in The Reign of King Edward the Third — Anonymous; Shakespeare, William (?)
Metadata
Play
The Reign of King Edward the Third
Author
Anonymous; Shakespeare, William (?)
Year (catalogued)
1596
First performance
1590
Decade
1590s
Genre
History
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
Derby's (Strange's) Men (?)
Speech prefix(es)
Der. | Dar. | Dar | Dar: | Der: | De,
Words
301
Characters
1678
Typicality
0.28 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A21144
BritDrama no.
952
Cluster
Cluster 2 — Allegory, Nature & pageant voices
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Thrice noble Audley, well encountered here, How is it with our sovereign and his peers? As good as we desire: the Emperor Hath yielded to his highness friendly aid, And makes our king lieutenant general In all his lands and large dominions, Then via for the spacious bounds of France; I have not yet found time to open them, The king is in his closet malcontent, For what I know not, but he gave in charge, Till after dinner, none should interrupt him: The Countess Salisbury, and her father Warwick, Artoyes, and all look underneath the brows. Befall my sovereign, all my sovereigns wish, The Emperor greets you. And that accorded to your highness suit, The promised aid that made them stand aloof, Is now retired and gone and other way: It will repent them of their stubborn will, But what are these poor ragged slaves my Lord? You wretched patterns of despair and woe, What are you living men, er gliding ghosts, Crept from your graves to walk upon the earth, The Trumpets found, the king is now abroad, Was ever any of thy father's house king, But thy self, before this present time, Edwards great lineage by the mother's side, Five hundred years hath held the sceptre up, Judge then conspirators by this descent, Which is the true born sovereign this or that. The Countess mind my liege. Lets leave him to his humour. Edward Plantagenet prince of Wales, As I do set this helmet on thy head, Where with the chamber of this brain is fenced, So may thy temples with Bellona's hand, Be still adorned with laurel victory, Fight and be valiant, conquer where thou comest. Ah but he shall not live to see those days, Welcome brave Prince. Copland my Lord, and David King of Scots;
Plot summary
Plot — The Reign of King Edward the Third
KingledwWardlll of England hears of his claim to the French throne by his mother’s right, and plans an invasion. The French have induced the Scots to invade England, and they have laid siege to the Countess of 1593 Salisbury’s castle. King Edward goes north to deal with them, and they flee at his approach, but the Countess persuades him to stay rather than pursue them. He falls in love with her, but neither his wooing nor her father’s unwilling advocacy can overcome her fidelity to her husband. She breaks his obsession by first demanding the deaths of his queen and her husband, then threatening to stab herself. With his troops mustered, Edward sets off for France. The French gather their allies about them, but their navy fails to prevent the English from landing. Edward’s army lays waste the country, and the inhabitants flee. PRGSIBAWArd is formally armed, and his father refuses to commit troops to help him out of danger at the battle of Crécy; the honour of his victory is thereby the greater. MHeEArNonSalisbiity releases his prisoner Willli@rs to seek safe conduct for him to Calais, on condition that he returns a prisoner if unsuccessful. His insistence on keeping his oath to return persuades the reluctant Dalipiin to issue a passport. Emboldened by an ambiguous prophecy, the French give battle to Prince Edward. Salisbury is captured, but produces his passport; Kimggohih is reluctantly compelled to honour it. The terms of the prophecy are fulfilled: the French army is frightened by ravens and, out of ammunition, the Prince’s army fights with the stones of the earth. The French are routed and King John taken prisoner. King Edward besieges Calais: after expelling its poor men to save food, the town surrenders; but Edward’s terms are that six leading burgesses must give themselves up within two days to suffer what fate he pleases. He is about to attack when they do so; and QHeeHEPHTippa persuades Edward to spare their lives. THEIKINGOHSESts is taken prisoner, and his captor brings him to France to surrender him to King Edward in person. Prince Edward also brings his father the gift of a captive king; King John is taken prisoner to England.