Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 24 (casane, crites, anacreon, ortum, elementis, dextram…). Matches are highlighted.
With the most famed for virtue, Cynthia ; And this young Lady, bright Laodice, One rich hope of this noblest Family. In grace and love of you, I Hymen searched The groves and thickets that embrace this Palace With this clear-stam'd, and good aboding Torch For summons of these fresh and flowery Sylvans, To this fair presence; with
Full speech
My uncle hath instructed me how to accoast and ho norable Lady; to win her, not by suit, but by surprise. Good Uncle let not your near Honours change your manners, be not forgetful of your promise to me, touching your Ladies daughter Laodice. My fancy runs so vpon't, that I dream every night of her. You speak too late for my voice, but I'll discharge the partly. Exit. Cyn. Hyl. Hail honoured Bridegroom, and his Princely bride With the most famed for virtue, Cynthia ; And this young Lady, bright Laodice, One rich hope of this noblest Family. In grace and love of you, I Hymen searched The groves and thickets that embrace this Palace With this clear-stam'd, and good aboding Torch For summons of these fresh and flowery Sylvans, To this fair presence; with their winding Haies, Active and Antique dances to delight Your frolic eyes, and help to celebrate These noblest nuptials; which great Destiny, Ordained passed custom and all vulgar object To be the readuancement of a house, Noble and Princely, and restore this Palace To that name, that six hundred Summer's since Was in possession of this Bridegrooms Ancestors, The ancient and most virtue-famed Lysandri. Sylvans! the Courtships you make to your Dryads, Use to this great Bride, and these other Dams, And heighten with your sports, my nuptial flames. Now, what the Power and my Torches influence Hath in the blessings of your Nuptial joys (Great Bride and Bridegroom) you shall amply partly Betwixt your free loves, and forgo it never.
Plot summary
Plot — The Widow's Tears
Renouncing Fortune and devoting himself instead to the goddess Confidence, Tharsalio intends to woo the widowed Countess Eudora. His wooing technique is grossly sexual, and he also quarrels with a rival, Rebus. Rebuffed and mocked by his family, he seeks out Arsace and bribes her to advise Eudora not to marry him, but when he returns to her and throws out Rebus, he is rejected a second time. Finally, however, she accepts him, and their wedding is marked by a masque. ===== PAGE 180 ===== Lysander is concerned about his wife Cynthia’s constancy, and plans to test it by faking his own death: with the help of Lycus he undertakes a journey and sends back a report that he has been murdered by mountain bandits. His body is interred in the family monument; Cynthia and her waiting-woman go to live in the tomb in order to be near him. Lysander returns incognito, disguised as a soldier assigned as the sentinel of the cemetery. He successfully seduces Cynthia, but she insists that their liaison be conducted privately to avoid compromising her reputation. Tharsalio sees them kissing inside the tomb and takes revenge on the ‘sentinel’ by stealing one of the crucified bodies he is supposed to be watching. When this is discovered, Cynthia suggests disinterring Lysander’s body and substituting it for the stolen one. Lysander goes to fetch a crowbar, removes his disguise, and meets Tharsalio, who deduces what is happening and informs Cynthia. She is thus able to pretend that she knew who the ‘sentinel’ was all along. Lycus is arrested for Lysander’s murder, and the tomb is opened to test whether his presence will make the corpse’s wounds bleed; but the coffin proves to be empty, and the ‘sentinel’ is found hiding in the tomb. Both men are sent for trial by the Governor, recently appointed with a hard-line law-and-order policy. Eudora intervenes to explain the truth, and Lycus is released; after Tharsalio replaces the stolen body, so is Lysander. Tharsalio allows him to believe that Cynthia was never tempted to infidelity.