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O Lord sir ey, hes talked of far and near, Fills all the boundless country with applause, There lives not in all Britain one so spoke of, For pity, good mind, and true charity. You may my Lord being in grace at Court, And the high favours of King Archigallo Exile this petty fellow from the Land, That so obscures the beauty of your deeds. You shall hear my Lord, Come twenty poor men to his gate at once, Nobody gives them money, meat and drink, If they be naked, clothes, then come poor soldiers, Sick, maimed, and shot, from any foreign wars, Nobody takes them in, provides them harbour, Maintains their ruined Fortune's at his charge, He gives to orphans, and for widows builds Almshouses, Spittles, and large Hospitals, And when it comes in question, who is apt For such good deeds, 'tis answered Nobody. Now Nobody hath entertained again Long banished Hospitality, and at his board A hundred lusty yeomen daily waits, Whose long backs bend with weighty chynes of biefe, And choice of cheer, whose fragments at his gate Suffice the general poor of the whole shire. Nobodies table's free for travellers, His buttery and his seller open to all That starve with drought, or thirst upon the way, My Lord, 'tis passed my reach, 'tis you must do it, Or't must be left undone. My Lord I'll tell you. His Barns are full, and when the Cormorants And wealthy Farmers hoard up all the grain, He empties all his Garners to the poor Under the stretched prize that the Market yields, Nobody racks no rends, does not oppress His tenants with extortions. When the King Knighted the lusty gallants of the Land, Nobody then made dainty to be knighted, And indeed kept him in his known estate. How shall we bring his name in public scandal?
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…