in 1 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, or The Troubles of Queen Elizabeth — Heywood, Thomas
Metadata
Play
1 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, or The Troubles of Queen Elizabeth
Author
Heywood, Thomas
Year (catalogued)
1605
First performance
1604
Decade
1600s
Genre
History
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
Queen Anne's Men
Speech prefix(es)
Shand: | Shand.
Words
244
Characters
1262
Typicality
0.40 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A03208
BritDrama no.
1427
Cluster
Cluster 2 — Allegory, Nature & pageant voices
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Touching the Queen my Lord who now sits hie, What thinks the realm of Philip emperors son, A marriage by the Council treated of? I cry your Honours mercy. Resolve the Princess we must speak with her. 'Tis from the Queen and we will speak with her. Madam, our message and our duty from our Queen, We come to tender you, It is her pleasure, That you the 7. day of this month appear at Westminster. Is your opinion so? So says the Queen. Madam, the Queen hath sent her letter for you. What answer you to Sir Peter Carew in the west, The western Rebels. My Lord, my Lord, let not the love we bear the Prin cease, incur the Queens displeasure, 'tis no dallying with mat ters of Estate, who dares gainsay the Queen? My Lord, you must look into our Commission, No favors granted, she of force must land, 'Tis a decree which we can not with stand, So tell her master Gage, Exit Gage. The Sword of Justice on my bent knee, I to your Grace present, heaven bless your reign. Two of your Highness Doctors we then called, And charged them as they would answer it, To tell the truth, if that our journeys toil Might be no prejudice unto her life; Or if we might with safety bring her thence: They answered, that we might; we did so, Here she is to do her duty to your Majesty.
Plot summary
Plot — 1 If You Know Not Me You Know Nobody, or The Troubles of Queen Elizabeth
Wyatt's rebellion in support of QW@eenjane has been put down. QweenyiMary is enthroned, and rejects a Protestant petition for liberty of conscience; she then secures her power by imprisoning potential enemies and marrying PHilipyofiSpain. Her sister, BliZaBEthy is brought to Westminster under guard, examined about her complicity in the rebellion, and sent to the Tower. Philip rules England well, despite tension between Englishmen and Spaniards. Noblemen and commoners alike regret Elizabeth’s harsh treatment and the strictness of her imprisonment, and intervention by SUSSEX and Philip secures first better conditions, then a transfer to SimJHenry Bedingheld’s custody; he is horrified by her use of an English Bible. A murder attempt by two friars is prevented by the intervention of angels, and an attempt to trick Philip into sealing her death warrant is foiled when Gresham overhears the plot. Philip discharges Bedingfield and has Elizabeth brought to court. The royal sisters are reconciled, and, leaving England on his father’s business, Philip vows to return. The Catholic establishment continues to plot against the princess, and Queen Mary continues to promote Elizabeth's enemies. She dies, and prominent men rush to inform Elizabeth that she is now Queen, while the common people celebrate their liberation. Elizabeth reappoints all the old Queen’s officers, and declares her wish to reconcile the state. IHEIMayorsf WondGH gives her an English Bible.