Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 6 (armies, fleece, pestle, wonted, pikes, thundering…). Matches are highlighted.
answer will your Lordship then return v The case concealed hath moved the more misdoub , Yet pardon my presumptions worthy Scylla, That to my grief have read these hideous harms,
Full speech
Lo thus we strive abroad to win renown, And nought regard at home our waning states; Brutus I say the many brave exploits, The warlike Acts that Scylla hath atchieude, Shows him a soldier and a Roman too, Whose care is more for Country than himself: Scylla nill brook that in so many wars, So hard adventures and so strange extremes, Hath born the palm and prize of victory, Thus with dishonour to give up his charge: Scylla hath friends and soldiers at command, That first will make the towers of Room to shake, And force the stately Capitol to dance, Year any rob him of his ust renown: Then we that through the Caspian shores have run, And spread with ships the Oriental Sea, At home shall make a murder of our friends, And massacre our dearest Countrymen. Scylla, Lucretius will die with thee, And may it be that those seditious brains, Imagine these presumptuous purposes? Say Tuditanus, didst thou ever see So desperate defence as this hath been: Apollo grant that my persuasions may, Preserve these Roman soldiers from the sword. A wondrous and bewitched constancy, Beseeming Marius pride and haughty mind, Come let us charge the breach, the town is ours Both male and female put them to the sword: So please you Scylla, and fulfil his word. Exeunt Their valour Tuditanus and resist, The man Like fight of younger Marius, Makes me amazed to see their Misery's, And pity them although they be my foes What said I foes? Oh Room with ruth I see Thy state consumed through folly and dissension. Well found a p rle, I will see if words Can make them yield, which will not fly for strokes? Now Romans we have brought Preneste low, And Marius sleeps amid the dead at last. So then to Room my countrymen with joy, Where Scylla weights the tidings of our fight, Those prisoners that are taken, see forth with With warlike javelins you put them to death. Come let us march, see Room in sighed my hearts, Where Scylla weights the tidings of our war. That seeks he Marius, that he wishes thee: And humble heart, and then a happy peace. Thou seest thy Fortune's are depressed and down, Thy victuals spent, thy soldiers weak with want, The breach laid open ready to assault, Now since thy means and maintenance are done, Yield Marius, yield, Prenestians be advised, Lucretius is advised to favour you. I pre thee Marius mark my last advice. Relent in time, let Scylla be thy friend: So thou in Room mayest led a happy life, And those with thee shall pray for Marius still. After our fierce assaults, and their resist, Our siege, their salying out to stop our trench: Labour and hunger raining in the town, The younger Marius on the Cities wall, Vouchsafte and interparle at the last: Wherein with constancy and courage too, He boldly armed his Friends him self to death: And spreading of his colours on the wall, For answer said he could not brook to yield, Or trust a tyrant such as Scylla was. What Scylla will, what Roman dare withstand The City noble Scylla razed is, And Marius dead not by our swords my Lord, But with more constancy than Cato died, And after great perswsasions to his Friends And worthy resolution of them all: He first did sheath his poigniard in his breast, And so in order died all the rest. Lo Scylla where our senators approach, Perhaps to gratulate thy good success. And what event shall all these troubles bring? What answer will your Lordship then return v The case concealed hath moved the more misdoub , Yet pardon my presumptions worthy Scylla, That to my grief have read these hideous harms,
Plot summary
Plot — The Wounds of Civil War, or Marius and Scilla
King Mithridates has defied Roman power in Asia Minor, and the consul Sulla has been selected by lot to take reprisals. But Sulla lingers with the army in Capua, and the Senate votes to transfer the command to Marius, a more experienced soldier. Sulla invades the Senate with his troops and threatens to uphold his rights with violence. The senators take sides, and a civil war follows. Sulla is victorious; Marius takes refuge at Minturnum. Sulla proscribes Marius and his allies as traitors, and leads the army to Asia Minor. Marius is warned that his hosts plot his murder, but accepts his fate and goes to sleep. The assassin, Pedro, is unable to go through with the killing, so the magistrates simply ask Marius to leave town. He flees to Africa, and lives in the mountains on a diet of roots. Marius’ son comes to recall him to Rome: the new consul, Cinna, is sympathetic to him. But Sulla returns victorious from the east, and attempts to prevent his rival from entering Italy. Nevertheless Marius reaches Rome, and begins to settle old scores with violence. Cinna deposes and murders his fellow consul Octavius, Marius’ enemy, and Marius is appointed to fill the vacancy. Sulla is proscribed and his property confiscated, and Marius sends his son to engage Sulla’s army in battle. Sulla’s wife and daughter are arrested as they attempt to leave Rome; Marius threatens them with death, but then sends them honourably back to Sulla. Marius dies in office. After a bloody battle, Sulla enters Rome victorious and compiles an extensive death-list of his enemies. Young Marius holes up in Praeneste, the last stronghold of resistance, but after a siege he concedes the inevitable and commits suicide; Sulla’s forces conquer the city and put the inhabitants to the sword. Sulla is proclaimed dictator, and insists that the appointment be made perpetual; but he soon finds that supreme power brings with it a troubled mind, and resigns the office. He plans to retire to the country, but a spirit appears with a prophecy of his death. He takes his leave of his family, and is buried with great pomp.