Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

THURIGER

in Apollo Shroving — Hawkins, William

Metadata

PlayApollo Shroving
AuthorHawkins, William
Year (catalogued)1627
First performance1627
Decade1620s
GenreComedy
Play typeBoys Nonprofessional/School
Speech prefix(es)Thur. | T •… r. | Thr.
Words579
Characters2990
Typicality0.33 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA02827
BritDrama no.2204
ClusterCluster 18 — Chronicle statesmen & prelates

Important excerpts

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Full speech

S spbu. Scopas. Come away with the Cull . Lay that Carpet smoother. When were these Cushions brushed. Sirrah. would? Thou Lozel. Hath Slug infected you? Why do you give such kind entertainment to that cob web? For the preparing this Judgement seat. I pro nounce judgement of banishment against all pre sumptuous Cobwebbes. The Court will rise, and come upon us ere we are aware. Scopas go see how forward they are, and bring away the Frankincense. What, nimble Ludio, is the Session so far on? I shall be ready for them. But I pr , I dio, how did Mistress Jingle behave her self? But thou tellest me nothing all this while of thy own trial. Were you not put to it shrewdly? I am sorry that my office called me away from hearing you, will you do me the honour to impart to me some of your discourse? I wonder how you could borrow so much time from play, as to compose so large a declaration? Could you before all them pronounce it lustily, as if it had been your own making? I ng to hear some of it. Can you say it? It is l ge. I will n le thee to say it over. Only read I pray you some of the principal points. I have known the time when you have had nei there before not worser point, when you have returned from purne point. No doubt rose water added a sweet found to your words. Here is a large Entry to a low house. What? is this brat become a Philosopher? e Sellingers round. Like a new Corranto. Better then sixteen Almanac e-makers, with all their Sextile aspects, and siery triplicities. Some mortals now adais have in their Coach more horses then Done P oebus. That is (our Virgins say) A pretty kind of play. Oh Impudence! How durst thou base slay, skip thus high into Apollos face. Didst thou not fear to be pierced through with the least dart of his beams? He would have cond you small thank for that. But, how did our Lord Apollo look upon you all this while? The sign of the Ram, the Bull: the Lion, and the rest, they are Taverns set up by Bacchus, for the gods to feast in. Are they not?. That is in conjunction. Half moon; Like my cheese. The Shepherd with the but h of thorns has prevented sleepy Endymion, and got up thit before him. Sometime they blowest the points of ee ples, and this is a very high point, worth conside ration. Leave oh now your rehearsal Ludio. Why pr ted you of the stars and wind ? What's this to you, and to those creatures that have bound them selves to the school trade? Do the Mules play? That but the the er sort, and those that stood at the lower end of the Session hall. I think rather Apollo frowned on you. Why Mercury? he is not there. What lose suffered you in that vessel? I think it had been better luck, if you had been robbed of those Commodities seven years ago. But see yonder comes my Scopas. This fire is almost out, stir it up. Apollos judgement seat Makes all things pure and neat. Apollos judgement, &c. Yes, and every Hate hath her Muse. But what then becomea oh the h e? Did not Siren creep into the souls of the au ditory?

Plot summary

Plot — Apollo Shroving
The people are summoned to do Shrovetide homage to Apollo and'present any grievances they may have; it is rumoured that many will be indicted for encroaching on the god’s prerogative, Novice gets himself enrolled in Compliment’s school of etiquette, which is currently fashionable. Compliment hopes to be granted a licence to run his school, and asks Lauriger to intercede with Apollo to that end. He tries to cheat his rich pupil Jingle, who ===== PAGE 261 ===== LGo2y. pays monthly fees, by reckoning a month as four weeks, so that there are thirteen months in the year. At Apollo’s court, Compliment is launched into the air with fireworks, and his page Implement is sentenced to a year repairing damaged school books. Jingle is sentenced to spend all his inheritance on bodily pleasure, leaving him with nothing to live on in his old age. Novice is simply sent back to school. Amphibius is in love after receiving an amorous letter from Queen Hedone, delivered by Siren, but his friend Philoponus points out that the address is in a different handwriting from the letter: it is a forgery. In fact, Siren is tempting many votaries of Apollo to apostasy. She also attempts to seduce Lauriger into devotion to Hedone, but he resists her alluring song. At the court, Siren is exposed as an ugly monster. For overestimating his academic abilities, Retro was awarded a three-year penance of only being able to speak backwards. His father seeks Apollo’s clemency, and it is granted. Ludio, who prefers play to his school- work, defends himself learnedly, and is sentenced to an eternity of handling dice without ever being able to play with them.