Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 18 (salic, caius, flewellen, coronel, mamon, crimes…). Matches are highlighted.
the vices; Atheists, Tyrants, O'redaring Favorites, Traitors, Parasites, The Wolves and Cats of state, which in a language High as the men, and loud as are their crimes I thunder forth with terror and amazement Unto the ghastly wondering Audience. Such is my prayer, that he may only see. Not be the subject of a Tragedy! Sister,
Full speech
I charge him stay. My robe of state, Buskin's, and Crown of Gold Claim a priority. How, your Birthright? How came it then the magistrate decreed A public charge to furnish out my Chorus, When you were feign to appear in rags and tatters, And at your own expenses? Deserts? yes! what deserts, when Like a gypsy You took a poor and begga lie Pilgrimage From village unto village; when I then As a fit ceremony of Religion In my full state contended at the Tomb Of mighty Theseus. But sister who were yours, I pray, but such As chanted forth religious, bawdy sonnets, In honour of the fine chased God Priapus? And have you then the forehead to contend? I stalk in Princes Courts, great Kings, and Emperors From their close cabinets, and Council Tables Yield me the fatal matter of my Scene. Laughter! a fit object For Poetry to aim at. So; But I move horror; and that frights the guilty From his deer sins: he that sees Oedipus Incestuous, shall behold him blind withal. Who views Orestes as a Parricide, Shall see him lashed with Furies too; the Ambitious Shall fear Prometheus Vulture; Daring Gluttony Stand frighted at the sighed of Tantalus: And every Family great in sins as Blood Shake at the memory of Pelops house. Who will rely on Fortune's giddy smile That hath seen Priam acted on the stage! The subject of my Scene is in the persons Greater, as in the vices; Atheists, Tyrants, O'redaring Favorites, Traitors, Parasites, The Wolves and Cats of state, which in a language High as the men, and loud as are their crimes I thunder forth with terror and amazement Unto the ghastly wondering Audience. Such is my prayer, that he may only see. Not be the subject of a Tragedy! Sister, a truce till then; that vice may bleed Let us join whips together. I know you've tongue enough. Sister let's lay this poor contention by, And friendly live together; if one womb Could hold us both, why should we think this room Too narrow to contain us? On this stage Weel plead a trial; and in one year contend Which shall do best, that passed, she then that shall By the most sacred and impartial judgement Of our Apollo, best deserve the Baize, Shall hold the entire possession of the place.
Plot summary
Plot — The Muses' Looking Glass
Bird and Mistress Flowerdew, Puritan residents of Blackfriars, bring their wares to the theatre, but are appalled when Roscius tells them they have been ordered for use as props in a filthy stage play. Roscius argues that they themselves make a living from the vice of vanity, and invites them to see the play before they condemn it; he will give them a running commentary on its moral import. Despite Roscius’ high claims, Comedy and Tragedy seem initially more concerned about the order of their precedence; they agree to spend a year in competition, staging examples of their respective genres, and whichever is adjudged the better will thereafter have the theatre to herself. The play is a series of episodes showing specific virtues to be the mean: an excess or a deficiency constitutes a vice. A lack of courtesy makes Dyscolus churlishly ready to pick quarrels, whereas too much of it makes Colax sycophantic, to such an extent that he hangs around for the rest of the play flattering all the other vices. Aphobus is over-confident and Deilus cowardly, afraid of his own shadow: they have respectively too much fortitude and too little. Temperance is the next example, illustrated by Acolastus the epicure and Anaisthetus the ascetic, followed by liberality, missing in Aneleutherus the miser and carried to excess in Asotus the prodigal. The over-ostentatious Banausus, full of extravagant schemes for public works, overdoes magnificence, whereas Microprepes balks at replacing a church steeple. (The Puritans in the audience 1630 approve.) Chaunus overvalues himself, and seeks inappropriate high offices, whereas Micropsychus thinks himself unsuited to even the meanest position. Meekness is quite absent from quarrelsome Orgylus, who persistently tries to provoke patient Aorgus to a fight, without success. The arrogant Alazon and the modest Eiron deviate from truth: one falsely claims personal qualities he lacks, the other denies those he does have. Philotimia is unduly fastidious about her appearance, whereas her slovenly husband Luparus would rather clothes had never been invented. The impudent bawd Anaiskyntia brings Kataplectus to visit Philotimia, but he is too bashful to speak to her in English. Philotimia appoints him her gentleman usher, and they go off together; it looks as if Luparus is going to be cuckolded, but he doesn’t care. The extremes of justice are next: Nimis is worldly and prone to accept bribes, adjudicating between litigants according to which can…