Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

FLAMINIUS

in Every Woman in Her Humor — Anonymous

Metadata

PlayEvery Woman in Her Humor
AuthorAnonymous
Year (catalogued)1609
First performance1607
Decade1600s
GenreComedy
Play typeBoys Professional
CompanyChildren of the King's Revels
Speech prefix(es)Flam.
Words373
Characters1877
Typicality0.29 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA15676
BritDrama no.1532
ClusterCluster 15 — Devils, vices & grotesques

Important excerpts

Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 15 (ang, hunc, fleire, shillings, chil, sblood…). Matches are highlighted.

house, the Emperor shall know it: if she be my child, I will rule her, isle bridle her: isle curb her: isle rain her, if she will not, let her go, starve, beg. hang, draw, sink, swim she gets not a do it, a deneire, isle not own her. I am impatient: I am troubled: I am vexed: I am scoffed: I am pointed at: isle not endure it:
Why well said my Lords, Soldiers will not fly indeed, I have seen the day I could have cracked a tree of yew, made my bowstring, whisper in mine care if they twang: tossed my pike lustily: 'tis since the siege of Par thia, bith' mass a great while, I was lusty then, at the sir vice was done there, yet I love the discourse:

Full speech

And my good Lord, you're happily met. Heartily welcome: young Tully welcome to, ye come well to ease my charge, these Ladies find fault with their Guardian, I go too softly for them: old blood is stiff, & young Ladies will not bear with age: I resign, I resign to you that follow. Why well said my Lords, Soldiers will not fly indeed, I have seen the day I could have cracked a tree of yew, made my bowstring, whisper in mine care if they twang: tossed my pike lustily: 'tis since the siege of Par thia, bith' mass a great while, I was lusty then, at the sir vice was done there, yet I love the discourse: come my Lord, I choose your company, leave Tulley to the Ladies, he can tell them tales of Venus and Adonis, and that best pleases them. Now I must here of raps and blows, and Bills and Guns, and swords and bucklers: I loved it once, come, our Cooks are backward, discourse will beget stomachs, you're Like to tarry long for lean Cates. Exit Go to I say, urge no more, 'tis Tavern talk, for Taverners Table talk for all, the vomit of rumor: what news says one? none so new as this, Tully shall be mar ried to Terentia: what news says another? the same, the same, whose consent have you? not mine, I deny it, I must know of it, isle have a hand, go to, no more. I, you shall answer it in the Senate house, the Emperor shall know it: if she be my child, I will rule her, isle bridle her: isle curb her: isle rain her, if she will not, let her go, starve, beg. hang, draw, sink, swim she gets not a do it, a deneire, isle not own her. I am impatient: I am troubled: I am vexed: I am scoffed: I am pointed at: isle not endure it: isle not abide it: isle be revenged, I will: of her: of you both: proud boy: wanton giglot, a spyring haughty, know your equals, she's not for you, if you persist, by my holy maker you shall and swear it, look to it, you shall, you shall indeed.

Plot summary

Plot — Every Woman in Her Humor
Misogyny has made the normally jovial Acutus.- melancholy. After scaring some foolishly fashionable characters, he joins them at the Hobby tavern, where Gaetica has taken lodgings with her dog. Disguised as a © soldier, Acutus picks a fight with Scilicet and Servulus, © then exposes their hypocrisy by returning disguised as first a friend and then an enemy of the ‘soldier’, and eliciting inconsistent responses. Scilicet attempts to woo Gaetica; she is more concerned about the disappearance of her man Bos with her dog, but becomes betrothed to him. , Lentulus is in love, and asks Cicero to woo Terentia for him. They go to dine with Flaminius, Terentia’s father, and Cicero is left alone with the ladies of the house. The upshot is that Terentia falls in love — but -- with Cicero himself rather than Lentulus. Rumours circulate that she is to marry Cicero, but Flaminius has not given his consent and takes offence. Lentulus makes Cicero and Terentia admit wronging him, and. _ he sentences Cicero to death — but only if Terentia will kill him. He woos and wins Terentia’s sister Flavia, and plans a double wedding. Acutus gives Philautus a sleeping potion, and he appears to die. He is rumoured to have drunk himself to death, but the reported numbers of alcohol victims escalate as the news circulates. Acutus pays for the funeral and invites the tavern’s proprietors and customers, Philautus wakes up on the way to his interment: initially it is assumed that he is a ghost, but - ===== PAGE 375 ===== 1607 an exorcism is unsuccessful. The Hostess allows him to hide in her chamber, but Acutus, pretending to have been robbed, sends a constable to search the tavern; Philautus is found and arrested. The drunken Bos has his clothes stolen, and is brought back to the tavern in a barrel. Gracchus agrees to give him a new suit if he can demonstrate that drunkenness is a virtue, which he proceeds to do in a debate. Gracchus promises to arrange for the Hostess and Dama to attend the wedding. Trying to get better, more fashionable clothes for the event, the Hostess turns to Gaetica, who has already had to pawn her jewels to support her impecunious fiancé, and arranges to wear her outfit. At the wedding, Caesar declares a general amnesty; Acutus and Gracchus have Lentulus intercede to procure Philautus’ release. Forced to sing in the imperial presence, the bashful Philautus is sent to the suburbs and told not to get drunk again. Acutus presents a masque of bestial men, and shows…