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)
Cooke: | Cookes:
Words
193
Characters
1000
Typicality
0.28 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A03208
BritDrama no.
1427
Cluster
Cluster 22 — Ghosts, curses & horror voices
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Audacious slave presuming in my place. The proudest he that keeps within the tower, Shall have no eye into my private office. Be it your self or any other here, I'll make him sup the hottest broth I have. Zounds I will, I have been true to her, and will be still. Exit Cook. What storm comes next: this hath dispersed us quite And shattered us to nothing; though we be denied the presence Of our mistress, yet we will walk a loof, and none control us. Now gentle master usher, what says my Lady. My self have been a scholar, and I understand What tanquam Ovis means. We sent to know how her Grace did fare, She, tanquam Ovis said, even Like a sheep, That's to the slaughter led. Not for our selves, men are not made to weep At there own Fortune's, our eyes are made of fire, And to extract water from fire is hard, Nothing but such a Princess grief as yours, So good a Lady & so beautiful, so absolute a mistress, And perfect as you have delivered been, Have power to doo't, your sorrow makes us sad.
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.