before the Court;Globe;Whitehall;Outdoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)
Steward. | Stew. | Stew, | Ste. | Oswald. | Osw.
Words
496
Characters
2588
Typicality
0.29 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A11978
BritDrama no.
1486
Cluster
Cluster 15 — Devils, vices & grotesques
Important excerpts
Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 15 (ang, hunc, fleire, shillings, chil, sblood…). Matches are highlighted.
gate, who with some other of the Lords depen dants are gone with him towards Dover, where they boast to have well armed friends. Madame within, but never man so changed, I told him of the army that was landed, he smiled at it, I told him you were coming, his answer was the worse, of Gloucesters treachery, and of the loyal service
Full speech
So please you, My Ladies Father. Good even to thee friend, art of the house? I am none of this my Lord, I beseech you pardon me. I'll not be struck my Lord, Where may we set our horses? Prithee if thou love me, tell me. Why then I care not for thee. Why dost thou use me thus? I know thee not. What a monstrous fellow art thou, thus to rail on one, that's neither known of thee, nor knows thee. Away, I have nothing to do with thee. Help, ho, murder, help. Help, ho, murder, help. I am scarce in breath my Lord. This ancient ruffen sir, whose life I have spared at suit of his graybeard. I never gave him any, it pleased the King his master Very late to strike at me upon his misconstruction, When he conjunct and flattering his displeasure Trip me behind, being down, insulted, railed, And put upon him such a deal of man, that, That worthied him, God praises of the King, For him attempting who was self subdued, And in the flechuent of this dread exploit, Drew on me here again. My Lord of Gloucester hath conveyed him hence, Some five or six and thirty of his Knights hight questrits after him, met him at gate, who with some other of the Lords depen dants are gone with him towards Dover, where they boast to have well armed friends. Madame within, but never man so changed, I told him of the army that was landed, he smiled at it, I told him you were coming, his answer was the worse, of Gloucesters treachery, and of the loyal service of his son when I informed him, then he called me sot, and told me I had turned the wrong side out, what he should most desire seems pleasant to him, what Like offen sive. Madam here comes my Lord. I Madam. Madam with much ado, your sister is the better soldier. No Madam. I know not Lady. I must needs after him with my letters I may not Madame, my Lady charged my duty in this business. Madam I'ld e rather— I Madam. A proclaimed prize, most happy, that eyles head of thine was framed flesh to raise my Fortune's, thou most unhappy tray tor, briefly thy self remember, the sword is out that must de stroy thee. Wherefore bold peasant durst thou support a published traitor, hence least the infection of his fortune take Like hold on thee, let go his arm? Let go slave, or thou diest. Out dunghill. Slave thou hast slain me, villain take my purse, If ever thou wilt thrive, bury my body, And give the letters which thou findest about me To Edmund Earl of Gloucester, seek him out upon The British party, o untimely death! death. What dost thou know me for? Would I could meet him Madam, I would show What Lady I do follow. Here Madam. Yes Madam.
Plot summary
Plot — King Lear
King Lear intends to divide his kingdom between his sons-in-law: they will become the effective rulers, while he remains titular king with a retinue of knights, residing with each by monthly turns. His elder daughters, Goneril and Regan, are already married to dukes of the north and west of Britain; his youngest, Cordelia, is being courted by two suitors from mainland Europe. Lear requires that each daughter make a public statement of her love for him, to determine her merit and therefore her share of the kingdom. Goneril and Regan give it their all, but Cordelia refuses to make a self-serving and insincere statement which will encroach on the rights of her future husband. In consequence, she gets nothing, and the Earl of Kent is banished when he tries to intervene; the King of France marries her anyway, without a dowry. Kent stays in the kingdom, disguises himself, and gets himself a place in Lear’s service. Lear proves a difficult house-guest, and Goneril an ungracious hostess. When she asks him to reduce his retinue, he angrily moves on early to stay with Regan. Father and daughter both send letters ahead to explain the situation, carried by Kent and Oswald respectively; Goneril’s messenger meets with a better reception. Kent brawls with Oswald and is put in the stocks, which offends Lear when he arrives, closely followed by Goneril. The two daughters demand progressively greater diminutions in the number of Lear’s knights. Rather than stay with either of them, he furiously goes out into a storm, and goes mad. Meanwhile, Edmund the bastard, envious of his legitimate brother Edgar, uses a forged letter to persuade their father, the Earl of Gloucester, that Edgar is plotting to murder him. He induces Edgar to flee as if he were guilty. Edgar evades the hue and cry, disguises himself as a beggar, Poor Tom, and meets Lear in a hovel. The French army lands in Britain near Dover. Kent sends a gentleman with a message to Cordelia, and Gloucester confides in Edmund that he has received secret information about the invasion. He goes out into the storm to help Lear, disobeying Cornwall’s orders to the contrary, and helps him to escape onto the Dover road to join Cordelia and the French. Edmund betrays his father and is created Earl of Gloucester; Cornwall sends him to liaise with Albany about war preparations. The elder Gloucester is arrested, interrogated, and blinded, despite a servant’s efforts to save him; Cornwall is wounded in the struggle, and…