T. • Trusty. | T. Trusty. | T. T. | T. Trustie. | T. Trust. | Tristram. | T. Tr.
Words
445
Characters
2187
Typicality
0.28 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A14193
BritDrama no.
234
Cluster
Cluster 14 — Law & judgment
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Then may I be gone again, for none such I m. Dame Constance God you save, and while my life shall last, For my friend Goodlucks sake you shall not send in wast. I will do much for his sake Wherefore? Nay weep not woman: but tell me what your cause is As concerning my friend is any thing amiss? And had you made any promise before them twain. But there was no such matter dame Constance in deed? I warrant him do you no harm nor wrong at all. He does it for a jest I know him out of doubt, And here comes Merygreke. I dare say you never thought it. But very well I wist he here did all in scorn. Yea, being no worse than we know it to be now. That fight will I behold Do y u that partly well play And I will sue for peace. But when ghost thou for him? There is no cause of fear, the least boy in the street: What mean you to do sir, commit manslaughter. And who is it sir, whom you intend thus to spill? And is there no mean your extreme wrath to slake. She shall some amends unto your good mashyp make. Well yet the Sheriff, the Justice, or Constable, His misdemeanour to punish might be able. Yet a noble courage, and the heart of a man Should more honour win by bearing with a woman. Therefore take the law, and let his answer thereto. Or if your mashyp could pardon this one trespass. I pray you forgive his. Dame Constance, I shall depose for your honesty, And now fare you well, except some thing else you would. Roister Doister self your wower is with him too. Surely some thing there is with us they have to do. He would make us all laugh. We must to make us mirth, maintai e him all we can. And lo yond he comes and Merygréeke with him. I pray you mark if ever you saw crane so stalk. That his godly proceedings the faith to defend, He may establish and maintain through to the end. What is your cause I warrant you that. He was with me and told me so. He told me that too. No force, it will be a good recreation. But be still in readiness if I happen to call, I can not tell what sudden chance may befall. You say full true ywis. Ah sir, what a field we have had here. Lo how say you dame? No, and here were you wished to have seen the sport. For mirth? Is his offence so soar?
Plot summary
Plot — Ralph Roister Doister
Ralph Roister Doister seeks Matthew Merrygreek’s help in wooing Dame Custance, who is already affianced to Gawyn Goodluck. They send her a letter using her nurse, Madge Mumblecrust, as a go-between, but Dame Custance will not read it. They also send her a ring, but Tibet the maid gets into trouble for accepting it. Merrygreek tells Ralph that Dame Custance has not only rejected him but disparaged his manhood; Ralph despairs, but is persuaded to try again. Dame Custance is persuaded in turn to hear the love-letter read aloud, but Merrygreek reads it without regard for the punctuation, and reverses its meaning: it seems to promise her an unpleasant married life. His hopes dashed, Ralph seeks revenge on the scrivener who composed the letter, but the fault is shown to lie with the reader of it. Ralph continues to press his suit, and arouses the suspicions of Gawyn Goodluck’s servant. Ralph and Custance prepare to use force against one another, and Merrygreek admits that he was only helping Ralph for fun. When the men and women do battle, he hits Ralph while pretending to attack Dame Custance. Ralph has the worst of it, and retreats in disarray. Gawyn Goodluck hears of his fiancée’s apparent disloyalty, but accepts Tristram Trusty’s word as to what really happened. He makes his peace with Ralph, despite Dame Custance’s doubts.