in The Death of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon (2 Robin Hood) — Munday, Anthony; Chettle, Henry
Metadata
Play
The Death of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon (2 Robin Hood)
Author
Munday, Anthony; Chettle, Henry
Year (catalogued)
1601
First performance
1598
Decade
1600s
Genre
Tragedy
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
Admiral's (Nottingham's) Men
Speech prefix(es)
Rich. | Ri.
Words
385
Characters
2064
Typicality
0.23 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A07897
BritDrama no.
1107
Cluster
Cluster 8 — Martial kings & Roman gravity
Important excerpts
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Full speech
God give his soul a pardon for that sin. What, does Matilda smile? That still Like sadness solitary sat: Then off with widows weeds, and teach your feet, (That have forgotten for want of exercise, And by the means your sorrow had no mean) To tread a measure: for a gallant crew, Of courtly maskers landed at the stairs, Before whom unentreated, I am come, And have prevented, I believe, their page, Who with his torch is entered. Nay by my faith, we had much merriment; Yet thought it long, you neither came, nor sent. Mowbray, if you stand by, He dares perchance, else will the dastard fly. And Richmond says as noble Lester says; Already have we plighted fame and faith: Which being scornde, returns to us again, And by the kings own mouth, we are discharged, Let us away Bruise, least we come to late, And with us take some score of men well armed. The Castle gates are shut. what ho? what ho? You that are servants to the Lady Bruise, Arise, make entrance for your Lord and friends. The worse our fortune, Bruise let us go hence, We have no power to fight, nor make defence. From thee good Winchester: Now y Lord defen . Oh let not such a thought abuse thy age: Weel never yield us to the tyrants rage. Lester, weel stand Like three Battalions: What says our noble General thereto? Earl Richmond will not yield. Oh that we three, who in the suns arise, Were (Like the three Triumuirates of Room ) Guides of and host, able to vanquish Room, Are n alone, enclosed with enemies! The Like Richmond desires; & yields his sword. Not of the land, but of a public life. How cheerest thou Lester? Goo , sir William Blunt: Pass briefly to the Ladies famishment. But by the way. Tell us I pray you Blunt, While she remained with you, was she distracted With grief, or any other passion violent? List Lester, hearst thou not a mournful march? What? changed so soon: so soon fallen to your du ̄ psalm? Cheerly: the mask comes in. Oh God, this veil & look Fit not this sport. No, you see intreats & humble suits have now no power: But lust and wrath the kingdom does devour.
Plot summary
Plot — The Death of Robert, Earl of Huntingdon (2 Robin Hood)
SimDoncaster. whose life was saved by RGbimjHGad, is ungrateful: jealous of Robin’s popularity, he tries to regroup his enemies, and wins over {H@§PHOr who agrees to poison Robin. Hearing of the Prior’s wondrous elixir, Robin invites EHEIKGG to taste it at a feast, but drinks it first himself; it proves to be poison. He accuses Doncaster and the Prior of treason — it also emerges that Doncaster is a rapist as well as a murderer ~— and they are sentenced to death. The King assigns the Prior’s lands, which were once Robin’s, to Mariani and, on his deathbed, Robin makes PHHE@JGlHin swear to treat Marian honourably and not to love her beyond the bounds of chastity. Marian reverts to her original name of Matilda. The King dies and is succeeded by John, who resists the temptation to invade Austria, disposes of Alpthur, the rival claimant to his throne, and marries [Sabél, who was already betrothed to another man. Obsessed with Matilda, however, he soon divorces Isabel, and unsuccessfully attempts to woo Matilda in a masque. Matilda’s allies, Bady§Briiée and her younger sGfi, are taken hostage and imprisoned. Seeking to remove her rival, Isabel confronts and assaults Matilda, but she is rescued by §HeiBrices. Though Matilda graciously attempts to exculpate her, Isabel’s behaviour causes her relationship with King John to deteriorate further. Seeking revenge on the entire Bruce family, John has Lady Bruce and her son starved to death. B@BEH is sent to apprehend Matilda, but she persuades him to let her escape and enter a nunnery. The rebel barons submit to the King on hearing that she is safe, but Matilda’s father is banished to France; John allows him to see his daughter before he goes, but asks that he persuade her to return to court. Suborned by John, tHe@JABbess and @imi6mK attempt to awaken her sexual feelings, and argue that her liaison with John will benefit the nunnery. When she refuses, John’s alternative plan comes into effect: she is given poison, and drinks it. Her fortitude strikes Baad, the murderer, with conscience, and he kills himself. EH@IQWEEH and @xford arrive in time to witness her stoical death, and they arrange a public funeral as a display of John’s cruelty. Arriving too late to save his mother and brother, MGUMpIBMiEe finds their bodies in a dungeon; she attempted to feed the boy with her own blood, but he refused to drink it. @heqDaupliin lands in England and Leicester declares him the elected King. Oxford remains loyal to John and tries…