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Full speech
Give me a breath of thunder, let me speak Sonorous accents, till their clamours break Rocks with the noise obstreperous. I will warble Such bouncing notes shall cleave obdurate marble Upon mount Caucasus heavens knocking head, Boreas shall blow my trumpet, till I spread Thy fame, grand Patron of the thrice three sisters, Till envies ears shall hear it and have blisters. Nor may you her of Neptune's issue call. Nor wood-nymph that in forest takes delight. Nor Grace. Nor Flora, Lady of the field is she. No, she is none of these. The Grasshopper chants not his Autumn choir So sweet, nor Cricket by the chimney fire. Zephyrus breathes not with a sweeter gale Through a grove of sycmore one. The soft spring Chides not the pebbles that disturb his course With sweeter murmur. Let Amphions lute (That built our Theban walls) be henceforth mute. Orpheus shall break his harp, and silent be, The reed of Pan, and pipe of Mercury: Yea, though the spheres be dumb, I care not for't: No music such as her melodious snort. I will tune my lyre, And chant and ode that shall eternise thee. Come boy, as deep as is Pamassus high. Inexorable sisters, —Be not sorry: For Clotho's distaff will be peremptory! Do not roses, Lilies, and violets grow upon their graves? Shoots not the laurel that impaled their brows Into a tree, to shadow their blessed marble? Do they not rise out of their shrowds to read Their Epitaphs? and if they Like they not, Expunge they, and write new ones? Do they not Roar in caliginous terms, and vapour forth From reeking entrails fogs Egyptian, To puzzle even and oculate intellect? Prate they not cataracts of insensible noise, That with obstreperous cadence cracks the organs Acroamatick, till the deaf auditor Admires the words he hears not?
Plot summary
Plot — The Jealous Lovers
Simo lives an ascetic life so that his son Asotus will inherit a large fortune. Asotus asks for money now, and is given some. His tutor Ballio persuades him that it is vulgar to carry his own purse, and undertakes to do so for him. Tyndarus and Techmessa are both prone to jealousy of their respective lovers, Evadne and Pamphilus; Tyndarus even doubts Evadne’s chastity when she kisses him over-enthusiastically. Asotus tries to chat up Evadne, but she refuses him. He manages to purloin one of her ear-rings and, to avenge himself for the rebuff, shows it to Tyndarus, who reacts predictably. Ballio makes a play for Techmessa by encouraging her to think Pamphilus unwilling to defend her honour, and she charges him to take Pamphilus’ sword from him. He steals it from Pamphilus’ page while he is delivering letters to Techmessa, then tells her that he was given it by Pamphilus rather than rise to the provocation to fight. The page summons officers to arrest Ballio, and he confesses the ruse. Asotus also admits his slander of Evadne, and both are allowed to choose their own punishment; they elect to cudgel one another. Techmessa and Tyndarus decide to test their lovers: Tyndarus asks Pamphilus to woo Evadne, and Techmessa asks Evadne to respond to Tyndarus’ advances; the result confirms them in their jealousy, until the situation is explained. Techmessa’s mother Dipsas is keen to cross Evadne’s love, partly because she resents the fact that Evadne was brought up in her household despite being another man’s child, and partly because she fancies Tyndarus herself. When the pair are due to meet at Ballio’s house, Dipsas persuades Ballio to fill it with debauchees. This is easy enough, because Asotus keeps company there with poets, soldiers, and a courtesan, Phryne, whom he intends to marry. Eavesdropping on the revelry, Simo falls in love with Phryne himself, until Asotus forcefully persuades him to back off and contribute half his estate to Phryne’s marriage settlement. Tyndarus and Evadne are disconcerted by the roistering going on at the house, and Tyndarus rescues her from unwelcome advances. He asks her for sex by way of reward, and is rebuffed—then explains that this was another test. Pamphilus also arrives at the house, to meet Techmessa, but his presence triggers Tyndarus’ jealousy, while Evadne’s does the same for Techmessa when she arrives. Tyndarus and Techmessa agree on a ruse, and solicit the help of Ballio and Asotus: they will feign suicide and see how…