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CRIER

in 2 Promos and Cassandra — Whetstone, George

Metadata

Play2 Promos and Cassandra
AuthorWhetstone, George
Year (catalogued)1578
First performance1578
Decade1570s
GenreComedy
Play typeUnacted (?)
CompanyUnacted
Speech prefix(es)Cry.
Words217
Characters1283
Typicality0.64 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA15045.2
BritDrama no.616
ClusterCluster 14 — Law & judgment

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Full speech

Oh yes. And so thrice. All manner of Persons, here present. Be sylent, on pain, of imprisonment. First, if any person, Officer, or other: hath wronged any of his true subjects, by the corruption of bribes, affecting or not favouring, of the person: through Usury, extortion, wrong imprisonment: or with any other unjust practice: His Majesty wills the party so grieved, to repair to Sir Ulrico, one of his highness privy counsel: who (fin ding his, or their injuries) is continued ̄ manded, to certify them, and their proof, unto the Kings majesty: where inconti nentlie, he will order the controversy, to the release of the party grieved, and the punishment of the offenders. Further, if any of his faithful subjects, can charge any person, Officer, or other, with any notable or heinous of fence as Treason, Murder, Sacrilege, sedition: or with any such notorious crime: for the safety of his Royal per son, benefit and quiet of his Realm, and subjects. On Friday next, his most excellent Majesty (with the advise of his honourable counsel) will in open Court fit, to hear and determine, all such offences. Therefore he straightly charges all and every of his subjects, that know any such heinous offenders: one the forenamed day, that he present, both the offender, and his fault.

Plot summary

Plot — 2 Promos and Cassandra
Alerted by the raped @assandra, King @6nihGs is coming to Gyula to investigate the activities of his deputy, Lord Promos. PHalaX has to organize the city’s dramatic welcome at short notice. The King makes his royal entry, but refuses the town’s gift of a purse. Sir WIFIES is appointed and proclaimed as the ombudsman to investigate allegations of official corruption, pending a hearing before the King. The complaints flood in, and promoters take the opportunity to extort money with the threat of arrest. At the hearing, Phallax is accused of extortion, and confesses; his goods are seized and he is forced to resign his office, but his admission saves him from other punishment. Then Cassandra discloses Promos’s treachery in raping her and murdering her brother. Promos confesses, and the King sentences him to death, but requires him to marry Cassandra first. Vice is suppressed in Gyula: Baila the courtesan is arrested and carted, and Phallax leaves town in search of easier pickings. AaTuBIG has been living in the forest. Told of recent events by John A@roynes, he returns to the town in disguise, where he witnesses Cassandra’s pleas for her new husband’s life. Promos is led to execution, but is reprieved when Andrugio reveals himself to the King. Promos and Andrugio are pardoned, and Andrugio required to marry P6lifia. Promos is restored to office, with a warning to act justly and beware his subordinates’ corruption.