in All's Well That Ends Well — Shakespeare, William; Middleton, Thomas, rev. (?)
Metadata
Play
All's Well That Ends Well
Author
Shakespeare, William; Middleton, Thomas, rev. (?)
Year (catalogued)
1623
First performance
1603
Decade
1620s
Genre
Tragicomedy
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
King's Men
Speech prefix(es)
Inter. | Int. | Interp. | Int, | Int Let. | 1. Sol. | Sol.
Words
620
Characters
3215
Typicality
0.28 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A11954.12
BritDrama no.
1461
Cluster
Cluster 11 — Tosspots & tavern railers
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Bosko thromuldo bosko. O pray, pray, pray, Manka re ania dulche. But wilt thou faithfully? Acordo linta. Come on, thou are granted space. He calls for the tortures, what will you say without em. If you could find out a Country where but women were that had received so much shame, you might begin and impudent Nation. Fare ye well sir, I am for France too, we shall speak of you there. Bosko vauvado, I understand thee, & can speak thy tongue: Kerelybonto sir, betake thee to thy faith, for seventeen poigniards are at thy bosom. The General is content to spare thee yet, And hoodwinked as thou art, will lead thee on To gather from thee. Haply thou mayest inform Something to save thy life. Bosko Chimurcho. You are a merciful General: Our General bids you answer to what I shall ask you out of a Note. First demand of him, how many horse the Duke is strong. What say you to that? Shall I set down your answer so? Well, that's set down. Well, that's set down. Well that's set down: you shall demand of him, whither one Captain Dumaine be in that Camp, a Frenchman: what his reputation is with the Duke, what his valour, honesty, and expertness in wars: or when there he thinks it were not possible with well-waighing sums of gold to corrupt him to a revolt. What say you to this? What do you know of it? Well, is this Captain in the Duke of Florences camp? What is his reputation with the Duke? Marry we'll search. Here it's, here's a paper, shall I read it to you? Dian, the Counts a fool, and full of gold. Nay, I'll read it first by your favour. I perceive sir by your Generals looks, we shall be feign to hang you. We'll see what may be done, so you confess freely: therefore once more to this Captain Dumaine : you have answered to his reputation with the Duke, and to his valour. What is his honesty? What say you to his expertness in war? His qualities being at this poor price. I need not to ask you, if Gold will corrupt him to revolt. What's his Brother, the other Captain Dumain ? What's he? If your life be saved, will you undertake to betray the Florentine. I'll whisper with the General, and know his pleasure. There is no remedy sir, but you must die: the General says, you that have so traitorously discovered the secrets of your army, and made such pestifferous re ports of men very nobly held, can serve the world for no honest use: therefore you must die. Come heads man, off with his head. That shall you, and take your leave of all your friends: So, look about you, know you any here? You are undone Captain all but your scarf, that has a knot on't yet. Demand of him of what strength they are a foot. What say you to that? Do you know this Captain Dumaine ? When he swears oaths, hid him drop gold, and take it: After he scores, he never pays the score: Half wone is match well made, match and well make it, He never pays after debts, take it before, And say a soldier (Dian) told thee this: Men are to mell with, boys are not to kiss. For count of this, the Counts a Fool I know it, Who pays before, but not when he does owe it. Thine as he vowed to thee in thine ear, Good Captain, let me be the Interpreter. No sir I warrant you. E'n such as you speak to me. Captain I will. So I will sir.
Plot summary
Plot — All's Well That Ends Well
When Béftrami’s father dies, he becomes a royal ward, and is summoned to court. H@léfhi loves him and is sad to see him go, but knows she can never have him because of the disparity in their rank. Phe@uDowager (@GuntEesS learns of her love and permits her to go to court and use her father’s medical knowledge, passed on to her on his deathbed, to cure the King of the fistula which afflicts him. ‘The Kimig has been advised to remain neutral in the war between Florence and Siena, but allows his lords to join on either side; Bertram, however, is deemed too young and required to stay at court. Helen wagers her life on the efficacy of her cure, and asks as her reward to be allowed her own choice of husband. She successfully heals the fistula and selects Bertram. He protests vehemently, but the King browbeats him into marriage. Rather than consummate the union, however, he runs away to the war and sends Helen word that he will only acknowledge her as his wife if she gets the ring from his finger and presents him with a child which he has lawfully begotten on her. She takes herself off, leaving word that she is going on a pilgrimage. Bertram acquits himself well in battle, but his companion Paroles allows the company’s drum to be captured by the Sienese. Passing through Florence, Helen encounters a widow whose daughter, Diama, is being solicited by Bertram for sex. She arranges for the widow to agree, on condition that Bertram gives up his ring; Helen then takes Diana’s place in bed, has sex with her husband, and exchanges rings with him. Meanwhile Paroles insists on trying to recover the lost drum, intending to return with no drum and a heroic story of insurmountable obstacles. He is ambushed by Florentine soldiers posing as the enemy, blindfolded, and put in fear of his life; under interrogation, he betrays the Florentine army’s military secrets and makes some uncomplimentary remarks about Bertram, only to find when the blindfold is removed that his captors are Florentines and that Bertram is present. With the war coming to an end, Bertram returns to France. Since Helen is presumed dead, he makes preparations to marry again, and sends his proposed fiancée his ring. The King identifies it as the ring he himself gave to Helen. Diana arrives, claiming the right to marry him after their supposed night together in Florence, and produces his own ring as proof. Bertram attempts to lie his way out of the situation, but is repeatedly caught out. Diana introduces Helen,…