Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 14 (madestee, welse, enormity, bench, peopill, worshipful…). Matches are highlighted.
yet returned. Entreat him to come in. I, both of them. And in, that sea my Lord, you boar so great a sail as you have over set your bark of life, and here you are accused my Lord, even of a hateful crime, so is the Knight there for poisoning two Gentlemen, Spark and Ruffell, how do you answer this my Lord? What say you Knight? Ladies
Full speech
We can do nothing till we hear from Doctor Ferrio, to know his pleasure in these procee dings. Sir, we know the ring and you are very well come, and so I pray assume his place. My Lord, you are here indited of a hateful crime, & I am very sorry to see you in this sort stand here. Yes, Fleire, the Lady Florida's man, which is not yet returned. Entreat him to come in. I, both of them. And in, that sea my Lord, you boar so great a sail as you have over set your bark of life, and here you are accused my Lord, even of a hateful crime, so is the Knight there for poisoning two Gentlemen, Spark and Ruffell, how do you answer this my Lord? What say you Knight? Ladies you know most, and therefore 'tis fittest most you speak. Reverend Judges, God will by some means punish every sin, and though against my will, yet by my consci ence I am inforced to unmask my Ladies vilianies, the murder for which the Lord and Knight are Like to die, was first plotted by them: the two Pages with my self did hear it: the Prisoners in this Actium, are enforced by Sancram meant to be secret, and thus entreating heaven in Justice, still to aid you. Yours Fleer a Florentine. Reverend Judges, God will by some means punish every sin, and though against my will, yet by my consci ence I am inforced to unmask my Ladies vilianies, the murder for which the Lord and Knight are Like to die, was first plotted by them: the two Pages with my self did hear it: the Prisoners in this Actium, are enforced by Sancram meant to be secret, and thus entreating heaven in Justice, still to aid you. Is this true my Lord?
Plot summary
Plot — The Fleer
Before the start of the action, Piso deposed Antifront, whose daughters thereupon fled from Florence. Antifront now travels in search of his missing children. He arrives in London under the alias Fleer, and meets some gentlemen. One of them, Spark, gets him a job with two of his countrywomen, a pair of Florentine courtesans working in London. Antifront is dismayed to discover that they are his missing daughters. Two sisters, Susan and Nan, are interested in Spark and his friend Ruffle, who are among the courtesans’ many clients. They dress up as boys and try to get the gentlemen to employ them as pages; Spark and Ruffle refuse, and the ‘pages’ end up working for two other clients, Sir John Havelittle and Piso junior, the son of the Florentine usurper. ‘Fleer’ wants to engineer a marriage for his daughters, selecting Havelittle and Piso as the eligible bachelors. The daughters prefer Spark and Ruffle, but are refused; taking offence, they ask Piso and Havelittle to kill the gentlemen, and suggest poison as the safest method. The plot is overheard by ‘Fleer’ and the ‘pages’. ‘Fleer’ gets himself another job looking after an apothecary’s shop, and sells Piso and Havelittle a poison which is really a sleeping potion. Spark and Ruffle dine with Piso and Havelittle and apparently die. The hosts are at once arrested on suspicion of poisoning and are committed for trial. Fleer is sent on an errand to the senior judge, who is unable to attend through illness, and sends word back for the other two judges to proceed without him. Given a ring to authenticate the message, Fleer instead uses it to get himself deputized as the third judge. He produces a letter which establishes that the guilt extends to the daughters as well as the poisoners, and all four are sentenced to death. News arrives that Piso’s father has died, making him the new Duke of Florence; but-he tells the Florentines to recall the deposed Antifront instead, and offers to make amends for his father’s treason by marrying Antifront’s elder daughter. Antifront reveals his identity and says Piso can do just 1606 that; his younger daughter will marry Havelittle. He produces the murder victims, still alive, and bestows them on Nan and Susan.