Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 17 (nat, leaguer, assyrian, mowche, bashas, andalle…). Matches are highlighted.
Queen of this Land. Even in the woods where we did hunt the stag, There did the tender hearted Elidure Meet his distressed Brother, and so wrought By his importunate speech with all his Peers, That after much denial, yet at last They yielded their allegiance to your Lord, Whom now we must acknowledge our dread King, And you
Full speech
My liege I do. To a Sicophant, a courtly parasite. That will I. Then weel embrace his government. Health to the Queen, and happiness to her That must change states with you, and once more reign Queen of this Land. Even in the woods where we did hunt the stag, There did the tender hearted Elidure Meet his distressed Brother, and so wrought By his importunate speech with all his Peers, That after much denial, yet at last They yielded their allegiance to your Lord, Whom now we must acknowledge our dread King, And you our princely Queen. Yet for his Princely worth that made you Queen Respect her as the wife of Elidure. And so is Morgan, for he scorns delays. A strange fight, my Lord is breathless. Cards of advantage with such cheating tricks, Brought even amongst the noblest of the land, And when these cosening shifts are once discovered, There is no cheater found save Nobody. We come not her to plead before your grace, But humbly to entreat your Majesty, Peruse our evidence and censure it, According to your wisdom. The stag is hearded, come my Lord Shall we to horse and single him again. Away with him. Keep still your Crown my Liege, happy is Britain Under the government of Elidure. Long live the valiant brother's of the King, With mutual love to wear the British Crown, Two thousand Soldiers have I brought from Wales, to wait upon the princely Perydure. king Peridure shall reign. And thousand subjects on his glory wait. and I.
Plot summary
Plot — Nobody and Somebody
The British nobles are discontented at the way Archigallo, recently succeeded to the throne, has grown vicious and lascivious. This is demonstrated in the way he decides a series of disputes among his subjects. Morgan and Malgo both claim the ownership of an island; Archigallo takes it for himself and appoints Lord Sycophant as its governor. The clown has stolen and married Rafe’s fiancée; Archigallo adjudicates in the clown’s favour, but then promises the woman advancement if she will stay at court. ===== PAGE 191 ===== 1605 Finally, a petition is presented against Nobody for his excessive charity; at Sycophant’s suggestion, Somebody is appointed to bankrupt Nobody. The nobles plot rebellion, but are overheard by the unworthy princes Vigenius and Peridure. Realizing they have been caught, the nobles continue the conversation by suggesting that the princes will become joint rulers after Archigallo is deposed. The princes decide not to expose the treachery after all, but as they discuss how they will divide the kingdom, they are themselves overheard by Archigallo and sent to prison. The Council deposes Archigallo. Elidure is reluctant to take the crown, but his wife, eager to lord it over the Queen, forces him to do so. He releases Vigenius and Peridure. Out hunting, he meets Archigallo, who was banished but has remained in the kingdom. Elidure decides to resign the crown, but the Council is initially unwilling to have Archigallo back: they would rather have a foreigner as king. Archigallo acknowledges his misdeeds and promises to rule better in future, so the lords accept his return, but he soon falls ill and dies. Elidure becomes King again, but the former Queen plots with Vigenius and Peridure to depose him. Backed by Morgan and Malgo, they seize power, but keep falling out with one another. First they disagree which of them should rule, and settle on joint sovereignty. Next they cannot settle the fate of Lady Elidure: Peridure wants her imprisoned in the dowager Queen’s charge, but Vigenius sees no danger in her and wants her released. They go to war over the issue, and kill one another in battle. Elidure is restored to the throne and crowned King a third time. Lord Sycophant is engaged by both Lady Elidure and the dowager Queen to murder the other, but contrives to reconcile them. In the sub-plot, Somebody sends a servant to oppress the poor and claim it is being done by Nobody. The slander campaign is successful, and Nobody gets the blame for…