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You still court her, As if she were a Mistress, not your wife. My Son. But, the purpose Daughter, That brings us hither? Is it to bestow A visit on this Woman? That, because She only would be thought truly to grieve, The absence, and the dangers of my Son, Proclaims a general sadness? She frowns, as if Her looks could fright us. I would show rare in Ladies. you, she will, Be it never so mean: she's made of courtesy. It's, Wormwood, and it works. A set speech on my life. How, a Nurse? I defy thee, Thee, and thy pardons, proud one. A Princess? Scornful thing, Proud of a white Face. The charge, she puts The State too, for Perfumes. If my Son were here, And would endure this; May a Mother's curse Pursue, and overtake him. We are Like To have and equal Judge. I am one, And I will justify it. I'll join with her, Though you repine at it. Pleased, with a mischief. I had rather Wait on you to your funeral. Blasphemed, for calling of a whore, a whore? Would you have us To be her bawds? All is in vain, he is not to be moved. Oh cross him not deer daughter, Our conscience tells us we have been abused, Wrought to accuse the innocent, and with him Are guilty of a fact -! How do you Sir? Shall I, that am his mother, Be so indulgent, as to wait on her, That owes me duty? You are ever forward, To sing her praises 'Tis but truth: Come clear our brows, and let us to the banquet, But not to serve his Idol.
Plot summary
Plot — The Duke of Milan
Sforza, Duke of Milan, dotes on his haughty Duchess Marcelia, and fears the prospect of losing her. Her birthday banquet is interrupted by bad news: Sforza rebuffed Charles the Emperor’s overtures and chose to ally Milan with France instead; but now the Empire has routed France at the Battle of Pavia. Sforza expects imperial reprisals, and goes to submit himself to Charles. Before he leaves, he appoints Francisco his deputy, with instructions that, should he not return, Marcelia is to be murdered so that nobody else shall enjoy her. He submits himself to Charles, offers an explanation but no excuse for his supporting France, and expresses his willingness to pay with his life in order to prevent the imperial army from sacking Milan, thus sparing his subjects further bloodshed. His dignity impresses Charles, who confirms his ducal title. In Sforza’s absence, the tensions between Marcelia and his sister Mariana break out into open violence. Though Mariana is his own wife, Francisco takes Marcelia’s side in the quarrel and imprisons Mariana. Believing that Sforza will not return, he propositions Marcelia, shows her the warrant for her execution, and suggests that they should seize power together. She refuses him, so he explains the excessive love which led Sforza to order her death. This annoys her. When Sforza returns to Milan, she greets him coldly, which gives offence. Mariana learns of Francisco’s efforts to seduce Marcelia, and informs Sforza, who will not believe her. Francisco finds out her plans in advance and sets up the situation to favour his revenge: three years before, his sister Eugenia was seduced by Sforza with a promise of marriage on which he then reneged. First he presents himself to Marcelia as a potential victim of Sforza’s jealousy, inducing her to promise to protect him. Then he tells Sforza that Marcelia has tried to seduce him. As a test of her fidelity, Sforza pretends to have murdered ===== PAGE 365 ===== 1621 Francisco; Marcelia’s outrage seems to confirm her guilt, and Sforza wounds her fatally. News arrives that Francisco has fled Milan; Marcelia tells her husband the truth, and dies. Sforza is distracted with grief. His physicians persuade him that she is merely in a coma and may one day be revived, but realize that putrefaction will soon put an end to the ruse. Francisco returns to court posing as a Jewish doctor, and offers to treat the body to prolong the appearance of life. In fact, he puts poison in her mouth, claiming it…