Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 21 (gar, shillings, alii, yongrave, ogenes, nat…). Matches are highlighted.
be pleased to grant remorse. Thou hast prevailed, Eurymine stand up, I will not touch thee for a world of gold. And ought that may be fortunate beside. We must regard our oath. A done, and stand not preaching here all day. Agreed, give me, I'll shadow you from fear, If this may do it. What means Phylander? Hast thou forgotten
Full speech
Trust me as now (nor can I show a reason) All mirth unto my mind comes out of season: For inward I am troubled in such sort, As all unfit I am to make report Of any thing may breed the least delight, Rather in tears, I wish the day were night: For neither can my self be merry now, Nor treat of ought that may be liked of you. Nay then Phylander I will tell the rest. Damosel thus fares thy case, demand not why, You must forth with prepare your self to die. Therefore dispatch, and set your mind at rest. They are but trifles both. That would our promise break, Dispatch forthwith, we may not hear you speak. Then wherefore dost thou interrupt me so? The ̄ suffer me, that stands in fear of nought. Is all religion of thy vow forgotten? Do as thou wilt, but I forget it not. What answer canst thou give? I will not stay. Wilt thou in this, against thy conscience strive? I'll never sheath my sword, unless thou show, Our oath reserved, we may let her go. And then will I be pleased to grant remorse. Thou hast prevailed, Eurymine stand up, I will not touch thee for a world of gold. And ought that may be fortunate beside. We must regard our oath. A done, and stand not preaching here all day. Agreed, give me, I'll shadow you from fear, If this may do it. What means Phylander? Hast thou forgotten thy oath? It shall be thus, within a Lawn hard by, Obscure with bushes, where no humane eye, Can any way discover our deceit: There feeds a herd of Goats, and country neat. Some Kid, or other young ling, will we take, And with our swords dispatch it for her sake. And having slain it, rip his panting breast, And take the heart of the unguilty beast: Which to intent, our counterfeit report May seem more likely, we will bear to court: And there protest with bloody weapons drawn, It was her heart. Our lives shall never want to do him good.
Plot summary
Plot — The Maid's Metamorphosis
Considering Eurymine too low-born to be a suitable match for his son Ascanio, Duke Telemachus orders two of his gentlemen to escort her from the court and murder her. In the event, however, Phylander persuades his colleague that they have no obligation to follow unlawful orders. They plan to present the Duke with an animal’s heart, claiming it to be hers, and Eurymine agrees to live away from the court in country exile. She meets a forester and a shepherd, each of whom wants her to live with him; when they become competitive, she agrees to accept a cottage from the forester and a flock of sheep from the shepherd. Ascanio goes into the woods looking for Eurymine. Juno finds him asleep and, eager to prove her superiority to Venus, arranges for him to dream of where to find his love. Meanwhile, Eurymine meets Apollo, who is also attracted to her. To save herself from rape, she claims to disbelieve his claims of godhead, and asks him to prove himself by working a miracle: specifically, she asks him to change her sex. He does, but with an associated curse: as a man, she will fall hopelessly in love with another man, and long to be a woman again. Ascanio learns from an echo that Eurymine is nearby but inaccessible, and the hermit Aramanthus, who is also a dispossessed prince, explains her metamorphosis. This disappoints not only Ascanio but also her country admirers, and Aramanthus recommends that she should ask the Graces to intercede with Apollo on her behalf. Apollo eventually agrees and restores her original gender. Telemachus has a change of heart and sends Phylander to bring Eurymine back from the forest. Apollo reveals that she is in fact Aramanthus’ long-lost daughter, and so of royal blood: her status is after all no obstacle to her marriage with Ascanio.