IGNORANCE

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)	Ignor. \| Ign. \| Ig. \| Ignor Elen. \| Ing.
Words	431
Characters	2143
Typicality	0.28 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id	A15873
BritDrama no.	1922
Cluster	Cluster 20 — Conjurers, witches & physicians

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Full speech

What Ambiguity, are you studying? My Master Fallacy bade me deliver you these Keys, and would you should lock up this Viol where you found it: He gives them to Distinction, who goes away with them. Remember now you had them forsooth I may not be admit ted to his Closet, I am too honest; but if I be not deceived this fellow is not so worthy to be trusted. Now be shrew his heart, he is gone without partly of my message: I should have told hem, he was to contrive some accusations against the Ladies of Verona, this wits I know would be working that way, and I must follow. Sir fear not, if far protestations May do you favour, I'll turn prodigal. Yes, 'tis that I should have told thee sooner. Sir you must do it, Like it as you think fit. I never meant it. Yes I do scorn it. I think I do, and admire my self as much as another. I must confess I know not that shape that I could ever of fect so well. I doubt not that but I have a farther reach, 'tis here, 'tis here will do it. I'll to the cunning man for some enchantments. Then I will use some other means. Why any thou wilt council me. Yes. I am so. Well. You say true; turn Ambassador, but I am no good speaker. Wouldst thou be there I should speed much the better. I warrant you, you seldom see a man of my wits want good clothes. I'll about it straight. Impart it dear genius, if my wit can reach or wealth come pass it, I will have it immediately. Yes, with a great wooden-horse; Must I get such and one? That will be most significant; But what do you think if (because Love is blind) I went on blindfold, sure I should speak the bolder. So then i'll wear this Scarf. Now Sir, with all my heart, if you will have my purse. Is this to be and Ambassador, to have no law of Arms nor liberty of legs to protect me; now my only revenge is to hold my peace and be silent, which if I can do, I may prove counsel to the veriest Wittol. I am at a stand whither I shall go on in sure, or give it over; I must be better counseled. Sir I fear, Like some imperfect tempered Meteor, Near approaching that high region, You soon will vanish, and your blazing love Be quite burned out. I go my Lord.

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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