in A Christian Turned Turk (The Two Famous Pirates) — Daborne, Robert
Metadata
Play
A Christian Turned Turk (The Two Famous Pirates)
Author
Daborne, Robert
Year (catalogued)
1612
First performance
1610
Decade
1610s
Genre
Tragedy
Play type
Boys Professional
Company
Unknown
Speech prefix(es)
Cros.
Words
416
Characters
2210
Typicality
0.26 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A19757
BritDrama no.
1642
Cluster
Cluster 3 — Citizens, tradesfolk & neighbors
Important excerpts
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Full speech
That's he in the Judas beard, use but thy art he's thine. Respect the place, you are in danger of law. So you are men Benwash, brother, 'Sfoot I have sought each nook of the house for you. Like a baud that would put off avi ginity, the knight is as good as ours already, beside I have procured the Gouer nor in person to regreet him All that art can by ambition, lust, or attery do, Assure your self this brain shall work him to. It may be that our climb stands not to give That full content, the air you drew at home, And therefore purpose shortly a return. Why not as well as the great Customer, My allied kinsman Governor, neither born Turks, But men that have two ends, safety and profit, Where beasts no farther are transported Then with the present object, must make their actions. Turn to those points. Work in my sister presently. He enjoys too much by promise to be wone, T'must be a woman's act, to whom ther's nought That is impossible: What Devils dare not move. Men to accomplish, women work them to. And see, in happy time she's come, we'll single them. Most worthy sir, now I dare call you brother, Why are you mute sir? Are you so weak to have a boys words sway you? Have you no other but my sister sir, To make a stale off, did you not vow? This thy disgrace revenged shall speak in blood. To publish infamy to thee and us? The weathercock is turned, this boys breath did it The Muffties here: you know the custom sir, Some trivial ceremonies, they'll be soon over, They once performed you're never unhappy more. Beside, the Captainship of our strong Castle Shall be my sisters portion, here's the key. They are come sir. Most worthy sir, now I dare call you brother, Why are you mute sir? Are you so weak to have a boys words sway you? Have you no other but my sister sir, To make a stale off, did you not vow? This thy disgrace revenged shall speak in blood. To publish infamy to thee and us? The weathercock is turned, this boys breath did it. The Muffties here: you know the custom sir, Some trivial ceremonies, they'll be soon over, They once performed you're never unhappy more. Beside, the Captainship of our strong Castle Shall be my sisters portion, here's the key. They are come sir.
Plot summary
Plot — A Christian Turned Turk (The Two Famous Pirates)
By a ruse, the pirate Ward takes prisoner two French merchants, Ferdinand and Albert. He attacks the ship taking Alizia to her bridegroom, Young Raymond, and kills her brother; she escapes by disguising herself as a ship-boy, Fidelio. Another pirate, Francisco, challenges him for the spoils; they engage in single combat, and ultimately agree to share the booty. During the fight, Ward’s men Gismund and Gallop mutiny and steal a ship, and make for Tunis, taking the disguised Alizia with them. Ward swears vengeance, seizes further prisoners, among them Alizia’s fiancé, and sells them into slavery in Tunis. Gallop makes his peace with Ward by pretending he was abducted, like ‘Fidelio’. The Turkish authorities in Tunis attempt to convert Ward to Islam. He is initially reluctant, but agrees when Voada offers herself as his wife; even so, he evades circumcision by putting an ape’s tail under the knife instead of his penis. He marries Voada as planned and gives her ‘Fidelio’ as her page; but in fact ‘Fidelio’ has been the object of her affections all along, and she has no sexual interest in Ward. ‘Fidelio’ agrees to sleep with her if she arranges for a particular slave to escape, claiming him to be a brother (though of course it is really Young Raymond). To evade the sexual part of the bargain, ‘Fidelio’ then makes an alternative arrangement with Ward, who agrees to help her, but then double-crosses her by telling his wife. Voada kills Raymond, thinking he is trying to rob her of ‘Fidelio’, then Alizia kills herself. Seeking revenge, Voada tries to attack Ward; she is slightly wounded when he defends himself, but exaggerates the injury in order to get him arrested. (The Tunisian authorities are uninterested in the murder of the two Christians.) Ward stabs himself, and dies cursing Turkish treachery. In the other plot, Gallop makes a date for sex with Agar. Her jealous husband Benwash allows the tryst to go ahead, since he needs definite proof of adultery if he is to end the marriage. Meanwhile, the reformed pirate Dansiker has been offered a pardon by the French King, but wishes to do something positive to redeem his past crimes, rather than passively accept forgiveness; so he plans to rid Tunis of its pirates by blowing up the town. Gallop keeps his date with Agar, but thieves steal his clothes and rope ladder while he is busy enjoying himself. The couple are disturbed by Dansiker’s explosion, which sets the house on fire, and Gallop has to escape in a state of…