in Chester's Triumph (St George's Day Entertainment) — Amory, Robert; Davies, Richard
Metadata
Play
Chester's Triumph (St George's Day Entertainment)
Author
Amory, Robert; Davies, Richard
Year (catalogued)
1610
First performance
1610
Decade
1610s
Genre
Civic Pageant
Play type
Occasional
Theater
before the Court;
Speech prefix(es)
PEACE.
Words
304
Characters
1771
Typicality
0.28 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A18589
BritDrama no.
1611
Cluster
Cluster 17 — Intriguers & schemers
Important excerpts
Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 17 (nat, leaguer, assyrian, mowche, bashas, andalle…). Matches are highlighted.
happy years, Peace is the Nuntius that such tidings bears. Who while the Scotch the English fair entreat, And me embrace withal, I'll make them great. No foreign Nation shall affront their force As long as I direct them in that course. All rash dissensions and litigious braules, I shall expel from their unshaken walls. All civil
Full speech
TO bring glad news of future happy years, Peace is the Nuntius that such tidings bears. Who while the Scotch the English fair entreat, And me embrace withal, I'll make them great. No foreign Nation shall affront their force As long as I direct them in that course. All rash dissensions and litigious braules, I shall expel from their unshaken walls. All civil Mutinies shall then surcease, And Peace shall bring them everlasting Peace. Inveterate hate so will I turn to love, As with one motion both shall jointly move. Brother with brother, nay, the foe with friend, For mine and thine shall never more contend. No massacre nor bloody stratagem, Shall stir in Peaces new Jerusalem. No civil Discord, nor Domestic strife Shall ever annoy their Peace, much less their life, For (Like to Olive branches) they shall bear Fruit that gives love and appetite to bear. Which mutual concord dateless shall endure As long as love can Peace to love procure. I'll bind their Loves with true Loves Gordian knot, That rude Dissensions hands undo it not: And with a Wreathe of everduring Bays, Crown all your brows with peace-procured praise, I'll rend the close-mouthed rage of emulous strife, And wound Distraction, with Connexions knife. And when damned Malice comes but once in sighed I, with a vengeance, will suppress her straight. I'll send pale Envy down to hell with speed, Where she upon her Snakes shall only feed. And with some poisonous and envenomed Toad, Her much more poisonous self shall make abode. Which being done I'll send that base infection (Whose only virtue is but base) Detraction Her to associate; where they both shall live As long as hell can life with horror give: And thus shall Peace their joy perpetuate, That love (in love) to stay this blessed State.
Plot summary
Plot — Chester's Triumph (St George's Day Entertainment)
St George’s colours are hung out by an acrobat. Two savages are terrorized by a dragon, which is later killed. Fame has brought various worthies from Elysium in honour of the day. She invokes Mercury, who descends with a message from the gods: the Mayor’s virtues have won him their favour, as a mark of which Mercury presents him with a gift. Chester announces a sports competition modelled on the Olympic Games. Britain, Cambria, and Rumour deliver orations in praise of the King, the Prince, and St George, and gilt bells are presented to the Mayor. Peace and Plenty proclaim a new golden age, but Envy mounts the stage and tries to disrupt the proceedings, criticizing the actors” performances. Love banishes her to hell and, with Joy, presides over the rest of the day’s festivities. After the sports, Fame, Britain, Cambria, and Rumour present wreaths to the winners, and Chester invites the important guests to a meal.