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Full speech
Thou knowest the reason why, Dissembling as thou art, and wilt not speak. You talk to me as having God a time Fit for your purpose; but you know I know You speak not what you think. But Gobrias let us talk; you know this fault Is not in me as in another woman Yet you make it so. I know it is. I know it would not. I think we should. The King? Accursed be this overcurious brain, That gave that plot a birth; accursed this womb, That after did conceive to my disgrace. I thank him I will. As low as this I bow to you, and would As low as to my graven, to show a mind Thankful for all your mercies. You are my King. I came Only to S ewe my duty, and acknowledge My sorrow for my sins; longer to stay We e but to draw eyes more attentively upon my shame: That power that kept you safe From me preserve you still. My shame, thou hast less shame then any thing: Why dost thou keep my daughter in a prison? Why dost thou call her Sister, and do this? Help me gentle Gobrius. I will, to what? Why you are his son. By all thats good you are. You spend your rage, and words in vain, And rail upon a guess: hear us a little. Nor child of mine. Yes God knows it is most true. Turn thee about, I come to speak to thee thou wicked man, Hear me thou Tyrant.
Plot summary
Plot — A King and No King
Arbaces has been away from his kingdom for many years fighting a war with Armenia, which he has just won. He has received reports from his Lord Protector, Gobrias, about the virtue and accomplishments of his younger sister Panthea, whom he has not seen since she was nine years old. He offers her hand in marriage to Tigranes, the vanquished Armenian King, but Tigranes demurs. Arbaces takes him back to Iberia to see her for himself. Tigranes’ objection lies in the fact that he already has a girlfriend, Spaconia, and he bribes the cowardly Bessus to bring her along and place her in Panthea’s household. Once there, she begs Panthea not to marry Tigranes, and Panthea agrees. Arane, Arbaces’ mother, has been trying to assassinate him since he came to the throne. Another attempt is foiled, but he pardons her when he returns in triumph. She clearly has an ulterior motive which is known to Gobrias, but both are discreet about its precise nature. Arbaces’ first meeting with Panthea as an adult proves unsettling: he falls in love with her. So does Tigranes. Identifying a rival, Arbaces imprisons him. Torn between desire and conscience, he also imprisons Panthea. Panthea gives Spaconia a token authorizing her to visit Tigranes in prison. He rejects her, but Arbaces finds them together and assumes that she is a go-between. Gobrias importunes him to release Panthea, who persuades him that his suspicions are unfounded: she loves him, and would act upon that love if to do so were not incestuous. The Armenians send Spaconia’s father as an ambassador to negotiate for Tigranes’ release. He believes his daughter has eloped with Bessus, but his denunciations of her bring Tigranes to his senses: he will make Spaconia his Queen. When Arbaces decides to kill Gobrias for corrupting him to incest, the truth comes out. Arbaces is not of royal blood. The old King married Arane when he was old and impotent, and, fearful about the succession, Gobrias and Arane conspired to produce an heir: Gobrias gave Arane his new-born son, and she faked his birth. Later, it proved that the King was not so impotent after all, and he died leaving Arane pregnant with Panthea, but by the time this was known, the young Arbaces had already succeeded to the throne. Since then, Gobrias and Arane have both been trying to put matters to rights, Arane with her murder plots and Gobrias by encouraging Arbaces to marry his putative sister and so establish the legitimacy of his teign. Arbaces publicly announces…