Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

ADMIRAL

in The Massacre at Paris — Marlowe, Christopher

Metadata

PlayThe Massacre at Paris
AuthorMarlowe, Christopher
Year (catalogued)1596
First performance1593
Decade1590s
GenreTragedy
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyDerby's (Strange's) Men
Speech prefix(es)Ad. | Admi. | Ad .
Words151
Characters818
Typicality0.24 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA07003
BritDrama no.947
ClusterCluster 10 — Mourners, mothers & doleful voices

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Full speech

My Lord I marvel that th'aspiring Guise, Dares once adventure without the Kings consent, To meddle or attempt such dangerous things. My Lord, but did you mark the Cardinal, The Guises brother and the Duke Dumain: How they did storm at these your nuptiallrites, Because the house of Burbon now comes in, And joins your lineage to the crown of France? Come my Lords let us bear her body hence, and see it honoured with joust solemnity. Ah my good Lord, these are the Guisians, That seek to massacre our guiltless lives. I my good Lord shot through the arm. These are the cursed Guisians that do seek our death. O fatal was this marriage to us all. I humbly thank your royal Majesty. Oh let me pray before I die. Oh God forgive my sins. Your grace was ill advised to take the ̄ then, Considering of these dangerous times.

Plot summary

Plot — The Massacre at Paris
The King of France marries his sister to the Protestant King of [NaVare. King @iailés has guaranteed the safety of the visiting Navarre party, but an apothecary suborned by the Duke of Gillie poisons the old Queen. Less successful is a plot to shoot the Aldmiral of France, another Protestant: he is only wounded in the arm. Though King Charles promises to find the would-be assassin and sets a guard on the Admiral, the guard captain betrays him and admits Guise’s men. The Admiral’s murder initiates a massacre of the Protestants in Paris, including the scholar RAMUS. HenrylofvAnjou, heir to the throne, participates but later denies his involvement. Anjou is elected King of Poland, but accepts only on condition that he may return to France to claim the French crown in the event of the King’s death. Charles does not support the massacre, but dies. The Queen Mother recalls Anjou from Poland, expecting him to be a more pliable king. Navarre, now the next in line to the throne, takes the opportunity to leave France. Obsessed with his minions, King Henry fulfils his mother’s expectations: power now rests with her and Guise. They use it to make war on Navarre, but Joyeuse, one of the King’s minions, is appointed general of the army, and he loses the battle. Navarre plans a Protestant alliance with England to liberate his country. Guise learns that his wife is having an affair with Maugiron, another minion. After the King mocks him as a cuckold, Guise has Maugiron murdered. King Henry tries to assert his power over Guise, who holds Paris, and Navarre offers his aid. Guise and the G@ardifial are murdered on the King’s orders. Their surviving brother, Dilmiaifie, conspires with a ffidr to take revenge on the King. Henry and Navarre lay siege to Paris, but the friar assassinates Henry with a poisoned knife. Navarre becomes King of France and plans an anti-papal crusade.