Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

ANTHONIO

in The Maid of Honor — Massinger, Philip

Metadata

PlayThe Maid of Honor
AuthorMassinger, Philip
Year (catalogued)1632
First performance1621
Decade1630s
GenreTragicomedy
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyQueen Henrietta Maria's Men
TheaterPhoenix/Cockpit;Indoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)Antho. | A • tho. | Ant.
Words436
Characters2203
Typicality0.37 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA07240
BritDrama no.2291
ClusterCluster 23 — Gulls, fops & laughing-stocks

Important excerpts

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Full speech

And my late Guardian. But at length I have The reigns in my own hands. S r . I have horses Of the best breed in Naples, fitter far To break a rank, then crack a lance, and are In their career of such incredible swiftness They outstrip swallows. My lord, this is itter. You are S r . A knight of Malta, and as I have herd Have served agam nst the Turk. Pray you show us The difference between the city valour. And service in the field. I confess They did much good upon me. Perfect what is so well begun. I can forbear no longer: War, war, my Sovereign. Shall we aboard to night? This insultation shows not manly in you. Worse it cannot be. My grewhound has fresh straw, and scraps in his kennel, But we have neither. And go without it; So of as I do, Oh how have I jeered The City entertainment. A huge shoulder Of glorious fat Ram Mutton, seconded With a pair of taine cats, or conies, a crab tart With a worthy loyne of veil, and valiant Capon, Mortified to grow tender. These I scorned From their plentiful horn of abum dance, though invited: But now I could carry my own stool to a tripe, And call their chitterlings charity, and bless the founder. You jeer us to! But redeem us From this Captivity, and I'll vow hereafter Never to wear a sword, or cut my meat With a knife, that has and edge or point. I'll starve first A calves head is More worth then mine, I am sure it had more brains in't Or I had never come here. You shall have my row of houses near the palace All that we have. To Astutio. Pray you dispatch us: I shall never believe I am a freeman, till I set my foot In Sicily again, and drink Palermo, And in Palermo too. And I, my lord heaven keep you. A pox of war no more of war. I wish Some other should inform you. Yes to a spirit Like his. Cruel imprisonment, and that Without the hope of freedom. In your opinion, But it's most certain. He does not alone In himself refuse to pay it, but forbids All other men. The king is much incensed Against him for Fulgentio. S r . excuse me. All of their raze by instinct know a Coward. And scorn the burden. They come on Like lightning, Foundered in a retreat. And a little garlic too, for your own sake Sir I will boil in your stomach else.

Plot summary

Plot — The Maid of Honor
Before the start of the action, Aurelia, Duchess of Siena, refused a marriage proposal by Ferdinand, Duke of Urbino. In reprisal, Ferdinand attacked Siena, conquered it, but then found himself trapped inside the city by the regrouped Sienese troops. To raise the siege, he invokes a defensive treaty with Sicily, but King Roberto refuses to honour it because Ferdinand was the aggressor and has brought his troubles on himself. However, he allows his bastard half-brother Bertoldo to go to war with a volunteer army. The court favourite Fulgentio takes advantage of Bertoldu: absence to woo his fiancée, Camiola. But she misses Bertoldo and refuses Fulgentio; his mpaste 1s to produce Roberto’s ring and make it a reval order that she accept him. She wishes Bertoldo were present to defend her honour: another suitor. Adurni. steps in. fights a duel, and wounds Fulgentio, which gets him into trouble with the King. Far trom raising the siege. Bertolde is routed by Gonzaga, Aurelia’s general. Both men are kKrughts «1 Malta, and Gonzaga is affronted to find Bertalds: unmindtul of chivalry as to be leading an ara searnst a lady’s interests. Roberta seuds Astutio te ransens: the Sicilian prisoners of war, but Bertoldo from the payment of his ransam by any private cen © aiid, expressly crcbeudhe + a ' torbnds ihe arrangement and ignores the order and sends Adurnt Go pay the ratsern Bertoldy is released. abligation to marry Camtola: bat Aurelia asks 1) him, falls in love with huni. arranges a dispersaticn redoubling his ctstrae tee ered toe release him from his vow to marry © cate to Sicily with him to arrange Chere ortreniss wetunal intervenes, apparently to stop the weddtap. but tars: out that she has taken helv orders aed ab safer nunnery.