Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

1 NEIGHBOR

in Two Lamentable Tragedies — Yarington, Robert

Metadata

PlayTwo Lamentable Tragedies
AuthorYarington, Robert
Year (catalogued)1601
First performance1594
Decade1600s
GenreTragedy
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyUnknown
Speech prefix(es)1. | 1. neigh.
Words324
Characters1610
Typicality0.40 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA15814
BritDrama no.1015
ClusterCluster 11 — Tosspots & tavern railers

Important excerpts

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Full speech

Will is't not time we should go to our boats, And give attendance for this Bartlemew tide: Folks will be stirring early in the morning. But we that live by our labours, must give attendance, But where lies thy Boat? So do's mine, then lets go together. A was not very indifferent that did so, but you are so permentorie, to say, why so, and why so, that every one is glad to do you injury, but lets see, what is it? Taking the Sack by the end, one of the legs and head drops out. Good Lord deliver us, a men legs, and a head with ma nigh wounds. By my troth I understand no other mystery but Thy , It is a strange and very rueful sighed, But prithee what dost thou conceit of it. If thou tell me, I'll thank thee, therefore I prithee tell me. At the hangmans budget, why this is a sack. Thou art deceived, this head hath many wounds, And hoase and shoes remaining on the legs, Bull always strips all quartered traitors quite. Nay then I see you grow from worse to worse, I herd last night, that one near Lambert hill Was missing, and his boy was murdered, It may be this is a partly of that same man: What ere it be, I'll bear it to that place. Hoe master Loney, here you any news, What is become of your Tenant Beech ? I pray is this master Beeches house? Know you his head and if I show it you, Or can you tell what hose or shoes he beware, At that same time when he forsook the shop. Behold this head, these legs, these hose and shoes, And see if they were Beeches yea or no. Sirs, I do know the man that sold this bag, And if you please, I'll fetch him presently? Here is the Salters man that sold the bag,

Plot summary

Plot — Two Lamentable Tragedies
MOmicide is frustrated at finding the town so virtuous, but AWaige recommends two men as suitable agents of violence. [Filth overhears them and introduces the stories. In one plot, MRGM@SIMERY, who would like to be richer, notices how well off B&BGh is. He lures Beech to his inn and murders him there with a hammer. The other members of his household quickly discover what has happened; his man MWilli@fhs leaves his service rather than condone the crime, but nevertheless agrees to keep it a secret. Merry is concerned that BEGeh’sIBSy may know too much, and murders him too. Thinking there are thieves in Beech’s shop, a Maid gives the alarm, and the dying boy is found with the hammer still embedded in his head. Beech comes under suspicion. Merry wants to get the other body out of his inn before it starts to putrefy, and chops it up to facilitate disposal. The various parts of the body are found around London; the torso is in an identifiable sack, but when a house-to-house search is instigated, its vendor fails to recognize M@PySisister as the woman who bought it. Merry begins to feel secure, but the melancholy Williams finally reveals the secret after close questioning by a friend. Merry and his sister are arrested and hanged; Williams is allowed benefit of clergy. In the other plot, ——- —f% die, leaving him in the custody of his uncle, , who will inherit everything should the boy die. Fallerio plans murder, but when his son All@H8o will not co-operate, he hires two ruffans instead. The assassins are to escort Pertillo to university at Padua, and kill him on the way; Allenso follows in secret to see that his cousin is safe. In the event one of the ruffians proves to have a conscience, and tries unsuccessfully to buy off his colleague. Perfillo dies, and the two murderers then kill one another. The bodies are found by the Dike, and Allenso is arrested; the virtuous rufhan survives just long enough to exonerate him and name Fallerio as the guilty man. Allenso brings home the news of Pertillo’s murder, which causes his mother to drop dead. Suicidally guilt-stricken, Allenso disguises himself as his father in order to be executed in his place. He is convicted, but Fallerio follows him to court and admits the truth. Both father and son are sentenced to death. Truth insists that Homicide and Avarice will never get away with their crimes in Eliza’s realm, but they leave the stage threatening more covetousness and murder to come.