Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 5 (griselda, mephastophilis, rsini, zelmane, hapless, orgalio…). Matches are highlighted.
withdraw. News of the Duchess, that will please but ill, I will forbear to speak of our escapes, All which were winged, with fortune, and success, And tell you of one hapless accident, We all took Ship at Lee, but not together, For I alone passed in a Hollander, No sooner did the wind blow from the shore, But rose a tempest, which dispersed
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The grace of heaven make strong that your resolve O help deer Lord, and shield us from our foe We are pursued by Brunswick, and his Captains, Who seek our lives, we fly to your protection. Whither now wilt thou dispose thy self From the enraged pursuit of this search That with their fresh breathings have oft tired thee, After so many hazards, whence my care Has sweat in water to redeem my fear, Must I a last be forc' to yield and die O grief, but who can slip his destiny They come and I am tired, Thank S heaven I have found a means I hope to shelter me in these extremes. Say you sir, say you. He crossed down that way. How strong my spirit is to call them back, Armed with the steeled proof of inocence, That can rebate the edge of tyranny, Invulnerable innocence she would go, But yet this flesh is frail and full of fears, To keep the soul from yond Celestial spheres, Thy will be done my maker, whose great hand Hath now my life from scorching malice fanned. We now are chased by many savage men, That with bloodthirstiness pursue our death's, Being yet within the closure of their arms, And desperate of all hope to you we fly. In every place we here the Hue and Cry, Pursue our fearful flight, in every town We hear the voice of persecution. The fellow may mean well, let us withdraw. News of the Duchess, that will please but ill, I will forbear to speak of our escapes, All which were winged, with fortune, and success, And tell you of one hapless accident, We all took Ship at Lee, but not together, For I alone passed in a Hollander, No sooner did the wind blow from the shore, But rose a tempest, which dispersed our ships, And we might see the Bark wherein she went, By violence of the waves forced back again, Even to the havens mouth. See M. Bertie, lift up your sad eyes. O see the meeting of two faithful souls, What a sweet union it does make of hearts, When one another mutrall joy imparts. Madam, lets to Santon, Let M. Berti stay with Perecell, And meet us there hereafter. Madam, let me admire your constancy, For heaven hath proved your patience every way, Yet you are confident, and more your zeal to try, Yo'r forced your loyal husband to deny, Sands, thou must fly, For weaponless, thou canst no mastery try. Sir, thanks to heaven, who never leaves his oh Nor suffers them to perish in distress. A stranger to his Country by that name, But by his deeds hereafter time may prove, None more adventured for his Countries' love. My mind presages of a better speed. What M. Bertie why not now escape, As well as heretofore. Is there no art, no means to blind their eyes. Nor I for mine. The pretext is fit, and for the Duchess ease: I have herd that some lie there in policy, And have engrossed into their greedy hands, The goods of diverse thrifty minded men, And though well able, yet they will not pay. No Madan, they are laid on beds of Down, Fare daintily, and never taste of want, Except it be the want of Liberty, And that's no want, because they have large walks, As yards, and gardens, and fair bowling-allies, With company at will to spend the time. And honour far exceeding my desert. What thou attemptest, My prayers shall help to second.
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…