see. Come on, we'll see who hath the stronger, thou The neck or I the arms. Nay soft and fair. Well let us see. Oh me my head, my back, my side. O what A fallen is this? I scarce can turn my self. And is she gone and left her head behind? Unusual wonder. Nymph's and shepherd's come, Behold a witchcraft trick of one that's fled And lives without a head! How light it is? It hath no brains, there comes out no blood. Why look I so? O fool she gone without a head, Thou art without a head that seest not How thou art mocked. Treacherous perfidious witch, Is't not enough th'ast made thy heart to lie, Thy face, thy words, thy laughter and thy looks, But that thy hair must lie. Poets behold Your native gold, your amber pure, that you So fondly praise, for shame your subject change, In steed whereof sing me a witches subtlety, That robbeth sepulchres and rotten heads To dress her own. As well you may go praise Megaera's viperous monstrous hairs. Lovers Behold, and be ashamed wretches now, Make this the means your senses to recover That are insnar'd in such without more plaints. But why stay I to publish out her shame? This hair my tongue so famous made erewhile, I will go prove to make again as vile. Sp ak tlhen I'll eat thee quick. Go too.

Plot summary

Plot — Il Pastor Fido, or The Faithful Shepherd
Years ago, AWAVRE, two-timed by DUST prayed to DiSNa for vengeance. She sent death to Arcadia, and the oracle decreed that her wrath could be appeased only when Lucrina is sacrificed at the hands of Amyntas. Lucrina was brought to the altar, but Amyntas took pity on her and killed himself; recognizing the truth of his love, Lucrina then herself committed a remorseful suicide in turn. But the curse was remitted only temporarily, and {i#@@nnualhuman SAGHHEES must continue; Diana will be permanently pacified only by a marriage between a couple, both of GivVi@NGSS2hH) and by the pity of a faithful shepherd. Such a couple has been identified: SHMSl and AMmamillis; but Silvio is uninterested in women, preferring to hunt the boar which has been ravaging the countryside. ; A chain of failed amours proceeds from. this. AMaHGS is loved by MEFGHG) who thinks himself too poor and lowly to be worthy of her. He has tried to get access to her by dressing as a nymph; in this disguise he became unwittingly involved in a Sapphic kissing contest, and was adjudged the winner by Amarillis. Returning home to tend to his sick father, he pined away, and an oracle reported that his only hope was to go t@NAIRGadial — so here he is. He in turn is both loved and hated by G&HiSE4) who has learned the amorous arts in the city: she loves him for his beauty, hates him for his interest in Amarillis. She offers to promote his suit to ABZ) in order to take revenge on them both. Corisca has led on a SatyiiBefore becoming engaged to GOHGGH; so the Satyr too is vengefully inclined. He catches her by her long hair, intending violent reprisals, but she escapes, because the hair is only a wig. She sets up a rendezvous enabling Miiffilllo to have a ‘chance’ encounter with AliiaMilliis: he finds her playing blind- man’s-buff with some other nymphs, and-is caught by her. He declares his love but is rejected. In fact, Amarillis loves Mirtillo, but knows that she will become a human sacrifice if she breaks her betrothal to Silvio. Corisca tells her that Silvio is seeing another woman; if she catches them together, she can legitimately annul the engagement. In reality, Corisca plans to have Amarillis caught meeting Coridon at a lovers’ cave, thus leaving Mirtillo free to marry her; but Mirtillo sees Amarillis going into the cave, and follows her in, intending to kill his rival. The Satyr sees him enter and assumes Corisca to be the woman he is meeting; he seals the cave mouth with a boulder and goes…