Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

JULIO

in The Young Admiral — Shirley, James

Metadata

PlayThe Young Admiral
AuthorShirley, James
Year (catalogued)1637
First performance1633
Decade1630s
GenreTragicomedy
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyQueen Henrietta Maria's Men
TheaterPhoenix/Cockpit;Indoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)Iu. | Ju. | Iulio. | Iul. | Jul. | •… u. | •… ul.
Words560
Characters3015
Typicality0.42 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA12158
BritDrama no.2410
ClusterCluster 13 — Attendant courtiers & citizens

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Full speech

Nothing to encourage you, the same obstinate thing Victory has her heart, she much condemns The roughness which you mixed with your last courtship, She says your Father may command her life, But you must be a stranger to her bosom. Rather sir too tame. His favourite You had been less sir, then your self to have suffered His insolence, nor was't and act becoming His Master, to send hither to negotiate A marriage for his Daughter, and when you So far engaged your self upon a visit, To permit any of his gaudy upstarts Affront your person. It home and handsome. For your return, she did but do her duty, To make it swift and happy. Did you love Cassandra before you went to Sicily? All their fury May soon be interrupted, if Vittory Manage his business well. What? Can there Be ill in that? There may be ways at home to remove him, And plant you in your wishes. I thought your masculine soul Less capable of vexation, shall a subject Whom with your breath you may blow out o'th'world Raise sum h a storm within you? Resolve and have her. You're in the right sir, it were first indeed Convenient to know how. Sighnior Alphonso. What of this? Heel rather Meet torture then consent, his arm is not Yet withered, and while he can lift a sword, He will employ it to revenge Vittori. Now theres some hope, he's come to his, and so forth. I shall attend you straight My honourable Lord. It may be Some scattered ships. Be not sir Dejected, 'tis more easy to defend At home, then thrive in foreign war, these men Will find as proud resistance. But the state We are in requires you should be active sir. It better She were at home in your possession. A Herald sir. I am astonishd, would? I Like not this—my Lord. This may be a plot, how dare you trust yourself upon this invitation. Are you sure, this is her character. Yet think upon the danger. He was merry the last night. Letter? I shall make fine work, I know not how to shadow it, would he had Lain with my sister, rather than engaged Himself so far for Venison. That may Ruin a Kingdom. Shipped with Vittori, thank Alphonso fort Whom you have pardoned, they are both at Sea. It was the Kings command I should deliver. Shall we make A sally forth? On that partly No enemy can endanger us. Alphonso you may trust The Prince, my message was but counterfeit. My Lord A Captain of the other side hath boldly offered Himself a prisoner, and desirees access To your highness, to whom only he must impart Something he says, that will be acceptable, We have searched him, and find nothing but a letter Directed to your self. I did suspect That letter might betray him, now Alberto, How is the King? She's not of Naples sure. What must displease you, You must prepare for death. My Lord! You are too open breasted, let this fellow See into your heart, wisemen disguise their counsels Till things are ripe. Pox upon the witch That sent, now shall I be examined, and If he return not, loose my head, that letter Was a discovery of some plot, the enemy Purposed that very night.

Plot summary

Plot — The Young Admiral
Cesario has provoked a war between Sicily and Naples by wounding the King of Sicily’s favourite, Horatio, and by refusing to marry his daughter, Rosinda; he is more interested in Cassandra, the girlfriend of the Neapolitan Admiral Vittori. He pesters her unsuccessfully while Vittori is away fighting the war, then has Vittori’s father Alphonso imprisoned. When Vittori returns in triumph, he finds the city gates shut against him on Cesario’s orders. Offered a reward by the King, Cesario’s father, Vittori asks for Alphonso’s freedom; the King agrees only on condition that Vittori and Cassandra go into exile. The banished pair are shipwrecked on the Neapolitan coast and fall into the hands of the regrouped Sicilian army. Cassandra is taken into Rosinda’s custody and Vittori offered a choice: if he agrees to lead the army against Naples, Cassandra’s life will be spared. Torn between love and honour, he chooses love. He goes to Naples, disguised as a herald, and tries to persuade the King to surrender; but Cesario complicates his dilemma by sending back the message that Alphonso will be executed if Vittori fights. The threat is a bluff: after the message is sent, Alphonso is appointed to command the Neapolitan army against his son. Rosinda is with the invasion forces because, despite everything, she loves Cesario. Cassandra writes to him to set up an assignation, intending that Rosinda should go in her place. Cesario agrees to come into the Sicilian camp for the meeting, but the plan is overheard by Horatio, who tells the King. Cesario is arrested on arrival and held as a hostage. Vittori assumes that Cassandra was two-timing him, and decides to fight and save Alphonso. Rosinda corrects his misapprehension, and they go in disguise to Naples, where she offers herself as a reciprocal hostage: now Sicily cannot harm Cesario without Naples harming Rosinda, and vice versa. The war ends with a marriage treaty: Cesario accepts Rosinda and apologises for wounding Horatio. In the sub-plot, Pazzorello is afraid of battle, and accepts Didimo’s offer of magical protection against injury. He meets with a witch—actually Rosinda’s waiting-woman in disguise—and, after he has handed over all his money, he is blindfolded for the magical ceremony. Didimo assaults him, telling him that each blow adds to his invulnerability. With his courage reinforced, he picks a fight with a soldier, and comes off worst—because, Didimo explains, the weapons used against him were not included in…