Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 18 (salic, caius, flewellen, coronel, mamon, crimes…). Matches are highlighted.
suffer these religious souls to die, My Lord of Brunswick, you are over bold, To make so rash and entrance in my land, Without our special licence granted first. The League, for this time, is your privilege, But as you dread the Palsgra es puissance And fear to violate our wrighten love, Immediately untread your forward steps, Forsake
Full speech
Madam, my latest service comes to bring And old affection from a new made king. My fury thus bursts forth, to wish increase Of your spouse virtues in your lives sweet peace. Right welcome's Erbaigh, to the Poland king, Nich'as Van hove, our worthy Burgomaster, What means this concourse of so many men, And what are they that you led bound with you. The Lady Katherine, what the Suffolks Duchess, My quondam Love, hailed through the streets with cords, And for the murder of a man that lives, O 'tis uncivil usage, my good Lady, Yar villains all unto our Sovereignty, How dare you thus abuse her royal birth. Her heavenly face, then which theres none more fair, In England, or the World, Might without other witness of her state, Suffice to tell you, she was nobly born, This is that Duchess, mirror of this age, She whom the lordly Bishops of the Realm, Bonner, and Gardener, persecute so much, Pardon me Madam, that I have so long, Suffered your excellence to stay in bonds. I stand amazed at this strange accident, The circumstance whereof weel hear elsewhere, Mean time thrice welcome to the Poland's king, And much it grieves me that so great a Princes, Should be so basely handled in my land. Whence are you friends. First will I sacrifice ten thousand lives, Ere suffer these religious souls to die, My Lord of Brunswick, you are over bold, To make so rash and entrance in my land, Without our special licence granted first. The League, for this time, is your privilege, But as you dread the Palsgra es puissance And fear to violate our wrighten love, Immediately untread your forward steps, Forsake the soil where you have set your foot, Or look to be withstood with fire and sword, These Lambs are fled into our folds for aid, And weel defend them, say what may be said. That weel dispense withal, and to let you know, How we do slight those stingless menaces, Here I create this noble Gentleman, Earl of Crozam, and Earldom under us, Religious Docter Sands, our Chaplain, And M. Cranwell our chief Secretary, So tell Lord Bonner, Gardener, and the rest. In you deer sir the Proclamation ends, Here is the Duchess, here are all her friends. How comes it Fox, that he exclaims on thee? If this be true, he has bought his pleasure deer, Sirrah begun, this justice I allow, For his derision to en, deride him now. It joys me that your sorrows here take end, Wilt please you Madam, here to stay with us Or go for England, if you so resolve, I'll see you furnished with a noble fleet.
Plot summary
Plot — The Duchess of Suffolk
King Edward VI orders the widowed Duchess of Suffolk to marry the Count Palatine, newly elected the . King of Poland. Other aristocratic suitors present themselves, but she contracts herself to her servant Bertie. Bishops Gardiner and Bonner are imprisoned, and Bonner swears revenge when the Duchess insults him. Queen Mary succeeds to the throne, releases the imprisoned bishops and appoints them commissioners to exterminate heresy. Bonner has Bertie arrested, but permits him to go abroad; he then has the Duchess arrested and her household broken up. Forced to choose which of its members will remain in her service, she selects Cranwell above Fox, who takes it badly. Bonner’s men have little success in detaining the Duchess and her associates: Dr Sandys escapes by impersonating a workman, and the Duchess also sneaks out of London with Cranwell, her baby daughter, and its nurse. The workmen are arrested and brought before Bonner, who orders them burned, but forgets about them when he hears news of the Duchess’s whereabouts. He goes with Fox to Leigh, where she and her remaining household have assembled in disguise at Gosling’s house, but Fox helps them to escape by ‘accidentally’ knocking Bonner into a well. The Duchess and Bertie meet at Emden. Still wanted by the English authorities, they decide to travel separately, but Bertie is concerned for his wife’s safety and is on hand to rescue her from being raped when her party is attacked by thieves. The nurse first flees with the baby and then abandons it, but the wounded Cranwell finds it by chance. As the Duchess’s pregnancy nears full term, they take refuge in a church porch from the foul weather. The sexton tries to evict them, but Erasmus takes them in. She gives birth to a son, and is smuggled past the English search parties in a hearse. In Oxford, Bonner and Gardner supervise the burning of the Protestants Latimer and Ridley; the knowledge of their martyrdom makes Cranmer, who had apostatized to save his life, return to Protestantism. Travelling to Poland, the Duchess and Bertie are accosted by the Palsgrave’s soldiers. In the affray, they are separated from their children, and Bertie kills the captain, for which they are arrested. The Count Palatine recognizes and releases them, and protects them against the pursuing English forces. The search is then called off after Queen Mary dies; the Duchess is recalled to England, and reunited with her children, whom Fox has saved. The imprisoned Protestants are…