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)
Gou. | Gov. | Gover.
Words
447
Characters
2441
Typicality
0.27 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A19757
BritDrama no.
1642
Cluster
Cluster 18 — Chronicle statesmen & prelates
Important excerpts
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Full speech
You are the man we covet, whose valour Hath spoke you, so impartial worthy, We should do wrong to merit, not gracing you. Believe me sir, you have injured much your self, Vouchsafing familiarity with those Men of so common rank as Dansiker, Your Hope's should fly a pitch above them, Detract not from your self, call this your own I see there speaks a fortune in your brow Will make us proud to have acknowledged you. He's too well read in Poesy to be tied In the slaves fetters of religion. What difference in me as I am a Turk, And was a Christian? life, liberty, Wealth, honour, they are common unto all? If any ods be, it's on homets side, His servit ors thrive best I am sure. Both which are in some sort proposed to you. As thus, for profit, you cannot with your self Imagine, that your virtue can be smothered, Might there but be assurance of your trust. But when there are examples plentiful, To instance gainst your words, you needs not fear, Men what they see oppose gainst what they hear. The slave is mad, we'll send you far enough, Lady depose the for't, you shall have justice. How say you Voada, can you afford him speech? Hold murderous villain, all tortures man ere knew, Shall be inflicted on thee. Tear the wretch piecemeal, throw his accursed limb Into the raging bowels of the sea. His monument in brass we'll thus engrave, Ward sold his country, turned Turk, and died a slave. You are your self free, nor will I further Dissuade your resolution, nor less esteem Your merit, and fair worth. We will along with you, when makes she hence? We will aboard with you fair sir, we'll leave Our love exchanged with you, some happier time May perfect that good work I wish were mine. Is there any hope of life in him? Take courage man. Speak, hast thou any knowledge of the Murderers? Lay hands on him. Call forth the common Hangman, by this time he hath done his office on From ci c . Dansiker? unlooked for? How's this? thou done these murders thy self, being bound and hurt? Thou ravest sure. Unheard of Monster! Cast his loathed carcase Unto the common air. Never did day discover Two such inhumane Caitiffs, stretch out his arms, You have your trains and fireworks, apply your Torches Unto his breast. We'll know what project now Led you unto this second venture. Pull off his hateful flesh, dig out his heart By piecemeal. So, convey his hateful body to the same place, The Jew does lie unburied. What moves these outcries?
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…