Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 14 (madestee, welse, enormity, bench, peopill, worshipful…). Matches are highlighted.
It is his Highness pleasure, that the Queen Appear in person, here in Court. Hermione, Queen to the worthy Leontes, King of Sicilia, thou art here accused and arraigned of High Trea son, in committing Adultery with Polixenes King of Bohemia, and conspiring with Camillo to take away the Life of our Soon reign Lord
Full speech
It is his Highness pleasure, that the Queen Appear in person, here in Court. Hermione, Queen to the worthy Leontes, King of Sicilia, thou art here accused and arraigned of High Trea son, in committing Adultery with Polixenes King of Bohemia, and conspiring with Camillo to take away the Life of our Soon reign Lord the King, thy Royal Husband: the pretence whereof being by circumstances partly laid open, thou (Hermione) con trary to the Faith and Allegiance of a true Subject didst con sail and aid them, for their better safety, to fly away by Night. You here shall swear upon this Sword of Justice, That you ( Cleomines and Dion ) have Been both at Delphos, and from thence have brought This seal'd-vp Oracle, by the Hand delivered Of great Apollo's Priest; and that since then, You have not dared to break the holy Seal, Nor read the Secrets in't. Hermione is chased, Polixenes blameless, Camillo a true Subject, Leontes a jealous Tyrant, his innocent Babe truly begotten, and the King shall live without and Heir, if that which is lost, be not found. I (my Lord) even so as it is here set down.
Plot summary
Plot — The Winter's Tale
Polixenes of Bohemia is coming to the end of a nine-month stay at the Sicilian court of Leontes, his childhood playmate. Leontes cannot persuade him to extend his stay, but the pregnant queen, Hermione, has more success. Leontes conceives a suspicion that Polixenes and Hermione have committed adultery, and that her unborn child is a bastard. He commands Camillo to poison Polixenes, but instead Camillo warns the intended victim and escapes with him to Bohemia. Leontes arrests Hermione and sends to the oracle of Apollo for confirmation of her adultery. She gives birth to a daughter in prison, and Paulina hopes to bring Leontes to his senses by showing him the baby; instead, he orders her husband, Antigonus, to take it out of his dominions and abandon it. Hermione is tried for adultery and treason. The oracle, when read, exonerates her and foretells that, unless the lost be found, Leontes will have no heir. Leontes refuses to believe it, whereupon his son Mamillius, who fell sick when his mother was arrested, dies. Hermione collapses in court and is later reported dead. Antigonus abandons the baby on the coast of Bohemia, and is eaten by a bear. The child, Perdita, is found and adopted by an old shepherd. Sixteen years pass. The penitent Leontes, still mourning Hermione, attempts to recall Camillo to Sicily, but Polixenes will not let him go. Worried by rumours that Prince Florizel is courting a shepherd’s daughter, Polixenes attends the sheep-shearing feast in disguise. When it becomes clear that Florizel intends to marry Perdita without consulting his father, Polixenes intervenes and threatens awful reprisals. Camillo helps Florizel and Perdita to abscond to Sicily, knowing that Polixenes will follow them, enabling him to return home at last. Leontes welcomes the newcomers, who include not only the Bohemian royal family but also the old shepherd, who produces the objects found with baby Perdita; these establish her identity as Leontes’ long-lost daughter. The two kings are reconciled, and Polixenes withdraws his objection to his son’s marriage. The court visits a newly sculpted statue of Hermione in Paulina’s chapel. It turns out to be Hermione herself, still alive and awaiting the return of her daughter.