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)
War.
Words
282
Characters
1455
Typicality
0.23 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A07897
BritDrama no.
1107
Cluster
Cluster 21 — Old fathers & plain counsel
Important excerpts
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Full speech
On you and her I'll wait, until my dying day. My misery, sir Doncaster? why? I thank God, I never was in better state than now. What wrong have I? Is't wrong to be relieved? I am his vassal, and I will be still. Neither himself, nor any that he keeps, Ever upbraided me, since I came last. And what of that? Why should you hate him? why should you or you Envy this noble Lord, thus as you do? What shall I think? but think upon my needs, When men fed dogs, and me they would not feed: When I despaired through want, and sought to die, My piteous master, of his charity, Forgave my fault, relieved and saved me: This do I think upon, and you should think (If you had hope of souls salvation) First Prior, that he is of thy flesh and blood, That thou art uncle unto Robin Hood: That by extortion thou didst get his lands: God, and I know how it came to thy hands: Now thou pursu'dst him in his misery, And how heaven plagued thy hearts extremity: Think Doncaster, when, hired by this Prior, Thou camest to take my master with the Friar, And Wertenberg thy self taken, how he set thee free, Gave thee and hundred pound to comfort thee, And both bethink ye how but yesterday, Wounded and naked in the field you lay, How with his own hand he did raise your heads, Poured balm into your wounds, your bodies fed, Watched when ye slept, wept when he saw your woe, Even from my soul, I villainy defy. Oh forgive me, God, And save my master from their bloody hands.
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…