Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 17 (nat, leaguer, assyrian, mowche, bashas, andalle…). Matches are highlighted.
carriage answerable to his Fortune's. Lets to our office then, and conduct them to Dametas, whose custom is to spet & hem, while his scribe Mayor takes they Examinations. Command your slaves sir, we are gentlemen. He must travail further that finds any rea son int, Some: of it is no better then it should be, or my judge meant
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Is that a fashion in request. O take heed of that master in any case. 'Tis a very short one,: and passing slite to hide his knavery. Did you ever see Ass make such a ceremonious preparation a fools head of your own, beshrew my judgement but he desetues it, That it pleased the Duke, and becomes not subjects to ex amine his actions. I am not Secretary to his thoughts, but the general m mour is, that out of the freeness of his spirit, he hath sent a challenge to all his neighbour Princes, that who soever (within a twelve month) can defeat him of his daughters, shall with their loves, enjoy his dukedom, the garland proposed for the victor's. As of a little hillock, made great with others ruins. How did he first stumble on the Princes favour? I cannot but commend the Duke for raising him, nor yet praise him, that he proportions not his carriage answerable to his Fortune's. Lets to our office then, and conduct them to Dametas, whose custom is to spet & hem, while his scribe Mayor takes they Examinations. Command your slaves sir, we are gentlemen. He must travail further that finds any rea son int, Some: of it is no better then it should be, or my judge meant deceives me. And to the end, that not affection, but desert may prove victor, are the two Ladies so narrowly observed, the one never out a the eye of her Father, the other continually in the lodge of Dametas, the Dukes chief director. rather then isle be counted inqui sitiue, mine ears shall content themselves with the rhymes only, and leave the reason to the scanning of poets whom it more nearly con cern. tware a rare jest now if while the boy kept us here in expec tation of Dametas gullery his M: had made and escape with the duks daughters, then we are sped, for in suspisions face, I see some subtle stratagem in chase. And this his sudden and stolen departure, confirms it cur rant
Plot summary
Plot — The Isle of Gulls
Three members of the audience ask the Prologue about the play they are to see, The Isle of Gulls. They prove to have irreconcilable tastes in drama: one wants satire, one bawdy, and one bombast, but all eventually agree to give the play a chance. Concerned about his daughters’ unsuitable suitors, Basilius retires with them for a year to an uninhabited, fortified island, leaving his brother to rule Arcadia in his stead. A proclamation challenges royal would-be suitors to win the princesses by stealth. This attracts Julio and Amintor to the island, alerted by Basilius’ unworthy favourite Dametas; and also Lysander and Demetrius, respectively disguised as Zelmane, an Amazon, and Dorus, a woodman. ‘Zelmane’ becomes Violetta’s companion, and Demetrius enters Dametas’ service. Dametas arranges an opportunity for Julio and Amintor to rape the princesses by isolating them during a hunt. They kidnap the girls, but ‘Zelmane’ and ‘Dorus’ rescue them. ‘Dorus’ is rewarded with an appointment as Hippolita’s attendant, but the incident also casts doubt on ‘Zelmane’s’ gender, so Lysander loses his access to Violetta. Basilius and Gynecia are both enamoured of Lysander (each believing him to be a different sex), and each persuades him to accept the other’s advances for sport. Meanwhile Dametas’ daughter Mopsa falls in love with ‘Dorus’. Amintor and Julio continue to have ill success: they pose as envoys from Basilius’ brother, appealing for him to deal with an outbreak of abuses, corruption, and crime, but they are denied their promised reward by the avaricious Dametas. ‘Dorus’ gets rid of Dametas and his family by sending each of them on a wild-goose chase: Dametas to find buried treasure, his jealous wife Miso to Dametas’ supposed mistress, and Mopsa to the chapel in Adonis’ bower where a priest will marry them. ‘Zelmane’ similarly disposes of Basilius and Gynecia by arranging assignations with each at the same chapel, with the priest Manasses standing in for the Amazon. This frees Lysander and Demetrius to elope with the princesses; but their plans are overheard by Amintor and Julio, whom they then employ to smuggle the girls off the island. Digging for the gold, Dametas finds only a scornful poem directing him to Adonis’ bower, and he curses 1606 poets. Everyone meets up at the bower, and the knot of identity confusion is unravelled. Lysander and Demetrius present themselves to Basilius as his new sons-in-law; but Amintor and Julio have double- crossed them and kept…