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)
Cla:
Words
245
Characters
1332
Typicality
0.38 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A03208
BritDrama no.
1427
Cluster
Cluster 1 — Wives, widows & intimate counsel
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Madame, not I, I near slept soundlyer for the time. Neither Madame. Madame not I. A milking. Better be a Milkmaid free, then a Madame in bondage. O hadst thou herd the Princess yesternight, Sitting within and arbour all alone to hear a Milkmaid sing, It would have moved a flynty heart to melt, Weeping and wishing, wishing and weeping, A thousand times she with her self debates, With the poor Milkmaid to exchange estates, She was a Sempster in the tower being a Princess, And shall I her poor gentlewoman, disdain To be a Milkmaid in the country. The Princess gone, and I left here behind, Come, come our horses shall outstrip the wind. Yes master Gage, but heavy at the heart, For she was frited with a dream this night. She said, she drempt her sister was new married, And sat upon a high Imperial throne, That she her self was cast into a dungeon, Where enemies environed her about, Offering their weapons to her naked breast; Nay they would scarcely give her leave to pray, They made such hast to hurry her away. Then did I dream of weddings, and of flowers, Me thought I was within the finest garden, That ever mortal eye did yet behold, Then Straight me thought some of the chief were picked To dress the bride, Oh 'twas the rarest show, To see the bride go smiling longest the streets, As if she went to happiness eternal.
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.