Blackfriars;Globe;Indoor Professional;Outdoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)
Cleon. | Cleon •
Words
384
Characters
2031
Typicality
0.31 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A07238
BritDrama no.
2333
Cluster
Cluster 24 — Gods, cupids & celestial agents
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Sir, I have made oft The best use in my power, and hope my gleanings, After the full crop others reapd before me, Shall not when I am called on, altogether Appear unprofitable: yet I left The miracle of miracles in our age At home behind me; every where abroad Fame with a true, though prodigal voice, delivered Such wonders of Pulcheria the Princess, To the amazement, nay astonishment rather Of such as herd it, that I found not one In all the States and Kingdoms that I passed through, Worthy to be her second. In this you shall do me A special favour. You amaze me. With your good favour let me interrupt you. Being as she is in every partly so perfect, Me thinks that all kings of our Eastern world Should become rivals for her. You have given her And admirable character. What means this solemn music? I am all eyes and ears. Yes my good Lord, I was ravished with it. Yet there were some That in their sullen looks rather confessed A forced constraint to serve her, then a will To be at her devotion, what are they? From whence are the Ambassadors To whom she promised audience? I'll wait on you, Exeunt. Cheer her up, she faints, Sir. They are returned from the Temple. That I am in a dream, or that I see A second Pallas. She is strongly guarded In her virgin blushes. The triumphs of and artsman Over all infirmities, made authentical With the names of Princes, Kings and Emperors That were his patients. It may be so, but he swear within three days He will grub up your gout by the roots, and make you able To march ten leagues a day in complete armour, Or if you Like not him He is at hand, march up: now speak for your self? I am gone Sir. Exeunt. Your humble to servant, The Lord Paulinus, as a with ness of His zeal, and duty to your Majesty, Presents you with this jewel. It is Preferred by him. No Sir, I would have said his patrimony, And he intreats, since lameness may excuse His not presenting it himself, from me (Though far unworthy to supply his place) You would vouchsafe to accept it. A conjuring balsamum,
Plot summary
Plot — The Emperor of the East
Paulinus agrees to introduce Athenais at court: she wants to petition the virtuous Protectress Pulcheria after being cheated of her inheritance by her brothers. Pulcheria adopts her as a handmaiden and arranges for her to be converted to Christianity; she also catches-the eye of the Emperor, Theodosius. Urged by his eunuchs, Theodosius declares that his minority is at an end, and takes the reins of power from Pulcheria. She encouragés him to marry, but when he refuses the two diplomatic offers which are under consideration, she presents a third option: Athenais, whom he had been thinking of all along. The eunuchs suspect a stratagem to enable Puicheria to hang onte power by proxy. Theodosius disregards their warnings and insists on marrying as soon as Athenais has been baptised, which also entails her taking 2 new name, Eudoxia. He celebrates the wedding with extravagant largesse. Pulcheria asks the new Empress to use her influence to discourage her husband from prodigality, but Eudoxia contemptuously refuses. Theodosius grants Pulcheria a boon, and he seals it without troubling to find out what it contains. [t turns out to be a deed of gift, conferring ownership of Eudoxia. Pulcheria uses this to teach them beth a lesson, Eudoxia about pride and Theedosius about the dangers of being unwisely bountiful; she then destroys the deed and gives Theodosius back his wife. A countryman presents Theodosius with the gitt of a splendid apple. He in turn sends it to Eudoxia, whe in turn sends it to Paulinus, who is ill. Paulinus decides that only one man is worthy to eat so fine a truit: the Emperor. On receiving the apple back again, Theodosius suspects that Eudoxia and Paulinus are lovers. When questioned. Eudoxia swears that she has eaten the apple, whereupon Theodosius produces it intact. Feeling confirmed in his suspicions, he orders Philanax to have Paulinus killed. Pulcheria argues that Eudoxia is innecent. and Theodosius worries that he might have ordered an uniust execution. He visits the penitent Eudoxia disguised ss a friar, and hears her confession - but it is a confession of perjury, not adultery. It also emerges thal Paulinus was secretly a eunuch, unable to be a woman's lover even if he wanted to. Fortunately Philanax disobeyed his orders and kept Paulinus alive, so no harm has been done. and mutual forgiveness can be the order of the day.