Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 6 (armies, fleece, pestle, wonted, pikes, thundering…). Matches are highlighted.
majesty, How he is placed to brave his fight. He marches in the middle, guarded about With full five hundred hargubuze on foot, And twice three thousand needless armed pikes.
Full speech
The enemy dread lord, hath left the town Of Areil, with a thousand soldiers armed, To guard his fleet of thirteen hundred sail, And mustering of his men before the walls, He found he had two thousand armed horse, And fourteen thousand men that serve on foot, Three thousand pioneers, and a thousand cochmen, Beside a number almost numberless Of drudges, Negroes, slaves and Muliters, Horse-bois, laundresses and courtesans, And fifteen hundred wagons full of stuff For noble men, brought up in delicate. Their payment in the camp is passing slow, And victuals scarce, that many faint and die. Some thinks he marches hetherward, And means to take this city of Alcazar. The brave and valiant king of Portugal Quarters his power in four batalians, A front the which, to welcome us withal, Are six and thirty roaring pieces placed, The first consisting of light armed horse, And of the garrisons from Tangar brought Is led by Alvaro Peers de Tauero, The left or middle battle of Italians, And Germane horsemen Stukley does command, A warlike Englishman sent by the pope, That vainly calls himself Marks of Ireland. Alonjo Aquilaz conducts the third, That wing of Germane soldiers most consists. The fourth legion is none but Portugals, Of whom Lodeuico Caesar hath the chiefest charge, Beside there stand six thousand horse Bravely attire, pressed where needs requires. Thus have I told your royal majesty, How he is placed to brave his fight. He marches in the middle, guarded about With full five hundred hargubuze on foot, And twice three thousand needless armed pikes.
Plot summary
Plot — The Battle of Alcazar
The law of Barbary provides that the sons of Ml} Mahanietieque shall succeed one another, but the eldest son has arranged to bypass his brothers and pass the kingdom to his own eldest son, MilyMahamet The third son of Xeque, AIBGEIMIEIEE, flees into exile, and, after his father’s death, Muly Mahamet has his own brothers and his eldest uncle murdered to secure his power. Abdelmelec returns to Barbary with military support from the [RG@FKISHINEMIperor, deposes Muly Mahamet, and re-establishes the succession on his own younger brother, Sth Muly Mahamet lives rough, eating the raw flesh of wild animals, and solicits military help from S@bastian of Portugal, offering him the crown of Morocco. Sebastian in turn seeks aid from other princes; SHURE and his allies, delayed in Lisbon on the way to convert Ireland to Catholicism, are also conscripted. Spurred on by a promise of Spanish troops which fail to arrive, Sebastian sets sail for Africa. The two sides prepare their forces and join battle at Alcazar. Abdelmelec dies after initial setbacks, but Seth rallies the troops by displaying the dead body propped ===== PAGE 430 ===== up to look as if alive. As the tide of battle turns, Muly Mahamet procures a horse to flee, but is drowned when the horse throws him in the river. Stukely’s men turn on him, and he dies after telling the audience his life story. Sebastian is also killed in the thick of battle. Seth becomes King of Barbary, and orders Muly Mahamet’s body flayed and stuffed as a warning to potential traitors. B-Text The excision of one scene (@iB) has little substantive effect on the narrative. Obviously there may have been changes in the part of the MS which has not been preserved. In particular, the conclusion may have been amended to tie in with SESESHORNOMPSRUEA! (1284). This must have been a sequel based on the rumours of Sebastian's survival, rather than another retelling of the same stor: both plays were apparently in the Admiral's Men's repertory in the same year. ttis therefore possible that Sebastian was not seen to be dead (or indeed seen not to be dead) at the end of the B-Texi.