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)
Har.
Words
151
Characters
792
Typicality
0.31 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A04824
BritDrama no.
2459
Cluster
Cluster 11 — Tosspots & tavern railers
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Devil, whither wilt thou hurl me? the ship Sunk under so much ill, nor can the earth Bear us both together, the greatest hills Press not her face with half that load; one thought Of goodness made me lighter than the waves And at and instant taught me how to swim. Melampus? I hope so. Innocent? what's that? it has saved us so much labour and a broken head perhaps. How the rogues prayed, and roared above the waves, vowed whole heards of offerings for their safety. But Nep tune saved em charges and took the verger beasts. I hope yowl burn no bullocks to the Sea. Thou didst not mean in earnest? Come weel go claim our hire, and swear we killed him before the storm, our fellows dead pay will fallen to us, weel demand for losses, I, and our dangers too. 'Tis he, be resolute and follow me.
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.