Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

ALONZO

in All's Lost by Lust — Rowley, William

Metadata

PlayAll's Lost by Lust
AuthorRowley, William
Year (catalogued)1633
First performance1619
Decade1630s
GenreTragedy
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyPrince Charles's Men (first)
TheaterPhoenix/Cockpit;Indoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)Alon. | Al • n.
Words211
Characters1134
Typicality0.37 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA11155
BritDrama no.1895
ClusterCluster 6 — Battlefield messengers & soldiers

Important excerpts

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Full speech

Noble Juli us, the dignity of general You wear, be with your valour individual, Till we have made it triple by our conquests, Then let that threefold one, imp le your brows, And bear it to king Rod in triumph. My Lord, we have been yet as quiet as in league, Which makes me guess their number is not full, They have not yet, unless with grim aspects So much as frighted this my tender daughter. I'll tell you Sir, Were there a band of buskind Amazons That would tuck up their skirts, and strike indeed My girl should wear bright Menalipp S belt She should be foremost; and I'll venture her. On whom? speak loud your wrongs, Digest your choler into temperance: Give your considerate thoughts the upper hand, In your hight passion, 'twill assuage the swelling Of your big heart; if you have injuries done you, Revenge them, and we second you. His fighting passion will be over anon, And all will be at peace. Why now theres hope of his recovery. How? Ever, ever. So nobly Sir, that I could wish my daughter Were in love with you, and your virtues; would you Requite it, her dowry should be 50 thousand crowns, More then I ever meant it.

Plot summary

Plot — All's Lost by Lust
Spain is threatened by an invasion of Moors, but an ancient curse prevents King Roderick from opening his treasury to pay his troops. Julianus is appointed general and goes to the war. Roderick’s intention is to get Julianus out of the way while he attempts to seduce Jacinta, his daughter; Lothario engages a professional bawd to help. Jacinta resists Roderick’s advances, so he rapes her. She is then imprisoned in Lothario’s custody, but she escapes while he is asleep. Meanwhile, Antonio is in love with the base-born Margaretta, and procures her family’s consent to marry her before he leaves for the war. At the front, the Moors are reluctant to give battle, and seem undermanned. Antonio is attracted to Dionysia, the Castellan’s pugnacious daughter, and she encourages his advances. Lazarello advises him to keep quiet about his existing marriage, and pay Margaretta off. Margaretta learns that Antonio has married Dionysia bigamously, and sends her brother to the wars with a letter for him. Antonio is in a dilemma: he loves both women. Lazarello proposes that he should take Antonio’s place at the consummation of his marriage with Margaretta: she will mistake him for Antonio in the dark, and afterwards will be too ashamed to claim her husband. The plan is successful only to the extent that Lazarello is taken to be Antonio by the vindictive Margaretta: she strangles him in his bed. Julianus returns from war victorious, but Roderick orders him to stay away from court, and demands that he give up his prisoners. Jacinta tells him about the rape, and he allies with his generals.and Moorish prisoners to seek revenge. To cement the alliance, the Moorish King Muly Mumen asks for Jacinta as his wife; Julianus will not force her against her will, but gives him permission to woo her. With his army in revolt, Roderick needs to hire mercenaries, and breaks open the cursed treasury. There he sees a vision of his own defeat and deposition by the Moors. Lothario persuades Jaques the clown to hang him, and, after the battle goes against him, Roderick flees. Muly Mumen becomes King of Spain. Antonio criticizes Julianus for allowing the Moors in, and Julianus kills him. He leaves two grieving widows: Margaretta stabs herself and, not to be outdone, Dionysia wills herself to die too. Jacinta refuses to marry Muly Mumen, so he has her tongue cut out and Julianus blinded. He agrees to meet Julianus in single combat, giving the blinded man the advantage of a ‘weapon; but in the fight…