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)
Phro.
Words
246
Characters
1270
Typicality
0.28 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A04824
BritDrama no.
2459
Cluster
Cluster 6 — Battlefield messengers & soldiers
Important excerpts
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Full speech
So, now we have time to speak, what thinkest thou Aratus of these passages? While the fruit thus ripe, why do we let it grow? Of what profession art thou, a Soldier? And much blood is spilled upon the ground knowest thou the cause? Hast thou not killed, and robbed they? I never saw such fierceness. Hers a Paper confirms them most notorious Vil laines. They were proper men. Thou shalt not find us as we appeared at first. Aratus ? Too well to fail a minute of the time. The young Prince is come, but we have given come manned to keep him close, least his face discover what his for tune is, a Gentleman at the first sighed started at him, and called him the Prince's Picture. They are, ther's nothing wanting if the Prince were come. And if we would count partly of our Strength in their weakness, we have no opposition. In the City where they and their vices are daily seen, nothing is to contemptible; and in the remoter parts, where Majesty is no more reve renc'd, being known only by the Power and laws, and where the name of King hears Like the name of God, even there those sons of the earth (as I may so call them) dare mi nace at him, and pile hills on hills to set their bodies equal to their hates. Are you ready for the Priest yet? Aratus you are in a maze.
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.