in Tempe Restored (Tempe Restauratum) — Townshend, Aurelian
Metadata
Play
Tempe Restored (Tempe Restauratum)
Author
Townshend, Aurelian
Year (catalogued)
1631
First performance
1632
Decade
1630s
Genre
Masque
Play type
Occasional
Theater
before the Court;Whitehall;
Speech prefix(es)
Cir: | Circe: | Circe.
Words
151
Characters
788
Typicality
0.46 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A13848
BritDrama no.
2359
Cluster
Cluster 15 — Devils, vices & grotesques
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Dissembling Traitor, now I see the cause, Of all thy fawning, was but to be free: Was not for nothing, thou hadst teeth and claws, For thou hast made a cruel prey of me. And he is gone (aye me) is stolen from hence, And this poor Casket of my breast, hath left Without a Heart: that should for recompense, Have locked in two: Oh most inhumane theft! The Gods, more freedom did allow, when Jove turned Io to a Cow. Man-Maide, be gone! Cease Dreadful Jove! Finding thy Drift, My Bounty, shall prevent thy Gift: This Machles Pair, I make, my Heir: All I possess, I here, Resign, Thou hast And I have Mine. Then take my keys! and show me all my wealth. Lead me abroad! Let me my subjects view! Bring me some Physic! though that bring no health! And feyne me pleasures, since I find none true.
Plot summary
Plot — Tempe Restored (Tempe Restauratum)
Circe’s favourite, formerly transformed by her into a lion, takes advantage of his return to human form, and flees. Circe angrily pursues him, but is persuaded by her nymphs to watch a show of her remaining bestial subjects, the present occupiers of the Vale of Tempe. Divine Beauty appears, as do the gods. Cupid claims sovereignty over Circe’s victims, and Jupiter over the land. Circe anticipates Jupiter’s intentions by ceding her dominion to the King and Queen. Tempe is restored to the followers of the Muses.