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Full speech
Though overborn, and foiled in my course, Yet have I partners in mine infamy. 'Tis wondrous, that so young a towards warrior, Should bide the shock of such approved knights, As he this day hath matched and mated too, But virtue should not envy good desert, Therefore Erastus happy, and thy fortune, But my Lucina, how she changed her colour, When at the encounter I did lose a stirrup, Hanging her head as partner of my shame, Therefore will I now go visit her, And please her with this Carcanet of worth, Which by good fortune I have found to day, When valour fails, then gold must make the way. What pledge thereof? Oh holy oath, fair hand, and sugared kiss: O never may Fernando lack such bliss, But say my deer, when shall the gates of heaven? Stand all wide open for celestial Gods, With gladsome looks to gaze at Hymen's robes. When shall the graces, or Lucina's hand, With Rosy chaplets deck thy golden tresses, And Cupid bring me to thy nuptial bed, Where thou in joy and pleasure must attend. A bliffull war with me thy chiefest friend. Then that same day, whose warm & pleasant sighed, Brings in the spring, with many gladsome flowers, Be our first day of joy and perfect peace: Till when, receive this precious Carcanet, In sign, that as these links are interlaced, So both our hearts are still combined in one, Which never can be parted but by death. Marry thrice happy is Persedas chance, To have so brave a champion to his Squire. Oh Sir, not I. Dasell mine eyes, or is't Lucina's chain, False treacher, lay down the chain that thou hast stole, As fits the time, so now well fits the place, To cool affection with our words and looks. If in our thoughts be semblance sympathy. That lie my weapon shall put down thy throat:
Plot summary
Plot — Soliman and Perseda (Zulziman)
Love, Fortune, and Death dispute which of them is the most appropriate chorus to the tragedy; they debate their roles in the choric passages that follow. Erastus proves his knightly prowess in a wedding-day tilt for the Prince of Cyprus, but loses a chain given to him by his love Perseda. Ferdinando finds it and gives it to his love, Lucina. Seeing her wearing it, Perseda believes Erastus has been unfaithful. Erastus visits Lucina in disguise and wins back the chain in a dice- game, but is confronted by Ferdinando, who is killed in the ensuing quarrel. In consequence, Erastus has to go into exile to the enemy state of Turkey, leaving the chain for Perseda as a token of his misunderstood constancy. Rhodes is strategically important, the key to the conquest of Christendom. One of the knights at the wedding tilt, Brusor, was a Turkish spy sent to investigate the island’s defences prior to an attack. He also tells Suleiman about Erastus’ magnificent tiltyard performance, so the Emperor is pleased when Erastus arrives at his court, and allows him to demonstrate his worth in a friendly bout of swordplay. He accepts and honours Erastus, allows him to remain a Christian, and spares him the task of conquering his native Rhodes, which is successfully undertaken by Brusor. . Erastus is appointed the Governor of conquered Rhodes. Prisoners of war are brought to Turkey, including the island’s women, and also the cowardly knight Basilisco, who escapes execution by converting to Islam. Suleiman falls in love with Perseda, but she refuses him for Erastus’ sake, even before she knows that he is now an honoured courtier. Suleiman gives her to Erastus, but later regrets the decision and has him recalled and executed on a false charge of treason. Perseda takes command of Rhodes and resists Suleiman’s army. Not recognizing her at first in her male clothing, Suleiman kills her. On realizing her identity, he kisses her dead lips, but they are poisoned. Rhodes is conquered, but all the principal characters are dead. Accordingly, Death claims primacy over Love and Fortune in the closing chorus.