Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 17 (nat, leaguer, assyrian, mowche, bashas, andalle…). Matches are highlighted.
think it fit we took And Officer along with us to countenance it the Better. My Lord. O no my Lord, Not for your skill, has not your Lordship seen A player personate Jeronimo ? The jest will be, my Lord, when you shall see How your aspiring suitors will put on The face of greatness, and belly their Fortune's Consume themselves
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Yes my Lord, With every circumstance, the time, the place, And manner of his death; that it is believed And told for news with as much confidence As if it writ in Gallobelgicus. Now it begins. Before heaven he does it rarely. Unless they were bastards, and for them no Doubt but he has done as other Lords do. How stands my young Lady affected to him. Your Lordship ever found me trusty. Why thus my Lord Theres never man nor woman that ere loved, But chosen some bosom friend whose close converse, Sweeten their joys, and ease their burdened minds Of such a working secret, thus no doubt Has my young Lady done, and but her woman, Who should it be, 'tis she must out with it, Her secrecy if wit cannot orereach, Gold shall corrupt, leave that to me my Lord, But if her Ladies heart do yet stand free And vnbequeath'd to any, your command And father's jurisdiction enterpos'd Will make her love the Count, no kind of m ne must want to draw her. What course you intend, to ruin him. Yes Sir, to catch him faster, and more safely. Why thus my Lord; You know the law speaks death to any man That steals and Heir without her friends consent, This must he do, his love will prompt him to it, For he can never hope by your consent To marry her, and she 'tis Like will give Content, for women's love is violent, Then mark their passage you shall easily find How to surprise them at your will my Lord. I told you Sir twould come to this at last. Why 'tis impossible my Lord, weel go Strong enough, beside I think it fit we took And Officer along with us to countenance it the Better. My Lord. O no my Lord, Not for your skill, has not your Lordship seen A player personate Jeronimo ? The jest will be, my Lord, when you shall see How your aspiring suitors will put on The face of greatness, and belly their Fortune's Consume themselves in show, wasting Like Merchant's Their present wealth in rigging a fair ship For some ill venture de voyage, that undoes um. Here comes a youth with letters from the Court, Bought of some favourite at such a price As will for ever sink him, yet alas all's to no purpose, he must lose the prize. No Sir. I think not, my Lord, Count Virro. It that that fetched you hither. aside. No doubt my Lord, So fair a bait would catch a cunning fish. Think it done, my Lord. O no my Lord, Yowl rue that Actium, think not that the Law Will let such murder sleep unpunished. Rarely my Lord, hen now my thinks, I see your Lordship's house with suitors of the noblest rank, And my young Lady your supposed Heir more with wooing then the Grecian Queen In the long absence of her wandering Lord. There S not a ruinous nobility In all this kingdom, but conceives a hope Now to ebuild his Fortune's on this match. This was well found out my Lord, you now have means to take your enemy. Others will come my Lord, All sorts of fish will press upon your nets, Then in your Lordship's wisdom it must lie To cull the great ones, and reject the fry. I doubt the cause my Lord, For were not that, I dare engage my life, She would be won to love him, she has placed Already her affections on some other. he is my Lord, that's he in the Parsons thus disguised about the business I told you of Lysandro, see your noble father. No master Constable, it but poisoning of a man. Now comes my que, my Lord Polimetes, correction let me ask one question. Then dry all your eyes, hear shall have a cause to week, to Phil. , Leucothoe is no Heir, lives, and that clears you Count Virro murder.
Plot summary
Plot — The Heir
In order to facilitate a marriage between his daughter Leucothoe and the wealthy Count Virro, Polymetes has the rumour put about that his son Eugenio has died during a trip overseas, which means that Leucothoe is now his heir. Among her many other admirers is Philocles, the son of Polymetes’ enemy, Euphues; he is barred from direct access to her, but is able to see her through the window of his friend Clerimont’s lodgings, next door to Polymetes’ house. He overhears her admitting that she does not love Virro, who is too old for her, but has fallen in love with a young man she saw riding in the street: Philocles. He throws a letter to her, and she plans an assignation with him in her father’s absence. Eugenio returns home disguised as the scholar Irus, but Polymetes seems less interested in the news of his son’s survival than that the rumour of his death should not be contradicted. Polymetes learns of Philocles’ assignation with Leucothoe; he and ‘Irus’ eavesdrop on it and hear the lovers plan to elope, even though stealing an heiress is a capital crime. Approving of his sister’s choice, Eugenio tells Virro that he will be marrying Leucothoe under false pretences, since the true heir is still alive; but Virro’s response is to hire ‘Irus’ to poison Eugenio. Polymetes catches Philocles and Leucothoe in the act of elopement, and Euphues’ attempts to secure a pardon are fruitless. Leucothoe’s pleading has more effect on the King, but only because he is attracted to her: he swears not to issue a pardon unless she has sex with him. When she adamantly refuses, the King tries to find a way out of his oath, but the papal price list for exemptions disgusts him and there is no legal loophole. At the trial, Philocles pleads guilty and is sentenced to death; Leucothoe declares her determination to die with him. ‘Irus’ is produced in court, having contrived to get himself arrested for murdering Eugenio; both he and Virro are also sentenced to death. ‘Irus’ gets Polymetes to declare in open court that, as things stand, he would allow Leucothoe to marry Philocles after all, if he were available. Then he reveals himself to be Eugenio: no murder has been committed, and no heiress stolen, so the death sentences are all quashed. In the sub-plot, Francisco has got Luce pregnant, and offers to make amends by marrying her; but her father Franklin intends her instead for the rich, foolish Shallow. Shallow is persuaded that he himself is responsible for her condition, and that,…