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DANIEL

in Nice Wanton — Anonymous

Metadata

PlayNice Wanton
AuthorAnonymous
Year (catalogued)1560
First performance1550
Decade1560s
GenreMoral
Play typeInterlude
Speech prefix(es)Dan ••• " | •• dge. | • udge. | Iudg • | Iudge
Words511
Characters2425
Typicality0.52 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA14713
BritDrama no.203
ClusterCluster 14 — Law & judgment

Important excerpts

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Full speech

As a judge of the country here am I come, Sent by the kings Majesty, Justice to do: TO e jug Iniquity baily rr come in, judge ir eth dow Chiefly to proceed in judgement of a Felon, I tarry for the verdite of the quest re I go. Go baily, know whither they be all a greed or no If they be so, bid them come away And bring their prisoner, I would hear what they say I go my Lord, I go, to soon for one, He is like to play a cast, will break his neck bone, I beseech your lorshyp be good to him, The man is come of good kin If your Lordship would be so good to me, As for my sake to set him free, He ellet him in h ear the may hear I could have .xx. pount in a purse, Yea, and your Lordship a right fair horse, Well worth ten pound. Get the a way thou hell hound, Daniel to judge. If you were well examined and tried, Iniquity goes over y e judge keth Still Perchance a false knave you would be spied, Bribes (says Salomon) blind y e wise men sighed That he can not see to give judgement right, Should I be a bribar nay he shall have the law As I owe to God and the king obedience and awe. Come on firs, I pray you come on, Be you all agreed in one? one of the ̄ speaketh for y e Q est. yea my Lord, every chone, Where Ishmael was intided by .xii. men, Of Felony, burglary, and murder, As thinditement declareth, how, where, and when you herd it read to you lately in order: you with the rest, I trust all true men, for the st Be charged upon ̄ your oaths to gyve verdyte directly, Whither Ishmael thereof be guilty or not guilty, Wilt thou hang my Lord, whoreson noddy? Tush, hold thy tongue and I warrant the Thou shalt go to the place thou camest from, Till to morrow .ix. of the clock, there to remain, To the place of execution then shalt thou go There be hanged to death, and after again, Being dead, for ensample, to be hanged in a chain Take him away, and see it be done, At your peril that may fallen thereupon. well we will hear you say what you can. But see that you wrongfully accuse no man, No no my friend, not so, I thought always you should not be good, And now it will prove, I see by the rood, They him in all ter he fig teth w to that Take him and lay him in irons strong, We will talk with you more ere it be long, A way with them both, lead them away, At his death tell me what he does say, For then be like he will not lie, If no man have here, more matter to say I must go hence some other way. he goes out

Plot summary

Plot — Nice Wanton
Barnabas goes to school, but his siblings Ismael and Dalilah prefer to spend their time on pleasure rather than learning. Their neighbour Eulalia complains to their mother about their behaviour, but Xantippe refuses to impose discipline through corporal punishment. Ismael and Dalilah gamble with Iniquity;Ismael loses all his money, but Dalilah tries to deceive beat her by way of reprisal, she leaves him. Iniquity about her winnings. When Iniquity tries to Later, diseased and destitute, she meets Barnabas, who presents her condition as God's punishment; she dies of venereal disease, but penitent. Ismael is tried and hanged for burglary and murder; Iniquity, whom he names as his accomplice, is also sentenced to death. A remorseful Xantippe tries to commit suicide, but Barnabas prevents her and enjoins her to repent. In the epilogue he encourages parents to bring their children up well.