Blackfriars;Globe;Indoor Professional;Outdoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)
Mast. | Master. | Master of the habit. | Master
Words
420
Characters
2152
Typicality
0.37 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A07238
BritDrama no.
2333
Cluster
Cluster 3 — Citizens, tradesfolk & neighbors
Important excerpts
Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 3 (numps, numpes, blastfield, wares, parson, nidden…). Matches are highlighted.
the better. In my actions I make both good, for by my theorems Which your polite, and terser gallants practice, I rerefine the court, and civilize Their barbarous nature's: I have in a table With curious punctuality set down To a hairs breadth, how low a new stamped courty May veil to a country Gentleman, and by Gradation, to
Full speech
No, deam e madam, For one of the last edi ion, and for him I have c mposde a Dictionary, in which He is instructed, how, when, and to whom To be proud or humble; at what times of the year He may do a good deed for it self, and that is Writ in Dominical let ers, all days else Are his own, and of those days the sever ll hours Marked out, and to what use. 'Twill deserve A pension, I hope. First a strong cullise In his bed to h ighten appetite: Shu tle-cock To keep him in breath when he rises; Tenni Courts Are chargeable, and the riding of great horses Too boisterous for my young Courtier, let the old ones I think not of, use it; next his meditation How to court his Miss re e, and that he may seem with ty, Let him be urnish'd with con ederate jests Between him and his f iend, that on occasion They may ventem mutually: what his pace, and garb Must be in the presence, then the length of his sword, The fashion of the hilt, what the blade is It matters not, 'twere barbarism to use it, Unless to show his strength upon and and iron, So the sooner broke, the better. In my actions I make both good, for by my theorems Which your polite, and terser gallants practice, I rerefine the court, and civilize Their barbarous nature's: I have in a table With curious punctuality set down To a hairs breadth, how low a new stamped courty May veil to a country Gentleman, and by Gradation, to his merchant, mercer, draper, His linen man, and aylor. If the foresaid courtier (As it may chance sometime) find not his name Writ in the Citizens books, with a State hum He may salute they after three days waiting: But if he owe them money, that he may Preserve his credit, let him, in policy, never Appoint a day of payment, so they may hope still: But if he be to take up more, his page May attend they at the gate, and usher they Into his Cellar, and when they are warmed with wine, Conduct they to his bedchamber, and though then He be under his Barbers hands, assoon as seen, He must start up to embrace they, vail thus low, Nay though he call ' m cousins, it's the better, His Dignity no way wronged in't. They are Synonima. This speech was well projected.
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.