in The Conspiracy (Pallantus and Eudora) — Killigrew, Henry
Metadata
Play
The Conspiracy (Pallantus and Eudora)
Author
Killigrew, Henry
Year (catalogued)
1638
First performance
1635
Decade
1630s
Genre
Tragedy
Play type
Private; Adult Professional
Company
King's Men
Speech prefix(es)
Dia. | Diana.
Words
204
Characters
1060
Typicality
0.47 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A04824
BritDrama no.
2459
Cluster
Cluster 24 — Gods, cupids & celestial agents
Important excerpts
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Full speech
S Some back again, this way my self will take, And as you go, call those chaster woodmen To your aid, who often help us in the chase, Mingle with every step a call, and if And echo but resound her name, utter't Again, until you're confirmed. I've lost a Nymph in whom I gloried more Then all those prouder Trophies to my name, She excelled in Fame, in Birth, in Beauty, And being Patroness of her, well I might Be called the goddess of Strict Chastity. She was her self a guard unto her self, Her Beauty so commanding good, did keep Her chastity; and her chastity, made Her beauty safe, lust might sooner gaze to Virtue in her eyes, then spy one of its Known Deformities. — And much I fear, some Satire, or worse power Hath betrayed her innocent Steps, and now Detains her, adoring yet what he means To spoil, or Jove again in some various Shape of Love, wrongs both his Deity, and me — Juno on the earth? Thus daily to behold the noblest of my train Snatched from me, and Hymen's torch outshine the Virgin Taper. And yet it joys me to see My fears thus ended.
Plot summary
Plot — The Conspiracy (Pallantus and Eudora)
Two foreign princes arrive on Crete after a storm. One is Clearchus, who is finding an excuse to land with a shipful of troops which he intends to use to rescue the Princess Hianthe from a forced marriage to the usurping King’s son, Timeus. The other is Pallantus, whose ship has been wrecked. Afterwards he discovers that this was a lucky escape: Timeus suborned the sailors to kill him. He disguises himself as a soldier and both he and Clearchus fall in with a group of courtiers who are conspiring to restore the rightful King, Cleander, to the throne. (Cleander disappeared in infancy when the present King seized power sixteen years ago, and was wrongly presumed murdered.) Timeus learns of the plot, but open rebellion breaks out before he can do anything about it: Clearchus’ troops storm the city, Hianthe is rescued, and Pallantus kills the usurping King. In the ensuing sack, Pallantus encounters the Princess Eudora, the King’s daughter, and falls in love with her. He later returns to her in his own person, and counters her objections to him as her father’s killer by producing the evidence that Timeus attempted to have him murdered. Meanwhile, Timeus and his associates take refuge in the fort. Pallantus is sent to parley with them, and succeeds in persuading him to abandon villainy and accept Cleander’s mercy. Timeus and Eudora are reunited, and Timeus shows remorse for the attempted murder of Pallantus. Eudora agrees to marry Pallantus, and the dead King is cremated.