Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 19 (piety, thalander, crimes, blessings, loathed, pretend…). Matches are highlighted.
those, whose ancestors Transmitted in that blood a hate to us, A lineal hate to all our family; Yet trusted to my care she is my daughter, And shall share equal blessings with mine own. I will not wind you up, deer alarm: Go, Run out your line at length, and so be quiet. PUt up for shame those rude unhallowed blades, And let not
Full speech
Gentle wife, have patience. You know her daughter to our dearest friend: And should my son committed to his care Thus suffer as the poor Evadne does: The gods were just so to revenge her wrong. Wife, I must tell you you're a peevish woman. Were every vein in poor Evadne filled With blood derived from those, whose ancestors Transmitted in that blood a hate to us, A lineal hate to all our family; Yet trusted to my care she is my daughter, And shall share equal blessings with mine own. I will not wind you up, deer alarm: Go, Run out your line at length, and so be quiet. PUt up for shame those rude unhallowed blades, And let not rash opinion of a valour Persuade you to be Parricides. Pray remember You thirst but your own blood. He that overcomes Loses the one half of himself. Here you see The fruits of rashness. Do you find your error? But the foul spring from whence these bitter streams Had their first head, I fear, it from you Dypsas. Heaven instruct our souls To find the secret mystery! Man is a ship that sails with adverse winds, And has no haven till he land at death. Then when he thinks his hands fast grasp the bank, Comes a rude billow betwixt him and safety, And beats him back into the deep again. What should this language mean? How incestuous? Demetrius! Welcome. Now my joys are full, When I behold my son and my old friend. Heaven has decreed it so. I wonder he should know this.
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…