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)
K. Da: | K. D: | Da. | Da:
Words
203
Characters
1131
Typicality
0.27 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A21144
BritDrama no.
952
Cluster
Cluster 15 — Devils, vices & grotesques
Important excerpts
Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 15 (ang, hunc, fleire, shillings, chil, sblood…). Matches are highlighted.
our bonny riders rest: Nor rust in canker, have the time to eat, Their light born snaffles, nor their nimble spu Nor lay a side their Jacks of Gymould mail, Nor hang their staves of grained Scottish ash, In peaceful wise, upon their City walls, Nor from their buttoned tawny leathern belts, Dismiss their biting whinyards, till
Full speech
My Lord of Lorrayne, to our brother of France, Commend us as the man in Christendom, That we must reverence and entirely love, Touching your embassage, return and say, That we with England will not enter parley, Nor never make fair weather, or take truce, But burn their neighbour towns and so persist With eager Rods beyond their City York, And never shall our bonny riders rest: Nor rust in canker, have the time to eat, Their light born snaffles, nor their nimble spu Nor lay a side their Jacks of Gymould mail, Nor hang their staves of grained Scottish ash, In peaceful wise, upon their City walls, Nor from their buttoned tawny leathern belts, Dismiss their biting whinyards, till your King, Cry out enough, spare England now for pity, Farewell, and tell him that you leave us hear, Before this Castle, say you came from us, Even when we had that yielded to our hands, Now Douglas to our former task again, For the division of this certain spoil. Why then my liege let me enjoy her jewels, The Prince my Lord, the Prince, o succour him, He's close encompassed with a world of odds. Farewell sweet Prince, the hope of chivalry,
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.