2. Pr. | 2. Pre. | 2. Pren. | 1. Pren | Pr. | 1. Pr. | 1. Pren.
Words
392
Characters
2015
Typicality
0.27 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A03224.1
BritDrama no.
1195
Cluster
Cluster 15 — Devils, vices & grotesques
Important excerpts
Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 15 (ang, hunc, fleire, shillings, chil, sblood…). Matches are highlighted.
fingers break into our locks, Until at Tyborn you acquit the fault: Go to, albeit by custom we are mild, As those that do profess civility, Yet being moude, a nest of angry hornets Shall not be more offensi then we will, Weel fly about your ears and sting your hearts. All ready, hark my mistress comes. We have no tricks nor pollices
Full speech
You are those desperate idle swaggering mates, That haunt the suburbs in the time of peace, And raise up a -house braules in the street, And when the rumor of the war begins, You hide your heads, and are not to be found, Thou termest it better that we keep our shops, It's good indeed we should have such a care, But yet for all our keeping now and then, Your Pelfring fingers break into our locks, Until at Tyborn you acquit the fault: Go to, albeit by custom we are mild, As those that do profess civility, Yet being moude, a nest of angry hornets Shall not be more offensi then we will, Weel fly about your ears and sting your hearts. All ready, hark my mistress comes. We have no tricks nor pollices of war, But by the ancient custom of our Father's, Weel soundly lay it on, takte off that will. And London Prentices be ruled by me, Die ere you lose fair Londons liberty. My Lord return you back, let us alone, You are our Master's, give us leave to work, And if we do not banquish them in fight, Let us go supperles to bed at night. You are the elder Prentice, I pray you do it, least my mistcis talk with you when she comes down, what is it a clock? Lying and stealing will bring you to the Gallows. Is here all the plate? Twenty orsooth. He told my master I was not within. My Lord your words are able to in use, A double courage in a cowards breast, Then fear not us although our chins be bore, Our hearts are good, the trial shall be seen, Against these rebels on this champion green. Sirrah go too, you shall not find it so, Flatcaps thou callest us, we scorn not the name, And shortly by the virtue of our swords, Weel make your cap so fit unto your crown, As sconce and cap and all kiss the ground. Nay scorn us not that we are Prentices, The Chronicles of England can report, What memorable actions we have done, To which this days achievement shall be knit, To make the volume larger then it is. Sirrah Jack, come set out. Sir by Alhallowes. I that must serve to day, Where is the weights and balance?
Plot summary
Plot — 1 Edward the Fourth
Although he has made diplomatic arrangements to marry a French princess, King Edward impulsively takes an English bride instead, much to his mother's disapproval. The bastard Falconbridge leads a rebellion to reinstate the deposed King Henry VI. The London authorities prepare the city's defences: Falconbridge is unable to penetrate the gates, the city apprentices make a significant contribution to the battle, and the rebels are beaten back to Mile End. When they regroup, the Londoners rout them again, and Matthew Shore defeats a rearguard attempt to take the city while the militia are at Mile End. The King rewards the civic officials with knighthoods, but Shore modestly declines. Falconbridge flees with a price on his head, and he and his associate Spicing plan to betray one another and claim the reward. A miller captures Spicing, but Falconbridge escapes. Spicing is hanged by his former comrade in arms, Chub. While out hunting, members of the court encounter Hobs the tanner. King Edward, pretending to be his own butler, tries to induce Hobs to say something uncomplimentary or treasonous about him, but fails. He accepts the tanner's invitation to supper, where he takes a fancy to Hobs's daughter Nell. Meanwhile, things are going King Edward's way: his brother Gloucester sends word that King Henry VI is dead, and Falconbridge is captured and executed. Back in London, he dines with the Lord Mayor, where he meets Jane Shore. He is attracted to her and grapples with his conscience, but later visits her incognito in her husband's shop. Initially she rejects his advances, but Mistress Blague, who hopes to acquire status and influence through her, advises her to submit to adultery. While her husband confides his suspicio ns to the Lord Mayor, she absconds to court. Shore gives away all his property and goes into exile. En route he encounters Jane, now a sought-after power-broker trying to deal justly with the people who seek her influence with the King; one of them, Jockie, she entertains as a servant. On recognizing her husband she regrets her betrayal, but he refuses to take her back: she now belongs to the King. Meanwhile, Edward pursues his claim to the French throne. Planning an invasion but financially depleted after the civil war and rebellion, he seeks support from his subjects, not by taxation or forced loan but voluntary contributions. Hobs's generosity shames his fellows into giving more. He comes to London to try and procure a pardon for his son, who…