Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 20 (ithimore, nat, invisible, notary, glycerie, humfrey…). Matches are highlighted.
should flee the fire— These Men, the Allobroges, did hear it too. Last night. I had letters from you, To Catiline, and a message, which In have told Unto the Senate, truly, word for word: For which, I hope, they will be gracious to me. I was drawn in, by that same wicked Cimber, And thought no hurt at all. I ask no more.
Full speech
They do desire some speech with you, in private. Die friends, and be not taken. Hold, hold, hold. I yield upon conditions. My name's Volturtius: I know Pomtinius. I'll yield upon the safety of my life. Promise to do your best. I'am not so guilty, As many others, I can name; and will: If you will grant me favour. Father's, believe me, I knew nothing: I Was travailing for Gallia, and am sorry.— Then, I knew all. But truely' I was drawn in But tother day. I was sent with letters— And had a message too—from Lentulus — To Catiline —that he should use all aides— Servants, or others—and come with his army, Assoon, unto the City as he could— For they were ready, and but stayed for him— To intercept those, that should flee the fire— These Men, the Allobroges, did hear it too. Last night. I had letters from you, To Catiline, and a message, which In have told Unto the Senate, truly, word for word: For which, I hope, they will be gracious to me. I was drawn in, by that same wicked Cimber, And thought no hurt at all. I ask no more.
Plot summary
Plot — Catiline His Conspiracy
Piqued at his rejection for a military command, Catiline has assembled a group of ambitious and malcontented men, and plans to take over the Roman state: some ~ are motivated by envy of those in authority, and by the prospect of wealth, power, and the opportunity for unlimited self-indulgence; another, Lentulus, believes that a prophecy has named him as a future ruler of Rome — an interpretation commissioned by Catiline himself. At a clandestine meeting, the conspirators drink blood to mark their commitment to the plot. Meanwhile Aurelia recruits a network of powerful women supporters. Curius visits his mistress Fulvia, whose resistance to his advances provokes a rape attempt. He excites her curiosity and she wheedles details of the conspiracy out of him. Catiline stands in the consular election, but is defeated by Cicero. When Cicero speaks of the need to protect the Roman state, Caesar and Crassus suspect that he may secure his position by manufacturing a threat for himself to overcome; they set the other consul, Antonius, to keep an eye on him, but Cicero turns him by bribery. Upset that Sempronia has been given pre-eminence in the conspiracy, Fulvia leaks to Cicero what she knows about it; Cicero confronts Curius with the information and recruits him as a double agent inside the plot. The conspirators plan to burn the city, having first assassinated Cicero; the plot is secretly backed by Crassus and Caesar. Curius sends Fulvia to warn Cicero of the attempt on his life, and he makes arrangements for his own security: the would-be killers are unable to gain access to his house. Alarmed at the prospect of civil unrest, people flee from Rome. Cicero exposes the plot in an extended address to the Senate. Catiline protests his innocence, but is forced out of the Senate, and leaves Rome to muster his forces. Lentulus has treated with the ambassadors of the Allobroges, a discontented neighbouring tribe seeking redress from the Senate. These dealings are relayed to Cicero, who persuades the Allobroges to procure letters from the conspirators, which will provide documentary evidence of the plot. When they leave Rome, the Allobroges are arrested as arranged, and deliver up the letters; their escort, Volturcius, offers information in exchange for his life. Seeing that the conspiracy is doomed, Crassus and Caesar quietly withdraw their support. Cicero presents his evidence to the Senate, but refuses to consider allegations implicating Caesar and Crassus. The…