in Patient Grissel — Dekker, Thomas; Chettle, Henry; Haughton, William
Metadata
Play
Patient Grissel
Author
Dekker, Thomas; Chettle, Henry; Haughton, William
Year (catalogued)
1603
First performance
1600
Decade
1600s
Genre
Comedy
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
Admiral's (Nottingham's) Men
Speech prefix(es)
Fur. | Fu. | Fu, | Fu
Words
536
Characters
2649
Typicality
0.37 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A20077
BritDrama no.
1230
Cluster
Cluster 4 — Constant hearts & virtuous ladies
Important excerpts
Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 4 (loyalty, handmaid, spotless, blessings, hamilcar, moves…). Matches are highlighted.
Lord. I will. 'Tis well done. Not for me, My Lord is angry. Not me. Your glove my Lord, Why so my lord? Pardon me. 'Tis so. I saw none Faith not a drop, I fear sheele frown on me, For doing me service? She comes at first call. She's a saint sure. My Lord, I will. Exit. Will you be parking? when? Furio my name is, what of that?
Full speech
My Lord. I will. 'Tis well done. Not for me, My Lord is angry. Not me. Your glove my Lord, Why so my lord? Pardon me. 'Tis so. I saw none Faith not a drop, I fear sheele frown on me, For doing me service? She comes at first call. She's a saint sure. My Lord, I will. Exit. Will you be parking? when? Furio my name is, what of that? I must obey my Master, though indeed My heart (that seems hard) at their wrongs does bleed. Pray get you gone, I say little, but you know my mind. They will not go my Lord. No, she was fast a sleep. You, there's your nose and black eyebrows. One were better get a dossen then nurse one. The child is fair my Lord, you were never so fair. Faith not I: I have not such a heart, and she ask to touch them. I'll deny it because isle obey my Lord, yet she shall kiss and touch them to, because I'll please my Lady: alas, alas, pretty fools I love you well but I would you had a better Nurse. I think my Lord she's a true woman, for she loves her children, a rare wife, for she loves you, (I be leave you'll hardly find her match) and I think she's more then a woman, because she conqueres all wrongs by patience. Well, I will: It's far from Saluce to Pavia, the children will cry, I have no teats you know, it good you thought upon it. Leave singing. Sirrah Scholar read there, it's a commission for me to take away these children. Go look. I. I let none fallen. Ass I'll have you snaffled, Yes, they are come. I shall not become it. Here my Lord. Thanks Madame. I know not, but you are best pack, 'tis my Lords will, and thats law, I must uncase you: your best course is to fallen to your own trades. No, how then, I am a Gentleman. Go look, sirrah fool, my condition is to ship you too. Good, yet 'tis bade. Exeunt with Furio. My Lord they'le wrawle, what shall I do with them? Then you, away. Touch them not. No: Hands off. Get them a nurse. I must not tell you: till I know my self, Choose you. Do do I care not. No. Mine arms ache mightily. And my heart akes. Here Madame take one, I am weary of both, touch it and kiss it to, its a sweet child, I would I were rid of my misery, for I shall drown my heart, with my tears that fallen inward. Do. That's good. That's better, I will and I can. Exit Furio. No. What carest thou. Hang thy self. Would I were rid of my office? Its none of mine, sirrah basketmaker, if my arms were not full, thou should have thy hands full: farewell Griselda, if thou never see thy children more, curse me, if thou dost see them again, thank God, adue. Exit. Will you go, or shall I force you? Away. They are. Ill. Well. Better. I will. Exit Furio. Not one kiss for a Kings crown: No I say.
Plot summary
Plot — Patient Grissel
Gwaltef has vowed to choose a wife. On the day of decision, he goes hunting instead, but leads his companions to the low-born (GHiSSil] whom he has been wooing in secret. D@WFe6) Grissil’s brother, comes home from university in poverty, but he and his father become courtiers after Gwalter and Grissil are married. Grissil becomes pregnant. Gwalter’s subjects object to his marrying beneath him. Though obsessively uxorious, he is determined to test her patience, and attempts to humiliate her by making her tie a servant’s shoe; she complies without protest. He then banishes her family from court; again she accepts this patiently. She gives birth to a twin son and daughter, and Gwalter has the babies taken away from her: they are sent to PaWia to be looked after by his brother, and Grissil is expelled from court. She ===== PAGE 196 ===== GRISSIL, Janicola’s daughter, Laureo’s sister: later Gwalter’s wife and mother of Prince Gwalter and the Princess; also called Lady Grissil returns to her father’s house, and Gwalter sends Fan to tell her she will never see her children again; he watches the conversation in disguise, and BABULO, Janicola’s man; formerly a traveller ‘accidentally’ drops a piece of gold to ensure that Master LAUREO, a poor young scholar; Janicola’s son, she will not starve. In the sub-plot, Eiiul6 and Siff{Oweni are rivals for Grissil’s brother; later uncle of Grissil’s children Two LapIgs attending Gwalter (sc.2, non-speaking) the Welsh widow GwWénthian, while others compete for - Gwalter’s sister, Jiilia. Emulo challenges Sir Owen toa = ATTENDANTS on Gwalter (sc.2, 5, non-speaking) duel, but then tries to back out of it; his later account of the duel is met with disbelief. Sir Owen marries Gwenthian, and she turns out to be a shrew. He asks Gwaltéf for advice on how to tame her, and is told to cut six osier twigs; Gwalter takes three and Sir Owen SIR OWEN ap Meredith, a Welsh knight; later keeps the others. Later, when Gwalter visits Sir Owen for dinner, GWénthiaW ruins the occasion: she has Gwenthian’s husband and Gwalter’s kinsman; also called Sir Meredith and Sir Owen Meredith allowed beggars to eat all the food, and turns up dressed in rags as a protest after Sir Owen tore the Lady GWENTHIAN, a Welsh widow, Gwalter’s kinswoman by marriage; later Sir Owen’s wife rebato she had bought. Gwalt@r spreads rumours that he plans to marry ONOPHRIO, a gentleman and a bachelor; also called Onophry again, and summons Grissil and her family to attend…