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in Mucedorus (and Amadine) — Anonymous

Metadata

PlayMucedorus (and Amadine)
AuthorAnonymous
Year (catalogued)1598
First performance1590
Decade1590s
GenreRomance
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyUnknown
Speech prefix(es)En.
Words396
Characters2087
Typicality0.47 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA07859
BritDrama no.884
ClusterCluster 22 — Ghosts, curses & horror voices

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Full speech

Nay stay minion, there lies a block. What all on mirth; I'll interrupt your tale. And mix your music with a tragic end Post hence thy self, thou counterchecking trul, I will possess this habit spite of thee And gain the glory of thy wished port, I'll thunder music shall appall the nymphs, And make them sheuer their clattering strings: Flying for succour to their danes caves. Harken, thou shalt hear a noise Shall fill the air with a shrilling found, And thunder music to the gods above: Mars shall himself e breathe down A peerless crowene upon brave envies head, And raise his chiuall with a lasting fame In this brave music Envy takes delight, Where I may see them wallow in there blood, To spurn at arms and legs quite shivered off, And hear the cries of many thousand slain, How likest thou this my r ll, this sport alone for me Why so I will, forbearance shall be such As tr ble death shall cross thee with despite, And make thee mourn where most thou ioiest, Turning thy mirth into a deadly dole: Whirling thy pleasures with a peal of death, And drench thy methods in a sea of blood: This will I do, thus shall I bear with thee And more to vex thee with a deeper spite, I will with that eats of blood begin thy play: Favouring thee with envy and with hate. Why then send thy actors forth And I will cross the first steps of their tread: Making them fear the very dart of death. Conten C medie, isle go spread my branch, And scattered blossoms from mine envious tree. Though stumbled yet not overthrown, Thou canst not draw my heart to mi denesse, Yet must I needs confess thou hast done well, And played thy partly with mirth and pleasant glee: Say all this, yet canst thou not conquer me, Although this time thou hast God yet not the conquest neither. A double revenge another time isle have: En e were he never so stout Would beck and bow unto her majesty, ndeede Comedy thou hast overrun me now. And foe st me stoop unto a woman's sway. God grant her grace amongst us long may reign, And those that would not h we it so, Would that by envy soon their hea tes they migh forgo.

Plot summary

Plot — Mucedorus (and Amadine)
The princess Almadifle and her fiancé S@pasto are attacked by a bear as they walk in the forest. Segasto runs away, but the shepherd MuG@d@Fus saves Amadine’s life by killing the bear. Envious of the honour promised to Mucedorus, Segasto suborns the war hero (PEMielio to murder him, but in the event 1591 Mucedorus kills Tremelio instead. Charged with murder, Mucedorus pleads self-defence but is sentenced to death. Amadine produces the bear’s head in his defence, and the King rescinds the sentence. Segasto sends Mucedorus a false message that he has been banished from the court. Amadine, who has transferred her affections to Mucedorus, asks to go with him, and they arrange a rendezvous; but Mucedorus is delayed, and Amadine is accosted by the cannibal BRémi®. Struck by her beauty, he decides not to eat her, but instead makes her his queen and lives with her in the woods. Mucedorus evades his pursuers by disguising himself as a hermit, but is attacked by Bremo. Not knowing his identity, Amadine pleads for his life, and Bremo allows him to join them in their woodland ménage. When Bremo tries to teach his guest to fight, however, Mucedorus seizes the opportunity to kill him, then reveals his identity to Amadine. The couple are found by M@USe, Segasto’s servant, and they are taken back to court. Amadine insists that she will marry Mucedorus notwithstanding his lowly status, whereupon he reveals that he is actually of royal birth: he came to Aragon in disguise to woo her. On learning this, Segasto withdraws his suit to Amadine in Mucedorus’ favour, and the King welcomes him formally to the court and consents to the marriage. B-Text This version adds an opening scene which establishes Mucedorus’ true identity as a prince going incognito to Aragon to woo Amadine (whereas in the A-text this is only revealed at the end of the play). Further additions show the King of Valencia learning where his son has gone and following him to Aragon, arriving in time to be present at the marriage.