Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 19 (piety, thalander, crimes, blessings, loathed, pretend…). Matches are highlighted.
Remember theres a battle to be fought, Which will undo you, if it be not thought. And you must leave that World, leave it betimes, That reformation may weep of the crimes: There's no indulgent hand the World should hold, But a strict grasp, for making sin so bold. We should be careless of it, and not found, Of things so held, there
Sacred virtue. I partly with't gladly, tak't into thy trust, So will it thrive, as thy intent is joust. Times suffer changes, and the world has been Vexed with Removes; but when his glorious peace Firmly and fairly settles, here's his place, Truth his defenor, and Majesty his grace: We all acknowledge it belongs to you. Regis
Full speech
Peace and the brightness of a holy love, Reflect their beauty's on you. I have a virtuous sorrow for you Sir, And it's my special duty to weep for you. For to enjoy one world as you do there, And be forgetful of another Sir; O, of a better millions of degrees! It is a frailty and infirmity That many tears must go for; all too little. What is't to be the Lord of many battles, And suffer to be overrun within you? Abroad to conquer, and be slaves at home, Remember theres a battle to be fought, Which will undo you, if it be not thought. And you must leave that World, leave it betimes, That reformation may weep of the crimes: There's no indulgent hand the World should hold, But a strict grasp, for making sin so bold. We should be careless of it, and not found, Of things so held, there is the best command. Art not confounded yet? struck blind or crippled, For thy abusive thought, thou horrid hypocrite? Are these the fruits of thy long Orisons Three hours together, of thy nine Lectures weekly, Thy sowning at the hearing of and oath, Scarce to be fetched again? Away, depart, Thou white-faced Devil, Author of Heresy, Schisms, Factions, Controversies: now I know thee To be Deceit it self, wrought in by Simony, To blow corruption upon Sacred virtue. I partly with't gladly, tak't into thy trust, So will it thrive, as thy intent is joust. Times suffer changes, and the world has been Vexed with Removes; but when his glorious peace Firmly and fairly settles, here's his place, Truth his defenor, and Majesty his grace: We all acknowledge it belongs to you. Regis and exemplum totus componitur orbis. —Which shows, That if the World form it self by the King, It's fit the Former should command the thing.
Plot summary
Plot — The World Tossed at Tennis
The royal palaces of Richmond and St James now have a rival, Denmark House. Richmond is afraid that the newcomer will take all Prince Charles’s attention, leaving them neglected; but Denmark House assures them that each is suitable for a particular season (herself for winter, St James’s for spring, and Richmond for summer), and that the Prince will rotate among them equally. An unemployed scholar and an unemployed soldier consider their options. Their patroness Pallas descends, argues that the complete man combines both their professions, art and arms together, and invokes Jupiter's help. Jupiter presents the Muses and the Nine 1620 Worthies as an illustration of the virtue of former times. Time weeps at the encroaching vice of the present; he finds himself continually abused and hated. Deceit and pride have damaged the world in its latter days, and Jupiter summons the five coloured starches as illustrations of the absurdity of modern fashion. White Starch claims precedence over the others, but Yellow wins acclaim. Simplicity arrives to see what has become of the world (represented on stage by a globe), and is not reassured by his observations. Deceit wants to cozen him of the world, Simplicity to protect it from Deceit’s bad influence. Deceit successively gains the confidence of a series of men with worldly power: a king, a land- captain, a sea-captain, a flamen, and a lawyer. Each in turn is persuaded that the world should belong to him: the King takes it from Simplicity, and the Land- Captain from the King (through a display of superior military power); the Sea-Captain threatens the Land- Captain with naval cannon and they agree to share the world; but the Flamen takes it from them, urging them to look to their souls, and the Lawyer in turn takes it from the Flamen, insisting on his role in maintaining proper social discipline. On each occasion, Deceit asks for his share of the world, and is rebuffed at every turn (though the Lawyer gives him all the money in the world): none of the worldly powers is susceptible to corruption. A dance ensues in which the various powers pass the world between themselves; Deceit and the Devil repeatedly attempt to possess it, and fail. The world ends up in the hands of the King. With the world now at ease, Jupiter tells the Soldier and Scholar that they have only themselves to blame if they are unemployed, and encourages them to go and get jobs. The Soldier goes to war overseas; the Scholar stays in England under its…