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in The Sophister (Fallacy, or The Troubles of Great Hermenia) — Zouche, Richard

Metadata

Play	The Sophister (Fallacy, or The Troubles of Great Hermenia)
Author	Zouche, Richard
Year (catalogued)	1639
First performance	1614
Decade	1630s
Genre	Comedy
Play type	University
Speech prefix(es)	Divis. \| Divi. \| Div.
Words	378
Characters	2179
Typicality	0.22 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id	A15873
BritDrama no.	1922
Cluster	Cluster 14 — Law & judgment

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Good my Lord Definition, you must pardon me, you know I am troubled with two shrewd impediments, Age and weakness; and beside Dichotomy hath let me blood, and charged me I should neither use Horse nor Coach, but trust to mine own two legs; nay he will fierce permit me a staff to Jean upon. With which Province will you begin, with Substance, or with Quantity? He was the eldest son of Ens, was he not Opposition? Well, howsoever this Realm was equally divided amongst them; I have herd, Pythagoras was employed in assigning them their portions. Well, howsoever let us proceed: Substance match king with the Lady Corporea, had by her a son called Corpus. He had two wives, the other was Irrational. Who are next Definition? These three that sue for Discourse his dignity, are either true born sons, or base born: the true born plead either in right of birth, or of desert; their birth they either commend from Priority, or Nobility; their deserts either they set out from their greatness, or from their good ness. Now because base born sons never inherit, I think Fallacy hath no right at all. Again, because Primogeniture hath been always preferred before great birth, and often good works serving for use and Actium, are better than sell dome great effects, which tend to nothing but to Admirati on and Contemplation: I Judge Topicus, Discourse his eldest son, by meaner Parentaged Probability, in that, in all matters, at all times, we shall have use of him to be chosen before Demonstration, second son, though begotten on nobler descended Necessity, of whose virtue we have so seldom experience. Nay good Opposition, either speak more advisedly, or hold your peace. Then Proposition it is you must end this controversy, ray speak quickly, it's your voice must do it. Now thou seest Description, Nature gives with two hands; with one the gifts of the body, with the other the qualities of the mind; so to these men she hath now given more understanding than unto Substance, Corpus, and those in former time. Fallen mad? O fatal calamity! My Lord speak what you think. Shall we proceed to some other Province? Let us go visit him, hereafter we will go finish these businesses.

Plot summary

Plot — The Sophister (Fallacy, or The Troubles of Great Hermenia)

. . The envious bastard Fallacy Sat to Sdtiinintent a oo to his father, Discourse, which will drive him-mad. His eager servant, Ambiguity, provides two options, one of |. - which will only induce drunkeriness. During. a’ - telling-off, Fallacy slips his father the drug and Discourse’s attitude changes: Fallacy becomes his. favourite son. The madness disables Discourse from being the ruler of Hermenia, so a regent must be _ appointed. Fallacy bribes Opposition to support his claim against his legitimate younger brothers, Topicus and Demonstration. He also tells Invention and ~ Judicium that Intellect has left. the kingdom, and persuades them to go looking for him; in fact, he has Intellect under lock and key. The counsellors debate. - the three brothers’ claims, and Topicus fights a duel : ar with Demonstration in which both are. wounded. -. Fallacy becomes Regent, appoints Opposition his chief -. counsellor, and banishes the others who supper’ Bs ' ' brothers. Hermenia declines ehder Fallacy’s jindtighbened. x rule. He locks up Scientia and Opinion, his brothers’ fiancées, and their mother, Truth. His attempts to woo © - Scientia are rebuffed, but he tricks Opposition into thinking that the lady is willing but unable to accepthis ©. proposal because Judicium knows her secret vows to... - _.the- contrary. ls Judicium. Fallacy then persuades Opposition’s son, Contradiction, to fight a duel ‘with an unknown. ~°0° | opponent. Father and son fight. and wound one Tae ‘another with poisoned _rapiers. we Opposition -undertakes to murder. Ambiguity gets his enemy, Distinction, dusk: steals ~ his clothes, and leaves him to pay the alehouse bill. . Distinction is left in Ambiguity’s clothes, and, mistaking his identity, Fallacy gives him the-insanity ~ - drug to put away. Entrusted with the keys, Distinction discovers Intellect and the imprisoned ladies. ‘He tests the drug on a dog, then administers it to Fallacy’s followers, who duly go mad. The two. wounded - - ‘brothers are cured by the surgical ministrations of __Analysis, and Equipolence. the apothecary brings Opposition and Contradiction back from the brink of death to tell their story of Fallacy’s $ perfidy. Analysis. a also cures Discourse. . - oo Realizing that the game is up, vi Putlagy swaps. clothes BS with Ambiguity, ostensibly to. practice making. his _ excuses when called-to account by Discourse, but in _ fact to procure a disguise in which to escape. Ambiguity - is arrested. Discourse pronounices…

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