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)
Gism. | Gis. | Sis.
Words
637
Characters
3316
Typicality
0.48 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A19757
BritDrama no.
1642
Cluster
Cluster 23 — Gulls, fops & laughing-stocks
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Fortune's a Bitch, a mere strumpet, she hath turned up the Ace so long, I have never and eye to see with she hath sok't me. I fear you'll not be half so forward anon when we should use you. Now you may show your selves gamesters, You shall have your bellies full of hazard. How else? and deal by wholesale, take up much at a long day. Do you know this honourable shape? Heroic Captain WARD, Lord of the Ocean, terror of Kings, Land lord to Merchant's, rewarder of Manhood, conqueror of the Western world, to whose followers the Lands and Seas pay tribute, and they to none, but once in their lives to the ma nor of W pping, and then are free ever after. This is he my no ble mummers. True, who is't would not smile To hear a Soldier, that hath nothing left But misery to speak him man, can show More marks then pence, upon whose back contempt Heaps on the weight of poverty. Who would not smile To hear this piece of wretchedness boast his wounds? How far he went to purchase them? with what honour He put them on? and now for sustenance, Want of a little bred, being giving up His empty soul, should joy yet that his Country Shall see him breath his last: when that air he terms his Ungratefully does stifle him. These children have been at S. Antlins. They'll persuade's out of our profession. A plague upon this Scholarship, One man that savours of and University, Is able to infect a whole Navy with cowardice. Zounds Il'e try that. Yes, we'll succour her, and suck her too, as dry as a Usurers palm. Hoy, We are of the Sea. Bring your master a board or we'll give you a broad side. The curs are sure asleep, we'll waken they, Gunner give fire. Zounds do they begin to prate, have with you, lace the netting, let down the fights, make ready the sm shot, gunner, give them a broad side, we'll prate with 'e A star board there. Courage brave sparks the slaves begin to faint, There's only five of four and twenty living. Never did men with equal spirit stand, A day so black and stormy: rob not your self then, Of so brave witnesses of this days valour. How dare I sir? I am a Gentleman Equal unto your self. You are, I'll not be long behind you. Leave us yet? we have a cast worth two of the rest. Without ken boys, more sails, the least delay. Oh l turn Servingmen, the trencher hold While others eat the meat. Courage brave sparks, now to gain wealth, or graves: To die in peace fits beasts, and abject slaves. Hoy, of whence your ship, and whither are you bound? 'Sfoot we shall share the more sir, I always thought Fortune had marked him out to die by the French. He had so much of the English spirit in him. Five ducats a Tun, 'shart the Cask is worth more, You speak Like men that know how the market goes Your ear Jew. Yes, it's right. How shall we hinder their pursuit? How if we shoot him, as we make away? Rare gull! we are all firm and secret, It's done, there hauser's cut without descry, I hope sir you will make better respect of your credit, you know your oaths and promise. Salt us, look too't, we shall hardly relish you sir. Good: you are now upon your guard, we shall meet you upon discharge of the watch, and knock you down with a bill of accounts, we shall skeld. We are come to give you thanks for the 2 ducats sir. We are freshmen, we'll powder you. Ward, Franciscus, we are betrayed, away.
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…