Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 12 (signor, sal, zelmane, handkerchief, absolon, dissemble…). Matches are highlighted.
Why should I be denied? Am I not fair enough? My beauty fresh As the new springs, when wanton Phœbus mounts His ournish't chariot early to salute her, And k sse Due from her cheeks. Is than all? I'll full thy burgnet with Iberian gold Stamped into medals; Fell my wanton treasury, Rings, Jewels, Catkanets,
Full speech
Why should I be denied? Am I not fair enough? My beauty fresh As the new springs, when wanton Phœbus mounts His ournish't chariot early to salute her, And k sse Due from her cheeks. Is than all? I'll full thy burgnet with Iberian gold Stamped into medals; Fell my wanton treasury, Rings, Jewels, Catkanets, ever thou shalt want, But what thy wish can covet. Into Persian mantles, Richly embroidered; no rough pelt of thrumbes To fight with weather. Shalt be clothed in silks, Such as may vie for touch with their softness When it is calmest, and no violent gust Does wave it into wrinkles. Nothing but choicest caudies, and drink wine That shall have pearls dissolved in't. Come let's hasten To our delights. I have prepared a bed Of artificial Roses mixed with down; Wherein our dalliance we will emulate, The Cyprian Queen and her loved warrior, When in her Ivory arms she did embrace His Iron sides. Shalt be thine own disposer. He minister, and Like a handmaid wait When thou wilt grace another; nor repine, But with a patient longing. They say They'll carry me to Room. Indeed you should not. You are a rough soldier; Your looks would fright me. I never herd Of such fine things before. You Lucius Did never court me thus. You'd only tell me That I should be a Queen, when your old Father Went to the lower Kingdom. When he hath made me Queen, He bid you well come To Lucius Court.
Plot summary
Plot — Hannibal and Scipio
rebukes them, but finds himself attracted to one of the A MESSENGER, who brings news from Spain (1.5) local ladies. News from Spain snaps him out of it: BOMILCAR, Hannibal's kinsman Scipio has taken several Carthaginian cities. He decides SYPHAX, King of Numidia, a young, unmarried man; to attack Rome, but is recalled to Carthage before he later Sophonisba's first husband can do so. Carthage has recently lost an African ally, Masinissa, who has been wooed to the side of Rome. In an effort to counterbalance him, Hannibal goes to Numidia to seek an alliance with its king, Syphax. He also finds Scipio there, and suspects Syphax of treachery, but makes the offer anyway: Syphax's military support in return for marriage to Sophonisba, who was previously promised to Masinissa. The lady herself is reluctantshe still loves Masinissa and thinks herself above a petty king like Syphax-but Syphax is agreeable and the marriage goes ahead. The alliance does not help the Carthaginians: Masinissa defeats Syphax's forces in battle, takes Sophonisba prisoner, and marries her (even though Syphax, her husband, is still alive). Scipio wants her to be sent to Rome, but she takes poison rather than be handed over. Hannibal meets with Scipio and offers him a peace, but Scipio refuses, and Hannibal is routed in the ensuing battle. When he returns to Carthage, the Senate rebukes him for initiating unauthorized peace negotiations, and also suspects him of attempting to set himself up as a king. He leaves Carthage in disgust. When Scipio arrives in triumph, the senators order a pre-emptive announcement that Hannibal has been banished, but their disloyalty to their general only wins Scipio's contempt. Hannibal takes refuge at the court of King Prusias in Bithynia, and offers his services in a policy of resistance to Rome's territorial ambitions. Prusias refuses, preferring not to jeopardize his diplomatic relations with the Romans. A legation arrives from Rome, with Scipio on its personnel. Hannibal learns that the exits from the palace are being guarded, and infers that he is about to be surrendered to the Romans. He forestalls this by taking poison. Scipio plans to retire to country seclusion.