Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

TILER

in The Duchess of Suffolk — Drue, Thomas

Metadata

PlayThe Duchess of Suffolk
AuthorDrue, Thomas
Year (catalogued)1631
First performance1624
Decade1630s
GenreHistory
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyPrince Palatine's (Palsgrave's) Men
Speech prefix(es)Til. | Tiler. | Tiler,
Words183
Characters887
Typicality0.53 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA20866
BritDrama no.2079
ClusterCluster 11 — Tosspots & tavern railers

Important excerpts

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Full speech

Jenkin where art thou, hark what a kennel of Gives us our welcome into kenned, set up, come & to that Stamp the frost out of thy feet into the mortar for me, I'll catch me a heat or I'll bear it out at'h stones. Whope, why the Cock ale has spurred thee already But a pot of Ale and a tossed would do best of all With a cold stomach, over go to the Cock And see if he came a'th kind, if his ale will Make a man crow, weel leave our implements here They will not run away, and heeres no great crowd Of People ith town, but if they be stolen, we may find they Come Jenken, nimbly and stay by't. Yes truly sir, Look well amongst your selves for him. Did he cross this way and you not see him, the more blind buzzard you. Nor hugh the good Duchess of Suffolks man. For going up I know not, but thou'lt come dow With thy head forward. O by no means, He spits nothing but fire and fagot-sticks.

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…