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Full speech
Were we his heirs, w'had cause to hasten his Decease. Sweet heart; you are not read i'th'rudiments Of wrath. You shall perceive some that are loud And active with their Lungs; Courage in them You may suspect: but when you see a cool And silent anger Like to ours, then keep Your wandering hands at home. Soft Sir, beware! I've business now of a more serious garb. Dispatch him thy self. Early to morrow I'll do as much for thee on the two Zwits. Forbid it Heaven; but you should have free space T'imploy your best strength in your defence. But Sir, it's sober patience makes us safe. If now on either's Haunch you did confer A kick; our secret wisdom would direct Us how to bear it for the time, and in Our own advantage too. He's young, Stoccata, carve him gently up! — Oh Sir, your vallor still imports some want Of a discreet and temperate breeding. Signior, you still forget The quiet and the courteous ways of spleen. You see we still are calm — Enhance our pay, we'll kill him in the Dam ke. Good Signior, any courtesy but this You may command. You still do most presume Upon the calmest, and easy Nature.
Plot summary
Plot — The Just Italian
A few months ago, Altamont married Alteza against the wishes of her uncle, the Duke. She brought a handsome dowry with her, and expects to be the dominant partner in the marriage; in turn, he finds her rebellious, proud, and prodigal, and determines to tame her. Now it is clear that the marriage has broken down, she refuses him access to her bed and proposes to divide the house between them: they will be. in effect, next-door neighbours rather than husband and wife. Altamont tries to discipline his wite by pretending to take a mistress (impersonated by his sister Scoperta'. but Alteza openly receives a lover. the rake Scialte:. However, she savs he must wait for sex and leaves him alone in the house to amuse himself. Wandetinyg around the house, he encounters Scoperta and courts her under the eavesdropping ears of Altamant: she agrees to go away with him if his intentions ware honourable. Once Alteza ts ready to entertamn Scrotte, he is no longer interested in her and is giving up the libertine life. Alteza is reconciled with her husband ond asks him to kill Sciolto. By a ruse, Altamont pets Scoperta to adnut that ste is a willing object of Sciolto’s attentions. He locks her up, and his men seize Sciolte as he scales Che en tora wall for the elopement. Altarmont and Scrolte heb a duel; Sciolto is beaten, but Altamont is wounded in the chest. Alteza is told that he is dead. and giver the power to pass sentence on Sciolta and Scoperta as tin people responsible; she orders them strangled thes ===== PAGE 392 ===== take leave of one another in a manner which proves the sincerity of their love. One of their guards reveals himself as Altamont: he has recovered and was testing them. In the sub-plot, Altamont’s brother Florello returns from an unsuccessful war, discharged by an army that cannot afford to pay him. Altamont gives him money to buy new clothes. Having heard that the Milanese count Dandolo is courting Alteza’s sister Charintha by letter, and is not expected to arrive in person for another month, he uses his new wardrobe to impersonate Dandolo. The real Dandolo turns up early too, but Florello convinces Charintha that he is an impostor. Dandolo returns with two bravoes, whom he represents as noblemen who will confirm his identity. Florello defies them, but is exposed when it becomes clear that the house is surrounded by officers waiting to arrest him for debt. Charintha sends him packing, but allows him to leave through the orchard gate to escape…