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)
He: | He.
Words
271
Characters
1480
Typicality
0.20 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A21144
BritDrama no.
952
Cluster
Cluster 6 — Battlefield messengers & soldiers
Important excerpts
No keyword-matching excerpt could be extracted (the cluster label doesn't share vocabulary with this character's speech).
Full speech
The king of France my sovereign Lord and master, Greets by me his foe, the Prince of Walls, If thou call forth a hundred men of name Of Lords, Knights, Esquires and English gentlemen, And with thy self and those kneel at his feet, He straight will fold his bloody colours up, And ransom shall redeem lives forfeited: If not, this day shall drink more English blood, Then ere was buried in our Bryttish earth, What is the answer to his proffered mercy? Edward of Wales, Philip the second son To the most mighty christian king of France, Seeing thy bodies living date expired, All full of charity and christian love, Commends this book full fraught with prayers, To thy fair hand, and for thy hour of life, Intreats thee that thou meditate therein, And arm thy soul for his long journey towards. Thus have I done his bidding, and return. I go. I he Duke of Normandy my Lord & master Pitying thy youth is so ingirt with peril, By me hath sent a nimble jointed jennet, As swift as ever yet thou didst bestride, And therewithal he counsels thee to fly, Else death himself hath sworn that thou shalt die. I go. Rejoice my Lord, ascend the imperial throne The mighty and redoubted prince of Wales, Great servitor to bloody Mars in arms, The French men terror and his countries fame, Triumphant rides Like a Roman peer, and lowly at his stirrup comes a foot King John of France, together with his son, In captive bonds, whose diadem he brings To crown thee with, and to proclaim thee king
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.