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Page 1: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

The

Spa

nish

Tra

gedy

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

Edite

d by

J.

R. M

UL

RY

NE

Pr

ofes

sor o

f En

glish

Un

iver

sity

of W

arwi

ck

LO

ND

ON

IER

NE

ST B

EN

N L

IMIT

ED

NE

W Y

OR

K/W

. W. N

OR

TO

N A

ND

CO

MP

AN

Y I

NC

.

1170

I

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I IN

TRO

DU

CTI

ON

I TH

E AU

THO

R

THOMAS

KYD

be

long

s to

the

firs

t ge

nera

tion

of E

lizab

etha

n pl

ay-

- w

right

s. H

e was

bor

n in

1558

, som

e six

yea

rs b

efor

e Sha

kesp

eare

and

Mar

low

e, fif

teen

yea

rs b

efor

e Jo

nson

, and

mor

e th

an tw

enty

yea

rs

befo

re M

iddl

eton

and

Web

ster.

His

dea

th i

n 15

94, a

t th

e ag

e of

th

irty-

six,

prec

eded

the s

tagi

ng of

alm

ost a

ll th

e El

izab

etha

n m

aste

r-

piec

es, s

ave

his

own Spanish

Trag

edy

and

the

play

s of

Mar

low

e. K

yd's

impo

rtanc

e in

the

the

atre

lie

s as

muc

h in

his

posi

tion

as

inno

vato

r and

pio

neer

as

in h

is ac

tual

ach

ieve

men

t. K

yd w

as b

aptis

ed at

the

Chu

rch

of S

t Mar

y W

ooln

oth

in L

ondo

n on

6 N

ovem

ber 1

558,

the c

hild

of a

com

forta

bly

mid

dle-

clas

s fam

ily.1

H

is fa

ther

, Fr

anci

s K

yd, a

chie

ved

som

e di

stin

ctio

n as

a s

criv

ener

, se

rvin

g as W

arde

n of

the

Com

pany

of S

criv

ener

s in

1580

, a m

embe

r of

an

auen

t but

ofte

n di

slike

d pr

ofes

sion,

with

dut

ies i

n th

e fie

ld o

f co

pyin

g do

cum

ents

, an

d w

ith s

ome

impo

rtanc

e th

eref

ore

in t

he

com

plic

ated

wor

ld o

f El

izab

etha

n le

gal a

ffairs

. As

a w

ell-e

duca

ted

man

, Fra

ncis

soug

ht a

goo

d ed

ucat

ion

for

his

son,

sen

ding

Tho

mas

in

156

5 at

the

age

of

seve

n to

Mer

chan

t Ta

ylor

s' Sc

hool

, a n

ew

foun

datio

n un

der

the

care

of

Ric

hard

Mul

cast

er, t

he n

oted

edu

ca-

tiona

list,

who

se p

upils

at

this

tim

e in

clud

ed E

dmun

d Sp

ense

r, La

ncel

ot A

ndre

wes

and

Tho

mas

Lod

ge.

Her

e, i

t see

ms

prob

able

, K

yd w

ill h

ave

beco

me

fam

iliar

with

Lat

in, F

renc

h an

d Ita

lian,

and

m

ay h

ave

had

som

e G

reek

; M

erch

ant T

aylo

rs' m

ay a

lso h

ave

first

intro

duce

d hi

m t

o th

e sta

ge,

for

play

s fo

rmed

par

t of

the

boy

s' ac

tiviti

es, s

ome

of t

hem

bei

ng a

cted

bef

ore

Que

en E

lizab

eth

at

Cou

rt.

We

know

virt

ually

not

hing

of K

yd's

early

man

hood

, and

can

onl

y sp

ecul

ate

that

he

follo

wed

his

fath

er's

prof

essio

n of

scr

iven

er-

his

hand

writ

ing

in t

he f

ew s

crap

s th

at r

emai

n is

mar

kedl

y ne

at a

nd

form

al. C

erta

inly

he s

eem

s not

to h

ave a

ttend

ed e

ither

uni

vers

ity. B

y 15

85,

at t

he a

ge o

f tw

enty

-sev

en,

he w

as w

ritin

g pl

ays

for

the

Que

en's

Com

pany

, the

lead

ing

Lond

on p

laye

rs, t

houg

h no

ne o

f hi

s w

ork

for

this

com

pany

is

know

n to

sur

vive

. D

urin

g 15

87-8

he

ente

red

the

serv

ice

of a

lord

, var

ious

ly id

entif

ied

as H

enry

, fou

rth

For f

ull d

ocum

enta

tion o

f the

kno

wn

fact

s abo

ut K

yd se

e Art

hur F

reem

an,

Thom

as Kyd

: Fa

cts a

nd P

robl

ems,

Oxf

ord,

196

7.

xiii

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I xi

v TH

OM

AS

KY

D

earl

of S

usse

x, o

r Fer

dina

nd0

Stan

ley,

Lor

d St

rang

e, ei

ther

of w

hom

he

may

hav

e ser

ved

as se

cret

ary

or&

tor.

His

pat

ron

acte

d, w

e kn

ow,

as p

atro

n al

so to

a co

m a

ny o

f pla

yers

a2

Info

rmat

ion

abou

t Ly

dps l

ater

life

com

es a

lmos

t en

tirel

y fro

m

writ

ings

con

nect

ed w

ith a

sin

gle

inci

dent

: hi

s de

tent

ion

and

prob

- ab

le to

rture

at t

he h

ands

of

the

Priv

y Co

unci

l. D

etai

ls of

the

affa

ir ar

e in

parts

unc

erta

in, b

ut it

app

Qrs

that

Kyd

was

arre

sted

durin

g an

in

vesti

gatio

n or

dere

d by

the

Priv

y Co

unci

l on

11

May

159

3, t

o di

scov

er th

e so

urce

of

certa

in 'l

ibels

' -w

ritin

gs,

prob

ably

, dire

cted

ag

ains

t fo

reig

ners

res

iden

t in

Lon

don.

Am

ong

Kyd

's pa

pers

the

of

ficer

s cam

e upo

n w

hat w

ere d

escr

ibed

as 'v

ile h

ereti

cal1

Con

ceip

tes

deny

inge

the

deity

of J

hesu

s Ch

riste

or

Savi

or ', an

d on

susp

icio

n of

ha

ving

writ

ten

such

gra

ve b

lasp

hem

y K

yd w

as i

mpr

i~on

ed.~

K

yd

appa

rent

ly c

laim

ed t

hat

the

writ

ings

wer

e no

t hi

s bu

t M

arlo

we's

. A

fter

Mar

low

e's d

eath

on

30 M

ay 1

593,

he

wro

te t

o Si

r Jo

hn

Puck

erin

g, t

he e

ffec

tual

head

of

the

Priv

y Co

unci

l, se

ekin

g re

leas

e fr

om p

rison

and

exp

lain

ing

how

Mar

low

e's p

aper

s cam

e to

be

in h

is po

sses

sion -

the

two

auth

ors

wer

e 'w

rytin

ge i

n on

e ch

ambe

r tw

oe

year

es s

ynce

'. H

e ad

ded

that

Mar

low

e's k

now

n se

ntim

ents

dov

e-

taile

d pe

rfect

ly w

ith th

ose o

f the

'her

etic

al1

Conc

eipt

es'.

Both

in th

is

lette

r and

in an

othe

r,Kyd

ampl

ified

his

char

ge; M

arlo

we

is a

ccus

ed,

with

viv

id if

som

etim

es f

orce

d ill

ustra

tion,

of

bein

g bl

asph

emou

s, di

sord

erly

, of

tre

ason

ous

opin

ions

, an

irre

ligio

us r

epro

bate

, 'in

- te

mp[

er]a

te &

of

a cr

uel

hart'

. T

he m

oral

ity o

f th

e af

fair

has

been

m

uch

disp

uted

, som

e w

riter

s thi

nkin

g th

at K

yd a

cted

disg

race

fully

. K

yd m

ay, h

owev

er, h

ave

susp

ecte

d th

at M

arlo

we

info

rmed

on

him

, he

may

hav

e gue

ssed

or k

now

n th

at M

arlo

we w

as a

spy

for W

alsin

g-

ham

(and

ther

efor

e de

serv

ed w

hat a

ccus

atio

ns &

me

his

way

), or

he

may

in h

is an

xiet

y to

esc

ape

priso

n an

d to

rture

hav

e sl

ande

red

his

erstw

hile

acq

uain

tanc

e on

ly w

hen

he k

new

him

to b

e de

ad a

nd th

us

/' be

yond

suf

ferin

as

a r

esul

t of

any

thin

g he

sai

d.l'

It is

dou

btfu

l I

wxe

fher

the r

rut f o

f the

mat

ter w

in e

ver b

e kno

wn.

In

any

case

Kyd

I

was

him

self

dead

littl

e m

ore

than

a y

ear l

ater

, his

deat

h ha

stene

d, it

Free

man

arg

ues

for t

he e

arl

of S

usse

x; P

hilip

Edw

ards

(Rev

els

editi

on,

Lond

on, 1

959,

p. w

) sa

ys th

e pa

tron

was

'pos

sibly

' Lo

rd S

trang

e, ci

ting

Tuck

er B

rogk

e and

Boa

s. ' H

e m

ay a

lso h

ave

had

in h

is p

osse

ssio

n so

me

of t

he 'l

ibels

' orig

inall

y so

ught

. Q

uotat

ions

in t

his

para

grap

h ar

e fr

om c

onte

mpo

rary

doc

umen

ts re

prod

uced

in F

reem

an, p

p. 26-30.

W. D

. Brig

gs (S

P, X

X (1

920)

' 153-

9) ha

s sh

own

the

writ

ings

are

tran

scri

pts

from

an

earl

y six

teent

h-ce

ntur

y th

eistic

tre

atise

, alre

ady

in pr

int,

and

scar

cely

'ath

eist

ic'.

Mar

lowe

was

in

fact

arre

sted

(18

May

) sho

rtly

afte

r K

yd, w

heth

er o

n K

yd's

info

rmati

on is

not

kno

wn.

He

was

relea

sed

on 20

May

, ten

day

s onl

y be

fore

he

was

stab

bed

to d

eath

at

Dep

tford

.

INT

RO

DU

CT

ION

xv

se

ems

prob

able

, by

his

expe

rienc

es in

pris

on.

He

was

bur

ied

at S

t M

ary

Colc

hurc

h in

Lon

don

on 1

5 A

ugus

t 159

4.

Kyd

's w

ritin

gs m

ay w

ell

have

bee

n m

uch

mor

e ex

tens

ive

than

th

ose t

hat h

ave c

ome d

own

to u

s as h

is. B

esid

es T

he S

pani

sh T

rage

dy

we h

ave

on g

ood

auth

ority

onl

y a

trans

latio

n of

Tas

so's

Padr

e di

Fa

mig

lia (

publ

ishe

d in

158

8 un

der

the

title

The

Hou

seho

lder

's Ph

iloso

phy)

. K

yd m

ay h

ave

writ

ten

Solim

an a

nd P

erse

da,

a pl

ay

that

shar

es it

s mai

n so

urce

with

Hie

roni

mo'

s las

t -ac

t pla

y-w

ithin

-the-

pl

ay i

n Th

e Sp

anish

Tra

gedy

; th

e ev

iden

ce i

s no

t, ho

wev

er, c

on-

clus

ive.

A p

lay

know

n as

I H

ieron

imo

may

, in

one f

orm

or an

othe

r, be

K

yd's;

a k

ind

of f

ore-

piec

e to

The

Spa

nish

Tra

gedy

, it w

as p

erha

ps

writ

ten

to c

apita

lise

on th

e su

cces

s of t

he g

reat

er p

lay.

The

text

we

have

, pu

blis

hed

in 1

605

by T

hom

as P

avie

r, is

writ

ten

in a

sty

le

rath

er u

nlik

e K

yd's,

and

may

rep

rese

nt a

rev

ision

of

the

play

by

anot

her h

and.

6 N

otor

ious

ly, K

yd m

ay a

lso b

e th

e au

thor

of a

n ea

rly

vers

ion

of H

amle

t, a

vers

ion

now

irr

etrie

vabl

y lo

st. A

lthou

gh t

he

evid

ence

res

ts, in

the

first

insta

nce,

on

wid

ely-

disp

uted

allu

sions

in

Thom

as N

ashe

's pr

efac

e for

Rob

ert G

reen

e's M

enap

hon,

the b

alan

ce

of p

roba

bilit

ies s

eem

s to

incl

ine

tow

ards

Kyd

's ha

ving

in fa

ct w

ritte

n su

ch a

pla

y. A

ltoge

ther

, the

skill

dep

loye

d in

The

Spa

nish

Tra

gedy

, ta

ken

toge

ther

with

ear

ly r

efer

ence

s to

Kyd

as

a dr

amat

ist o

f so

me

impo

rtanc

e, s

trong

ly s

ugge

sts th

at m

uch

mor

e of

his

wor

k th

an w

e no

w k

now

foun

d its

way

on

to th

e sta

ge.

THE

PLAY

Aut

hors

hip

and

Dat

e I

Unt

il 17

73 n

o ed

itor

or d

ram

atic

his

toria

n at

tach

ed t

he n

ame

of

~ Th

omas

Kyd

to

his

one

inde

pend

ent

and

now

und

ispu

ted

play

. ~

Early

prin

tings

car

ried

no a

utho

r's n

ame.

Tho

mas

Hey

woo

d, i

n hi

s A

polo

gy fa A

ctas

(161

2), d

id,

how

ever

, ref

er t

o 'M

. K

id,

in h

is

~ Sp

anis

h Tr

aged

y',

and

this

attr

ibut

ion

was

tak

en u

p in

Tho

mas

H

awki

ns's

The

Ori

gn of

the E

nglis

h D

ram

a (O

xfor

d, 1

773)

. The

re is

no

w n

o re

ason

to d

oubt

Haw

kins

's as

crip

tion.

T

he d

ate

of Th

e Sp

anish

Tra

gedy

has

long

bee

n a

mat

ter

of di

s-

1 pu

te a

nd c

onje

ctur

e. T

he p

oint

is

signi

fican

t to

liter

ary

hist

oria

ns

1 fo

r on

an ac

cura

te d

atin

g of

this

pla

y de

pend

s muc

h in

thei

r acc

ount

of

the

dev

elop

men

t of

Engl

ish tr

aged

y. A

rthur

Fre

eman

writ

es:

I I

shdr

ew S

. Ca

irncr

oss,

the

play

's lat

est

edito

r (R

egen

ts Re

naiss

ance

Dr

ama

Serie

s, Lo

ndon

, 196

7) th

inks

Pav

ier's

text a

'mem

orial

rec

onatr

uc-

tion'

of a

play

by

Kyd.

His e

vide

nce i

s un

conv

incin

g. I

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SPA

NIS

H T

F-A

GE

- di

e, C

onta

inin

g th

e la

men

tabl

e en

d of D

on H

~Y&

, and

Bel-i

tnperi

a :

wit1

1 the

pitti

full

dcat

h of

oldc

Hie

roni

mo,

Newl

y cor

reae

d and

amcx

~ded

offu

chgr

offc

&Its

as

pare

d in t

he fir

fi im

prcfs

ion.

1 AT

L

ON

DO

N

PI inr

ed b

y Edip

itrd

ctfff

It,!e

e, fo

r I I

Edwa

rd '

tt'ili

te.

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Page 9: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

THE

SPA

NIS

H TRAGEDY

Act

I, S

cene

i I I

Enter

the G

host

of ANDRE

A, an

d wi

th h

im REVENGE

I

AN

DR

EA

I

Whe

n th

is e

tern

al su

bsta

nce o

f m

y so

ul

Did

live

impr

isone

d in

my

wan

ton

flesh

, Ea

ch in

thei

r fun

ctio

n se

rvin

g ot

her's

nee

d,

I was

a c

ourti

er in

the

Span

ish

cour

t. ~

My

nam

e w

as D

on A

ndre

a, m

y de

scen

t, 5

; Th

ough

not

igno

ble,

yet

infe

rior f

ar

To

grac

ious

fortu

nes o

f m

y te

nder

you

th:

I I

For t

here

in p

rime

and

prid

e of

all

my

year

s, By

dut

eous

serv

ice

and

dese

rvin

g lo

ve,

~ In

secr

et I

pos

sess

ed a

wor

thy

dam

e,

10

Whi

ch h

ight

swee

t Bel

-impe

ria b

y na

me.

Bu

t in

the

harv

est o

f m

y su

mm

er jo

ys

- D

eath

's w

inte

r nip

ped

the

blos

som

s of

my

bliss

, Fo

rcin

g di

vorc

e be

twix

t my

love

and

me.

For i

n th

e la

te c

onfli

ct w

ith P

ortin

gale

15

M

y va

lour

dre

w m

e in

to d

ange

r's m

outh

, Ti

ll lif

e to

dea

th m

ade

pass

age

thro

ugh

my

wou

llds.

8 pr

ime s

prin

g-tim

e 8

prid

e the

mos

t flo

uris

hing

cond

ition

(O.E

.D.)

10 p

osse

ssed

mad

e lo

ve to

I

11 h

ight

was

cal

led

13 n

ippe

d de

stro

yed

by f

rost

14

div

orce

sep

arat

ion

15 P

ortin

gale

Por

tuga

l I

1 ff.

The

se o

peni

ng li

nes

wer

e of

ten

paro

died

in l

ater

Eliz

abet

han

play

s. Ed

war

ds q

uote

s B

eaum

ont's

The

Kni

ght

of t

he B

urni

ng P

estle

(fir

st

~ pe

rfor

med

160

7), V

, i: '

Whe

n I w

as m

orta

l, th

is m

y co

stiv

e co

rpse

/Did

la

p up

figs

and

rais

ins i

n th

e St

rand

.' I

10-1

1 In

sec

ret .

. . by

nam

e T

he d

etai

ls o

f th

is in

trigu

e ar

e ne

ver

mad

e 1

plai

n, p

erha

ps t

o av

oid

an

unfa

vour

able

est

imat

e of

B

el-im

peria

. 1

It is

, ho

wev

er, m

entio

ned

agai

n at

11,

i, 4

5-8,

111,

x, 5

4-5

and

111,

1

xiv,

111

-12.

Its

cla

ndes

tine n

atur

e an

ticip

ates

the

Hor

atio

/ B

el-i

mpe

ria

i re

latio

nshi

p, m

akin

g fo

r one

mor

e pa

raile

l bet

wee

n A

ndre

a an

d H

orat

io.

I

5

Page 10: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

o TH

OM

AS

KY

D

Whe

n I

was

slai

n, m

y so

ul d

esce

nded

stra

ight

T

o pa

ss th

e flo

win

g str

eam

of

Ach

eron

: Bu

t chu

rlish

Cha

ron,

onl

y bo

atm

an th

ere,

Sa

id th

at m

y rit

es o

f bu

rial n

ot p

erfo

rmed

, I

mig

ht n

ot si

t am

ongs

t his

pass

enge

rs.

Ere

Sol h

ad sl

ept t

hree

nig

hts

in T

hetis

' lap

A

nd sl

aked

his

smok

ing

char

iot i

n he

r flo

od,

By D

on H

orat

io, o

ur K

nigh

t Mar

shal

's so

n,

My

fune

rals

and

obse

quie

s wer

e do

ne.

Then

was

the

ferry

man

of

hell

cont

ent

To

pass

me

over

to th

e sli

my

stro

nd,

That

lead

s to

fell

Ave

rnus

' ugl

y w

aves

: Th

ere,

ple

asin

g Ce

rber

us w

ith h

oney

ed s

peec

h,

I pa

ssed

the

peril

s of

the

fore

mos

t por

ch.

.Not

far f

rom

hen

ce, a

mid

st te

n th

ousa

nd s

ouls,

Sa

t Min

os, A

eacu

s, an

d Rh

adam

anth

, 7% w

hom

no

soon

er 'g

an I

mak

e ap

proa

ch,

To

crav

e a

pass

port

for

my

wan

derin

g gh

ost,

19 A

cher

on a

riv

er o

f th

e lo

wer

wor

ld,

iden

tifie

d he

re w

ith S

tys

whe

re C

haro

n w

as fe

rryr

nan

23 S

ol th

e su

n 23

The

tis d

augh

ter o

f N

ereu

s, a

Hom

eric

sea-

god;

her

e, th

e sea

24

shk

ed e

xtin

guis

hed

the

flam

e of

24

her

floo

d th

e se

a 28

stro

nd s

hore

29

fel

l cru

el, d

eadl

y 29

Ave

rnus

the

lake

nea

r Pu

teol

i tho

ught

to s

erve

as

entra

nce

to th

e un

derw

orld

30

Cer

beru

s the

mon

stro

us th

ree-

head

ed d

og, g

uard

ian

of t

he u

nder

- w

orld

31

por

ch p

lace

of

entr

y 33

Min

os, A

eacm

, Rha

dam

anth

judg

es o

f th

e un

derw

orld

35

pas

spor

t saf

e-co

nduc

t, le

tters

of

prot

ectio

n

18 ff

. T

his

desc

riptio

n of

the

und

erw

orld

der

ives

fro

m A

eneid

boo

k V

I,

thou

gh K

yd h

as a

ltere

d th

e de

tails

of

Ver

gil's

des

crip

tion.

For

a f

ull

disc

ussi

on s

ee B

oas,

pp. 3

94-5

. 25

Km

ght

Mar

shal

a l

egal

offi

cial

of

the

Engl

ish

roya

l ho

useh

old

'who

ha

d ju

dici

al c

ogni

zanc

e of

tra

nsgr

essi

ons "

with

in th

e ki

ng's

hous

e an

d ve

rge "

, i.e

. w

ithin

a r

adiu

s of

tw

elve

mile

s fr

om t

he k

ing'

s pa

lace

' (O

.E.D

., M

arsh

al s

b.

6b).

Hie

roni

mo'

s ju

dici

al r

espo

nsib

ilitie

s ar

e in

sist

ed u

pon

even

bef

ore

Hor

atio

's m

urde

r.

SCEN

E I]

THE S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

Bu

t Min

os, i

n gr

aven

leav

es of

lot

tery

, D

rew

forth

the

man

ner o

f m

y lif

e an

d de

ath.

'T

his

knig

ht,'

quot

h he

, 'bo

th l

ived

and

die

d in

love

, A

nd fo

r his

love

trie

d fo

rtune

of t

he w

ars,

And

by

war

's fo

rtune

lost

both

love

and

life

.' 'W

hy t

hen,

' sai

d A

eacu

s, 'co

nvey

him

hen

ce,

To

walk

with

love

rs in

our

fiel

ds o

f lov

e,

And

spe

nd th

e co

urse

of e

verla

sting

tim

e U

nder

gre

en m

yrtle

tree

s and

cyp

ress

shad

es.'

'No,

no,

' sai

d Rh

adam

anth

, 'it

wer

e no

t well

W

ith lo

ving

soul

s to

plac

e a

mar

tialis

t :

He

died

in w

ar, a

nd m

ust t

o m

artia

l fie

lds,

Whe

re w

ound

ed H

ecto

r liv

es in

lasti

ng p

ain,

A

nd A

chill

es' M

yrm

idon

s do

scou

r th

e pl

ain.

' Th

en M

inos

, mild

est c

enso

r of

the

thre

e,

50

Mad

e th

is d

evic

e to

end

the

diffe

renc

e:

'Sen

d hi

m,'

quot

h he

, 'to

our

infe

rnal

kin

g,

To

doom

him

as

best

seem

s his

maj

esty

.' T

o th

is ef

fect

my

pass

port

stra

ight

was

dra

wn.

In

kee

ping

on

my

way

to P

luto

's co

urt,

5 5

Thro

ugh

drea

dful

shad

es o

f eve

r-gl

oom

ing n

ight

, I

saw

mor

e sig

hts t

han

thou

sand

tong

ues c

an te

ll,

Or p

ens c

an w

rite,

or m

orta

l hea

rts c

an th

ink.

Th

ree

way

s the

re w

ere:

that

on

the

right

-han

d sid

e W

as re

ady

way

unto

the

fore

said

fiel

ds

60

Whe

re lo

vers

live

and

blo

ody

mar

tialis

ts,

But e

ither

sor

t con

tain

ed w

ithin

his

boun

ds.

46 m

rtia

list w

arrio

r 49

Ach

illes

' M

yrm

idon

s fo

llow

ers

of th

e w

arrio

r A

chill

es in

Hom

er;

.

- kille

rs o

f El

ecto

r (1.

48)

49 s

cour

rang

e sp

eedi

ly o

ver

50 c

enso

r jud

ge

52 in

fern

al u

nder

wor

ld

53 d

oom

giv

e ju

dpen

t on

55

Plu

to king

of t

he u

nder

wor

ld

56 m

er-p

Ioom

ing

alw

ays d

ark

and

thre

aten

ing

his

iG o

wn

grav

en ~

MV

U of

lotte

ry n

ot c

lear

. Lo

ts a

re d

raw

n in

Ver

gil

to s

ettle

w

here

the

dea

d w

ill s

pend

th

e af

ter-

life,

bu

t he

re i

t se

ems

that

M

inos

is,

addi

tiona

lly,

read

ing

from

som

e ac

coun

t of

And

rea's

pw

Ed

war

ds c

omm

ents

: 'D

rew

forth

(1.37

) is

bes

t int

erpr

eted

lite

rally

and

w

e m

ust

supp

ose

that

Min

os d

raw

s fr

om h

is u

rn t

he lo

ttery

slip

on

whi

ch w

as e

ngra

ved

the

man

ner

of l

ife w

hich

And

rea'

has

by n

ow

fulfi

lled,

i.e.,

wha

t ha

s be

en h

is lo

t'.

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, ,, ' !, '$1 ,.,:

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I

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1:. :Ii .!! ill ;I. I:, (i~

8 TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T I

The

left-

hand

pat

h, d

eclin

ing

fear

fully

, W

as re

ady

dow

nfal

l to

the

deep

est h

ell,

Whe

re b

lood

y Fu

ries

shak

es th

eir w

hips

of s

teel

,. 65

A

nd p

oor

Ixio

n tu

rns

an e

ndle

ss w

heel

; W

here

usu

rers

are

cho

ked

with

mel

ting

gold

, A

nd w

anto

ns a

re e

mbr

aced

with

ugl

y sn

akes

, A

nd m

urde

rers

gro

an w

ith n

ever

-kill

ing

wou

nds,

And

per

jure

d w

ight

s sca

lded

in b

oilin

g le

ad,

70

And

all

foul

sin

s w

ith to

rmen

ts o

verw

helm

ed.

'Tw

ixt t

hese

two

way

s I t

rod

the

mid

dle

path

, W

hich

bro

ught

me

to th

e fa

ir El

ysia

n gr

een,

In

mid

st w

here

of th

ere

stan

ds a

stat

ely

tow

er,

The

wal

ls of

bra

ss, t

he g

ates

of

adam

ant.

75

Her

e fin

ding

Plu

to w

ith h

is Pr

oser

pine

, I s

how

ed m

y pa

sspo

rt, h

umbl

ed o

n m

y kn

ee;

Whe

reat

fair

Pros

erpi

ne b

egan

to sm

ile,

And

beg

ged

that

onl

y sh

e m

ight

giv

e m

y do

om.

Plut

o w

as p

leas

ed, a

nd s

eale

d it

with

a k

iss.

80

Forth

with

, Rev

enge

, she

roun

ded

thee

in th

'ear,

And

bad

e th

ee le

ad m

e th

roug

h th

e ga

tes o

f ho

rn,

Whe

re d

ream

s ha

ve p

assa

ge in

the

silen

t nig

ht.

63

decli

ning

slop

ing

dow

n 64 d

ownf

all p

recip

ice, g

ulf

65 F

urie

s m

ythi

cal a

veng

ers o

f cr

ime

66 I

kon

puni

shed

on a

trea

dmill

for s

eeki

ng H

era's

love

70 o

vight

s per

sons

73

Elys

ian

gree

n El

ysiu

m is

the

abod

e of t

he b

lesse

d in

the a

fter-l

ife ;

Verg

il pl

aces

it in

the

unde

rwor

ld

75 a

dam

ant

very

har

d sto

ne; d

iamon

d 76

Pros

erpm

e th

e Gr

eek

Perse

phon

e, co

nsor

t of

Di

s (o

r Pl

uto)

, qu

een

of th

e un

derw

orld

77 h

umbl

ed o

n m

y kn

ee k

neeli

ng in

hum

ility

79 d

oom

sent

ence

81

roun

ded

whisp

ered

82 h

orn

ed. (

Hor

: 159

2)

63-71

Lore

nzo

and

his

conf

eder

ates a

re d

oom

ed to

this

regi

on o

f he

ll at

th

e pl

ay's

end,

whil

e H

orati

o, B

el-i

mpe

ria a

nd H

ieron

irno

take

the

alter

nativ

e path

(for

love

rs an

d m

artia

lists)

. See

IV, v

, 17

ff.

82 g

ates

of

horn

The

gate

of

horn

in

Aene

id V

I (m

odell

ed o

n H

omer

) is

the

gate

thro

ugh

which

true

dre

ams

or v

ision

s pa

ss, a

s ag

ainst

the

ivor

y ga

te of

fal

se d

ream

s; a

pred

ictio

n th

at th

e pu

rpos

es of

Rev

enge

w

ill be

fulfi

lled.

SCBN

E I]

T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

9 N

o so

oner

had

she

spok

e bu

t we

wer

e he

re,

I w

ot n

ot h

ow, i

n tw

inkl

ing

of a

n ey

e. RE

VEN

GE

Then

kno

w, A

ndre

a, th

at th

ou a

rt ar

rived

W

here

thou

sha

lt se

e th

e au

thor

of

thy

deat

h,

Don

Bal

thaz

ar, t

he p

rince

of P

ortin

gale

, D

epriv

ed o

f life

by

Bel-i

mpe

ria.

Her

e si

t we

dow

n to

see

the

mys

tery

, A

nd se

rve

for C

horu

s in

this

trag

edy.

Act I, Scene

ii En

ter SPAN

ISH K

ING

, G

ENER

AL,

CA

STIL

E, H

IERO

NIM

O

KIN

G

Now

say,

Lor

d G

ener

al, h

ow fa

res o

ur c

amp?

G

ENER

AL

All

wel

l, m

y so

vere

ign

liege

, exc

ept s

ome

few

Th

at a

re d

ecea

sed

by fo

rtune

of

the

war

. K

ING

B

ut w

hat p

orte

nds

thy

chee

rful c

ount

enan

ce,

And

pos

ting

to o

ur p

rese

nce

thus

in h

aste

? 5

Spea

k m

an, h

ath

fortu

ne g

iven

us v

icto

ry?

GEN

ERA

L V

icto

ry, m

y lie

ge, a

nd th

at w

ith li

ttle

loss

. K

ING

O

ur P

ortin

gals

will

pay

us t

ribut

e th

en?

GEN

ERA

L Tr

ibut

e an

d w

onte

d ho

mag

e th

erew

ithal

. K

ING

T

hen

bles

t be

heav

en, a

nd g

uide

r of

the

hea

vens

, 10

From

who

se fa

ir in

fluen

ce su

ch ju

stice

flow

s.

85 w

ot k

now

90 m

yste

ry ev

ents

yet to

be r

evea

led, of

a sp

ecial

sign

ifica

nce

1 ca

mp

arm

y in

the f

ield

5 po

sting

spee

ding

8

Porti

ngal

s Por

tugu

ese

8 tri

bute

trib

ute-

mon

ey

86-9

The

audi

ence

's kn

owled

ge th

at th

ese

even

ts wi

ll tak

e pl

ace

has

an

impo

rtant

bear

ing o

n th

eir at

titud

e to t

he ac

tion a

nd th

e cha

racte

rs in

the

mai

n pl

ay.

1-21

The

open

ing

lines

of

this

scen

e ha

ve a

calc

ulate

d air

of

light

op

timism

and

eve

n co

mpl

acen

cy: i

roni

c in

view

of

our

know

ledge

th

at ca

tastro

phe i

s to

follo

w.

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1V

THOMAS KYD

[ACT I

CAST

ILE

0 m

ultu

m d

ilecte

Deo

, ti&

mili

tat a

ether

, Et

cm

jura

tae

mrv

ato

popl

ite g

entes

Su

ccum

bunt

: rec

ti sa

or es

t vict

oria

juris

. K

ING

Th

anks

to m

y lo

ving

bro

ther

of

Casti

le.

15

But G

ener

al, u

nfol

d in

brie

f di

scou

rse

You

r for

m o

f ba

ttle

and

your

war

's su

cces

s, Th

at a

ddin

g al

l the

ple

asuO

of

thy

new

s U

nto

the

heig

ht o

f for

mer

hap

pine

ss,

With

dee

per

wag

e an

d gr

eate

r dig

nity

20

W

e m

ay re

war

d th

y bl

issfu

l chi

valry

. G

ENER

AL

Whe

re S

pain

and

Por

tinga

le d

o jo

intly

kni

t Th

eir f

ront

iers

, lea

ning

on

each

oth

er's

boun

d,

Ther

e m

et o

ur a

rmie

s in

thei

r pro

ud a

rray:

Bo

th fu

rnis

hed

wel

l, bo

th fu

ll of

hop

e an

d fe

ar,

25

Both

men

acin

g al

ike

with

dar

ing

show

s, Bo

th v

aunt

ing

sund

ry c

olou

rs o

f dev

ice,

Bo

th c

heer

ly so

undi

ng tr

umpe

ts, d

rum

s an

d fifes,

Both

raisi

ng d

read

ful c

lam

ours

to th

e sk

y,

Tha

t val

leys

, hill

s, an

d riv

ers

mad

e re

boun

d,

30

And

hea

ven

itsel

f was

frig

hted

with

the

soun

d.

Our

bat

tles

both

wer

e pi

tche

d in

squ

adro

n fo

rm,

13 p

oplit

e ed

. (po

plito

1592

) 16

unf

old

expl

ain

20 d

eepw

wag

e ric

her r

ewar

d 21

chi

valry

ski

ll in

arm

s 23

bou

nd b

ound

ary

25 fu

rnish

ed e

quip

ped

27 v

aunt

ing

disp

layi

ng p

roud

ly

27 c

olou

rs of

dev

ice

hera

ldic

ban

ners

32

bat

tles

forc

es

32 s

quad

ron

form

in a

squa

re fo

rmat

ion

12-1

4 '0

one

muc

h lo

ved

of G

od,

for

thee

the

heav

ens c

onte

nd, a

nd th

e un

ited

peop

les

fall

dow

n on

ben

ded

knee

: vi

ctor

y is

sist

er t

o ju

st

right

s.' B

oas

indi

cate

s th

e lin

es a

re a

dapt

ed f

rom

Cla

udia

n's

De

Terti

o Co

mul

atu

Hon

orii,

96-

8. 22

-84

The

Gen

eral

's ac

coun

t of

th

e ba

ttle

(in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith K

yd's

narr

ativ

e pa

ttern

ing)

exp

ands

that

of

And

rea

at I

, i, 1

5 ff.

, and

ant

ici-

pa

tes

both

the

dist

orte

d ve

rsio

n by

Vill

uppo

(I, i

ii, 5

9 ff.

) and

Hor

atio

's co

rrec

tive

acco

unt a

t I,

iv, 9

ff. I

t ser

ves

both

as

'good

the

atre

' in

the

elab

orat

e th

eatri

cal v

ein

enjo

yed

by E

lizab

etha

ns, a

nd a

lso

to e

stab

lish

an u

nbia

sed

pers

pect

ive

on e

vent

s fr

om w

hich

the

res

t of

the

plo

t sp

rings

.

THE SPANISH TRAGEDY

Each

cor

ner s

trong

ly fe

nced

with

win

gs o

f sho

t; Bu

t ere

we

join

ed a

nd c

ame

to p

ush

of p

ike,

I

brou

ght a

squa

dron

of

our r

eadi

est s

hot

From

out

our

rear

war

d to

beg

in th

e fig

ht:

They

bro

ught

ano

ther

win

g to

enc

ount

er u

s. M

eanw

hile

, our

ord

nanc

e pl

ayed

on

eith

er s

ide,

A

nd c

apta

ins s

trove

to h

ave

thei

r va

lour

s trie

d.

Don

Ped

ro, t

heir

chie

f ho

rsem

en's

colo

nel,

Did

with

his

corn

et b

rave

ly m

ake

atte

mpt

T

o br

eak

the

orde

r of

our

battl

e ra

nks:

Bu

t Don

Rog

ero,

wor

thy

man

of

war

, M

arch

ed f

orth

aga

inst

him

with

our

mus

kete

ers,

And

sto

pped

the

mal

ice

of h

is fe

ll ap

proa

ch.

Whi

le th

ey m

aint

ain

hot s

kirm

ish

to a

nd fr

o,

Both

bat

tles

join

and

fall

to h

andy

blo

ws,

Thei

r vio

lent

shot

rese

mbl

ing

th'oc

ean's

rag

e,

Whe

n, r

oarin

g lo

ud, a

nd w

ith a

sw

ellin

g tid

e,

It b

eats

upon

the

ram

pier

s of

hug

e ro

cks,

And

gap

es to

swal

low

nei

ghbo

ur-b

ound

ing

land

s. N

OW

whi

le B

ello

na ra

geth

her

e an

d th

ere,

Th

ick

stor

ms o

f bu

llets

rain

like

win

ter's

hai

l, A

nd s

hive

red

lanc

es d

ark

the

troub

led

air.

Pede

pes

et cu

spid

e cus

pis;

.bm

a so

nant

arm

is, v

ir pe

titur

que

era.

33 f

ence

d de

fend

ed, r

einf

orce

d 33

win

gs of

sho

t sol

dier

s car

ryin

g fir

earm

s pla

ced

on th

e ou

ter e

dges

of

the

form

atio

n 34

pus

h of

pike

han

d-to

-han

d fig

htin

g 38

ord

nanc

e ed.

(or

dina

nce

1592

) hea

vy a

rtille

ry

38 p

laye

d di

rect

ed th

eir f

ire'

40 c

olon

el ed

. (C

orlo

nell

1592

) thr

ee sy

llabl

es

41 c

orne

t a s

quad

ron

of c

aval

ry

45 m

alice

dan

ger,

harm

47

han

iiy h

and-

to-h

and

48 s

hot s

hoot

ing,

exc

hang

e of

fire

(pre

sum

ably

at c

lose

qua

rters

) 50

ram

pier

s ram

parts

51

nei

~hbo

ur-b

ound

ing n

eigh

bour

ing,

on

its m

argi

n 52

~e

il

m

Rom

an

of w

ar

53 r

ain

ed. (

ran

1592

) 54

dar

k da

rken

56

Arm

a ed

. (A

nni 1

592)

56

arm

is ed

. (an

nis 1

592)

55-6

'Fo

ot a

gain

st f

oot a

nd s

pear

aga

inst

spe

ar, a

rms

ring

on a

rms

and

man

is

assa

iled

by m

an.'

Boas

say

s th

e La

tin i

s ta

ken

partl

y fr

om

Stat

ius

(The

bois

, viii

. 39

9) a

nd,

quot

ing

Schi

ck, p

artly

stru

ctur

ed o

n an

alog

ies i

n ~

e&

il and

Cur

tius.

Page 13: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

12

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[ACT

1

On

ever

y si

de d

rop

capt

ains

to th

e gr

ound

, A

nd so

ldie

rs, s

ome

ill-m

aim

ed, s

ome

slain

out

right

: H

ere

falls

a b

ody

scin

dere

d fr

om h

is he

ad,

Ther

e le

gs a

nd a

rms

lie b

leed

ing

on th

e gr

ass,

60

Min

gled

with

wea

pons

and

unb

owel

led

stee

ds,

Tha

t sca

tterin

g ov

ersp

read

the

pur

ple

plai

n.

In al

l thi

s tu

rmoi

l, th

ree

long

hou

rs a

nd m

ore,

T

he v

icto

ry to

nei

ther

par

t inc

lined

, Ti

ll D

on A

ndre

a w

ith h

is br

ave

lanc

iers

65

In

thei

r m

ain

battl

e m

ade

so g

reat

a b

reac

h T

hat,

half

dism

ayed

, the

mul

titud

e re

tired

: B

ut B

alth

azar

, the

Por

tinga

les'

youn

g pr

ince

, B

roug

ht r

escu

e, a

nd e

ncou

rage

d th

em to

stay

. H

ere-

henc

e th

e fig

ht w

as e

ager

ly re

new

ed,

70

And

in th

at c

onfli

ct w

as A

ndre

a sla

in-

Brav

e m

an a

t arm

s, bu

t wea

k to

Bal

thaz

ar.

Yet

whi

le th

e pr

ince

, ins

ultin

g ov

er h

im,

Bre

athe

d ou

t pro

ud v

aunt

s, so

undi

ng to

our

repr

oach

, Fr

iend

ship

and

har

dy v

alou

r jo

ined

in o

ne

75

Pric

ked

forth

Hor

atio

, our

Kni

ght M

arsh

al's

son,

T

o ch

alle

nge

fqrt

h th

at p

rince

in si

ngle

figh

t. N

ot lo

ng b

etw

een

thes

e tw

ain

the

fight

end

ured

, B

ut s

traig

ht th

e pr

ince

was

bea

ten

from

his

hors

e,

. A

nd fo

rced

to y

ield

him

pris

oner

to h

is fo

e:

80

Whe

n he

was

take

n, a

ll th

e re

st th

ey fl

ed,

And

our

car

bine

s pu

rsue

d th

em to

the

deat

h,

58 i

ll-m

aim

ed b

adly

inju

red

59 s

cinde

red

sund

ered

62

pur

ple

bloo

d-re

d, c

over

ed in

blo

od

65 l

ancie

rs (

two

sylla

bles

) lan

cers

70

Her

e-he

nce a

s a r

esul

t of t

his (

O.E

.D.,

1)

72 m

an a

t arm

s sp

ecifi

cally

, a m

ount

ed so

ldie

r 73

ins

ultin

g ex

ultin

g 74

sou

ndin

g to

tend

ing

to, i

nfer

ring

(O.E

.D.,

5a)

76 P

ricke

d fo

rth

spur

red

on

80 h

im h

imse

lf 82

car

bine

s pr

esum

ably

sol

dier

s ca

rryi

ng t

hese

wea

pons

(O

.E.D

. ha

s no

exam

ple)

72

A r

emin

iscen

ce, i

n ke

epin

g w

ith th

e he

roic

man

ner

of t

hese

line

s, of

re

fere

nces

to d

efea

ted

war

riors

in H

omer

.

SCEN

E 1

1]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

Ti

ll, P

hoeb

us w

anin

g to

the

wes

tern

dee

p,

Our

trum

pete

rs w

ere

char

ged

to so

und

retre

at.

KIN

G

Than

ks g

ood

Lord

Gen

eral

for t

hese

goo

d ne

ws;

A

nd fo

r som

e ar

gum

ent o

f m

ore

to c

ome,

Ta

ke th

is a

nd w

ear i

t for

thy

sove

reig

n's

sake

. G

ive

him

his

chai

n B

ut te

ll m

e no

w, h

ast t

hou

conf

irmed

a p

eace

? G

ENER

AL

No

peac

e, m

y lie

ge, b

ut p

eace

con

ditio

nal,

Tha

t if

with

hom

age

trib

ute

be w

ell p

aid,

T

he fu

ry o

f yo

ur fo

rces

will

be

stay

ed:

And

to th

is p

eace

thei

r vic

eroy

hat

h su

bscr

ibed

, G

ive

the

KIN

G a

pap

er

And

mad

e a

sole

mn

vow

that

, dur

ing

life,

H

is tr

ibut

e sh

all b

e tru

ly p

aid

to S

pain

. K

ING

Th

ese

wor

ds, t

hese

dee

ds, b

ecom

e th

y pe

rsnn

wel

l. B

ut n

ow, K

nigh

t Mar

shal

, fro

lic w

ith th

y ki

ng,

For

'tis

thy

son

that

win

s th

is b

attle

's pr

ize.

H

IER

ON

IMO

Lo

ng m

ay h

e liv

e to

serv

e m

y so

vere

ign

liege

, A

nd so

on d

ecay

unl

ess

he se

rve

my

liege

. A

tuck

et af

ar 0

8 K

ING

N

or th

ou, n

or h

e, s

hall

die

with

out r

ewar

d.

Wha

t mea

ns th

e w

arni

ng o

f th

is tr

umpe

t's s

ound

? G

ENER

AL

This

tells

me

that

you

r gra

ce's

men

of

war

, Su

ch a

s w

ar's

fortu

ne h

ath

rese

rved

fro

m d

eath

, C

ome

mar

chin

g on

tow

ards

you

r ro

yal s

eat,

To

show

them

selv

es b

efor

e yo

ur m

ajes

ty,

For s

o I

gave

in c

harg

e at

my

depa

rt.

Whe

reby

by

dem

onst

ratio

n sh

all a

ppea

r,

83 P

hoeb

us th

e su

n 83

wan

ing

ed. (

wau

ing

1592

) 83

dee

p th

e se

a 86

arg

umen

t tok

en

89 b

ut e

xcep

t 91

sta

yed

restr

aine

d, h

alte

d 92

sub

scrib

ed si

gned

his

nam

e 96

fro

lic

rejo

ice,

be h

appy

99

dec

ay fa

il in

hea

lth a

nd fo

rtun

e 10

1 th

e ed

. (th

is 15

92)

Page 14: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

That

all

(exc

ept t

hree

hun

dred

or f

ew m

ore)

A

re sa

fe re

turn

ed a

nd b

y th

eir f

oes e

nric

hed.

Th

e Ar

my

enter

s; BA

LTH

AZA

R, b

twee

n LO

REN

ZO a

nd H

ORA

TIO

, ca

ptiv

e K

ING

A

gla

dsom

e sig

ht!

I lo

ng to

see

them

her

e.

T7q

enter

and

pass

by W

as th

at th

e w

arlik

e pr

ince

of P

ortin

gale

, Th

at b

y ou

r nep

hew

was

in tr

ium

ph le

d?

GEN

ERAL

It

was

, my

liege

, the

prin

ce o

f Por

tinga

le.

KIN

G

But

wha

t was

he

that

on

the

othe

r sid

e H

eld

him

by

th'ar

m a

s pa

rtner

of t

he p

rize?

H

IER

ON

IMO

T

hat w

as m

y so

n, m

y gr

acio

us so

vere

ign,

Of

who

m, t

houg

h fr

om h

is te

nder

infa

ncy

My

lovi

ng th

ough

ts d

id n

ever

hop

e bu

t wel

l, H

e ne

ver p

leas

ed h

is fa

ther

's ey

es ti

ll no

w,

Nor

fille

d m

y he

art w

ith o

verc

loyi

ng jo

ys.

120

KIN

G

Go

let t

hem

mar

ch o

nce

mor

e ab

out t

hese

wal

ls,

Tha

t sta

ying

them

we

may

con

fer a

nd ta

lk

With

our

bra

ve p

rison

er a

nd h

is do

uble

gua

rd.

Hie

roni

mo,

it g

reat

ly p

leas

eth

us,

That

in o

ur v

icto

ry th

ou h

ave

a sh

are,

125

By v

irtue

of t

hy w

orth

y so

n's

expl

oit. En

ter It

& Ar

my]

again

Brin

g hi

ther

the

youn

g pr

ince

of P

ortin

gale

: T

he re

st m

arch

on,

but

ere

they

be

dism

issed

, 12

0 ov

erclo

ying

caus

ing

surf

eit,

satia

ting

122

stayi

ng s

topp

ing

-. -

108

Thi

s ca

lm w

ritin

g-of

f of

300

men

per

haps

und

erlin

es w

hat

we

know

to

be

the

fals

e co

mpl

acen

cy o

f th

e Sp

anis

h co

urt.

Com

pare

the

open

ing

spee

ches

of

Muc

h A

do.

109

s.d.

The

dou

ble

entr

y of

the

arm

y (h

ere

and

afte

r 1.1

26)

com

plem

ents

th

e hi

gh v

erba

l flo

uris

h of

the

Gen

eral

's sp

eech

and

ext

ends

the

air

of

mar

tial g

rand

eur

and

conf

iden

ce; i

t als

o pe

rmits

the

the

atric

al d

ispl

ay

so d

ear t

o El

izab

etha

ns.

1 11

ff. K

yd's

very

stro

ng se

nse o

f dr

amat

ic st

ruct

ure

brin

gs th

e th

ree

prin

ci-

pal

anta

goni

sts

toge

ther

at

thei

r fi

rst e

ntry

; th

e la

ter

enm

ity b

etw

een

Lore

nzo

and

Hor

atio

is

visu

ally

sugg

este

d by

eac

h la

ying

cla

im to

the

pr

ison

er B

alth

azar

.

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

We

will

bes

tow

on

ever

y so

ldie

r Tw

o du

cats

, and

on

ever

y le

ader

ten,

13

0 Th

at th

ey m

ay k

now

our

larg

ess w

elco

mes

them

. Ex

eunt

all

[the

Arm

y] bu

t BA

LTH

AZA

R, L

ORE

NZO

, H

ORA

TIO

W

elco

me,

Don

Bal

thaz

ar , w

elco

me,

neph

ew,

And

thou

, Hor

atio

, tho

u ar

t wel

com

e to

o.

You

ng p

rince

, alth

ough

thy

fath

er's

hard

mis

deed

s, In

kee

ping

bac

k th

e tri

bute

that

he

owes

, 13

5 D

eser

ve b

ut ev

il m

easu

re a

t our

han

ds,

Yet

shal

t tho

u kn

ow th

at S

pain

is h

onou

rabl

e.

BALT

HA

ZAR

The

tres

pass

that

my

fath

er m

ade

in p

eace

Is

now

con

trolle

d by

fortu

ne o

f th

e w

ars;

A

nd c

ards

onc

e de

alt,

it bo

ots n

ot a

sk w

hy so

. H

is m

en a

re s

lain

, a w

eake

ning

to h

is re

alm

, H

is c

olou

rs se

ized

, a b

lot u

nto

his n

ame,

H

is so

n di

stre

ssed

, a c

orsiv

e to

his

hear

t: Th

ese

puni

shm

ents

may

cle

ar h

is la

te o

ffenc

e. K

ING

A

y, B

alth

azar

, if h

e ob

serv

e thi

s tru

ce,

Our

pea

ce w

ill g

row

the

stro

nger

for t

hese

war

s. M

eanw

hile

live

thou

, tho

ugh

not i

n lib

erty

, Y

et fr

ee fr

om b

earin

g an

y se

rvile

yok

e;

For i

n ou

r hea

ring

thy

dese

rts w

ere

grea

t; A

nd in

our

sig

ht th

ysel

f art

grac

ious

. BA

LTH

AZA

R A

nd I

shal

l stu

dy to

des

erve

this

gra

ce.

KIN

G

But

tell

me,

for t

heir

hold

ing

mak

es m

e do

ubt,

To

whi

ch of

the

se tw

ain

art t

hou

pris

oner

?

129-

31 (

linea

tion

ed. W

e . .

. duc

ats

/ And

. . . kn

ow /

Our

. . t

hem

15

92)

131

larg

ess

mon

ey a

nd g

ifts

best

owed

by

a ki

ng

139

cont

rolle

d br

ough

t to

an

end

140

boot

s pr

ofits

14

2 co

lour

s sta

ndar

ds,

flags

14

3 di

stres

sed

take

n pr

ison

er

143

cors

ive c

orro

sive

(a d

estru

ctiv

e su

bsta

nce)

14

4 cl

ear

eras

e 14

4 la

te p

revi

ous,

pas

t th

eir

hold

ing

the

way

they

hol

d yo

u

ff. C

lem

en (

p. 1

01)

poin

ts o

ut t

hat

the

scen

e fr

om t

his

poin

t co

rre-

sp

onds

to

the

fam

iliar

Eliz

abet

han

'trib-

1 sc

ene'

in

whi

ch a

dis

pute

be

twee

n tw

o no

bles

is a

rbitr

ated

by

the

king

. (C

ompa

re e

.g. R

icha

rd 1

1,

I, i

.) K

yd's

hand

ling

of th

is c

onve

ntio

nal

situ

atio

n is

muc

h m

ore

flexi

ble d

ram

atic

ally

than

that

of h

is p

rede

cess

ors.

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16

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

CT

I

LORE

NZO

T

o m

e, m

y lie

ge.

HO

RAT

IO

To

me,

my

sove

reig

n.

LORE

NZO

Th

is h

and

first

took

his

cour

ser

by th

e re

ins.

155

HO

RATI

O

But f

irst m

y la

nce

did

put h

im fr

om h

is ho

rse.

LO

REN

ZO

I sei

zed

his

wea

pon,

and

enj

oyed

it fi

rst.

HO

RATI

O

But

firs

t I f

orce

d hi

m la

y hi

s w

eapo

ns d

own.

K

ING

Le

t go

his

arm

, upo

n ou

r pr

ivile

ge.

[The

y] le

t him g

o Sa

y, w

orth

y pr

ince

, to

whe

ther

did

st th

ou y

ield

? 16

0 BA

LTH

AZA

R T

o hi

m in

cou

rtesy

, to

this

per

forc

e:

He

spak

e m

e fa

ir, th

is o

ther

gav

e m

e st

roke

s;

He

prom

ised

life,

this

oth

er th

reat

ened

dea

th;

He

wan

my

love

, thi

s ot

her

conq

uere

d m

e;

And

tru

th to

say

I yi

eld

mys

elf t

o bo

th.

165

HIE

RO

NIM

O

But

that

I k

now

you

r gr

ace

for

just

and

wise

, A

nd m

ight

see

m p

artia

l in

this

diff

eren

ce,

Enfo

rced

by

natu

re a

nd b

y law

of

arm

s M

y to

ngue

sho

uld

plea

d fo

r yo

ung

Hor

atio

's rig

ht.

He

hunt

ed w

ell t

hat w

as a

lion

's de

ath,

17

0 N

ot h

e th

at in

a g

arm

ent w

ore

his s

kin:

So

har

es m

ay p

ull d

ead

lions

by

the

bear

d.

KIN

G

Con

tent

thee

, Mar

shal

, tho

u sh

alt h

ave

no w

rong

; A

nd fo

r th

y sa

ke th

y so

n sh

all w

ant n

o rig

ht.

Will

bot

h ab

ide

the

cens

ure

of m

y do

om?

175

LORE

NZO

I

crav

e no

bet

ter t

han

your

gra

ce a

war

ds.

159

privi

lege

the

king

's pr

erog

ativ

e 16

0 wh

ether

whi

ch o

f th

e tw

o 16

4 wa

n w

on

167

parti

al g

uilty

of

favo

uriti

sm

175

cens

ure

of m

y do

om th

e ou

tcom

e of

my

judg

men

t

170-

2 H

iero

nim

o ar

gues

th

at H

orat

io d

eser

ves

cred

it as

the

tru

e co

n-

quer

or o

f B

alth

azar

. The

refe

renc

e in

1.17

1 de

rives

, as

Edw

ards

show

s,

from

the

Fou

rth

Fabl

e of

Avi

an c

once

rnin

g an

ass

who

dis

ports

him

- se

lf in

a li

on's

skin

he

has f

ound

. Lin

e 172

is p

rove

rbia

l; ev

en ti

mid

har

es

may

bea

rd a

dea

d lio

n.

SCENE 11]

T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

17

HO

RATI

O

Nor

I, a

lthou

gh I

sit

besid

e m

y rig

ht.

KIN

G

The

n by

my

judg

men

t thu

s yo

ur s

trife

sha

ll en

d:

You

bot

h de

serv

e an

d bo

th sh

all h

ave

rew

ard.

N

ephe

w, t

hou

took

'st h

is w

eapo

n an

d hi

s ho

rse,

18

0 H

is w

eapo

ns a

nd h

is ho

rse

are

thy

rew

ard.

H

orat

io, t

hou

dids

t for

ce h

im fi

rst t

o yi

eld,

H

is ra

nsom

ther

efor

e is

thy

valo

ur's

fee:

A

ppoi

nt t

he su

m a

s yo

u sh

all b

oth

agre

e.

But n

ephe

w, t

hou

shal

t hav

e th

e pr

ince

in g

uard

, 18

5 Fo

r th

ine

esta

te b

est f

ittet

h su

ch a

gue

st:

Hor

atio

's ho

use

wer

e sm

all f

or a

ll hi

s tra

in.

Yet

in re

gard

thy

subs

tanc

e pa

sset

h hi

s, A

nd th

at ju

st gu

erdo

n m

ay b

efal

l des

ert,

To

him

we

yiel

d th

e ar

mou

r of

the

prin

ce.

190

How

like

s D

on B

alth

azar

of

this

dev

ice?

BA

LTH

AZA

R Ri

ght w

ell m

y lie

ge, i

f th

is p

rovi

so w

ere,

Th

at D

on H

orat

io b

ear

us c

ompa

ny,

Who

m I

adm

ire a

nd lo

ve fo

r chi

valry

. K

ING

H

orat

io, l

eave

him

not

that

love

s the

e so

. 19

5 N

ow le

t us

henc

e to

see

our s

oldi

ers

paid

, A

nd fe

ast o

ur p

rison

er a

s our

frie

ndly

gue

st.

Exeu

nt

Act

I, S

cene

iii

Enter

VIC

ERO

Y, A

LEX

AN

DR

O,

VILL

UPP

O [,

Atte

ndan

ts]

VIC

ERO

Y

Is o

ur a

mba

ssad

or d

espa

tche

d fo

r Spa

in?

ALE

XA

ND

RO

Two

days

, my

liege

, are

pas

sed

since

his

depa

rt.

VIC

ERO

Y

And

trib

ute

paym

ent g

one

alon

g w

ith h

im?

177

sit b

esid

e for

go (E

dwar

ds)

188

in re

card

sin

ce

189

that

in o

rder

tha

t 18

9 gu

erdo

n re

war

d 19

0 hi

m H

orat

io

187

Hor

atio

's so

cial

sta

ndin

g (li

ke H

iero

nim

o's)

is

em

phat

ical

ly

low

er

than

tha

t of

Lo

renz

o an

d B

el-i

mpe

ria (

and

of

cour

se B

alth

azar

). Se

e al

so 1

1, iv

, 61

and

111,

x, 5

7.

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THO

MA

S K

YD

a-

[ACT I

ALEX

ANDR

O

Ay

my

good

lord

. Vl

CERO

Y Th

en re

st we

her

e aw

hile

in o

ur u

nres

t, 5

4nd

feed

our

sor

row

s w

ith s

ome

inw

ard

sighs

, Fo

r dee

pest

care

s br

eak

neve

r int

o te

ars.

But w

here

fore

sit I

in a

rega

l thr

one?

Th

is b

ette

r fits

a w

retc

h's e

ndle

ss m

oan.

Falls

to th

e gra

nd

Yet

this

is h

ighe

r th

an m

y fo

rtune

s re

ach,

10

A

nd th

eref

ore

bette

r th

an m

y st

ate

dese

rves

. A

y, a

y, th

is ea

rth, i

mag

e of

mel

anch

oly,

Se

eks h

im w

hom

fate

s adj

udge

to m

isery

: H

ere

let m

e lie

, now

am

I a

t the

low

est.

Qut

jace

t in

terr

a, n

on h

abet

unde

cad

at.

15

In me

cons

umps

it vi

res f

ortu

na n

ocen

do,

Nil

supe

rest

ut ja

m p

ossit

obe

sse m

agis.

Y

es, F

ortu

ne m

ay b

erea

ve m

e of

my

crow

n:

Her

e, ta

ke it

now

; let

For

tune

do

her

wor

st,

She

will

not

rob

me

of t

his s

able

wee

d:

20

0 n

o, s

he e

nvie

s non

e bu

t ple

asan

t thi

ngs.

Such

is th

e fo

lly o

f de

spite

ful c

hanc

e!

Fortu

ne is

blin

d an

d se

es n

ot m

y de

serts

, So

is sh

e de

af a

nd h

ears

not

my

lam

ents:

9

s.d.

fol

low

s 1.1

1 in

159

2 10

'My

circ

umst

ance

s are

eve

n w

orse

than

this

sugg

ests

.' 11

sta

te c

ondi

tion,

situ

atio

n 20

sab

le w

eed

blac

k co

stum

e 21

env

ies f

eels

ill-w

ill to

war

ds

22 d

espi

tefu

l mal

icio

us

ff. T

he V

icer

oy's

spee

ch c

ontra

sts

with

the

sel

f-co

ngra

tula

tion

of t

he

Span

ish

Kin

g, a

nd a

ntic

ipat

es H

iero

nim

o's

sim

ilar

grie

f ov

er t

he lo

ss

of a

son

. C

lem

en (

p. 2

69)

draw

s at

tent

ion

to K

yd's

dram

atic

ally

-den

tra

nsfo

rmat

ion

in th

ese

lines

of

the

stan

dard

'lam

ent

spee

ch'.

Com

pare

th

e K

ing'

s lin

es in

Ric

hard

II.

111

. ii.

144

ff

r , --I - . .

---

imag

e of m

elan

chol

y Mel

anch

oly

is th

e bo

dily

'hum

our'

(res

pons

ible

for a

pe

rson

's te

mpe

ram

ent)

that

cor

resp

onds

to

the

elem

ent

eart

h, o

ne o

f th

e fo

ur e

lem

ents

(th

e ot

hers

are

air,

fire

and

wat

er)

that

mak

e up

all

crea

ted

thin

gs.

15-1

7 'If

one

ire

s on

the

gro

und,

one

has

no

furt

her

to fa

ll. T

owar

ds m

e Fo

rtun

e ha

s ex

haus

ted

her

pow

er t

o in

jure

; th

ere

is n

othi

ng f

urth

er

that

can

hap

pen

to m

e.'

The

firs

t lin

e is

bor

row

ed f

rom

Ala

nus

de

Insu

lis, Lib.

Para

b., c

ap. 2

,1.1

9, t

he s

econ

d fr

om S

enec

a's A

gana

nnon

1.

698,

whi

le th

e th

ird

is p

roba

bly

Kyd

's ow

n co

mpo

sitio

n. (

See

W. P

. -M

usta

rd, P

Q, V

(192

6), 8

5-6.

)

r SC

ENE

1111

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

And

cou

ld s

he h

ear,

yet i

s she

wilf

ul m

ad,

And

ther

efor

e w

ill n

ot p

ity m

y di

stres

s. Su

ppos

e th

at sh

e co

uld

pity

me,

wha

t the

n?

Wha

t hel

p ca

n be

exp

ecte

d at

her

han

ds,

Who

se fo

ot is

stan

ding

on

a ro

lling

ston

e,

And

min

d m

ore

mut

able

than

fick

le w

inds

? W

hy w

ail I

then

, whe

re's

hope

of

no re

dres

s?

0 y

es, c

ompl

aini

ng m

akes

my

grief

see

m le

ss.

My

late

am

bitio

n ha

th d

istai

ned

my

faith

, M

y br

each

of f

aith

occ

asio

ned

bloo

dy w

ars,

Thos

e bl

oody

war

s ha

ve sp

ent m

y tre

asur

e,

And

with

my

treas

ure

my

peop

le's

bloo

d,

And

with

thei

r blo

od, m

y jo

y an

d be

st b

elov

ed,

My

best

bel

oved

, my

swee

t and

onl

y so

n.

0 w

here

fore

wen

t I n

ot to

war

mys

elf?

T

he ca

use

was

min

e, I

mig

ht h

ave

died

for b

oth:

M

y ye

ars

wer

e m

ellow

, his

but y

oung

and

gre

en,

My

deat

h w

ere

natu

ral,

but h

is w

as fo

rced

. AL

E-RO

N

o do

ubt,

my

liege

, but

stil

l the

prin

ce su

rviv

es.

VICE

ROY

Surv

ives

! ay

, whe

re?

ALEX

ANDR

O

In S

pain

, a p

rison

er b

y m

ischa

nce

of w

ar.

VICE

ROY

Then

they

hav

e sla

in h

im f

or h

is fa

ther

's fa

ult.

ALEX

ANDR

O

Tha

t wer

e a

brea

ch to

com

mon

law

of

arm

s.

25 w

ilful

mad

del

iber

atel

y cl

osed

to r

easo

n 29

is

ed. (

not i

n 15

92)

30 m

utab

le e

ver-

chan

ging

33

dist

aine

d su

llied

35

, 36

treas

ure E

dwar

ds s

ays

tri-s

ylla

bic:

'tre

as-u

-er'

42 f

orce

d aga

inst

the

cour

se o

f na

ture

. .

46 f

ault

crim

e, w

rong

doin

g

23-3

0 In

the

em

blem

boo

ks,

Fort

une

is n

orm

ally

dep

icte

d as S

lind,

so

met

imes

as

deaf

, an

d fr

eque

ntly

as

stan

ding

on

a ro

lling

sph

ere;

al

l to

exp

ress

her

lac

k of

dis

crim

inat

iod

and

chan

geab

lene

ss.

The

V

icer

oy's

com

plai

nt o

f Fo

rtun

e co

ntrib

utes

to

the

play

's pr

eocc

upat

ion

with

just

ice

and

retri

butio

n. L

ines

33-

42 a

re t

he V

icer

oy's

atte

mpt

to

cons

truct

a r

atio

nal

(and

the

refo

re '

just

') ex

plan

atio

n fo

r w

hat

has

happ

ened

, and

so

to r

atio

nalis

e Fo

rtune

.

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20

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T

I

VICE

ROY

They

reck

no

law

s th

at m

edita

te re

veng

e.

AEEX

ANDR

O

His

rans

om's

wor

th w

ill s

tay

from

foul

rev

enge

. Vl

CERO

Y N

o, if

he

lived

the

new

s wou

ld so

on b

e he

re.

50

ALEX

ANDR

O

Nay

, evi

l new

s fly

fas

ter s

till t

han

good

. VI

CERO

Y Te

ll m

e no

mor

e of

new

s, fo

r he

is d

ead.

W

lLLU

PPO

M

y so

vere

ign,

par

don

the

auth

or o

f ill

new

s, A

nd 1'

11 b

ewra

y th

e fo

rtun

e of

thy

son.

w I

CER

OY

Spea

k on

, I'll

gue

rdon

thee

wha

te'er

it b

e:

55

Min

e ea

r is

read

y to

rece

ive

ill n

ews,

My

hear

t gro

wn

hard

'gai

nst m

ischi

ef's

batte

ry;

Stan

d up

I sa

y, a

nd te

ll th

y ta

le a

t lar

ge.

VlL

LUPP

O

The

n he

ar th

at tr

uth

whi

ch th

ese

min

e ey

es h

ave

seen

. W

hen

both

the

arm

ies

wer

e in

bat

tle jo

ined

, 60

D

on B

alth

azar

, am

idst

the

thic

kest

troop

s, T

o w

in re

now

n di

d w

ondr

ous f

eats

of a

rms:

A

mon

gst t

he re

st I s

aw h

im h

and

to h

and

In si

ngle

figh

t with

thei

r Lo

rd G

ener

al;

Till

Ale

xand

ro, t

hat h

ere

coun

terf

eits

65

U

nder

the

colo

ur o

f a

dute

ous

frie

nd,

Disc

harg

ed h

is pi

stol a

t the

prin

ce's

back

, A

s tho

ugh

he w

ould

hav

e sla

in th

eir

gene

ral.

But

ther

ewith

al D

on B

alth

azar

fell

dow

n,

And

whe

n he

fell,

then

we

bega

n to

fly:

70

Bu

t had

he

lived

, the

day

had

sur

e be

en o

urs.

48 r

eck

heed

49

stav

res

trai

n - - 53

aut

hor

one

who

tra

nsm

its;

or o

ne w

ho l

ends

his

aut

hori

ty to

, vo

uche

s fo

r 54

bmu

ray r

evea

l 55

gue

rdon

rew

ard

57 m

ischie

f m

isfor

tune

66

col

our p

rete

nce

48 T

hat

reve

nge

was

by

natu

re l

awle

ss w

as t

he a

ccep

ted

Eliz

abet

han

attit

ude (

see

Bow

ers,

esp.

pp.

3-1

4).

SCEN

E 11

11

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

ED

Y

21

ALEX

ANDR

O

0 w

icke

d fo

rger

y! 0 tr

aito

rous

misc

rean

t ! VI

CERO

Y H

old

thou

thy

peac

e! B

ut n

ow, V

illup

po, s

ay,

Whe

re th

en b

ecam

e th

e ca

rcas

e of

my

son?

V

ILLU

PPO

I s

aw th

em d

rag

it to

the

Span

ish

tent

s. 75

VI

CERO

Y A

y, a

y, m

y ni

ghtly

dre

ams h

ave

told

me

this

. Th

ou fa

lse, u

nkin

d, u

ntha

nkfu

l, tra

itoro

us b

east,

W

here

in h

ad B

alth

azar

offe

nded

thee

, T

hat t

hou

shou

ldst

thus

bet

ray

him

to o

ur fo

es?

Was

't Sp

anis

h go

ld th

at b

lear

ed s

o th

ine

eyes

80

Tha

t tho

u co

ulds

t see

no

part

of o

ur d

eser

ts?

Perc

hanc

e be

caus

e th

ou a

rt Te

rcei

ra's

lord

, T

hou

hads

t som

e ho

pe to

wea

r thi

s di

adem

, If

first

my

son

and

then

mys

elf

wer

e sl

ain:

B

at th

y am

bitio

us th

ough

t sha

ll br

eak

thy

neck

. 8S

Ay,

this

was

it th

at m

ade

thee

spill

his

blo

od,

Take

the c

rown

and

put

it o

n ag

ain

But

I'll

now

wea

r it t

ill th

y bl

ood

be sp

ilt.

ALEX

ANDR

O

Vou

chsa

fe, d

read

sov

erei

gn, t

o he

ar m

e sp

eak.

VI

CERO

Y A

way

with

him

, his

sigh

t is s

econ

d he

ll;

Kee

p hi

m ti

ll w

e de

term

ine

of h

is de

ath.

90

[Exe

unt A

ttend

ants

with

ALE

XAN

DRO

] If

Balth

azar

be

dead

, he

shal

l not

live

. V

illup

po, f

ollo

w u

s fo

r thy

rew

ard.

Ex

it VI

CERO

Y

VILL

UPPO

T

hus

have

I w

ith a

n en

viou

s, fo

rged

tale

72 fo

rgery

fal

seho

od, f

abri

catio

n 72

misc

reant

villa

in, r

asca

l 83

diad

em e

d. (D

iado

me

1592

) 93

env

ious m

alic

ious

82 T

erceir

a's l

ord

Boas

say

s th

at

Ale

xand

ro w

as a

ppar

ently

Cap

itiio

D

onata

rio o

f Te

rcei

ra,

an i

sland

in

the

Azo

res

grou

p, a

nd w

ould

be

caus

e of

thi

s po

sitio

n en

joy

virt

ually

des

potic

pow

ers.

The

title

was

gi

ven

to t

he fi

rst d

iscov

erer

s and

col

onise

rs o

f ove

rsea

s te

rrito

ries

and

w

as h

ered

itary

. 93

-5 T

he v

illai

n's

expl

icit

conf

essio

n se

ems

awkw

ard

to m

odem

rea

ders

; it

rem

aine

d a

conv

entio

n w

idel

y ac

cept

able

in t

he E

lizab

etha

n th

eatr

e.

Com

pare

e.g

. Fla

min

eo in

The

Whi

te D

evil,

IV, i

i, 24

2-6.

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I H

UM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T I

Dec

eive

d th

e ki

ng, b

etra

yed

min

e en

emy,

A

nd h

ope

for g

uerd

on of

my

villa

iny.

Ex

it 95

Act I, Scene iv

Enter

HO

RATI

O a

nd B

EL-IM

PER

IA

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Sign

ior H

orat

io, t

his i

s th

e pl

ace a

nd h

our

Whe

rein

I m

ust e

ntre

at th

ee to

rela

te

The

circ

umsta

nce o

f D

on A

ndre

a's d

eath

, W

ho, l

ivin

g, w

as m

y ga

rland

's sw

eete

st flo

wer

, A

nd in

his

deat

h ha

th b

urie

d m

y de

light

s. H

ORA

TIO

5

For l

ove

of h

im a

nd se

rvic

e to

you

rsel

f, I

nill

refu

se th

is h

eavy

dol

eful

char

ge.

Yet

tear

s and

sigh

s, I f

ear w

ill h

inde

r me.

Whe

n bo

th o

ur a

rmie

s wer

e en

join

ed in

figh

t, Y

our w

orth

y ch

eval

ier a

mid

st th

e th

ick's

t, 10

Fo

r glo

rious

caus

e stil

l aim

ing

at th

e fai

rest,

Was at

the

last

by y

oung

Don

Bal

thaz

ar

Enco

unte

red

hand

to h

and:

thei

r fig

ht w

as lo

ng,

Thei

r hea

rts w

ere

grea

t, th

eir c

lam

ours

men

acin

g,

Their

stre

ngth

alik

e, th

eir s

troke

s bo

th d

ange

rous

. 15

B

ut w

rath

ful N

emes

is, th

at w

icked

pow

er,

Envy

ing

at A

ndre

a's p

raise

and

wor

th,

Cut

shor

t his

life,

to e

nd h

is pr

aise

and

wor

th.

She,

she

her

self,

disg

uise

d in

am

our's

mas

k,

7 ni

ll w

ill n

ot

9 en

join

ed j

oine

d 10

cht

walie

r a la

dy's

cava

lier o

r ga

llant

16

Nem

esis

the

godd

ess o

f ret

ribu

tion,

esp

ecia

lly e

xerc

isd

by th

e go

ds

agai

nst h

uman

pre

sum

ptio

n 17

Ene

ying

at r

egar

ding

with

ill-w

ill

6-43 H

orat

io's

acco

unt o

f th

e ba

ttle

give

s th

e pe

rson

al a

ngle

, as

agai

nst

the

Gen

eral

's m

ore

obje

ctiv

e de

scrip

tion.

Con

tras

t th

e em

otio

ndis

m

of m

any lines

in t

his

spee

ch w

ith t

he G

ener

al's

tech

nisl

ities

(es

p.

I. ii.

32 ff.).

11 '

alw

ays

airh

ing

at th

e m

ast

outs

tand

ing

achi

evem

ents

in h

onou

r of

his

I

glor

ious

cau

sey

(the

love

for

Bel

-irnp

eria

that

insp

ired

him

). l%20

Kyd

pro

babl

y re

fers

to A

mei

d, 1

1, 11

.615-

16,

as B

oas

sugg

arm

, but

th

ough

Pal

las

(Ath

ene)

is

ther

e m

entio

ned,

it

is J

uno

who

is

'few

ac

cinc

ta',

'girt

with

stee

l'.

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

(As P

alla

s was

bef

ore p

roud

Per

gam

us)

Bro

ught

in a

fres

h su

pply

of

halb

erdi

ers,

Whi

ch p

aunc

hed

his

hors

e, an

d di

nged

him

to th

e Th

en y

oung

Don

Bal

thaz

ar w

ith ru

thle

ss ra

ge,

Taki

ng a

dvan

tage

of h

is fo

e's d

istre

ss,

Did

fini

sh w

hat h

is ha

lber

dier

s beg

un,

And

left

not t

ill A

ndre

a's li

fe w

as d

one.

Th

en, t

houg

h to

o la

te, i

ncen

sed

with

just

rem

orse

I w

ith m

y ba

nd se

t for

th a

gain

st th

e pr

ince

, A

nd b

roug

ht h

im p

rison

er fr

om h

is ha

lber

dier

s. BE

L-IM

PERI

A W

ould

thou

had

st sla

in h

im th

at so

slew

my

love

. B

ut th

en w

as D

on A

ndre

a's c

arca

se lo

st?

grou

nd.

,

DRAT

10

No,

that

was

it fo

r whi

ch I

chie

fly st

rove

, N

or st

eppe

d I

back

till

I re

cove

red

him

: I t

ook

him

up,

and

wou

nd h

im in

min

e ar

ms,

And

wel

ding

him

unt

o m

y pr

ivat

e te

nt,

Ther

e la

id h

im d

own,

and

dew

ed h

im w

ith m

y A

nd si

ghed

and

sorro

wed

as

beca

me

a fr

iend

. B

ut n

eith

er fr

iend

ly so

rrow

, sig

hs n

or te

ars

Cou

ld w

in p

ale

Dea

th fr

om h

is us

urpe

d rig

ht.

Yet

this

I di

d, a

nd le

ss I

coul

d no

t do:

I s

aw h

im h

onou

red

with

due

fune

ral.

tear

s,

20 P

alla

s A

then

e, p

atro

ness

of

Ath

ens,

and

one

of

the

divi

nitie

s as

soci

ated

with

the

Gre

eks

at T

roy

20 P

erga

mur

Tro

y 21

halb

erdi

ers

sold

iers

car

ryin

g ha

lber

ds,

wea

pons

tha

t ar

e a

com

- bi

natio

n of

spe

ar a

nd b

attle

-axe

, the

hea

d be

ing

mou

nted

on

a lo

ng p

ole

22 p

aunc

hed

stab

bed in

the

belly

22 d

itzge

d th

rust

, str

uck

27

iust

rem

orse

righ

teou

s in

dign

atio

n an

d pi

ty

-. 34

Lou

nd e

mbr

aced

35

weld

ing

carr

ying

21-6 A

ndre

a is

ove

rwhe

lmed

by

supe

rior

num

bers

, no

t ki

lled

in f

air

com

bat

(see

Bel

-irnp

eria

's co

mm

ent,

11.73

-5).

I H

iero

taim

als

o la

ys

stre

ss o

n th

e di

shon

oura

ble

way

Bal

thsz

ar b

roug

ht a

bout

And

rea's

de

ath

(sce

ne x

i; an

d se

e C

airn

cros

s, p

p xv

iii a

nd 4

9).

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I 24

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

Thi

s sca

rf I

pluc

ked

from

off

his

lifel

ess a

rm,

And

wea

r it i

n re

mem

bran

ce o

f m

y fr

iend

. B

EL-I

MPE

RIA

I

know

the

scar

f, w

ould

he

had

kept

it st

ill,

For

had

he li

ved

he w

ould

hav

e ke

pt it

still

, 45

A

nd w

orn

it fo

r hi

s Be

l-im

peria

's sa

ke:

For

'twas

my

favo

ur a

t his

last

depa

rt.

But

now

wea

r tho

u it

both

for

him

and

me,

Fo

r afte

r hi

m th

ou h

ast d

eser

ved

it be

st.

But

, for

thy

kind

ness

in h

is lif

e an

d de

ath,

50

Be

sur

e w

hile

Bel

-impe

ria's

life

endu

res,

She

will

be

Don

Hor

atio

's th

ankf

ul fr

iend

. H

ORA

TIO

A

nd, m

adam

, Don

Hor

atio

will

not

slac

k H

umbl

y to

serv

e fa

ir Be

l-im

peria

. B

ut n

ow, i

f yo

ur g

ood

likin

g st

and

ther

eto,

55

I'l

l cr

ave

your

par

don

to g

o se

ek th

e pr

ince

, Fo

r so

the

duke

you

r fat

her g

ave

me

char

ge.

Exit

BEL

-IM

PER

IA

Ay,

go

Hor

atio

, lea

ve m

e he

re a

lone

, Fo

r sol

itude

bes

t fits

my

chee

rless

moo

d.

Yet

wha

t ava

ils to

wai

l And

rea's

dea

th,

60

From

whe

nce

Hor

atio

pro

ves

my

seco

nd lo

ve?

Had

he

not l

oved

And

rea

as h

e di

d,

He

coul

d no

t sit

in B

el-i

mpe

ria's

thou

ghts

. B

ut h

ow c

an lo

ve fi

nd h

arbo

ur in

my

brea

st;

Till

I re

veng

e th

e de

ath

of m

y be

love

d?

65

42 l

ifele

ss ed

. (liv

eless

159

2)

47 f

avou

r a

gift

giv

en t

o a

love

r to

be w

orn

as a

toke

n of

affe

ction

42

Thi

s sc

arf

'Sca

rves

' or

'ha

ndke

rche

rs' a

nd s

ometi

mes

glo

ves

were

worn

as l

adies

' fav

ours

(see

1.47

) by

knig

hts o

n th

e ba

ttlef

ield

(com

pare

th

e 'pl

edge

s' Tr

oilu

s and

Cre

ssid

a exc

hang

e: se

e T

C, I

V, iv

and

V, i

i).

Whe

n H

orat

io w

ears

the

scar

f (s

ee 1

1.48,

49)

he b

ecom

es v

isuall

y A

ndre

a's r

epre

sent

ativ

e; if

this

scarf

is

the

'bloo

dy h

andk

erch

er' t

hat

Hier

onim

o tak

es fr

om th

e de

ad H

orati

o's b

ody

(see

11, v

, 51

and

111,

xiii,

86-9

) the

n it

also

serv

es as

a v

isual

link

betw

een

the t

win

reve

nges

, fo

r And

rea a

nd H

orati

o.

60-8

Bel-

impe

ria's

love

for

Hor

atio

may

stri

ke u

s as

sud

den,

unm

otiv

- ate

d an

d ev

en (

11.66

-8)

unpl

easa

ntly

mixe

d w

ith c

alcul

ation

. Pa

rtly

this

is a

matt

er of

dra

mati

c con

vent

ion

(the e

arly

pla

ys w

ere

not g

reatl

y co

ncer

ned

with

psy

chol

ogica

l pro

babi

lity)

and

partl

y an

item

in K

yd's

deve

lopi

ng p

ortra

it of

Bel-

impe

ria a

s a

form

idab

le wo

man

, dec

isive

ly

able

to c

ontro

l and

dire

ct h

er e

mot

ions

. Her

dec

ision

is a

lso o

f co

urse

vi

tal in

join

ing

the

two

reve

nges

.

SCEN

E IV

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GE

DY

25

Y

es, s

econ

d lo

ve sh

all f

urth

er m

y re

veng

e.

I'll l

ove

Hor

atio

, my

And

rea's

frie

nd,

The

mor

e to

spi

te th

e pr

ince

that

wro

ught

his

end.

A

nd w

here

Don

Bal

thaz

ar, t

hat s

lew

mj l

ove,

Him

self

now

ple

ads

for f

avou

r at m

y ha

nds,

70

He

shal

l in

rigou

r of

my

just

disd

ain

Reap

long

repe

ntan

ce fo

r hi

s m

urde

rous

dee

d.

For

wha

t was

't el

se b

ut m

urde

rous

cow

ardi

ce,

So m

any

to o

ppre

ss o

ne v

alia

nt k

nigh

t, W

ithou

t res

pect

of

hono

ur in

the

figh

t?

75

And

her

e he

com

es th

at m

urde

red

my

delig

ht.

Ente

r LO

REN

ZO and B

ALT

HA

ZAR

LORE

NZO

Si

ster

, wha

t mea

ns th

is m

elan

chol

y w

alk?

B

EL-I

MPE

RIA

Th

at fo

r a

whi

le I

wish

no

com

pany

. LO

REN

ZO

But

her

e th

e pr

ince

is c

ome

to v

isit y

ou.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

T

hat a

rgue

s th

at h

e liv

es in

libe

rty.

BALT

HA

ZAR

No

mad

am, b

ut in

ple

asin

g se

rvitu

de.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Y

our

priso

n th

en b

elik

e is

you

r con

ceit.

BA

LTH

AZA

R A

y, b

y co

ncei

t my

free

dom

is e

nthr

alle

d.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

T

hen

with

con

ceit

enla

rge

your

self

agai

n.

BALT

HA

ZAR

Wha

t if

conc

eit h

ave

laid

my

hear

t to

gage

? B

EL-I

MPE

RIA

Pa

y th

at y

ou b

orro

wed

and

rec

over

it.

71 d

isdai

n in

dign

ation

(O.E

.D.,

sb. 2

) 74

opp

ress

ove

rwhe

lm w

ith n

umbe

rs (O

.E.D

., lb

) 82

con

ceit

fanc

y, im

agin

ation

83

ent

hral

led

ensla

ved

84 e

nlar

~e set f

ree

- 85

lai

d . .

. to g

age

give

n as

a p

ledge

, plac

ed in

Daw

n -

77-8

9 Th

is sti

chom

ythi

a or

line-

by-li

ne d

ialog

ue is

a d

ram

atic

conv

entio

n de

rivin

g fro

m ~

ekec

a. Fo

r a

refe

renc

e to

"Kyd

Ps im

pres

sive

use

of t

he

conv

entio

n see

Intro

duct

ion,

p. x

xix.

Page 20: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

-" TH

OM

AS

KY

D

BALT

HAZ

AR

I di

e if

it re

turn

from

whe

nce i

t lie

s. BE

L-IM

PERI

A A

hear

tless

man

, and

live

? A m

iracl

e!

BALT

HAZ

AR

Ay

lady

, lov

e ca

n w

ork

such

mira

cles

. LO

RENZ

O

~u

sh, tu

sh, m

y lo

rd, l

et g

o th

ese

arnb

ages

, A

nd in

pla

in te

rms a

cqua

int h

er w

ith y

our l

ove.

BE

L-IM

PERI

A W

hat b

oots

com

plai

nt, w

hen

ther

e's n

o re

med

y?

BALT

HAZ

AR

Yes, to

you

r gra

ciou

s sel

f m

ust I

com

plai

n,

In w

hose

fair

answ

er li

es m

y re

med

y,

On

who

se p

erfe

ctio

n al

l my

thou

ghts

atte

nd,

95

On

who

se a

spec

t min

e ey

es fi

nd b

eaut

y's

bow

er,

In w

hose

tran

sluce

nt b

reas

t my

hear

t is l

odge

d.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Ala

s, m

y lo

rd, t

hese

are

but

wor

ds o

f cou

rse,

A

nd b

ut d

evic

e to

driv

e m

e fro

m th

is p

lace

. Sh

e, in

goi

ng in

, let

s fal

l her

glo

ve, w

hich

HO

RATI

O, c

omsm

sng ou

t, ta

kes u

p H

ORA

TIO

M

adam

, you

r glo

ve.

100

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Than

ks g

ood

Hor

atio

, tak

e it

for t

hy p

ains

. BA

LTH

AZAR

Si

gnio

r Hor

atio

stoo

ped

in h

appy

tim

e.

HO

RATI

O

I re

aped

mor

e gr

ace

than

I d

eser

ved

or h

oped

. LO

RENZ

O

My

Lord

, be

not d

ismay

ed fo

r wha

t is

pass

ed,

90 a

mba

ges o

bliq

ue, r

ound

abou

t way

s of s

peak

ing

92 W

hat b

oots

com

$laf

nt W

hat p

oint

is t

here

in p

lead

ing

your

love

? 96

asp

ect f

orm

, app

eara

nce

-.

98 w

ords o

f co

urse

con

vent

iona

l phr

ases

99

de~lice ed

. (de

uise

1592)

99 s

.d. T

his

rath

er a

wkw

ard

piec

e of

sta

ge-a

ctio

n m

ay b

e in

tend

ed t

o un

derl

ine

the

part

acc

iden

t pla

ys in

the

lin

ked

proc

ess

of '

reve

nge'.

C

ompa

re th

e dir

ectio

n 'a

lette

r fa

lleth

' (11

1, ii,

23)

and

the l

ette

r w

ritte

n by

Ped

ring

ano w

hich

find

s its

way

by

chan

ce in

to H

ieron

imo'

a ha

nds a

t 11

1, vi

i, 19

ff.

* LIC

E(NB

IV]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

You

kno

w th

at w

omen

oft

are

hum

orou

s:

Thes

e cl

ouds

will

ove

rblo

w w

ith li

ttle

win

d;

Let m

e al

one,

1'11

scat

ter t

hem

mys

elf.

Mea

nwhi

le le

t us

devi

se to

spen

d th

e tim

e In

som

e de

light

ful s

ports

and

rev

ellin

g.

HO

RATI

O

The

kin

g, m

y lo

rds,

is c

omin

g hi

ther

stra

ight

, T

o fe

ast t

he P

ortin

gale

am

bass

ador

: Th

ings

wer

e in

read

ines

s be

fore

I ca

me.

BA

LTH

AZAR

T

hen

here

it fi

ts us

to a

ttend

the

king

, - -

-.--

To

wel

com

e

hi

ther

our

am

bass

ador

, A

nd le

arn

my

fath

er an

d m

y co

untry

's he

alth

. En

ter

the

Banq

uet,

Trum

pets

, the

KIN

G,

ad

AMBA

SSAD

OR

KIN

G

See

Lord

Am

bass

ador

, how

Spa

in e

ntre

ats

Thei

r pr

isone

r Ba

lthaz

ar, t

hy v

icer

oy's

son:

W

e pl

easu

re m

ore

in k

indn

ess

than

in w

ars.

AMBA

SSAD

OR

Sad

is ou

r kin

g, a

nd P

ortin

gale

lam

ents,

Su

ppos

ing

that

Don

Bal

thaz

ar is

slai

n.

BALT

HAZ

AR

[Asid

e] S

o am

I sl

ain

by b

eaut

y's

tyra

nny.

[T

o hi

m] Y

ou se

e, m

y lo

rd, h

ow B

alth

azar

ik s

lain

: I f

rolic

with

the

Duk

e of

Casti

le's son,

Wra

pped

eve

ry h

our i

n pl

easu

res o

f th

e co

urt,

And

gra

ced

with

favo

urs o

f hi

s m

ajes

ty.

125

KIN

G

Put o

ff y

our g

reet

ings

till

our f

east

be d

one;

N

ow c

ome

and

sit w

ith u

s and

tast

e ou

r che

er.

[The

y] s

it to

the

banq

uet

Sit d

own

youn

g pr

ince

, you

are

ouf

sec

ond

gues

t; Br

othe

r sit

dow

n an

d ne

phew

take

you

r pla

ce;

105

hum

orou

s te

mpe

ram

enta

l 11

3 fit

s bef

its

1 18

plea

sure

take

ple

asur

e

11 5

s.d.

the

Banq

uet,

Trum

pets

anot

her o

ppoa

nity

for

disp

lay ,

und

erlin

vlg

the

prou

d, s

elf-c

onfid

ent

soci

ety

of t

he S

pani

sh c

ourt

. A

full-

scal

e oc

casio

n is

evid

ently

int

ende

d (n

ot j

ust

a bu

ffet-t

ype

banq

uet

ofte

n us

ed o

n th

e El

izab

etha

n st

age)

for

they

'sit

to t

he b

anqu

et' (

1.127

s.d

.) an

d re

mai

n se

ated

to

wat

ch H

iero

nim

o's e

nter

tain

men

t. 12

1 T

his a

side

hint

s the

trou

ble

that

is b

reed

ing

unde

r the

surf

ace

appe

ar-

. -

ance

of o

rder

.

Page 21: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

28

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T I

Sign

ior H

orat

io, w

ait t

hou

upon

our

cup

, 130

For

wel

l tho

u ha

st de

serv

td to

be

hono

ured

. N

ow, l

ordi

ngs,

fall

to; S

pain

is P

ortu

gal,

And

Por

tuga

l is

Spai

n, w

e bo

th a

re fr

iend

s, Tr

ibut

e is

paid

, and

we

enjo

y ou

r rig

ht.

But

whe

re is

old

Hie

roni

mo,

our

mar

shal

? 135

He

prom

ised

us,

in h

onou

r of

our g

uest,

T

o gr

ace

our

banq

uet

with

som

e po

mpo

us je

st.

Enter

HIE

RO

NIM

O w

ith a

Dru

m, t

hree

KN

IGH

TS, e

ach

[with

] his

scut

cheo

n: th

en h

e fe

tches

thre

e K

ING

S, [

the K

NIG

HTS

] ta

ke th

eir

crow

ns a

nd th

em c

aptiv

e H

iero

nim

o, th

is m

asqu

e co

nten

ts m

ine

eye,

A

lthou

gh I

sou

nd n

ot w

ell th

e-m

yste

ry.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

The

firs

t arm

ed k

nigh

t, th

at h

ung

his

scut

cheo

n up

, ,

140

He

take

s the

scu

tcheo

n an

d gi

ves i

t to

the

KIN

G

Was

Eng

lish

Rob

ert,

Earl

of G

louc

este

r, W

ho w

hen

Kin

g St

ephe

n bo

re sw

ay in

Alb

ion,

A

rriv

ed w

ith fi

ve a

nd tw

enty

thou

sand

men

In

Por

tinga

le, a

nd b

y su

cces

s of

war

En

forc

ed th

e ki

ng, t

hen

but a

Sar

acen

, 145

To

bear

the

yoke

of

the

Engl

ish

mon

arch

y.

KIN

G

My

lord

of

Porti

ngal

e, b

y th

is y

ou s

ee

Tha

t whi

ch m

ay c

omfo

rt bo

th y

our

king

and

you

, A

nd m

ake

your

late

dis

com

fort

seem

the

less

. B

ut s

ay, H

iero

nim

o, w

hat w

as th

e ne

xt?

150

HIE

RO

NIM

O

The

seco

nd k

nigh

t, th

at h

ung

his

scut

cheo

n up

, H

e do

th a

s he

did

befo

re

137

pom

pour

jest

stat

ely

ente

rtai

nmen

t 13

7 s.

d. D

rum

a d

rum

mer

13

7 s.

d. sc

utch

eon

shie

ld w

ith a

rmor

ial b

eari

ngs

139

soun

d un

ders

tand

, fat

hom

13

9 m

yste

ry s

igni

fican

ce, h

idde

n m

eani

ng

142

Albi

on E

ngla

nd

135

ff. H

iero

nim

o's e

nter

tain

men

t app

eals

to E

nglis

h pa

trio

tism

at a

mom

ent

(the

1580

s or

ver

y ea

rly

90s)

whe

n Sp

ain

was

the

arch

-ene

my;

thea

tre-

go

ers

wou

ld h

ave

expe

cted

som

e pa

trio

tic f

lour

ish.

The

hist

ory

is po

pula

r ra

ther

tha

n ac

adem

ic;

for

a fu

ll di

scus

sion

of K

yd's

sour

ces

and

of h

is er

rors

con

cern

ing

the

earls

of

Glo

uces

ter

and

Ken

t and

the

du

ke of

Lan

cast

er se

e Bo

as, p

p. 3

97-8

, Edw

ards

, p. 2

6.fn

. and

Fre

eman

, pp

. 55

ff.

Sm

NE

~1

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TFU

GE

DY

29

W

as E

dmun

d, E

arl o

f K

ent i

n A

lbio

n,

Whe

n En

glis

h R

icha

rd w

ore

the

diad

em;

He

cam

e lik

ewise

, and

raze

d Li

sbon

wal

ls,

And

took

the

Kin

g of

Por

tinga

le in

figh

t: 155

For w

hich

, and

oth

er su

chlik

e se

rvic

e do

ne,

He

afte

r was

cre

ated

Duk

e of

Yor

k.

KIN

G

Thi

s is a

noth

er s

peci

al a

rgum

ent,

That

Por

tinga

le m

ay d

eign

to b

ear o

ur y

oke,

Whe

n it

by li

ttle

Engl

and

hath

bee

n yo

ked.

160

But n

ow H

iero

nim

o, w

hat w

ere

the

last

? H

IER

ON

IMO

T

he th

ird

and

last,

not

leas

t in

our a

ccou

nt, Do

ing

as b

efor

e W

as as

the

rest

a v

alia

nt E

nglis

hman

, Br

ave J

ohn

of G

aunt

, the

Duk

e of

Lan

cast

er,

As b

y hi

s scu

tche

on p

lain

ly m

ay a

ppea

r. 165

He

with

a p

uiss

ant a

rmy

cam

e to

Spa

in,

And

took

our

Kin

g of

Cas

tile

priso

ner.

AM

BASS

AD

OR

This

is an

arg

umen

t for

our

vic

eroy

, T

hat S

pain

may

not

insu

lt fo

r he

r suc

cess

, Si

nce

Engl

ish

war

riors

like

wise

con

quer

ed S

pain

, 170

And

mad

e th

em b

ow th

eir k

nees

to A

lbio

n.

KIN

G

Hie

roni

mo,

I d

rink

to th

ee fo

r th

is d

evic

e,

Whi

ch h

ath

plea

sed

both

the

amba

ssad

or a

nd m

e;

Pled

ge m

e H

iero

nim

o, if

tho

u lo

ve th

e ki

ng.

Take

s the

cup

of

HO

RA

TIO

M

y lo

rd, I

fear

we

sit b

ut o

ver-

long

, 175

Unl

ess

our d

aint

ies

wer

e m

ore

delic

ate:

Bu

t wel

com

e ar

e yo

u to

the

best

we

have

. N

ow le

t us

in, t

hat y

ou m

ay b

e de

spat

ched

, I

thin

k ou

r cou

ncil

is al

read

y se

t. Ex

eunt

om

nes

158

spec

ial p

artic

ular

, app

ropr

iate

(O.E

.D.,

5)

158

argu

men

t illu

stra

tion,

pro

of

166

puiss

ant p

ower

ful

169

insu

lt bo

ast

172

devi

ce sh

ow, m

asqu

e (s

ee 1

.138

) 17

4 s.

d. o

f fro

m

176

Unl

ess u

nles

s it

wer

e th

at

TST-

3 **

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Act I, Sc

ene v

ANDR

EA

Com

e w

e fo

r th

is fr

om d

epth

of

unde

rgro

und,

T

o se

e hi

m fe

ast t

hat g

ave

me

my

deat

h's

wou

nd?

Thes

e pl

easa

nt s

ight

s ar

e so

rrow

tom

y so

ul,

Not

hing

but

leag

ue, a

nd lo

ve, a

nd b

anqu

etin

g!

REV

ENG

E ~

-

Be st

ill A

ndre

a, e

re w

e go

from

hen

ce,

I'll

turn

thei

r frie

ndsh

ip in

to fe

ll de

spite

, Th

eir l

ove

to m

orta

l hat

e, th

eir d

ay to

nig

ht,

Thei

r hop

e in

to d

espa

ir, th

eir p

eace

to w

ar;

Thei

r joy

s to

pai

n, th

eir

bliss

to m

isery

.

Act IT, Sce

ne i

Enter

LO

RENZ

O an

d BA

LTH

AZAR

LO

RDXZ

O M

y lo

rd, t

houg

h Be

l-im

peria

seem

thus

coy

, L

a re

ason

hol

d yo

u in

you

r won

ted

joy:

'In

th

e th

e sa

vage

bul

l sus

tain

s the

yok

e, In

tim

e all

hagg

ard

haw

ks w

ill st

oop

to lu

re,

In ti

me s

mal

l wed

ges c

leav

e th

e ha

rdes

t oak

, In

tim

e th

e fli

nt is

pie

rced

with

sof

test

show

er'-

And

she

in ti

me

will

fall

from

her

disd

ain,

A

nd r

ue th

e su

ffera

nce

of y

our f

riend

ly p

ain.

6

fell

desp

iie c

ruel

hat

red

1 co

y di

sdai

nful

, un

resp

onsi

ve

3 su

stai

ns u

nder

goes

, ha

s to

sub

mit

to (

0.E

.D..

9)

4 ha

ggar

d w

ild, u

ntra

ined

4

stoo

$ to

Lre

swoo

p do

wn

to th

e lu

re, a

dea

d bi

rd,o

r fea

ther

s as

de

to re

sem

ble

a bi

rd, u

sed

for t

rain

ing

haw

ks

5 w

edge

s wed

ge-s

hape

d pi

eces

of

met

al u

sed

in fe

lling

tre

a 8

rue

pity

8

stla

eran

ce p

atie

nt e

ndur

ance

1

ff. T

he A

ndre

a-R

even

ge e

xcha

nge

serv

es t

o m

aint

ain

the

audi

enc e

$ se

nse

of i

rony

: R

even

ge p

lays

up

(11.6

ff.)

the

antit

hese

s of

lov

e an

d ha

te, h

ope

and

desp

air,

blis

s and

mis

ery

that

und

erlie

it.

3-6

Lore

nzo

argu

es i

n th

e so

nnet

eerin

g ve

in e

xtre

mel

y po

pula

r at

thi

s da

te,

actu

ally

quo

ting,

alm

ost

wor

d fo

r w

ord,

a s

onne

t in

Tho

ma

Wat

son'

s H

ecat

ompa

thia

(en

tere

d fo

r pu

blic

atio

n 15

82).

The

lin

es

repr

esen

t con

vent

iona

l not

ions

abo

ut t

he c

ourts

hip

of r

eluc

tant

ladi

es,

and

ther

efor

e de

liber

atel

y ad

opt

the

artif

ices

of

up-t

o-da

te p

oetry

on

the

subj

ect.

Lin

e 3

is r

ecal

led

in M

uch

Ado

(I,

i, 25

8) a

s D

on P

edro

pr

ophe

sies

that

eve

n B

ened

ick

will

fall

vict

im to

love

.

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

BALT

HAZA

R 'N

o, s

he is

wild

er, a

nd m

ore

hard

with

al,

Than

bea

st, o

r bird

, or

tree,

or s

tony

wal

l'. Bu

t whe

refo

re b

lot I

Bel

-impe

ria's

nam

e?

It is

my

faul

t, no

t she

, tha

t mer

its b

lam

e.

My

feat

ure i

s no

t to

coilt

ent h

er s

ight

, M

y w

ords

are

rud

e an

d w

ork

her

no d

elig

ht.

The

line

s I s

end

her a

re b

ut h

arsh

and

ill,

Such

as

do d

rop

from

Pan

and

Mar

syas

' qui

ll.

My

prks

ents

are

not o

f su

ffici

ent c

ost,

And

bein

g w

ortll

less

all

my

labo

ur's

lost.

Y

et m

ight

she

love

me

for m

y 11

:llian

cy;

Ay,

but

that

's sla

nder

ed b

y ca

ptiv

ity.

Yet

mig

ht s

he lo

ve m

e to

con

tent

her

sire

; A

y, b

ut h

er re

ason

mas

ters

his

desir

e.

Yet

mig

ht sh

e lo

ve m

e as

her

bro

ther

's fr

iend

; A

y, bu

t her

hop

es a

im a

t som

e ot

her e

nd.

Yet

mig

ht s

he lo

ve m

e to

upr

ear

her s

tate

; A

y, b

ut p

erha

ps sh

e ho

pes s

ome

nobl

er m

ate.

Y

et

she

love

me

as h

er b

eaut

y's

thra

ll;

. . &,

but I

fear

she

can

not l

ove a

t all.

13 fe

atur

e fo

rm, b

earin

g (n

ot m

erel

y th

e fa

ce)

13 -t

o su

ch a

s to

16

Pan

and

Mar

syas

eac

h of

thes

e go

ds, i

n di

ffer

ent s

torie

s, c

halle

n-

~e

d

Apo

llo t

o co

ntes

ts i

n flu

te-p

layi

ng;

neith

er c

ould

mat

ch h

is

;kill

and

bot

h w

ere p

unis

hed

16 ~

uil

l eith

er a

mus

ical

pip

e or

a p

en;

Kyd

app

ears

to

use

both

se

nses

her

e 19

val

ianc

y va

lour

20

sla

nder

ed b

roug

ht in

to d

isre

pute

(O.E

.D.,

v, 2

) 25

upr

ear

her s

tate

impr

ove

her

soci

al p

ositi

on

A

-A,..

27 b

eaut

y's

ed. (

beau

teou

s 13

YZ)

+I0

Bal

thaz

ar q

uote

s (w

ith v

aria

tion)

the

lin

es o

f W

atso

n's

sonn

et t

hat

follo

w t

hose

quo

ted'

by

Lore

nzo.

(T

he o

rigin

al r

eads

: 'M

ore

fierc

e is

my

swee

t lou

e, m

ore

hard

with

all,

The

n B

east

, or B

irde,

then

Tre

e,

or S

tonv

wal

l.')

The

two

youn

g m

en a

re s

how

ing

thei

r fa

mili

arity

with

co

ntem

pora

ry p

oetry

. 11-2

8 B

alth

azar

's sp

eech

bec

ame

fam

ous,

and

was

ofte

n pa

rodi

ed.

The

pa

rodi

sts,

lik

e m

oder

n re

ader

s, a

re n

o do

ubt

reac

ting

agai

nst

this

hi

ghly

arti

ficia

l and

sel

f-co

nsci

ous

way

of

dram

atis

ing

inde

cisi

on a

nd

self -

doub

t. B

alth

azar

mus

t of

cou

rse

be a

t le

ast

half-

ridic

ulou

s he

re,

bein

g ex

cess

ivel

y in

love

, and

bei

ng in

any

cas

e a

wea

k na

ture

.

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32

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[ACT I

I

LORE

NZO

M

y lo

rd, f

or m

y sa

ke le

ave

thes

e ec

stasie

s, A

nd d

oubt

not

but

we'l

l fin

d so

me

rem

edy.

30

Som

e ca

use

ther

e is

that

lets

you

not b

e lo

ved:

Fi

rst t

hat m

ust n

eeds

be'k

now

n, a

nd th

en re

mov

ed.

Wha

t if m

y si

ster

love

som

e ot

her k

nigh

t?

BALT

HAZ

AR

My

sum

mer

's da

y w

ill tu

rn to

win

ter's

nig

ht.

LORE

NZO

I h

ave

alre

ady

foun

d a

stra

tage

m,

35

To

soun

d th

e bo

ttom

of

this

dou

btfu

l the

me.

M

y lo

rd, f

or o

nce

you

shal

l be

rule

d by

me:

H

inde

r me

not w

hate

'er y

ou h

ear o

r see

. By

forc

e or

fair

mea

ns w

ill I

cas

t abo

ut

To

find

the

trut

h of

all

this

que

stio

n ou

t. 40

Ho,

Ped

ringa

no 1

PED

RIN

GA

NO

[Within] Si

gnio

r 1

LORE

NZO

Vi

en pi

pres

to.

Ente

r PE

DR

ING

AN

O

PED

RIN

GA

NO

H

ath

your

lord

ship

any

ser

vice

to c

omm

and

me?

LO

RENZ

O

Ay,

Ped

ringa

no, s

ervi

ce o

f im

port.

A

nd n

ot to

spe

nd th

e tim

e in

trifl

ing

wor

ds,

Thu

s sta

nds

the

case

: it i

s no

t lon

g th

ou k

now

'st,

45

Sinc

e I d

id sh

ield

the

e fr

om m

y fa

ther

's w

rath

, Fo

r th

y co

nvey

ance

in A

ndre

a's l

ove,

Fo

r w

hich

thou

wer

t adj

udge

d to

pun

ishm

ent.

I sto

od b

etw

ixt t

hee

and

thy

puni

shm

ent;

And

sin

ce, t

hou

know

'st h

ow I

have

favo

ured

thee

. 50

Now

to th

ese

favo

urs

will

I ad

d re

war

d,

Not

with

fair

wor

ds, b

ut st

ore

of g

olde

n co

in,

And

land

s an

d liv

ing

join

ed w

ith d

igni

ties,

29 e

csta

sies u

nrea

soni

ng p

assio

ns (E

dwar

ds)

36 s

ound

the

bot

tom

disc

over

the

exa

ct f

eatu

res

(the

met

apho

r is

from

'sou

ndin

g' a

wat

erw

ay to

det

ect s

nags

and

shal

low

s)

41

Vie

n qu

i pre

sto C

ome

here

qui

ckly

(Ita

lian)

41

qrri

ed. (

que

1592

) 47 c

onve

yanc

e se

cret

or

unde

rhan

d de

alin

g 52

sto

re a

bund

ance

29

ecs

tasie

s Lo

renz

o's

wor

d sh

ows

that

Kyd

mea

nt B

alth

azar

's sp

eech

to

be

deliv

ered

in a

n ex

agge

rate

d fa

shio

n.

SCENE I

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GE

DY

33

If

thou

but

sat

isfy

my

just

dem

and.

Te

ll tr

uth

and

have

me

for t

hy la

sting

frie

nd.

5 5

PED

RIN

GA

NO

W

hate

'er i

t be

your

lord

ship

shal

l dem

and,

M

y bo

unde

n du

ty b

ids

me

tell

the

trut

h,

If ca

se it

lie

in m

e to

tell

the

trut

h.

LORE

NZO

Th

en, P

edrin

gano

, thi

s is

my

dem

and:

W

hom

love

s my

sist

er B

el-im

peria

? 60

For s

he re

pose

th a

ll he

r tru

st in

thee

- Sp

eak

man

, and

gai

n bo

th fr

iend

ship

and

rew

ard:

I

mea

n, w

hom

love

s she

in A

ndre

a's p

lace

? PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Ala

s, m

y lo

rd, s

ince

Don

And

rea's

dea

th,

I hav

e no

cre

dit w

ith h

er a

s be

fore

, 65

A

nd th

eref

ore

know

not

if s

he lo

ve o

r no

. LO

RENZ

O

Nay

, if

thou

dal

ly th

en I

am th

y fo

e,

[Dra

ws hi

s .w

ord]

A

nd fe

ar sh

all f

orce

wha

t frie

ndsh

ip b

nnot

win

. T

hy d

eath

sha

ll bu

ry w

hat t

hy li

fe c

once

als.

Thou

die

st fo

r mor

e es

teem

ing

her

than

me.

70

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

0, s

tay,

my

lord

. LO

RENZ

O

Yet

spe

ak th

e tr

uth

and

I will

gue

rdon

thee

, A

nd s

hiel

d th

ee fr

om w

hate

ver c

an e

nsue

, A

nd w

ill c

once

al w

hate

'er p

roce

eds

from

thee

: Bu

t if

thou

dal

ly o

nce

agai

n, th

ou d

iest.

75

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

If M

adam

Bel

-im

peria

be

in lo

ve-

LORE

NZO

W

hat,

villa

in, i

fs a

nd a

nds?

[O

flers

to k

ill h

im]

PED

RIN

GA

NO

0 st

ay m

y lo

rd, s

he lo

ves

Hor

atio

. BA

LTH

AZAR

star

ts b

ack

58 i

t lie

in m

e I

am a

ble

to

71 s

tay

wai

t, ho

ld o

ff

72 g

uerd

on re

war

d 77

ift a

nd a

nds

'ifs

and

ifs' (

and

used

to

mea

n 'if

'). A

str

ong

thea

tric

al

mom

ent

(as

Lore

nzo

lung

es a

t Pe

drin

gano

) th

at N

ashe

may

be

re-

mem

beri

ng in

his

pref

ace

to G

reen

e's

Men

apho

n, w

here

he

wri

tes

of

'tran

slato

rs'

who

are

con

tent

'to

bodg

e up

a b

lank

ver

se w

ith i

fs a

nd

ands

'.

Page 24: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

I'MU

IMA

S KYD

LORE

NZO

W

hat,

Don

Hor

atio

our

Kni

ght M

arsh

al's

son?

PE

DRIN

GAN

O

Even

him

my

lord

. LO

RENZ

O

Now

say

but h

ow k

now

'st t

hou

he is

her

love

, A

nd th

ou s

halt

find

me

kind

and

libe

ral:

Stan

d up

, I sa

y, a

nd fe

arle

ss te

ll th

e tm

th.

PEDR

ING

ANO

Sh

e sen

t him

lette

rs w

hich

mys

elf p

erus

ed,

Full-

fraug

ht w

ith li

nes a

nd a

rgum

ents

of lo

ve,

Pref

errin

g hi

m b

efor

e Prin

ce B

alth

azar

. LO

RENZ

O

Swea

r on

this

cro

ss th

at w

hat t

hou

say'

st is

true,

A

nd th

at th

ou w

ilt c

once

al w

hat t

hou

hast

told

. PE

DRIN

GAN

O

I sw

ear t

o bo

th b

y hi

m th

at m

ade

us a

ll.

LORE

NZO

In

hop

e th

ine

oath

is tr

ue, h

ere's

thy

rew

ard,

90

But

if I

pro

ve th

ee p

erju

red

and

unju

st,

This

ver

y sw

ord

whe

reon

thou

took

'st t

hine

oat

h,

Shal

l be

the

wor

ker o

f thy

trag

edy.

PE

DRIN

GAN

O

Wha

t I h

ave s

aid

is tr

ue, a

nd sh

all f

or m

e Be

still

con

ceal

ed fr

om B

el-im

peria

. Be

sides

, you

r hon

our's

libe

ralit

y D

eser

ves m

y du

teou

s ser

vice

even

till

deat

h.

LORE

NZO

Le

t thi

s be

all t

hat t

hou

shal

t do

for m

e:

Be w

atch

ful w

hen,

and

whe

re, t

hese

love

rs m

eet,

And

giv

e m

e no

tice

in so

me

secr

et so

rt.

PEDR

ING

ANO

I w

ill m

y lo

rd.

LORE

NZO

T

hen

shal

t tho

u fin

d th

at I

am

libe

ral.

Thou

kno

w'st

tha

t I c

an m

ore

adva

nce t

hy st

ate

Tha

n sh

e, b

e th

eref

ore

wise

and

fail

me

not.

Go

and

atte

nd h

er a

s thy

cus

tom

is,

105

85 f

raug

ht lo

aded

87

thi

s cr

oss h

is s

wor

d-hi

lt 90

In

hope

in th

e fa

ith th

at

91 u

njus

t fal

se, d

isho

nest

,

100

in s

ort b

y so

me

xcre

t m

eans

10

3 ad

vanc

e th

y sta

te im

prov

e yo

ur s

ocia

l pos

ition

end

you

r ha

ncm

I SC

ENE

I] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

35

Lest

abs

ence

mak

e he

r thi

nk th

ou d

ost a

miss

. Ex

it PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Why

so:

tam

ar

k qu

am in

geni

o:

k !>

Whe

re w

ords

pre

vail

not,

viol

ence

pre

vails

; ;

But g

old

doth

mor

e th

an e

ither

of

them

bot

h.

j H

ow li

kes P

rince

Bal

thaz

ar th

is st

rata

gem

? BA

LTH

AZAR

Bo

th w

ell,

and

ill: i

t mak

es m

e gl

ad a

nd s

ad:

Gla

d, th

at I

kno

w th

e hi

nder

er o

f m

y lo

ve,

Sad,

that

I fe

ar sh

e ha

tes m

e w

hom

I lo

ve.

Gla

d, th

at I

kno

w o

n w

hom

to b

e re

veng

ed,

Sad,

that

she'l

l fly

me

if I

take

reve

nge.

Yet

mus

t I ta

ke re

veng

e or

die

mys

elf,

For l

ove

resis

ted

grow

s im

patie

nt.

I th

ink

Hor

atio

be

my

desti

ned

plag

ue:

Firs

t, in

his

hand

he

bran

dish

ed a

swor

d,

And

with

that

swor

d he

fier

cely

wag

ed w

ar,

And

in th

at w

ar h

e ga

ve m

e da

nger

ous w

ound

s, A

nd b

y th

ose

wou

nds h

e fo

rced

me

to y

ield

, A

nd b

y m

y yi

eldi

ng 1

beca

me

his s

lave

. N

ow in

his

mou

th h

e ca

rries

ple

asin

g w

ords

, W

hich

ple

asin

g w

ords

do

harb

our s

wee

t con

ceits

, W

hich

swee

t con

ceits

are

limed

with

sly

dece

its,

Whi

ch sl

y de

ceits

smoo

th B

el-im

peria

's ea

rs,

And

thro

ugh

her e

ars d

ive

dow

n in

to h

er h

eart,

A

nd in

her

hea

rt se

t him

whe

re I

shou

ld s

tand

. T

hus

hath

he

ta'en

my

body

by

his f

orce

, A

nd n

ow b

y sle

ight

wou

ld c

aptiv

ate

my

soul

: Bu

t in

his f

all I

'll t

empt

the

desti

nies

, A

nd e

ither

lose

my

life,

or

win

my

love

.

107

tom

. . . ing

enio

by

equa

l par

ts o

f fpr

ce an

d sk

ill

125

swee

t con

ceits

ple

asin

g fig

ures

of

spee

ch

126

limed

with

mad

e in

to t

raps

with

(fr

om b

ird-

lime,

a g

luey

sub

- st

ance

use

d to

cat

ch b

irds

) 12

7 sm

ooth

sedu

ce, f

latte

r (c

ompa

re O

.E.D

., v,

5a)

13

1 sle

ight

tri

cker

y 13

2 in

his

fall

in c

ausin

g hi

s do

wnf

all

111-

33 C

lem

en (

pp. 1

06-7

) us

eful

ly c

omm

ents

: 'th

e la

ck o

f su

bsta

nce

in

this

rep

etiti

ve s

tyle

of

his,

tedi

ousl

y am

plifi

ed b

y an

tithe

sis

and

othe

r rh

etor

ical

figu

res,

is e

xact

ly in

kee

ping

with

the

irr

esol

ute,

dep

ende

nt,

pupp

et-li

ke r

ole

that

Bal

tham

is

to s

usta

in i

n th

e pl

ay.'

His

spe

ech

here

pa

ralle

ls an

d co

rnpl

erne

n~ hi

s lin

es

on B

el-h

peri

a (11

.9 A)

near

the

sce

ne's

beg

inni

ng.

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36

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T

II

LORE

NZO

Le

t's g

o, m

y lo

rd, y

our s

tayi

ng s

tays

rev

enge

. D

o yo

u bu

t fol

low

me

and

gain

you

r lov

e:

135

Her

favo

ur m

ust b

e w

on b

y hi

s re

mov

e.

Exeu

nt

Act

11, Scene

ii

Enter

HO

RATI

O a

nd B

EL-I

MPE

RIA

HO

RA

TIO

N

ow, m

adam

, sin

ce b

y fa

vour

of

your

love

O

ur h

idde

n sm

oke

is tu

rned

to o

pen

flam

e,

And

that

with

look

s and

wor

ds w

e fe

ed o

ur th

ough

ts

(Tw

o ch

ief c

onte

nts,

whe

re m

ore

cann

ot b

e ha

d),

Thu

s in

the

mid

st o

f lo

ve's

fair

blan

dish

men

ts,

5 W

hy s

how

you

sig

n of

inw

ard

lang

uish

men

ts?

PED

RIN

GA

NO

show

eth a

ll to

the

PRIN

CE

and

LORE

NZO

, pla

cing

them

in se

cret

[abo

ve]

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

M

y he

art,

swee

t frie

nd, i

s lik

e a

ship

at s

ea:

She

wish

eth

port,

whe

re r

idin

g al

l at e

ase,

Sh

e m

ay re

pair

wha

t sto

rmy

times

hav

e w

orn,

A

nd le

anin

g on

the

shor

e, m

ay si

ng w

ith jo

y 10

T

hat p

leas

ure

follo

ws

pain

, and

blis

s an

noy.

Po

sses

sion

of t

hy lo

ve is

th'o

nly

port,

W

here

in m

y he

art,

with

fear

s and

hop

es lo

ng to

ssed

, Ea

ch h

our

doth

wish

and

long

to m

ake

reso

rt;

Ther

e to

repa

ir th

e jo

ys th

at it

hat

h lo

st,

15

And

sitt

ing

safe

, to

sing

in C

upid

's ch

oir

That

swee

test

bliss

is c

row

n of

lov

e's d

esire

.

3 th

ough

ts ed

. (th

ough

159

2) w

ishe

s, im

agin

ings

4

cont

ents

sour

ces

of c

onte

ntm

ent

7 fr

iend

love

(a c

omm

on E

lizab

etha

n se

nse)

9

may

ed.

(m

ad 1

592)

15

rep

air

rest

ore

16 s

ing

cele

brat

e 17

is

whi

ch is

17

159

2 ha

s s.

d. 'B

alth

azar

abo

ve';

Edw

ards

sug

gest

s, c

onvi

ncin

gly,

th

at t

his

is a

not

e by

the

auth

or to

cla

rify

the e

arlie

r dire

ctio

n (1

.6)

and

need

not

be

repe

ated

6 s.d

. B

alth

azar

and

Lor

enzo

wat

ch t

he l

over

s fr

om t

he u

pper

-sta

ge o

r ba

lcon

y. E

dwar

ds i

s, I

thin

k, c

orre

ct i

n ar

guin

g th

at 1

592'

s 'B

alth

azar

ab

oue.

' af

ter

1.1 7

is

an a

utho

r's c

larif

icat

ion;

lik

e hi

m I

tra

nsfe

r th

e 'ab

ove'

to t

he e

nd o

f th

e pr

esen

t dire

ctio

n.

SCEN

E 11

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

37

BALT

HAZ

AR

0 sl

eep

min

e ey

es, s

ee n

ot m

y lo

ve p

rofa

ned;

Be

dea

f, m

y ea

rs, h

ear

not m

y di

scon

tent

; D

ie, h

eart,

ano

ther

joys

wha

t tho

u de

serv

est.

20

LORE

NZO

W

atch

still

min

e ey

es, t

o se

e th

is lo

ve d

isjo

ined

; H

ear s

till m

ine

ears

, to

hear

them

bot

h la

men

t; Li

ve, h

eart,

to jo

y at

fond

Hor

atio

's fa

ll.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

W

hy st

ands

Hor

atio

spee

chle

ss a

ll th

is w

hile

? H

ORA

TIO

T

he le

ss I

spe

ak, t

he m

ore

I m

edita

te.

25

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

But w

here

on d

ost t

hou

chie

fly m

edita

te?

HO

RATI

O

On

dang

ers

past,

and

ple

asur

es to

ens

ue.

BALT

HAZ

AR

On

plea

sure

s pa

st, a

nd d

ange

rs to

ens

ue.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Wha

t dan

gers

and

wha

t ple

asur

es d

ost t

hou

mea

n?

HO

RATI

O

Dan

gers

of

war

and

ple

asur

es o

f ou

r lov

e.

30

LORE

NZO

D

ange

rs o

f de

ath,

but

ple

asur

es n

one

at a

ll.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Le

t dan

gers

go,

thy

war

shal

l be

with

me,

Bu

t suc

h a

war

as

brea

ks n

o bo

nd o

f pe

ace.

Sp

eak

thou

fair

wor

ds, I

'll c

ross

them

with

fair

wor

ds;

Send

thou

swee

t loo

ks, I

'll m

eet t

hem

with

swee

t loo

ks;

3 5

Writ

e lo

ving

line

s, I'l

l an

swer

lovi

ng li

nes;

G

ive

me

a ki

ss, I

'll c

ount

erch

eck

thy

kiss

: Be

this

our

war

ring

peac

e, o

r pe

acef

ul w

ar.

HO

RATI

O

But g

raci

ous

mad

am, t

hen

appo

int t

he fi

eld

Whe

re tr

ial o

f th

is w

ar sh

all f

irst b

e m

ade.

40

20

joy

s en

joys

23

fon

d fo

olis

h, b

esot

ted

33 w

ar e

d. (

war

ring

1592

) 34

cro

ss m

eet,

com

plem

ent

(a p

unni

ng r

efer

ence

to

cros

s m

eani

ng

c th

war

t, go

cou

nter

to, i

s in

tend

ed)

e 37

cou

nter

chec

k op

pose

, tak

e co

unte

ring

actio

n ag

ains

t E

18 ff

. T

he a

ntith

etic

al s

peec

hes

by t

he lo

vers

and

thos

e w

atch

ing

them

is

I on

e of

Kyd

's m

ore

obvi

ous

way

s of

ins

istin

g on

dra

mat

ic ir

ony.

Bel

- k

impe

ria's

desc

riptio

n of

th

e bo

wer

(11

.42 ff

.) is

al

so

obvi

ousl

y an

d

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-.-u

~

IU

[A

CT

11

RALT

HA

ZAR

Am

bitio

us v

illai

n, h

ow h

is bo

ldne

ss g

row

s !

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Th

en b

e th

y fa

ther

's pl

easa

nt b

ower

the

field

, W

here

firs

t we

vow

ed a

mut

ual a

mity

: T

he co

urt w

ere

dang

erou

s, th

at p

lace

is sa

fe.

Our

hou

r sha

ll be

whe

n V

espe

r gin

s to

rise,

45

That

sum

mon

s hom

e di

stre

ssfu

l tra

velle

rs.

Ther

e no

ne sh

all h

ear u

s bu

t the

har

mle

ss b

irds:

H

appi

ly th

e ge

ntle

nig

htin

gale

Sh

all c

arol

us a

sleep

ere

we

be w

are,

And

sin

ging

with

the

pric

kle a

t her

bre

ast,

50

Tell

our

delig

ht a

nd m

irthf

ul d

allia

nce.

Till

then

eac

h ho

ur w

ill s

eem

a y

ear a

nd m

ore.

H

ORA

TIO

B

ut, h

oney

swee

t, an

d ho

nour

able

love

, R

etur

n w

e no

w in

to y

our f

athe

r's s

ight

: D

ange

rous

susp

icio

n w

aits

on o

ur d

elig

ht.

55

LOR

EN20

A

y, d

ange

r mix

ed w

ith je

alio

us d

espi

te

Shal

l sen

d th

y so

ul in

to e

tern

al n

ight

. Ex

ant

Act

11, Scene ii

i En

ter K

ING

of Sp

ain,

Por

tinga

le A

MBA

SSA

DO

R, D

ON

CY

PRIA

N,

etc.

KIN

G

Bro

ther

of

Cas

tile,

to th

e pr

ince

's lo

ve

Wha

t say

s po

ur d

augh

ter

Bel

-impe

ria?

CAST

ILE

Alth

ough

she

coy

it as

bec

omes

her

kin

d,

And

yet

diss

embl

e th

at s

he lo

ves t

he p

rince

, I

doub

t not

, I, b

ut s

he w

ill st

oop

in ti

me.

5

42 b

ower

an

arbo

ur, o

r en

close

d ga

rden

-seat,

cove

red w

ith b

rmch

es

of tr

ees,

plan

ts e

tc. C

f. 11

, iv, 5

3 s.d

. and

not

e 45

Ves

per

the

even

ing st

ar o

r V

enus

46

dist

ress

ful t

rave

llers

wea

ry la

bour

ers

('tra

vel'

and

'trav

ail'

wer

e cl

osel

y lin

ked

in E

lizab

ethan

use

) 48

Hap

pily

hap

ly, p

erha

ps

50 p

rickl

e th

orn

56 je

alio

us e

d. (

jealo

us 1592) w

atchf

ul, s

uspi

ciou

s; m

etre

req

uim

s th

ree

sylla

bles

3

coy

it af

fect

s di

sincli

natio

n 3

as b

ecom

es h

er k

ind

as it

is a

wom

an's

natu

re to

do

5 sto

op b

ecom

e ob

edien

t; an

d co

mpa

re 11

, i, 4

and

not

e

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

sh

e fr

owar

d, w

hich

she

will

not

be,

Y

et h

erei

n sh

all s

he fo

llow

my

advi

ce,

! is

to lo

ve h

im o

r for

go m

y Lo

ve.

, K

ING

Th

en, L

ord

Am

bass

ador

of P

ortin

gale

, A

dvise

thy

king

to m

ake

this

mar

riage

up,

Fo

r stre

ngth

enin

g of

our l

ate-

conf

irmed

leag

ue;

I kno

w n

o be

tter m

eans

to m

ake

us fr

iend

s. H

er d

owry

sha

ll be

larg

e an

d lib

eral

: B

esid

a th

at sh

e is

dau

ghte

r and

hal

f-he

ir U

nto

our b

roth

er h

ere,

Don

Cyp

rian,

I

And

shal

l enj

oy th

e m

oiet

y of

his l

and,

I'l

l gra

ce h

er m

arria

ge w

ith a

n un

cle's

gift

. A

nd th

is it

is: i

n ca

se th

e m

atch

go

forw

ard,

T

he tr

ibut

e w

hich

you

pay

shal

l be

rele

ased

, A

nd if

by

Balth

azar

she

have

a so

n,

He

shal

l enj

oy th

e ki

ngdo

m a

fter u

s. AM

BASS

ADOR

1'1

1 m

ake

the

mot

ion

to m

y so

verk

gn li

ege,

And

wor

k it

if m

y co

unse

l may

pre

vail.

K

ING

D

o so

, my

lord

, and

if h

e gi

ve c

onse

nt,

I ho

pe h

is pr

esen

ce h

ere

will

hon

our u

s In

cel

ebra

tion

of th

e nu

ptia

l day-

And

let h

imse

lf de

term

ine o

f th

e tim

e. '

.4M

BASS

AD

OR

Will

't pl

ease

you

r gra

ce c

omm

and

me

augh

t bes

ide?

K

ING

C

omm

end

me

to th

e ki

ng, a

nd so

fare

wel

l. B

ut w

here

's Pr

ince

Bal

thaz

ar to

take

his

leav

e?

AMBA

SSAD

OR

That

is p

erfo

rmed

alre

ady,

my

good

lord

. K

ING

A

mon

gst t

he re

st of

wha

t you

hav

e in

cha

rge,

The

prin

ce's

rans

om m

ust n

ot b

e fo

rgot

; Th

at's

none

of m

ine,

but

his

that

took

him

pris

oner

, A

nd w

ell h

is fo

rwar

dnes

s des

erve

s re

war

d:

It w

as H

orat

io, o

ur K

nigh

t Mar

shal

's so

n.

6 fr

owar

d pe

rver

se, r

efra

ctor

y 16

moi

ety

a ha

lf-sh

are

22 m

ake

the motion p

ut th

e pr

opos

al 35

for

ward

ness

ente

rpris

e, ze

al

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40

TH

OM

AS KYD

[AC

T

II

AMBA

SSAD

OR

Betw

een

us th

ere's

a p

rice

alre

ady

pitc

hed,

A

nd s

hall

be se

nt w

ith a

ll co

nven

ient

spe

ed.

KIN

G

The

n on

ce a

gain

fare

we ll,

my

lord

. AM

BASS

ADO

R Fa

rew

ell,

my

Lord

of

Casti

le a

nd th

e re

st.

Exit

40

KIN

G

Now

, bro

ther

, you

mus

t tak

e so

me

little

pai

ns

To

win

fair

Bel-i

mpe

ria fr

om h

er w

ill:

You

ng v

irgin

s m

ust b

e ru

led

by th

eir f

riend

s. T

he p

rince

is a

mia

ble,

and

love

s he

r w

ell,

If sh

e ne

glec

t him

and

forg

o hi

s lo

ve,

45

She

both

will

wro

ng h

er o

wn

esta

te a

nd o

urs.

Ther

efor

e, w

hile

s I

do e

nter

tain

the

prin

ce

With

gre

ates

t ple

asur

e th

at o

ur c

ourt

affo

rds,

Ende

avou

r you

to w

in y

our d

augh

ter's

tho

ught

: If

she

give

bac

k, a

ll th

is w

ill c

ome

to n

augh

t. Ex

eunt

50

Act

11,

Scen

e iv

En

ter H

ORA

TIO

, BE

L-IM

PERI

A,

and

PEDR

ING

ANO

HO

RA

TIO

N

ow th

at th

e ni

ght b

egin

s w

ith s

able

win

gs

To

over

clou

d th

e br

ight

ness

of

the

sun,

A

nd th

at in

dar

knes

s pl

easu

res

may

be

done

, Co

me

Bel-i

mpe

ria, l

et u

s to

the

bow

er,

And

ther

e in

saf

ety

pass

a p

leas

ant h

our.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

I

follo

w th

ee m

y lo

ve, a

nd w

ill n

ot b

ack,

A

lthou

gh m

y fa

intin

g he

art c

ontro

ls m

y so

ul.

HO

RA

TIO

W

hy, m

ake

you

doub

t of

Pedr

inga

no's

faith

?

37 p

itche

d ag

reed

42

will

wilf

ulne

ss

49 th

ough

t ed.

(tho

ught

s 15

92)

50 g

ive

back

'tur

n he

r ba

ck o

n us

' (Ed

war

ds),

refu

se

1 sa

ble

blac

k 7

cont

rols

oppr

esse

s, m

aste

rs (

the

hear

t's

fear

fuln

ess

stru

ggle

s ag

ains

t the

sou

l's w

ishes

)

1-5

An

Eliz

abet

han

audi

ence

wou

ld i

mm

edia

tely

fee

l th

e ir

ony

of

invo

king

nig

ht,

asso

ciat

ed w

ith e

vil,

to w

atch

ove

r th

e re

latio

nshi

p.

The

iro

nies

are

st

recg

then

ed i

n th

e ne

xt l

ines

; se

e es

p.

11.1

619.

SCEN

E IV

] THE S

PAN

ISH

TRAGEDY

41

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

N

o, h

e is

as

trust

y as

my

seco

nd s

elf.

Go

Pedr

inga

no, w

atch

with

out t

he g

ate,

10

A

nd le

t us k

now

if a

ny m

ake

appr

oach

. PE

DR

ING

AN

O

[Asid

e] In

stea

d of

wat

chin

g, I

'll d

eser

ve m

ore

gold

By

fet

chin

g D

on L

oren

zo to

this

mat

ch.

Exit

PED

RIN

GA

NO

H

OR

ATI

O

Wha

t mea

ns m

y lo

ve?

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

I kn

ow n

ot w

hat m

ysel

f. A

nd y

et m

y he

art f

oret

ells

me

som

e m

ischa

nce.

15

H

OR

ATI

O

Swee

t say

not

so,

fair

fortu

ne is

our

frie

nd,

And

hea

vens

hav

e sh

ut u

p da

y to

ple

asur

e us

. T

he st

ars

thou

see

'st h

old

back

thei

r tw

inkl

ing

shin

e,

And

Lun

a hi

des

hers

elf

to p

leas

ure

us.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Th

ou h

ast p

reva

iled,

I'll

con

quer

my

mis

doub

t, A

nd in

thy

love

and

cou

nsel

dro

wn

my

fear

. I f

ear

no m

ore,

love

now

is a

ll m

y th

ough

ts.

Why

sit w

e no

t? fo

r pl

easu

re a

sket

h ea

se.

HO

RA

TIO

T

he m

ore

thou

sit'

st w

ithin

thes

e le

afy

bow

ers,

The

mor

e w

ill F

lora

dec

k it

with

her

flow

ers.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

A

y, b

ut if

Flo

ra s

py H

orat

io h

ere,

H

er je

alou

s eye

will

thin

k I s

it to

o ne

ar.

HO

RA

TIO

H

ark,

mad

am, h

ow th

e bi

rds

reco

rd b

y ni

ght,

For j

oy th

at B

el-i

mpe

ria si

ts in

sigh

t. BE

L-IM

PER

IA

No,

Cup

id c

ount

erfe

its th

e ni

ghtin

gale

, T

o fr

ame

swee

t mus

ic to

Hor

atio

's ta

le.

HO

RA

TIO

If

Cup

id si

ng, t

hen

Ven

us is

not

far:

A

y, th

ou a

rt V

enus

or s

ome

faire

r sta

r.

10 w

ithou

t out

side

13 m

atch

mee

ting

19 L

una

the

moo

n 23

ask

eth

need

s, re

quir

es

28 r

ecor

d sin

g 31

fra

me

adap

t, co

mpo

se

32-5

Ven

us . .

. Mar

s A

phro

dite

(Ven

us)

was

unf

aith

ful t

o he

r hu

sban

d H

epha

estu

s with

Are

s (M

ars)

the g

od o

f war

.

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. -

mur

VIA

8 K

YD

BE

L-IM

PERI

A

If I

be V

enus

, tho

u m

ust n

eeds

be

Mar

s, A

nd w

here

Mar

s re

igne

th th

ere

mus

t nee

ds b

e w

ars.

35

HO

RA

TIO

Th

en th

us b

egin

our

war

s: pu

t for

th th

y ha

nd,

That

it m

ay c

omba

t with

my

rude

r han

d.

BEL

-IM

PER

IA

Set f

orth

thy

foot

to tr

y th

e pu

sh o

f m

ine.

HO

RATI

O

But

firs

t my

look

s sh

dI co

mba

t aga

inst

thin

e.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Th

en w

ard

thys

elf:

I da

rt th

is k

iss a

t the

e.

40

HO

RATI

O

Thus

I re

tort

the

dart

thou

thre

w'st

at m

e. BE

L-IM

PERI

A

Nay

then

, to

gain

the

glor

y of

the

fiel

d,

My

twin

ing

arm

s sha

ll yo

ke a

nd m

ake

thee

yie

ld.

HO

RATI

O

~a

'

then

, my

arm

s are

larg

e an

d st

rong

with

al:

Thus e

lms b

y vi

nes a

re c

ompa

ssed

till

they

fall.

BE

L-IM

PERI

A

0 le

t me

go, f

or in

my

troub

led

eyes

N

OW

may

'st t

hou

read

that

life

in p

assio

n di

es.

HO

RATI

O

0 st

ay a

whi

le an

d I

will

die

with

thee

, So

shal

t tho

u yi

eld

and

yet h

ave

conq

uere

d m

e. BE

L-IM

PERI

A

Who

's th

ere?

Ped

ringa

no! W

e ar

e be

traye

d!

35 w

ars e

d. (

war

159

2); r

hym

e re

quire

s th

e pl

ural

form

37

rud

er r

ough

er. c

oars

er

40 w

ard

*aid

, sh

ield

----

# w

ithal

ed.

(w

ith 1

592)

W

ho's

ther

e? ~

edri

ngah

! ed. (

Who

se th

ere

Pedr

inga

no? 1

592)

-5 E

dwar

ds s

how

s th

at H

orat

io h

ere

inve

rts a

fam

iliar

saying

abou

t th

e el

m (

usua

lly a

n em

blem

of

frie

ndsh

ip:

the

vine

hol

ds u

p th

e tre

e in

its

em

brac

es);

take

n w

ith t

he d

oubl

e m

eani

ng in

'die

' (a

com

mon

se

xual

pun

), it

beco

mes

obv

ious

tha

t K

yd w

ishe

s to

em

phas

ise

the

sens

ualit

y of

the

mom

ent,

thus

mak

ing

the

ironi

es m

ore

emot

iona

lly

char

ged.

The

lite

ral s

ense

of 1

.48 d

oes

of c

ours

e co

me

abou

t; a

som

e-

wha

t hea

vy-h

ande

d iro

ny.

SC~IN

E IV

] THE S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

43

En

ter L

ORE

NZO

, BA

LTH

AZA

R, S

ER

BE

RI~

, PED

RIN

GA

NO

, dis

guise

d LO

RENU

) M

y lo

rd, a

way

with

her

, tak

e he

r asid

e. 0 si

r. fo

rbea

r, yo

ur v

alou

r is

alre

ady

tried

. ~u

icid

y des

pat&

h, m

y m

aste

rs.

They

han

g hi

m in

the

arbo

ur

HO

RATI

O

Wha

t, w

ill y

ou m

urde

r me?

LO

RENZ

O Ay

, thu

s, an

d th

us; t

hese

are

the

frui

ts o

f lov

e. 5 5

Th

ey st

ab h

im

BEL

-IM

PRIA

0 sa

ve h

is li

fe an

4 let

me

die

for h

im!

0 sa

ve h

im, b

roth

er, s

ave

him

, Bal

thaz

ar :

I lov

ed H

orat

io, b

ut h

e lo

ved

not m

e. BA

LTH

AZA

R B

ut B

alth

azar

love

s Bel

-impe

ria.

LOR

EN20

A

lthou

gh h

is lif

e w

ere s

till a

mbi

tious

pro

ud,

Yet

is he

at t

he h

ighe

st no

w h

e is

dead

. BE

L-IM

PERI

A

Mur

der l

mur

der 1

Hel

p, H

iero

nim

o, h

elp l

LO

REN

20

Com

e, st

op h

er m

outh

, aw

ay w

ith h

er.

*

Exeu

nt, [

leavin

g H

ORA

TIO

'S b

ody]

52 t

ried

test

ed,

prov

ed, T

he th

ough

t of

Hor

atio

's m

artia

l pr

owes

s -

~

still

ran

kles

with

Lor

enzo

60 a

dit

- pr

oud

ambi

tious

for

a p

ositi

on t

hat

wou

ld s

atis

fy h

is

prid

e

53 s

.d.

Whe

ther

a s

tage

-tre

e w

as u

sed

for

this

pur

pose

rem

ains

unc

lear

; Is

abel

la (I

V, i

i, 6 ff.) seem

s to

ref

er to

a tr

ee;

Hie

roni

mo

says

(IV

, iv

, 11

1) h

e fo

und

Hor

atio

'han

ging

on

a tr

ee';

the

auth

or o

f th

e Fo

unh

Add

ition

thi

nks

very

spe

cific

ally

of

a tre

e (s

ee 1

1.60

ff.).

But

edi

tore

m

ay w

ell b

e rig

ht in

arg

uing

that

the

arbo

ur il

lust

rate

d on

the

title

-pag

e of

the

1615

edi

tion

(a tr

ellis

-wor

k ar

ch w

ith a

seat

in it

) may

hav

e be

en

deco

rate

d w

ith le

aves

and

bra

nche

s, a

nd s

o ha

ve se

rved

as

both

arb

our

and

tree.

Page 29: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

44

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T

11

Act

11, S

cene

v

Enter

HIE

RO

NIM

O in

his

shirt

, etc

. H

IER

ON

IMO

W

hat o

utcr

ies

pluc

k m

e fr

om m

y na

ked

bed,

A

nd c

hill

my

thro

bbin

g he

art w

ith tr

embl

ing

fear

, W

hich

nev

er d

ange

r yet

cou

ld d

aunt

bef

ore?

W

ho c

alls

Hie

roni

mo?

Spe

ak, h

ere

I am

. I

did

not s

lum

ber,

ther

efor

e 'tw

as n

o dr

eam

, 5

No,

no,

it w

as so

me

wom

an c

ried

for

help

, A

nd h

ere

with

in th

is g

arde

n di

d sh

e cr

y,

And

in th

is g

arde

n m

ust I

res

cue

her.

But s

tay,

wha

t mur

dero

us sp

ecta

cle

is th

is?

A m

an h

ange

d up

and

all

the

mur

dere

rs g

one,

10

A

nd in

my

bow

er to

lay

the

guilt

on

me.

Th

is p

lace

was

mad

e fo

r pl

easu

re n

ot fo

r de

ath.

H

e cu

ts hi

m d

own

Thos

e ga

rmen

ts th

at h

e w

ears

I of

t hav

e se

en-

Ala

s, it

is H

orat

io, m

y sw

eet s

on!

Oh

no, b

ut h

e tb

at w

hilo

m w

as m

y so

n.

15

0 w

as it

thou

tha

t cal

leds

t me

from

my

bed?

0 sp

eak,

if a

ny s

park

of

life

rem

ain:

I

am th

y fa

ther

. Who

hat

h sla

in m

y so

n?

Wha

t sav

age

mon

ster

, not

of

hum

an k

ind,

H

ath

here

bee

n gl

utte

d w

ith th

y ha

rmle

ss b

lood

, 20

A

nd le

ft th

y bl

oody

cor

pse

dish

onou

red

here

, Fo

r m

e, a

mid

st th

is d

ark

and

deat

hful

sha

des,

To

drow

n th

ee w

ith a

n oc

ean

of m

y te

ars?

1 s.d

. sh

irt n

ight

shir

t 1

nake

d be

d a

tran

sfer

red

epit

het;

the

slee

per i

s nak

ed (

or li

ghtly

clo

thed

). E

dwar

ds s

ays

the

phra

se w

as fa

mili

ar

15 w

hilo

m in

the

pas

t, til

l now

22

thi

s an

acce

pted

plu

ral

form

at

this

dat

e

1 s.d

. Fo

r a

desc

riptio

n of

pr

obab

le s

tage

-pra

ctic

e he

re s

ee F

ourt

h A

dditi

on 1

1.135-9

. 1-

33

Hie

roni

mo'

s so

liloq

uy,

perh

aps

the

mos

t fa

mou

s of

th

e pl

ay,

is on

e w

hich

, as

Cle

men

(p.

103

) poi

nts

out,

'is n

ot o

nly

spok

en b

ut

acte

d',

carr

ying

its

own

inte

rnal

'sta

ge-d

irect

ions

', a

tech

niqu

e fo

llow

ed,

and

mad

e m

ore

subt

le, b

y Sh

akes

pear

e.

12 c

ontin

uing

the

plea

sure

/ de

ath

irony

of

11, i

i and

11,

iv.

13 ff

. G

ood

dire

ctio

n an

d ac

ting

can

mak

e th

e m

omen

t of

di

scov

ery

deep

ly p

oign

ant.

Kyd

's w

ords

may

see

m a

bsur

dly

sim

ple

here

, but

he

is su

rely

rig

ht n

ot to

ove

rload

Hie

roni

mo'

s sp

eech

with

rhe

toric

.

SCEN

E v

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GE

DY

45

0 h

eave

ns, w

hy m

ade

you

nigh

t to

cove

r sin

? By

day

this

dee

d of

dar

knes

s ha

d no

t bee

n.

0 ea

rth, w

hy d

idst

thou

not

in ti

me

devo

ur

The

vild

pro

fane

r of

thi

s sac

red

bow

er?

0 p

oor H

orat

io, w

hat h

adst

thou

misd

one,

T

o le

ese

thy

life

ere

life

was

new

beg

un?

0 w

icke

d bu

tche

r, w

hatso

e'er

thou

wer

t, H

ow c

ould

thou

stra

ngle

virt

ue a

nd d

eser

t?

Ay

me

mos

t wre

tche

d, th

at h

ave

lost

my

joy,

In

lees

ing

my

Hor

atio

, my

swee

t boy

! En

ter IS

ABE

LLA

ISA

BELL

A

My

husb

and'

s ab

senc

e m

akes

my

hear

t to

thro

b-

Hie

roni

mo !

H

IER

ON

IMO

H

ere,

Isa

bella

, hel

p m

e to

lam

ent,

For s

ighs

are

stop

ped

and

all m

y te

ars

are

spen

t. IS

ABE

LLA

W

hat w

orld

of

grie

f! M

y son

Hor

atio

! 0 w

here

's th

e au

thor

of

this

end

less

woe

? H

IER

ON

IMO

T

o kn

ow th

e au

thor

wer

e so

me

ease

of

grie

f, Fo

r in

reve

nge

my

hear

t wou

ld fi

nd r

elie

f. IS

ABE

LLA

Th

en is

he

gone

? and

is m

y so

n go

ne to

o?

0, g

ush

out,

tear

s, fo

unta

ins

and

flood

s of

tear

s;

Blow

, sig

hs, a

nd ra

ise a

n ev

erla

sting

sto

rm:

For o

utra

ge fi

ts ou

r cur

sed

wre

tche

dnes

s. 45

H

IER

ON

IMO

'

I

/I,::.

, , .

Swee

t lov

ely

rose

, ill

pluc

ked

befo

re th

y tim

e,

Fair

wor

thy

son,

not

con

quer

ed, b

ut b

etra

yed:

I'l

l ki

ss th

ee n

ow, f

or w

ords

with

tear

s ar

e sta

yed.

IS

ABE

LLA

A

nd I

'll c

lose

up

the

glas

ses o

f hi

s sig

ht,

For

once

thes

e ey

es w

ere

only

my

delig

ht.

50

26 i

n tim

e at

the

due

mom

ent

27 w

ild v

ile

29 l

eese

lose

29

was

new

beg

un h

ad e

nter

ed a

new

pha

se;

perh

aps

the

refe

renc

e is

to

Hor

atio

's ne

w l

ife a

s a

prom

inen

t ci

tizen

aft

er h

is s

ucce

ss i

n w

ar

39 a

utho

r th

e on

e re

spon

sibl

e 45

out

rage

pas

sion

ate

beha

viou

r (O.E.D.,

sb.

2)

48 w

ith b

y 48

sta

yed

ed. (

stai

nde

1592

) sto

pped

49

gla

sses

of

his

sight

his

eye

s

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*'-

-J'*

ul3

KYU

! H

IERO

NIM

O

See's

t th

ou th

is ha

ndke

rche

r be

smea

red

with

blo

od?

It sh

all n

ot fr

om m

e til

l I ta

ke re

veng

e. Se

e'st t

hou

thos

e w

ound

s tha

t yet

are

ble

edin

g fr

esh?

c I

I'll

not e

ntom

b th

em ti

ll I

have

reve

nged

. Th

en w

ill I

joy

amid

st m

y di

scon

tent

, 1

55

Till

then

my

sorro

w n

ever

shal

l be

spen

t. IS

ABEL

LA

-.

The

hea

vens

are

just

, mur

der c

anno

t be

hid:

Ti

me

is th

e au

thor

bot

h of

tru

th a

nd ri

ght,

I A

nd ti

me

will

brin

g th

is tr

each

ery

to li

ght.

HIE

RONI

MO

M

eanw

hile

, goo

d Is

abel

la, c

ease

thy

plai

nts,

60

Or a

t the

leas

t diss

embl

e th

em a

whi

le:

So sh

all w

e soo

ner f

ind

the

prac

tice

out,

And

lear

n by

who

m a

ll th

is w

as b

roug

ht a

bout

. C

ome

Isab

el, n

ow le

t us

take

him

up,

Th

ey ta

ke h

im u

p A

nd b

ear h

im in

from

out

this

curs

ed p

lace

. 65

I'l

l say

his

dirg

e, si

ngin

g fit

s no

t thi

s ca

se.

0 a

lipus

mih

i pun

s pu

~u

m

ver e

duca

t her

bas

51 h

andk

erch

er h

ankd

erch

ief,

smal

l sca

rf

60 p

lain

ts co

mpl

aint

s, s

orro

win

g 62

pra

ctice

plo

t 66

dirg

e fu

nera

l son

g or

hym

n (f

rom

diri

ge, t

he &

st w

ord

of a

Lat

in

antip

hon

in t

he o

ffice

for

the

dead

) 67

ver

edu

cat e

d. (v

ar ed

ucet

1592

)

51-2

For

the

poss

ible

orig

in o

f thi

s 'ha

ndke

rche

r' se

e I,

iv, 4

2 no

te.

57-9

Is

abel

la's

wor

ds ar

e a

com

mon

Eliz

abet

han

axio

m (s

ee T

illey

M1315),

skilf

ully

use

d by

Kyd

to

cont

rast

with

Hie

roni

mo'

s co

mpl

ete

bew

ilder

- m

ent.

67-8

0 'L

et s

omeo

ne b

ind

for

me

the

herb

s w

hich

bea

utih

rl sp

ring

fost

ers,

an

d le

t a sa

lve b

e giv

en fo

r our

gri

ef; o

r let

him

app

ly ju

ices

, if t

here

are

an

y th

at b

ring

forg

etfu

lnes

s to

men

's m

inds

. I

mys

elf

shal

l st

her

an

ywhe

re in

the

gre

at w

orld

wha

teve

r pl

ants

the

sun d

raw

s fo

rth

into

th

e fa

ir re

gion

s of

lig

ht;

I m

ysel

f sh

all

drin

k w

hate

ver

drug

the

wise

- w

oman

de

vise

s, an

d w

hate

ver

herb

s in

cant

atio

n as

sem

bles

by

its

secr

et p

ower

. I s

hall

face

all

thin

gs, d

eath

eve

n, u

ntil

the

mom

ent o

ur

ever

y fe

elin

g di

es in

this

dea

d br

east

. And

so

shal

l I

neve

r ag

ain,

my

life,

see

thos

e ey

es o

f yo

urs,

and

has

eve

rlast

ing

slum

ber

seal

ed u

p yo

ur

light

of

life?

I sh

all p

eris

h w

ith y

ou; t

hus,

thus

wou

ld it

ple

ase

me

to g

o to

the

shad

es b

elow

. But

non

e th

e le

ss I

shal

l kee

p m

ysel

f fro

m y

ield

ing

to a

hast

ened

dea

th. l

est i

n th

at ca

se n

o re

veng

e sho

uld

follo

w y

our d

eath

'. T

he p

assa

ge,

whi

ch c

onta

ins

rem

inis

cenc

es o

f Lu

cret

ius,

Ver

gil

and

Ovi

d, i

s 'a

pasti

che,

in K

yd's

sing

ular

fas

hion

, of

tags

fro

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ical

po

etry

, and

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sets

his b

reas

t unt

o hi

s swo

rd

F M

iscea

t, et

nostr

o de

tur m

edici

na d

olm

i; B

Aut,

si qu

i fac

iunt

ani

mir

obliv

ia, s

ucco

s Pr

aebe

at;

ipse

meta

m m

agnu

m q

uaec

unqu

e pe

r or

bem

h

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min

a So

l pul

chra

r e#

ert

in lu

min

is a

m;

I ? Ip

se b

ibam

pic

quid

med

itatu

r sa

ga v

emni

, 3

Quicq

uid

et he

rbar

um v

i cae

ca n

enia

nec

tit :

Om

nia

perp

etiar

, let

hun

quoq

ue, d

urn

serne

l om

nis

i ' N

ostn

in e

xtin

ct0 m

oria

tur

pecto

re se

nsus

. Er

go tu

os o

culos

nun

quam

, men

vita

, vid

ebo,

>

Et tu

a pe

rpetu

us s

epeli

vit lu

min

a so

mnur

? Em

aiar

ter

n: s

ic, si

c juv

at i

re su

b um

brm

. L

At t

amm

absis

tam

prop

"nto

ced

ere l

etho,

N

e na

orter

n wi

ndict

a tua

m tu

m n

ulla

sequ

atur

. H

eye

he th

rows

it fr

om h

im a

nd b

ears

the

body

Act

II, S

cene v

i

ANDREA

Brou

ght's

t tho

u m

e hi

ther

to in

crea

se m

y pa

in?

I loo

ked

that

Bal

thaz

ar s

houl

d ha

ve b

een

slai

n;

But

'tis

my

frien

d H

orat

io th

at is

slai

n,

And

they

abu

se fa

ir Be

l-im

peria

, O

n w

hom

I do

ted

mor

e th

an a

ll th

e w

orld

, 5

,

Beca

use

she

love

d m

e m

ore

than

all

the w

orld

. ~

'~

fl

'i

'I"

.,

,I

- .

-

REVE

NGE

Thou

talk

'st o

f har

vest

whe

n th

e co

rn is

gre

en:

The

end

is cr

own

of e

very

wor

k w

ell d

one;

T

he si

ckle

com

es n

ot ti

ll th

e co

rn b

e rip

e.

Be s

till,

and

ere

I lea

d th

ee fr

om th

is p

lace

, 10

T'll s

how

thee

Bal

thaz

ar in

hea

vy c

ase.

-L

69 a

nim

u ob

livia

ed.

(an

num

obl

imia

159

2)

70 m

tan

mag

num

qua

ecun

que

ed.

(met

un, ~

gm

). (/

uit~

nqw

71

efie

rt ed

. (ef

iecit

1592

) 72

vene

ni e

d. (

ztene

ri 15

92)

73 h

eyba

rurn

vi ca

eca n

enia

ed. (

irrau

i eue

caec

a m

mia

159

2)

75 p

ecto

re e

d. (p

ecto

ra 1

592)

80

tum

ed.

(ta

m 1

592)

2

look

ed e

xpec

ted,

hop

ed

5 O

n ed

. (O

r 15

92)

11 i

n he

avy

case

in a

sad

sta

te

1 O

ne e

ffec

t of

the

And

rea-

Rev

enge

exc

hanp

is

to

deta

chm

ent,

thre

aten

ed b

y th

e em

otio

n-la

den

past

scen

es.

-

main

tain

even

ts-of

-

an

the

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48

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

~ 111

Act

111,

Scen

e i

Ente

r VI

CER

OY

of Po

rting

ale,

NO

BLES

, VIL

LUPP

O

VICE

ROY

Info

rtuna

te c

ondi

tion

of ki

ngs,

Seat

ed a

mid

st s

o m

any

help

less

dou

bts !

Fi

rst w

e ar

e pl

aced

upo

n ex

trem

est h

eigh

t, A

nd o

ft su

ppla

nted

with

exc

eedi

ng h

eat,

But e

ver s

ubje

ct t

o th

e w

heel

of

chan

ce;

5 A

nd a

t our

hig

hest

neve

r joy

we

so,

As w

e bo

th d

oubt

and

dre

ad o

ur o

verth

row

. So

striv

eth

not t

he w

aves

with

sun

dry

win

ds

As

Fort

une

toile

th in

the

affa

irs o

f ki

ngs,

That

wou

ld b

e fe

ared

, yet

fear

to b

e be

love

d,

10

Sith

fear

or l

ove

to k

ings

is fl

atte

ry.

For i

nsta

nce,

lord

ings

, loo

k up

on y

our k

ing,

By

hat

e de

priv

ed o

f hi

s de

ares

t son

, T

he o

nly

hope

of

our s

ucce

ssiv

e lin

e.

1 N

OBL

EMA

N

I ha

d no

t tho

ught

that

Ale

xand

ro's

hear

t 15

H

ad b

een

enve

nom

ed w

ith s

uch

extre

me

hate

: B

ut n

ow I

see

that

wor

ds h

ave

seve

ral w

orks

, A

nd th

ere's

no

cred

it in

the

coun

tena

nce.

1 s.d

. NO

BLES

, V

ILLU

PPO

ed.

(Nob

les,

Alex

andr

o, V

illup

po 1

592)

1

Info

rtuna

te i

ll-us

ed b

y Fo

rtun

e 2

Seat

ed p

lace

d 2

help

less f

or w

hich

ther

e is

no

help

2

doub

ts fe

ars

4 he

at f

ury

10 w

ould

be

wis

h to

be

11 S

ith si

nce

12 l

ordi

ngs

lord

s 14

suc

cess

ive li

ne li

ne o

f su

cces

sion

15

s.p

. 1 N

OB

LEM

AN

ed.

(Nob

. 159

2)

17 w

ords

hav

e se

vera

l wor

ks i

.e.

wha

t a

man

doe

s m

ay n

ot a

lway

s re

flect

wha

t he

say

s 18

no

cred

it in

no

poin

t in

trus

ting

1-11

A c

omm

on t

hem

e in

Eliz

abet

han

writ

ing

(see

e.g

. Ri

char

d II

, 11

1, i

i, 15

5 ff,)

and

with

par

alle

ls a

lso

in S

enec

a (s

ee A

gam

emno

n,

57-7

3).

5 th

e wh

eel

of ch

ance

the

com

mon

Eliz

abet

han

figur

e to

des

crib

e th

e cy

cle

of a

chie

vem

ent

and

failu

re i

n hu

man

(an

d es

peci

ally

pol

itica

l) lif

e: k

ings

ris

e to

the

top

of th

e w

heel

in p

rosp

erity

and

fal

l, in

evita

bly,

to

its

low

est

poin

t in

def

eat

and

deat

h. S

ee I

ntro

duct

ion,

p. m

dv f

or

the

ironi

es o

f th

is s

peec

h an

d th

is s

cene

.

SCEN

E I

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GE

DY

49

V

ILLU

PPO

N

o, fo

r, m

y lo

rd, h

ad y

ou b

ehel

d th

e tra

in

That

feig

ned

love

had

col

oure

d in

his

look

s, 20

W

hen

he in

cam

p co

nsor

ted

Balth

azar

, Fa

r m

ore

inco

nsta

nt h

ad y

ou th

ough

t the

sun,

Th

at h

ourly

coa

sts th

e ce

ntre

of

the

earth

, T

han

Ale

xand

ro's

purp

ose

to th

e pr

ince

. VI

CERO

Y N

o m

ore,

Vill

uppo

, tho

u ha

st sa

id e

noug

h,

25

And

with

thy

wor

ds th

ou s

lay'

st ou

r w

ound

ed th

ough

ts.

Nor

sha

ll I

long

er d

ally

with

the

wor

ld,

Proc

rasti

natin

g A

lexa

ndro

's de

ath:

G

o so

me

of y

ou a

nd fe

tch

the

traito

r for

th,

That

as

he is

con

dem

ned

he m

ay d

ie.

30

Ente

r AL

EXAN

DRO

with

a N

OBL

EMAN

and

HAL

BERT

S

2 N

OBL

EMA

N

In su

ch e

xtre

mes

will

nau

ght b

ut p

atie

nce

serv

e.

ALEX

ANDR

O

But i

n ex

trem

es w

hat p

atie

nce

shal

l I u

se?

Nor

dis

cont

ents

it m

e to

leav

e th

e w

orld

, W

ith w

hom

ther

e no

thin

g ca

n pr

evai

l but

wro

ng.

2 N

OBL

EMA

N

Yet

hop

e th

e be

st.

ALEX

ANDR

O

'Tis

Hea

ven

is m

y ho

pe.

21 c

onso

rted

asso

ciat

ed w

ith, k

ept c

ompa

ny w

ith

24 p

urpo

se a

ttitu

de, r

elat

ions

hip

30 s

.d.

HAL

BER

TS

halb

erdi

ers;

see

I, i

v, 2

1 no

te

31 s

.p.

2 N

OB

LEM

AN

ed.

(N

ob. 1

592)

34

Wit

h . . . wr

ong

i.e. S

ince

all I

eve

r mee

t is i

njus

tice

19-2

0 'if

you

had

see

n th

e fa

lse

appe

aran

ce [o

f fr

iend

ship

] th

at p

rete

nded

lo

ve h

ad c

ount

erfe

ited

in h

is fa

ce.'

'Tra

in'

liter

ally

mea

ns 't

reac

hery

'; V

illup

po u

ses

the

wor

d to

des

crib

e th

e fa

lse

appe

aran

ce o

f lo

ve (

a tre

ache

rous

mas

k) A

lexa

ndro

is a

ccus

ed o

f w

earin

g.

23 T

hat h

ourly

. . . e

arth

'tha

t w

ith a

reg

ular

mot

ion

(in a

pre

cise

num

ber

of ho

urs)

circ

les

this

ear

th,

the

cent

re o

f th

e un

iver

se.'

Kyd

writ

es

in t

erm

s of

th

e ol

d co

smol

ogy;

the

sun

's (a

ppar

ent)

circ

ling

ofte

n se

rved

as

a m

etap

hor

for c

onst

ancy

. 32

-7 A

lexa

ndro

's se

nse

of l

ife's

inju

stic

es a

ntic

ipat

es m

uch

that

Hie

roni

mo

has

to s

ay in

the

nex

t sce

ne:

part

of

the

'ove

rlapp

ing'

te

chni

que

Kyd

us

es so

succ

essf

ully

(see

111

, ii, 3

ff.).

Page 32: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

As f

or th

e ea

rth, i

t is

too

muc

h in

fect

T

o yi

eld

me

hope

of

any

of h

er m

ould

. VI

CERO

Y wh

y lin

ger y

e? b

ring

forth

that

dar

ing

fiend

, A

nd le

t him

die

for h

is a

ccur

sed

deed

. AL

EXAN

DRO

N

ot th

at I

fear

the

extre

mity

of

deat

h,

40

For

nobl

es c

anno

t sto

op to

ser

vile

fear

, D

o I,

0-ki

ng, t

hus

disc

ontc

nted

live

. B

ut th

is, 0 th

is, t

orm

ents

my

labo

urin

g so

ul,

Tha

t thu

s I

die

susp

ecte

d of

a si

n,

Whe

reof

, as

heav

ens

have

kno

wn

my

secr

et th

ough

ts,

45

So a

m I

fre

e fro

m th

is su

gges

tion.

VI

CERO

Y N

o m

ore,

I s

ay!

to th

e to

rture

s! w

hen!

Bi

nd h

im, a

nd b

urn

his

body

in th

ose f

lam

es.

They

bind

him

to th

e sta

ke

Tha

t sha

ll pr

efig

ure

thos

e un

quen

ched

fire

s O

f Ph

lege

thon

pre

pare

d fo

r hi

s sou

l. 50

AL

EXAN

DRO

M

y gu

iltle

ss d

eath

will

be

aven

ged

on th

ee,

On

thee

, Vill

uppo

, tha

t hat

h m

alic

ed th

us,

Or f

or th

y m

eed

hast

false

ly m

e ac

cuse

d.

VIL

LUPP

O

Nay

, Ale

xand

ro, i

f th

ou m

enac

e m

e, I'l

l le

nd a

han

d to

send

thee

to th

e la

ke

55

Whe

re th

ose

thy

wor

ds sh

all p

eris

h w

ith th

y w

orks-

Inju

rious

trai

tor,

mon

stro

us h

omic

ide!

Enter

ATB

ASS

AD

OR

AM

BASS

ADO

R St

ay, h

old

a w

hile

, A

nd h

ere,

with

par

don

of hi

s m

ajes

ty,

Lay

hand

s up

on V

illup

po.

36 i

nfec

t in

fect

ed

To y

ield

. . . m

ould

i.e.

to

allo

w m

e to

pla

ce a

ny f

aith

in a

nyon

e bo

rn a

nd b

roug

ht u

p th

ere

sugg

estio

n fa

lse

accu

satio

n (O

.E.D

., 3)

wh

en!

an im

patie

nt e

xcla

mat

ion

Phle

geth

on t

he m

ythi

cal

rive

r of

hel

l w

hose

wav

es w

ere

of f

ire

mal

iced

ent

erta

ined

mal

ice

(O.E

.'D., v

, 2)

mee

d re

war

d, a

dvan

tage

lake

the

lake

of

Ach

eron

in

hell,

int

o w

hich

Phl

eget

hon

(1.50

) flo

ws

THE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

VICE

ROY

Am

bass

ador

, W

hat n

ews h

ath

urge

d th

is su

dden

ent

ranc

e?

AMBA

SSAD

OR

Kno

w, s

over

eign

lord

, tha

t B

alth

azar

dot

h liv

e. VI

CERO

Y W

hat s

ay'st

tho

u? li

veth

Bal

thaz

ar o

ur so

n?

AM

BASS

ADO

R Y

our h

ighn

ess'

son,

Lor

d B

alth

azar

, dot

h liv

e;

And

, wel

l ent

reat

ed in

the

cour

t of

Spai

n,

Hum

bly

com

men

ds h

im to

you

r maj

esty

. Th

ese

eyes

beh

eld,

and

thes

e m

y fo

llow

ers;

W

ith th

ese,

the

lette

rs o

f th

e ki

ng's

com

men

ds,

Give

s him

lette

rs

Are

hap

py w

itnes

ses o

f hi

s hi

ghne

ss' h

ealth

: Th

e VI

CERO

Y lo

oks o

n th

e le

tters

, and

pro

ceed

s VI

CERO

Y [R

eaa

'Thy

son

dot

h liv

e, y

our t

ribut

e is

rece

ived

, 70

T

hy p

eace

is m

ade,

and

we

are

satis

fied.

T

he re

st r

esol

ve u

pon

as th

ings

pro

pose

d Fo

r bo

th o

ur h

onou

rs a

nd th

y be

nefit

.' AM

BASS

ADO

R Th

ese

are

his

high

ness

' far

ther

arti

cles

. H

e give

s him

mor

e lett

ers

VICE

ROY

Acc

urse

d w

retc

h, to

intim

ate

thes

e ill

s '

Aga

inst

the

life

and

repu

tatio

n O

f nob

le A

lexa

ndro

! C

ome,

my

lord

, Le

t him

unb

ind

thee

that

is b

ound

to d

eath

, T

o m

ake

a qu

ital f

or th

y di

scon

tent

. Th

ey u

nbin

d him

58-61

linea

tion

ed. (

Stay

-

- -- . . -.

. Mai

estie

,/Lay

. . . V

illup

po./E

mba

ssa-

do

ur . .

. ent

ranc

e? 1

592)

61

ent

ranc

e th

ree

sylla

bles

68 c

omm

ends

gre

etin

gs

69

s.d. VICEROY e

d. (

Kin

g 15

92)

72 r

esol

ve u

pon

deci

de u

pon 75 i

ntim

ate

mak

e kn

own,

ann

ounc

e pu

blic

ly

77 C

ome.

my

lord

, ed.

(co

me

my

lord

vnb

inde

him

. 159

2)

. .

, -

79 q

uita

l req

uita

l, re

com

pens

e

77 C

ome,

my

lord

159

2 ad

ds 'v

nbin

de h

im',

but t

his

give

s th

e lin

e th

irte

en

sylla

bles

. The

ext

ra w

ords

may

hav

e be

en in

clud

ed in

to th

e te

xt fr

om a

st

age-

dire

ctio

n pl

aced

too

ear

ly (

and

not

canc

elle

d w

hen

the

dire

ctio

n at

1.79 w

as a

dded

), or

they

may

res

ult

from

a c

ompo

sito

r's a

ntic

ipat

ion

-- ..

of t

hat d

irec

tion.

-Edw

ards

mus

t be

rig

ht t

o om

it th

em.

79 s

.d. V

illup

po u

nbin

ds A

lexa

ndro

as

the

text

dir

ects

; 'th

ey u

nbin

d hi

m'

is u

sed

to m

ean

'he

is un

boun

d'.

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52

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T 11

1

ALEX

ANDR

O

Dre

ad lo

rd, i

n ki

ndne

ss y

ou c

ould

do

no le

ss,

80

Upo

n re

port

of s

uch

a da

mne

d fa

ct.

But t

hus

we

see

our

inno

cenc

e ha

th sa

ved

The

hope

less

life

whi

ch th

ou, V

illup

po, s

ough

t By

thy

sugg

estio

ns t

o ha

ve m

assa

cred

. VI

CERO

Y Sa

y, fa

lse V

illup

po, w

here

fore

did

st th

ou th

us

85

False

ly b

etra

y Lo

rd A

lexa

ndro

's lif

e?

Him

, who

m th

ou k

now

est t

hat n

o un

kind

ness

else

, Bu

t eve

n th

e sl

augh

ter o

f ou

r dea

rest

son,

Co

uld

once

hav

e m

oved

us

to h

ave

misc

once

ived

. AL

EXAN

DRO

I

Say,

trea

cher

ous

Vill

uppo

, tel

l the

kin

g,

90

Whe

rein

hat

h A

lexa

ndro

use

d th

ee il

l?

VIL

LUPP

O

Ren

t with

rem

embr

ance

of s

o fo

ul a

dee

d,

My

guilt

y so

ul s

ubm

its m

e to

thy

doom

: Fo

r no

t for

Ale

xand

ro's

inju

ries,

But

for

rew

ard

and

hope

to b

e pr

efer

red,

95

T

hus

have

I s

ham

el~s

sly h

azar

ded

his

life.

V

l CER

OY

Whi

ch, v

illai

n, sh

all b

e ra

nsom

ed w

ith th

y de

ath,

A

nd n

ot s

o m

ean

a to

rmen

t as

we

here

D

evise

d fo

r hi

m w

ho th

ou s

aid'

st sle

w o

ur so

n,

But w

ith th

e bi

ttere

st to

rmen

ts a

nd e

xtre

mes

10

0 Th

at m

ay b

e ye

t inv

ente

d fo

r th

ine

end.

AL

EXAN

DRO

See

ttlS t

o en

trea

t En

treat

me

not,

go, t

ake

the

traito

r he

nce.

Ex

it V

ILLU

PPO

[gu

arde

d]

And

, Ale

xand

ro, l

et u

s ho

nour

thee

W

ith p

ublic

not

ice

of t

hy lo

yalty

. T

o en

d th

ose

thin

gs a

rticu

late

d he

re

105

By o

ur g

reat

lord

, the

mig

hty

Kin

g of

Spa

in,

80 i

n ki

ndne

ss b

y yo

ur n

atur

e (a

s a

king

) 81

fac

t dee

d 82

our

my

84 s

ugge

stion

s fal

se a

ccus

atio

ns

.89

misc

once

ived

susp

ecte

d, fo

rmed

a w

rong

opi

nion

af

91 W

here

in e

d. (

Or

whe

rein

159

2)

93 d

oom

judg

men

t 98

mea

n m

oder

ate

105

artic

ulat

ed c

onta

ined

in

the

prop

osal

s (o

r ar

ticle

s) s

ent

by t

he

King o

f Sp

ain

(see

1.74

)

SCEN

E I]

T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

53

We

with

our

Cou

ncil

will

del

iber

ate.

Co

me,

Ale

xand

ro, k

eep

us c

ompa

ny.

Exeu

nt

Act

111

, Sce

ne ii

En

ter

HIE

RON

IMO

HIE

RO

NIM

O

0 ey

es, n

o ey

es, b

ut fo

unta

ins

frau

ght w

ith te

ars;

0 li

fe, n

o lif

e, b

ut li

vely

form

of

deat

h;

0 w

orld

, no

wor

ld, b

ut m

ass o

f pu

blic

wro

ngs,

Conf

used

and

fille

d w

ith m

urde

r and

mis

deed

s!

0 sa

cred

hea

vens

! if

this

unh

allo

wed

dee

d,

If th

is in

hum

an a

nd b

arba

rous

atte

mpt

, If

this

inco

mpa

rabl

e m

urde

r th

us

Of

min

e, b

ut n

ow n

o m

ore

my

son,

Sh

all u

nrev

eale

d an

d un

reve

ngkd

pas

s, H

ow s

houl

d w

e te

rm y

our d

ealin

gs to

be

just

, 10

If

you

unju

stly

dea

l with

thos

e th

at in

you

r jus

tice

trus

t?

The

nig

ht, s

ad se

cret

ary

to m

y m

oans

, W

ith d

irefu

l visi

ons w

ake

my

vexe

d so

ul,

And

with

the

wou

nds o

f m

y di

stres

sful

son

So

licit

me

for

notic

e of

his

dea

th.

The

ugl

y fie

nds

do sa

lly fo

rth o

f he

ll,

And

fram

e m

y st

eps

to u

nfre

quen

ted

path

s, A

nd fe

ar m

y he

art w

ith fi

erce

infla

med

thou

ghts

. T

he cl

oudy

day

my

disc

onte

nts

reco

rds,

Early

beg

ins

to re

giste

r m

y dr

eam

s A

nd d

rive

me

forth

to se

ek th

e m

urde

rer.

1 fr

augh

t fill

ed

2 k

ely

form

of

deat

h de

ath

with

the

appe

aran

ce o

f lif

e 4

Conf

used

dis

orde

red

12 s

ecre

tary

con

fidan

t 13

wak

e pl

ural

for

sin

gula

r; E

dwar

ds c

ompa

res

solic

it (1

.1 5)

and

dr

ive

(1.2

1)

14 d

istre

ssfu

l cau

sing

dis

tress

, or

dist

ress

ed

18 f

ear

frig

hten

I ff.

Whe

n B

obad

il an

d M

atth

ew d

iscu

ss p

lays

(in

Ev

erym

an i

n hi

s H

umou

r, I,

iv)

they

res

erve

the

ir hi

ghes

t (c

low

nish

) pr

aise

for

thi

s sp

eech

; and

thus

con

vey

Jons

on's

scor

n fo

r K

yd's

'conc

eite

d' o

rato

rical

st

yle

(Jon

son

may

him

self

have

act

ed H

iero

nirn

o). S

ympa

thet

ic m

odem

cr

itics

thin

k ot

herw

ise:

Cle

men

's an

alys

is (p

p. 2

71-5

) sho

ws t

he sp

eech

as

'a

mas

terp

iece

of

rhet

oric

al a

rt.

Its

stru

ctur

e an

d pr

opor

tions

are

w

orke

d ou

t w

ith a

n al

mos

t m

athe

mat

ical

exa

ctne

ss, a

nd a

var

iety

of

styl

istic

figu

res a

re h

arm

onio

usly

dov

etai

led

in o

rder

to m

ake

a po

wer

ful

emot

iona

l im

pact

.'

Page 34: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

aauA

r&?b

Y

Ax

J-J [ACT 1

11

Eyes

, life

, wor

ld, h

eave

ns, h

ell,

nigh

t, an

d da

y,

See,

sea

rch,

show

, sen

d so

me

man

, som

e m

ean,

that

may

- A

lette

r faf

ieth

W

hat's

her

e? a

lette

r? tu

sh, i

t is

not s

o!

A le

tter w

ritte

n to

Hie

roni

mol

Re

d in

k [R

e&]

' For

wan

t of i

nk, r

ecei

ve th

is b

lood

y w

rit.

Me

hath

my

hapl

ess b

roth

er h

id fr

om th

ee:

Reve

nge

thys

elf o

n Ba

lthaz

ar an

d hi

m,

For t

hese

wer

e th

ey th

at m

urde

rkd

thy

son.

H

iero

nim

o, re

veng

e H

orat

io's

deat

h,

And

bet

ter f

are t

han

Bel -i

mpe

ria d

oth.

' W

hat m

eans

this

une

xpec

ted

mira

cle?

M

y so

n sl

ain

by L

oren

zo a

nd th

e pr

ince

! W

hat c

ause

had

they

Hor

atio

to m

alig

n?

Or w

hat m

ight

mov

e th

ee, B

el-im

peria

, T

o ac

cuse

thy

brot

her,

had

he b

een

the

mea

n?

Hie

roni

mo,

bew

are,

thou

art

betra

ved.

J

--.

And

to e

ntra

p th

y lif

e th

is tr

ain

is la

id.

Adv

ise th

ee th

eref

ore,

be

not c

redu

lous

: Th

is is

dev

ised

to e

ndan

ger t

hee,

40

Th

at th

ou b

y th

is L

oren

zo sh

ould

st ac

cuse

, A

nd h

e, fo

r thy

dis

hono

ur d

one,

shou

ld d

raw

T

hy li

fe in

que

stio

n, an

d th

y na

me

in h

ate.

Dea

r was

the

life

of m

y be

love

d so

n,

And

of h

is d

eath

beh

oves

me

be re

veng

ed:

45

Then

haz

ard

not t

hine

ow

n, H

iero

nirn

o,

But

live

t'ef

fect

thy

reso

lutio

n.

I the

refo

re w

ill b

y ci

rcum

stanc

es tr

y W

hat I

can

gath

er to

con

firm

this

writ

, A

nd, h

eark

enin

g ne

ar th

e D

uke

of Ca

stile

's ho

use,

50

23 S

ee. . .

may- e

d. (

See.

. . som

e m

an, / Some.. . m

ay: 1

592)

23

mea

n m

eans

, way

26

'Fo

r ed

. (B

el. F

or 1

592)

267

wri

t wri

ting.

doc

umen

t ~

-.-

27 hapless l

uzes

s; p

erha

ps 'a

ttend

ed w

ith iu

-luck

B 32

Wha

t ed.

(Hie

ro W

hat 1

592)

34

mal

ign

hate

38

tra

in p

lot,

trap

47 t'

effe

ct th

y res

olut

ion t

o br

ing a

bout

wha

t you

hav

e res

olve

d 48

by

circu

msta

nces

by

obse

rvin

g how

they

act

; by

gath

erin

g circum-

stan

tial e

vide

nce

23 s

.d. T

he p

at a

rriv

al o

f th

e le

tter

may

be

inte

nded

to e

mp

hh

e ho

w

acci

dent

, und

er th

e di

rect

ion

of R

even

ge, f

avou

rs th

e ulti

mat

e wor

king

- ou

t of

veng

eanc

e. 2.5

Red

brk

roba

ably

an a

utho

r's n

ote

that

the

lette

r sh

ould

be se

en to

hav

e be

en w

ritte

n in

red

.

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

-

; Cl

ose

if 1 c

an w

ith B

el-im

peria

, T

o lis

ten

mor

e, b

ut n

othi

ng to

bew

ray.

En

ter P

EDRI

NGAN

O

Now

Ped

ringa

no !

PEDR

ING

ANO

N

ow, H

iero

nim

o !

HIE

RONL

MO

W

here

's th

y la

dy?

PED

RIN

GAN

O

I kn

ow n

ot; h

ere's

my

lord

. - -

Enter

LO

RENZ

O

' LO

RENZ

O

How

now

, who

's th

is? H

iero

nim

o? M

v lo

rd.

PED

RIN

GA

NO

H

e as

keth

for

my

lady

Bel

-impe

ria.

LORE

NZO

W

hat t

o do

, Hie

roni

mo?

The

duk

e m

y fa

ther

hat

h U

pon

som

e disg

race

aw

hile

rem

oved

her

hen

ce;

But i

f it b

e au

ght I

may

info

rm h

er o

f, Te

ll m

e, H

iero

nim

o, a

nd I

'll le

t her

kno

w it

. H

IER

ON

IMO

N

ay, n

ay, m

y lo

rd, I

than

k yo

u, it

shal

l not

nee

d.

I ha

d a

suit

unto

her

, but

too

late

, A

nd h

er d

isgra

ce makes m

e un

fortu

nate

. ' LO

REN

20

Whv

so, H

iero

nirn

o? us

e m

e. H

IER

ON

IMO

0 n

o, m

y lo

rd, I

dar

e no

t, it

mus

t not

be,

+ P if-:' : [,; 65 I

hum

bly

than

k yo

ur lo

rdsh

ip.

1

Whv

then

, far

ewel

l. H

IER

ON

IMO

M

y gr

ief n

o he

art,

my

thou

ghts

no

tong

ue c

an te

ll.

Exit

LORE

NZO

Co

me

hith

er, P

edrin

gano

, see

'st t

hou

this

? PE

DR

ING

AN

O

My

lord

, I se

e it,

and

susp

ect i

t too

. LO

RENZ

O

This

is th

at d

amne

d vi

llain

Ser

berin

e,

That

bat

h, I

fear

, rev

ealed

Hor

atio

's de

ath.

51 C

lose

mee

t; co

me t

o an

und

erst

andi

ng

52 b

ewra

y di

sclo

se

64 u

se m

e pu

t you

r su

it to

me

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56

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[ACT

111

PED

RIN

GA

NO

M

y lo

rd, h

e co

uld

not,

'twas

so la

tely

don

e;

And

sin

ce, h

e ha

th n

ot le

ft m

y co

mpa

ny.

LORE

NZO

A

dmit

he h

ave

not,

his c

ondi

tion'

s su

ch,

As f

ear o

r fla

tterin

g w

ords

may

mak

e hi

m fa

lse.

75

I kn

ow h

is hu

mou

r, an

d th

erew

ith re

pent

T

hat e

'er I

use

d hi

m in

this

ent

erpr

ise.

B

ut P

edrin

gano

, to

prev

ent t

he w

orst

, A

nd 'c

ause

I k

now

thee

secr

et a

s m

y so

ul,

Her

e, fo

r thy

furth

er s

atis

fact

ion,

take

thou

this

, 80

Gi

ves h

im m

ore g

old

And

hea

rken

to m

e. T

hus

it is

dev

ised

: T

his

nigh

t tho

u m

ust,

and

prith

ee s

o re

solv

e,

Mee

t Ser

berin

e at

Sai

nt L

uigi

's Pa

rk-

Tho

u kn

ow'st

'tis

her

e ha

rd b

y be

hind

the

hous

e.

The

re ta

ke th

y st

and,

and

see

thou

stri

ke h

im su

re,

85

For

die

he m

ust,

if w

e do

mea

n to

live

. PE

DR

ING

AN

O

But

how

sha

ll Se

rber

ine

be th

ere,

my

lord

? LO

RFNZ

O

Let m

e al

one,

I'll

sen

d to

him

to m

eet

The

prin

ce a

nd m

e, w

here

thou

mus

t do

this

dee

d.

PED

RIN

GA

NO

It

shal

l be

done

, my

lord

, it s

hall

be d

one,

90

And

I'll

go

arm

mys

elf

to m

eet h

im th

ere.

LO

RENZ

O

Whe

n th

ings

sha

ll al

ter,

as I

hop

e th

ey w

ill,

The

n sh

alt t

hou

mou

nt fo

r thi

s: th

ou k

now

'st m

y m

ind.

Ex

if PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Che

le Ie

ron!

74

con

ditio

n na

ture

, tem

pera

men

t 76

hum

our d

ispo

sitio

n 83

Sai

nt L

uigi

's ed

. (S.

Liu

gis

1592

) 88

Let

me

alon

e le

ave

it to

me

93 m

ount

ris

e (s

ocia

lly);

with

a p

unni

ng r

efer

ence

to

'mou

ntin

g'

the

gallo

ws,

as h

e do

es; c

f. 11

, iv,

60-

1 on

Hor

atio

's si

mila

r ris

e 94

-7 li

neat

ion

ed. (

Goe

. . . f

orth

with

, / M

eet .

. . Pa

rke,

/ B

ehin

de . . .

bo

y. 1

592)

94 C

he l

e Ie

ron!

un

expl

aine

d; p

erha

ps,

as B

oas

sugg

ests

, a

corr

uptio

n of

the

pag

e's n

ame.

Fre

eman

(p.

68)

offe

rs th

e su

gges

tion

that

'Che

le'

is e

quiv

alen

t to

Ita

lian

'chi

la'

(Who

[is]

the

re?)

and

Ier

on e

ither

the

page

's na

me

or a

n ab

brev

iatio

n of

Hie

roni

mo;

in

the

latte

r ca

se t

he

phra

se w

ould

be

prom

pted

by

Lore

nzo'

s he

arin

g a

nois

e. Thi

s su

gges

- tio

n se

ems

rath

er im

plau

sibl

e dr

amat

ical

ly.

SCEN

E II

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

Enter

PAG

E

PAG

E M

y lo

rd?

LORE

NZO

G

o, si

rrah

, to

Serb

erin

e,

And

bid

him

forth

with

mee

t the

prin

ce a

nd m

e A

t Sai

nt L

uigi

's Pa

rk, b

ehin

d th

e ho

use,

Th

is e

veni

ng, b

oy.

PAG

E I g

o, m

y lo

rd.

LORE

NZO

B

ut, s

irrah

, let

the

hour

be

eigh

t o'cl

ock.

Bi

d hi

m n

ot fa

il.

PAG

E I

fly, m

y lo

rd.

LORE

NZO

N

ow to

con

firm

the

com

plot

thou

has

t cas

t O

f al

l the

se p

ract

ices

, I'll

spr

ead

the

wat

ch,

Upo

n pr

ecise

com

man

dmen

t fro

m th

e ki

ng,

Stro

ngly

to g

uard

the

plac

e w

here

Ped

ringa

no

This

nig

ht s

hall

mur

der

hapl

ess S

erbe

rine.

Th

us m

ust w

e w

ork

that

will

avo

id d

istru

st,

Thu

s mus

t we

prac

tise

to p

reve

nt m

isha

p,

And

thus

one

ill a

noth

er m

ust e

xpul

se.

Thi

s sly

enq

uiry

of

Hie

roni

mo

For B

el-im

peria

bre

eds s

uspi

cion

, A

nd th

is s

uspi

cion

bod

es a

furth

er il

l. A

s for

mys

elf,

I kn

ow m

y se

cret

faul

t; A

nd s

o do

they

, but

I h

ave

deal

t for

them

. Th

ey th

at fo

r co

in th

eir s

ouls

end

ange

red,

T

o sa

ve m

y lif

e, fo

r coi

n sh

all v

entu

re th

eirs

: A

nd b

ette

r it's

tha

t bas

e co

mpa

nion

s di

e,

Than

by

thei

r life

to h

azar

d ou

r goo

d ha

ps.

Nor

sha

ll th

ey li

ve, f

or m

e to

fear

thei

r fai

th:

Exit

100

96 S

aint

Lui

gi's

ed. (

S. L

iugi

s 15

92)

100

com

plot

con

spira

cy

100

cast

dev

ised

:

101

prac

tices

dec

eits

, plo

ts

1.. 10

1 sp

read

the

wat

ch p

ositi

on th

e co

nsta

bles

k.

105

dist

rust

susp

icio

n p

106

prac

tise

sche

me

I 10

7exp

ulse

expe

l p! 1;;

108-

9 lin

eatio

n ed

. (T

his .

. . su

spiti

on,

one

line

1592

) :

115

it's

ed. (

its 1

592)

11

5 ba

se c

ompa

nion

s lo

w-b

red

vulg

ar fe

llow

s 11

6 go

od h

aps

good

for

tune

, sec

urity

:,

117

fear

the

ir fai

th b

e app

rehe

nsiv

e ab

out t

heir

keep

ing

faith

105 -

19 a

spee

ch fu

ll of

sent

imen

ts ty

pica

l of t

he E

lizab

etha

n 'M

achi

avel

lian'

.

Page 36: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

a-

THO

MA

S K

YD

I'l

l tr

ust m

ysel

f, m

ysel

f sha

ll be

my

frien

d,

For d

ie th

ey sh

all,

slave

s are

ord

aine

d to

no

othe

r

Act

III, Scene

iii

Enter

PED

RIN

GA

NO

with

a p

istol

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Now

, Ped

ringa

no, b

id th

y pi

stol h

old,

A

nd h

old

on, F

ortu

ne!

once

mor

e fa

vour

me;

G

ive

but s

ucce

ss to

min

e at

tem

ptin

g sp

irit,

And

let m

e sh

ift fo

r tak

ing

of m

ine

aim

!, H

ere

is th

e go

ld, t

his

is th

e go

ld p

ropo

sed:

It

is n

o dr

eam

that

I a

dven

ture

for,

But

Ped

ringa

no is

pos

sess

ed th

ereo

f. A

nd h

e th

at w

ould

not

stra

in h

is co

nsci

ence

Fo

r him

that

thus

his

liber

al p

urse

hat

h st

retc

hed,

U

nwor

thy

such

a fa

vour

may

he

fail,

A

nd, w

ishin

g, w

ant,

whe

n su

ch a

s I

prev

ail.

As f

or th

e fe

ar o

f ap

preh

ensio

n,

I kn

ow, i

f nee

d sh

ould

be,

my

nobl

e lo

rd

Will

stan

d be

twee

n m

e an

d en

suin

g ha

rms;

Be

sides

, thi

s pl

ace

is fr

ee fr

om a

ll su

spec

t. H

ere

ther

efor

e w

ill I

stay

and

take

my

stand

.

Enter

the

WAT

CH

1 W

ATCH

I

won

der

muc

h to

wha

t int

ent i

t is

Tha

t we

are

thus

expr

essly

cha

rged

to w

atch

. 2

WAT

CH

'Tis

by

com

man

dmen

t in

the

king

's ow

n na

me.

3

WAT

CH

But

we

wer

e ne

ver w

ont t

o w

atch

and

war

d So

nea

r the

duk

e hi

s br

othe

r's h

ouse

bef

ore.

end.

11 9

slave

s 'm

ean,

wor

thle

ss fe

llow

s 1

hold

be

true

, fun

ctio

n pr

oper

ly

2 ho

ld o

n co

ntin

ue, b

e co

nsis

tent

4

let m

e sh

ifi le

ave

it to

me

7 is

posse

ssed

ther

eof a

ctua

lly h

as th

e go

ld in

his

gras

p 10

fai

l be

unsu

cces

sful

, fal

l int

o po

vert

y 15

sus

pect

susp

icio

n 20

wat

ch a

nd w

ard

patr

ol. k

eep

guar

d. 'O

rigi

nally

par

t of

the

lega

l de

finiti

on o

f th

e du

ties

of a

sent

inel

' (Ed

war

ds)

THE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

2 W

ATCH

C

onte

nt y

ours

elf,

stan

d cl

ose,

ther

e's s

omew

hat i

n't.

SERB

ERIN

E H

ere,

Ser

berin

e, a

ttend

and

stay

thy

pace

, Fo

r her

e di

d D

on L

oren

zo's

page

app

oint

T

hat t

hou

by h

is c

omm

and

shou

ldst

mee

t with

him.

How

fit a

pla

ce, i

f on

e w

ere s

o di

spos

ed,

Met

hink

s thi

s cor

ner i

s, to

clo

se w

ith o

ne.

PED

RIN

GA

NO

H

ere

com

es th

e bi

rd th

at I

mus

t sei

ze u

pon;

N

ow, P

edrin

gano

, or n

ever

, pla

y th

e m

an!

SERB

ERIN

E I w

onde

r tha

t his

lord

ship

stay

s so

long

, O

r whe

refo

re sh

ould

he

send

for m

e so

late

? PW

RIN

GA

NO

Fo

r thi

s, Se

rber

ine,

and

thou

sha

lt ha

't.

Shoo

ts th

e da

g So

, the

re h

e lie

s, m

y pr

omise

is p

erfo

rmed

. Th

e W

ATCH

1 W

ATCH

H

ark

gent

lem

en, t

his i

s a

pisto

l sho

t. .

2 W

ATCH

A

nd h

ere's

one

slai

n; s

tay

the

mur

dere

r. PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Now

by

the

sorro

ws o

f th

e so

uls

in h

ell,

He

strive

s with

the

WAT

CH

Who

firs

t lay

s han

d on

me,

I'll

b; hi

s pr

iest.

3

WAT

CH

Sirr

ah, c

onfe

ss, a

nd th

erei

n pl

ay th

e pr

iest

; W

hy h

ast t

hou

thus

unk

indl

y ki

lled

the

man

? PE

DRIN

GAN

O

Why

? bec

ause

he

wal

ked

abro

ad s

o la

te.

j 1

, ,

22 c

lose

conc

eale

d 23

sta

y th

y pa

ce c

ease

wal

king

27

clos

e ru

ith g

rapp

le w

ith, a

ttack

at

clos

e qu

arte

rs (O

.E.D

., v,

13)

32

s.d

. dug

a h

eavy

pist

ol

35 s

tay

arre

st 37

I'll

be

his p

ieest

i.e. I

'll b

e th

ere a

t his

dea

th;

I'U m

ake

an e

nd o

f hi

m

39 u

nkin

dly

inhu

man

ly, a

gain

st na

ture

40

abr

oad

out o

f do

ors

Page 37: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

60

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[~c

r 111

3 W

ATCH

Co

me

sir,

you

had

been

bet

ter

kept

you

r be

d,

Tha

n ha

ve c

omm

itted

this

misd

eed

so la

te.

2 W

ATCH

Co

me,

to th

e m

arsh

al's

with

the

mur

dere

r!

1 W

ATCH

O

n to

Hie

roni

mo'

sl he

lp m

e he

re

To

brin

g th

e m

urde

red

body

with

us

too.

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Hie

roni

mo?

carry

me

befo

re w

hom

you

will

, W

hate

'er h

e be

I'll

answ

er h

im a

nd y

ou.

And

do

your

wor

st, fo

r I

defy

you

all.

Ex

eunt

Act

111, Sc

ene

iv

Enter

LO

RENZ

O an

d BA

LTH

AZA

R

BALT

HAZ

AR

How

now

, my

lord

, wha

t mak

es y

ou ri

se so

soon

? LO

RENZ

O

Fear

of

prev

entin

g ou

r m

ishap

s to

o la

te.

BALT

HAZ

AR

Wha

t misc

hief

is it

that

we

not m

istru

st?

LORE

NZO

O

ur g

reat

est i

lls w

e le

ast m

istru

st, m

y lo

rd,

And

inex

pect

ed h

arm

s do

hur

t us

mos

t. BA

LTH

AZAR

W

hv te

ll m

e D

on L

oren

zo, t

ell m

e m

an,

. - -

-J

If au

ght c

once

rns

our

hono

ur a

nd y

our o

wn.

LO

RENZ

O

Nor

you

nor

me,

my

lord

, but

bot

h in

one

; Fo

r I

susp

ect,

and

the

pres

umpt

ion'

s gr

eat,

That

by

thos

e ba

se c

onfe

dera

tes

in o

ur fa

ult

10

Touc

hing

the

deat

h of

Don

Hor

atio

, W

e ar

e be

traye

d to

old

Hie

roni

mo.

BA

LTH

AZAR

Be

traye

d, L

oren

zo?

tush

, it c

anno

t be.

LO

RENZ

O

A g

uilty

con

scie

nce,

urg

ed w

ith th

e th

ough

t 43

Com

e, e

d. (C

ome

1592

) 2

prev

entin

g fo

rest

allin

g 3

mist

rust

'sus

pect

the

exist

ence

of

or a

ntic

ipat

e th

e oc

curr

ence

of

[som

ethi

ng e

vil]'

(O.E

.D., v

, 3)

5 in

expe

cted

ed.

(in

expe

cted

159

2)

10 c

onfe

dera

tes i

n ou

r fa

ult p

artn

ers

in c

rim

e

SCEN

E IV

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

61

Of f

orm

er e

vils,

eas

ily c

anno

t err

: I a

m p

ersu

aded

, and

diss

uade

me

not,

That

all'

s re

veal

ed to

Hie

roni

mo.

A

nd th

eref

ore

know

that

I ha

ve c

ast i

t thu

s-

[Ent

er P

AGE]

But h

ere's

the

pag

e. H

ow n

ow, w

hat n

ews

with

thee

? PA

GE My

lord

, Ser

berin

e is

slain

. BA

LTH

AZAR

W

ho? S

erbe

rine,

my

man

? PA

GE You

r hig

hnes

s' m

an, m

y lo

rd.

LORE

NZO

Sp

eak

page

, who

mur

dere

d hi

m?

PAG

E He

that

is a

ppre

hend

ed f

or th

e fa

ct.

LORE

NZO

W

ho?

PAG

E Pedr

inga

no.

BALT

HAZ

AR

Is S

erbe

rine

slain

, tha

t lov

ed h

is lo

rd s

o w

ell?

In

jurio

us v

illai

n, m

urde

rer o

f hi

s fr

iend

! LO

RENZ

O

Hat

h Pe

drin

gano

mur

dere

d Se

rber

ine?

M

y lo

rd, l

et m

e en

treat

you

to ta

ke th

e pa

ins

To

exas

pera

te a

nd h

aste

n hi

s re

veng

e W

ith y

our c

ompl

aint

s un

to m

y lo

rd th

e ki

ng.

This

thei

r di

ssen

sion

bree

ds a

gre

ater

dou

bt.

BALT

HAZ

AR

Ass

ure

thee

, Don

Lor

enzo

, he

shal

l die

, O

r else

his

high

ness

har

dly

shal

l den

y.

Mea

nwhi

le I

'll h

aste

the

Mar

shal

-Ses

sions

, Fo

r di

e he

shal

l for

this

his

dam

ned

deed

. Ex

it BA

LTH

AZA

R

18 c

ast i

t th

us la

id th

ese

plan

s 24

fac

t dee

d, c

rim

e 31

exa

sper

ate

mak

e ha

rshe

r 32

com

plai

nts o

utcr

ies,

stat

emen

ts o

f gri

evan

ce

33 d

oubt

fea

r 35

har

dly

shal

l de

ny e

ither

'ref

use

only

with

diff

icul

ty' o

r (a

s Ed

- w

ards

sugg

ests

) 'sh

ow h

arsh

ness

in d

enyi

ng m

e'

TST-

4 **

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uA

'I'

HO

MA

S K

YD

[A

CT

111

LORE

NZO

W

hy so

, thi

s fits

our

form

er p

olic

y,

And

thus

exp

erie

nce

bids

the

wise

to d

eal:

I lay

the

plot

, he

pros

ecut

es th

e po

int;

40

I set

the

trap,

he

brea

ks th

e w

orth

less

twig

s, A

nd s

ees

not t

hat w

here

with

the

bird

was

lim

ed.

Thu

s ho

pefu

l men

, tha

t mea

n to

hol

d th

eir o

wn,

M

ust l

ook

like

fow

lers

to th

eir d

eare

st fr

iend

s. H

e ru

ns to

kill

who

m I

hav

e ho

lp to

cat

ch,

45

And

no

man

kno

ws i

t was

my

reac

hing

fatc

h.

'Tis

har

d to

trus

t unt

o a

mul

titud

e.

Or

anyo

ne, i

n m

ine

opin

ion,

W

hen

men

them

selv

es- th

eir s

ecre

ts w

ill re

veal

. En

ter a

MES

SEN

GER

with

a le

tter

Boy!

PA

GE

50

My

lord

? LO

REN

20

Wha

t's h

e?

MES

SEN

GER

I

have

a le

tter

to y

our l

ords

hip.

LO

RENZ

O

From

whe

nce?

M

ESSE

NG

ER

From

Ped

ringa

no th

at's

impr

isone

d.

LORE

NZO

So

he

is in

pris

on th

en?

MES

SEN

GER

Ay,

my

good

lord

. LO

RENZ

O

Wha

t wou

ld h

e w

ith u

s? H

e w

rites

us

here

55

,

To

stan

d go

od lo

rd a

nd h

elp

him

in d

istre

ss.

Tell

him

I ha

ve h

is le

tters

, kno

w h

is m

ind,

A

nd w

hat w

e m

ay, l

et h

im a

ssur

e hi

m o

f. Fe

llow

, beg

one:

my

boy

shal

l fol

low

thee

. Ex

it M

ESSE

NGER

40 p

rose

cutes

the

poin

t bri

ngs a

bout

the g

oal a

imed

at

42 l

imed

cau

ght i

n bi

rd-li

me

45 h

olp h

elpe

d 46

rea

chin

g pe

netr

atin

g, d

esig

ning

46

fat

ch st

rata

gem

(equ

als '

fetc

h', 0.E.D ,

sb.1

, 2)

55-6

line

atio

n ed

. (W

hat. . . v

s? / H

e. . . d

istre

s. 15

92)

56 s

tand

goo

d lo

rd a

ct a

s go

od lo

rd a

nd p

rote

ctor

38-4

9 an

othe

r ty

pica

l sp

eech

of

Mac

hiav

ellia

n 'p

olic

y',

whe

re t

he m

ain

aim

was

to

man

ipul

ate

othe

rs.

THE S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

Th

is w

orks

like

wax

; yet

onc

e m

ore

try

thy

wits

. Bo

y, g

o co

nvey

this

pur

se to

Ped

ringa

no,

Thou

kno

wes

t the

pris

on, c

lose

ly g

ive

it hi

m,

And

be

advi

sed

that

non

e be

ther

e ab

out.

Bid

him

be

mer

ry st

ill, b

ut se

cret

; A

nd th

ough

the

Mar

shal

-Ses

sions

be

toda

y,

Bid

him

not

dou

bt o

f hi

s de

liver

y.

Tell

him

his

pard

on is

alre

ady

sign

ed,

And

ther

eon

bid

him

bol

dly

be re

solv

ed;

For,

wer

e he

read

y to

be

turn

ed o

ff (A

s 'ti

s m

y w

ill th

e ut

term

ost b

e tri

ed)

Thou

with

his

pard

on s

halt

atte

nd h

im st

ill.

Show

him

this

box

, tel

l him

his

pard

on's

in't,

B

ut o

pen'

t no

t, an

d if

thou

lov's

t th

y lif

e,

But

let h

im w

isely

kee

p hi

s ho

pes

unkn

own;

H

e sh

all n

ot w

ant w

hile

Don

Lar

enzo

live

s. A

way

! PA

GE

I go

my

lord

, I ru

n.

LORE

NZO

B

ut s

irrah

, see

that

this

be

clea

nly

done

. N

ow s

tand

s our

fortu

ne o

n a

tickl

e po

int,

And

now

or n

ever

end

s Lo

renz

o's

doub

ts.

One

onl

y th

ing

is un

effe

cted

yet

, A

nd th

at's

to se

e th

e ex

ecut

ione

r. B

ut to

wha

t end

? I

list n

ot tr

ust t

he a

ir W

ith u

ttera

nce

of ou

r pre

tenc

e th

erei

n,

For f

ear t

he p

rivy

whi

sper

ing

of t

he w

ind

Conv

ey o

ur w

ords

am

ongs

t unf

riend

ly e

ars,

Tha

t lie

too

open

to a

dvan

tage

s. E

quel

che

vogl

io io

, nes

sun

lo sa

, In

tend

o io:

que

l mi b

aste

d.

Exit

60 w

orks

like

wax

follo

ws m

y de

sign

(as

wax

is ea

sily

mou

lded

and

fo

rmed

) 62

clo

sely

secr

etly

63

be

advi

sed

take

car

e 68

bol

dly

be r

esol

ved

feel

com

plet

ely

assu

red

69 t

urne

d off

han

ged

(the

priso

ner

is 'tu

rned

off'

the

sup

port

he

stan

ds o

n an

d so

han

ged;

see

111,

vi, 1

04 s

.d.)

73 a

nd if

if

75-6

line

atio

n ed

. (on

e lin

e 15

92)

77 c

lean

ly e

ffici

ently

78

tic

kle

prec

ario

us, f

inel

y-ba

lanc

ed

79 d

oubt

s fe

ars

82 l

ist n

ot h

ave

no w

ish t

o 83

pre

tence

des

ign,

inte

ntio

n 86

adv

anta

ges

taki

ng a

dvan

tage

, get

ting

the

uppe

r ha

nd

87-8

E qu

el . . .

baster

d ed

. (E

t que

l que

vog

lio I

i nes

sun

le sa

./Int

endo

io

quel

mi

bass

ara.

159

2) 'A

nd w

hat

I w

ish,

no o

ne k

now

s; I

un

ders

tand

, tha

t suf

fices

me'

Ejn't

PA

GE

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64

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T III

Act

111,

Scen

e v

Enter

BO

Y w

ith th

e bo

x PA

GE My

mas

ter h

ath

forb

idde

n m

e to

look

in th

is b

ox, a

nd b

y m

y tro

th 't

is li

kely

, if

he h

ad n

ot w

arne

d m

e, I

shou

ld n

ot h

ave

had

so m

uch

idle

tim

e; fo

r we m

en's -

kind

in o

ur m

inor

ity a

re

like

wom

en i

n th

eir

unce

rtain

ty:

that

the

y ar

e m

ost

for -

bi

dden

, the

y w

ill s

oone

st at

tem

pt.

So I

now

. By

my

bare

5

hone

sty, h

ere's

not

hing

but

the

bare

em

pty

box.

Wer

e it n

ot

sin

agai

nst s

ecre

cy, I

wou

ld sa

y it

wer

e a p

iece

of g

entle

man

- lik

e kn

aver

y. I

mus

t go

to

Pedr

inga

no,

and

tell

him

his

pard

on is

in th

is b

ox; n

ay, I

wou

ld h

ave s

wor

n it,

had

I n

ot

seen

the

cont

rary

. I

cann

ot c

hoos

e bu

t sm

ile to

thin

k ho

w

10

the

villa

in w

ill f

lout

the

gal

l~w

s, sc

orn

the

audi

ence

, and

de

scan

t on

the

hang

man

, and

all

pres

umin

g of

his

pard

on

from

hen

ce. W

ill't

not b

e an

odd

jest,

for

me

to st

and

and

grac

e ev

ery

jest

he m

akes

, poi

ntin

g m

y fin

ger a

t thi

s bo

x, a

s w

ho w

ould

say

, 'M

ock

on,

here

's th

y w

arra

nt'.

Is't

not

a 15

scur

vy j

est t

hat

atm

an sh

ould

jes

t hi

mse

lf to

dea

th?

Ala

s, po

or P

edrin

gano

, I a

m in

a so

rt so

rry

for t

hee,

but

if I

shou

ld

be h

ange

d w

ith th

ee, I

can

not w

eep.

Ex

it

Act

III, S

cene

vi

Enter

HIE

RO

NIM

O a

nd th

e D

EPU

TY

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Thu

s m

ust w

e to

il in

oth

er m

en's

extre

mes

, T

hat k

now

not

how

to re

med

y ou

r ow

n;

And

do

them

justi

ce, w

hen

unju

stly

we,

1 s.

p. PAG

E e

d. !?

tot i

n 15

92)

3 m

inor

ity w

hile

stil

l boy

s 4

unce

rtain

ty f

earf

ulne

ss

11 p

out

jest

at

12 d

esca

nt o

n ho

ld fo

rth

abou

t 16

scu

rvy

bitt

er, b

ase

1 s.

d. DEPUTY 't

he o

ffici

al

title

of

the

assis

tant

to

the

Kni

ght

Mar

shal

' (E

dwar

ds)

1 ex

trem

es d

iffic

ultie

s, ha

rdsh

ips

- 1 ff.

Thi

s sp

eech

, and

that

at

111,

vii,

10 ff

., is

cruc

ial t

o an

und

erst

andi

ng

of H

iero

nim

o's

outlo

ok a

t th

is s

tage

in t

he p

lay.

Bot

h sp

eech

es s

how

, ag

ains

t ho

stile

cri

tics,

Hie

roni

mo'

s de

ep c

once

rn f

or j

ustic

e (a

nd n

ot

mer

ely

veng

eanc

e), t

oget

her

with

his

frus

trat

ion

at H

eave

n's

appa

rent

de

afne

ss.

SCEN

E V

I]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

ED

Y

65

For a

ll ou

r w

rong

s, ca

n co

mpa

ss n

o re

dres

s. Bu

t sha

ll I

neve

r liv

e to

see

the

day

5 Th

at I

may

com

e, b

y ju

stice

of

the

heav

ens,

To

know

the

caus

e th

at m

ay m

y ca

res a

llay?

Th

is to

ils m

y bo

dy, t

his c

onsu

met

h ag

e, T

hat o

nly

I to

all m

en ju

st m

ust b

e,

And

nei

ther

god

s no

r m

en b

e ju

st to

mc.

10

D

EPU

TY

Wor

thy

Hie

roni

mo,

you

r offi

ce as

ks

A c

are

to p

unish

suc

h as

do

trans

gres

s. H

IER

ON

IMO

So

is't

my

duty

to r

egar

d hi

s de

ath

Who

whe

n he

live

d de

serv

ed m

y de

ares

t blo

od.

But c

ome,

for

that

we

cam

e fo

r, le

t's b

egin

, Fo

r he

re li

es th

at w

hich

bid

s m

e to

be

gone

. En

ter O

FFIC

ERS,

BOY

, and

PED

RIN

GA

NO

, with

a le

tter i

n his

han

d,

boun

d D

EPU

TY

Brin

g fo

rth

the

priso

ner,

for

the

cour

t is s

et.

PED

RIN

GA

NO

G

rarn

ercy

, boy

, but

it w

as ti

me

to c

ome;

Fo

r I

had

writ

ten

to m

y lo

rd a

new

A

nea

rer

mat

ter t

hat c

once

rnet

h hi

m,

For f

ear

his l

ords

hip

had

forg

otte

n m

e.

But s

ith h

e ha

th r

emem

bere

d m

e so

well

- Co

me,

com

e, c

ome

on, w

hen

shal

l we

to th

is g

ear?

H

IER

ON

IMO

St

and

forth

, tho

u m

onste

r, m

urde

rer

of m

en,

And

her

e, fo

r sat

isfac

tion

of th

e w

orld

, Co

nfes

s thy

folly

and

repe

nt th

y fa

ult,

For

ther

e's th

y pl

ace o

f ex

ecut

ion.

7 kn

ow th

e ca

use

expe

rien

ce th

e ci

rcum

stan

ce

8 to

ils b

urde

ns

8 co

mm

eth

age

wea

rs o

ut m

y lif

e 13

reg

ard

care

abo

ut, c

once

rn m

ysel

f w

ith

14 d

eser

ved

mer

ited

my

spill

ing

15 e

d. (

But

com

e, fo

r th

at w

e ca

me

for

lets

beg

in, 1

592)

18

Gra

mer

cy a

n ex

clam

atio

n of

rel

ief

20 n

eare

r of g

reat

er c

once

rn, m

ore

seri

ous

23 n

ear b

usin

ess

25 f

or sa

tisfa

ctio

n of

to c

onvi

nce,

dem

onst

rate

to

16 h

ere

Hie

roni

mo

touc

hes

his

head

or

hear

t. O

r po

ssib

ly (a

s Bo

as th

inks

) he

ref

ers t

o th

e bl

oody

han

dker

cher

.

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66

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

CT

III

PED

RIN

GA

NO

Th

is is

sho

rt w

ork!

Wel

l, to

you

r m

arsh

alsh

ip

Firs

t I c

onfe

ss, n

or fe

ar I

deat

h th

eref

ore,

I

am th

e m

an, '

twas

I s

lew

Ser

berin

e.

3 0

But s

ir, th

en y

ou th

ink

this

shal

l be

the

plac

e W

here

we

shal

l sat

isfy

you

for t

his

gear

? D

EPU

TY

Ay,

Ped

ringa

no.

PED

RIN

GAN

O

NO

W I

thin

k no

t so.

H

IER

ON

IMO

Pe

ace,

impu

dent

, for

thou

sha

lt fin

d it

so:

For

bloo

d w

ith b

lood

sha

ll, w

hile

I si

t as

judg

e,

3 5

Be s

atisf

ied,

and

the

law

disc

harg

ed.

And

thou

gh m

ysel

f can

not r

ecei

ve th

e lik

e, Y

et w

ill I

see

that

oth

ers

have

thei

r rig

ht.

Des

patc

h, t

he fa

ult's

app

rove

d an

d co

nfes

sed,

A

nd b

y ou

r law

he

is c

onde

mne

d to

die

. 40

HA

NG

MA

N

Com

e on

sir,

are

you

read

y?

PED

RM

GA

NO

T

o do

wha

t, m

y fin

e of

ficio

us k

nave

? H

AN

GM

AN

T

o go

to th

is g

ear.

PED

RIN

GA

NO

0 s

ir, y

ou a

re to

o fo

rwar

d; t

hou

wou

ldst

fai

n fu

rnis

h m

e w

ith a

hal

ter,

to d

isfu

rnis

h m

e of

my

habi

t. So

I sh

ould

go

45

out o

f th

is g

ear,

my

raim

ent,

into

that

gea

r, th

e ro

pe. B

ut,

hang

man

, now

I s

py y

our

knav

ery,

I'll

not

cha

nge

with

out

boot

, tha

t's f

lat.

HA

NG

MA

N

Com

e si

r. PE

DR

ING

AN

O

So th

en, I

mus

t up?

50

29

the

refo

re 't

here

for'

may

be

the

corr

ect r

eadi

ng

32 g

ear

actio

n, b

ehav

iour

39

app

rovb

d pr

oved

, sho

wn

open

ly

43 t

his g

ear

i.e. h

angi

ng

44 f

orwa

rd p

resu

mpt

uous

4-4

-8 pr

ose

ed. (0 sir

. . . h

abit.

I So

, . .

rope

. 1 Bu

t . . .

flat.

1592

) 45

hab

it cl

othe

s 47

-8 w

ithou

t bo

ot w

ithou

t co

mpe

nsat

ion,

with

out

som

e am

ends

(O

.E.D

., sb

. 19)

45

disf

urni

sh m

e of

my

habi

t Ped

ring

ano

refe

rs to

the

cus

tom

of g

ivin

g th

e ha

ngm

an h

is vi

ctim

's cl

othe

s.

1 SC

EXE

VI]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

i H

AN

GM

AN

N

o re

med

y.

PED

RIN

GA

NO

Y

es, b

ut th

ere

shal

l be

for

my

com

ing

dow

n.

, H

AN

GM

AN

In

deed

, her

e's a

rem

edy

for t

hat.

PED

RIN

GA

NO

H

ow? b

e tu

rned

off

? H

AN

GM

AN

A

y, t

ruly

; co

me,

are

you

rea

dy?

I pr

ay, s

ir, d

espa

tch,

the

55

da

y go

es aw

ay.

PED

RIN

GA

NO

W

hat,

do y

ou h

ang

by th

e ho

ur? I

f yo

u do

, I m

ay c

hanc

e to

br

eak

your

old

cus

tom

. H

ANG

lMAN

Fa

ith, y

ou h

ave

reas

on, f

or I

am

like

to b

reak

you

r yo

ung

neck

. 60

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Dos

t tho

u in

ock

me,

han

gman

? Pra

y G

od I

be n

ot p

rese

rved

to

bre

ak y

our k

nave

's pa

te fo

r th

is.

HA

NG

MA

N

,41as

, sir,

you

are

a fo

ot to

o lo

w to

reac

h it,

and

I ho

pe y

ou

will

nev

er g

row

so h

igh

whi

le I

am in

the

offi

ce.

PED

RIN

GA

NO

Si

rrah

, dos

t see

yon

der

boy

with

the

box

in h

is h

and?

H

AN

GM

AN

W

hat,

he th

at p

oint

s to

it w

ith h

is fin

ger?

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Ay,

that

com

pani

on.

HA

NG

MA

N

I kno

w h

im n

ot, b

ut w

hat o

f hi

m?

PED

RIN

GA

NO

D

ost t

hou

thin

k to

live

till

his

old

doub

let w

ill m

ake

thee

a

new

trus

s?

70

HA

NG

MA

N

Ay,

and

man

y a

fair

year

afte

r, to

trus

s up

man

y an

hon

este

r m

an th

an e

ither

thou

or h

e.

54 t

urne

d off

be

thru

st o

ff th

e su

ppor

t and

so

hang

55

des

patc

h w

ork

quic

kly

55-6

as p

rose

ed.

(I . .

. read

y I I

. . . a

way

. 159

2)

57 b

y th

e ho

ur a

t set

tim

es

67 c

ompa

tzion

fello

w

70 t

russ

a cl

ose-

fittin

g jac

ket (

O.E

.D., s

b. 3

a); t

o 'tr

uss u

p' (1

.71)

is to

ha

ng

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68

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

CT

III

PED

RIN

GA

NO

W

hat h

ath

he in

his

box,

as

thou

thin

k'st

? H

AN

GM

AN

Fa

ith, I

can

not t

ell,

nor

I ca

re n

ot g

reat

ly. M

ethi

nks

you

shou

ld r

athe

r he

arke

n to

you

r sou

l's h

ealth

. 75

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Why

, sirr

ah h

angm

an, I

take

it th

at th

at is

goo

d fo

r the

bod

y is

likew

ise g

ood

for

the

soul

; and

it m

ay b

e, in

that

box

is

balm

for

both

. H

AN

GM

AN

W

ell,

thou

art

even

the

mer

riest

piec

e of

man

's fle

sh th

at

e'er

groa

ned

at m

y of

fice

door

. 80

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Is y

our

rogu

ery

beco

me

an 'o

ffice

' w

ith a

kna

ve's

nam

e?

HA

NG

MA

N

Ay,

and

that

shal

l all

they

witn

ess t

hat s

ee y

ou se

al it

with

a

thie

f's n

ame.

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

I pr

ithee

, req

uest

this

goo

d co

mpa

ny to

pra

y w

ith m

e. H

AN

GM

AN

Ay

mar

ry s

ir, t

his

is a

goo

d m

otio

n; m

y m

aste

rs, y

ou s

ee

85

here

's a

good

fello

w.

PED

RIN

GA

NO

N

ay, n

ay, n

ow I

rem

embe

r me,

let t

hem

alo

ne ti

ll so

me o

ther

tim

e, fo

r now

I ha

ve n

o gr

eat n

eed.

H

IWO

NIM

O

I ha

ve n

ot s

een

a w

retc

h so

impu

dent

! 0 m

onstr

ous

times

, whe

re m

urde

r's s

et s

o lig

ht;

90

And

whe

re th

e so

ul th

at sh

ould

be

shrin

ed in

hea

ven,

So

lely

del

ight

s in

inte

rdic

ted

thin

gs,

Still

wan

derin

g in

the

thor

ny p

assa

ges

Tha

t int

erce

pts

itsel

f of

happ

ines

s. M

urde

r, 0

blo

ody

mon

ster,

God

forb

id

95

A fa

ult s

o fo

ul sh

ould

'sca

pe u

npun

ishe

d.

75 h

eark

en to

car

e fo

r 74-5 a

s pr

ose

ed. (

Faith

. . .

grea

tly. /

Me

thin

ks . .

. hea

lth.

1592

) 85

mot

ion

sugg

estio

n, id

ea

93

Stil

l alw

avs.

for

ever

81 I

s yo

ur . .

. 'ofic

e' P

edri

ngan

o m

ocks

the

hign

-sou

ndin

g 'o

ffice

' us

ed t

o de

scri

be th

e ha

ngm

an's

low

-bor

n ('k

nave

's')

occu

patio

n.

94 E

dwar

ds e

xpla

ins '

whi

ch p

reve

nt it

(the

soul

) fro

m a

ttain

ing

happ

ines

s.'

A m

ore

natu

ral

cons

truc

tion

wou

ld a

rise

if 'T

hat'

wer

e a

mis

prin

t fo

r 'A

nd',

mak

ing

'soul

' th

e su

bjec

t of

'inte

rcep

ts';

ther

e ar

e, h

owev

er,

no g

roun

ds f

or e

men

datio

n.

SCENE V

I]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

69

D

espa

tch

and

see

this

exec

utio

n do

ne-

This

mak

es m

e to

rem

embe

r the

e, m

y so

n. Ex

it H

IER

ON

IMO

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Nay

soft,

no

haste

. D

EPU

TY

Why

, whe

refo

re st

ay y

ou? H

ave

you

hope

of

life?

PE

DR

ING

AN

O

Why

, aye

H

AN

GM

AN

A

s ho

w?

PED

RIN

GA

NO

W

hy, r

asca

l, by

my

pard

on fr

om th

e ki

ng.

HA

NG

MA

N

Stan

d yo

u on

that

? the

n yo

u sh

all o

ff w

ith th

is.

He

turn

him

08

DEP

UTY

So

, exe

cutio

ner.

Conv

ey h

im h

ence

, Bu

t let

his

body

be

unbu

ried :

Le

t not

the

earth

be

chok

ed o

r inf

ect

With

that

whi

ch h

eave

n co

ntem

ns, a

nd m

en n

egle

ct. Ex

eunt

Act

111, Scene

vii

Enter

HIE

RONI

MO

HLW

ON

IMO

W

here

shal

l I ru

n to

bre

athe

abr

oad

my

woe

s, M

y w

oes w

hose

wei

ght h

ath

wea

ried

the

earth

?

99 s

oft

wai

t a m

omen

t 10

4 St

and

you

on th

at?

Do

you

depe

nd o

n th

at?

The

han

gman

the

n re

fers

to th

e lit

eral

sen

se o

f 'st

and'

10

8 he

aven

ed.

(he

auen

s 15

92)

1 s.

p. H

IER

ON

IMO

ed.

(no

t in

1592

) 1

brea

the

abro

ad g

ive

expr

essi

on to

104

s.d.

The

pro

peq

whi

ch h

as a

lrea

dy d

one

duty

as

an a

rbou

r may

hav

e ag

ain

been

use

d he

re (

stri

pped

, pe

rhap

s, o

f its

lea

ves

and

bran

ches

) to

eff

ect t

his s

econ

d ha

ngin

g. B

ut se

e 11

, iv, 53

s.d.

and

not

e.

'

1-9

Hie

roni

mo'

s la

ngua

ge,

and

the

impl

ied

stag

e-ac

tion,

may

see

m

exag

gera

ted

and

over

-the

atri

cal

to m

odem

rea

ders

; th

e sp

eech

is,

ho

wev

er, v

ery

nice

ly c

alcu

late

d fo

r st

age-

deliv

ery

and

may

be

play

ed

with

res

trai

nt,

whi

le th

e w

ordi

ng v

ery

effe

ctiv

ely

conv

eys

Hie

roni

mo'

s to

tal p

reoc

cupa

tion

with

his

son

's de

ath.

Page 42: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

iv

THOMAS KYD

[ACT

1x

1

Or m

ine

excl

aim

s, th

at h

ave

surc

harg

ed th

e ai

r W

ith c

ease

less

pla

ints

for m

y de

ceas

ed so

n?

The

blus

terin

g w

inds

, con

spiri

ng w

ith m

y w

ords

, 5

At m

y la

men

t hav

e m

oved

the

leaf

less

tree

s, D

isrob

ed t

he m

eado

ws o

f th

eir f

low

ered

gre

en,

Mad

e m

ount

ains

mar

sh w

ith s

prin

g -tid

es o

f my

tear

s, A

nd b

roke

n th

roug

h th

e br

azen

gat

es o

f he

ll.

Yet

stil

l tor

men

ted

is m

y to

rture

d so

ul

10

With

bro

ken

sighs

and

restl

ess p

assio

ns,

Tha

t win

ged

mou

nt, a

nd h

over

ing i

n th

e ai

r, Be

at a

t the

win

dow

s of

the

brig

htes

t hea

vens

, So

liciti

ng fo

r jus

tice

and

reve

nge;

B

ut th

ey a

re p

lace

d in

thos

e em

pyre

al h

eigh

ts,

15

Whe

re, c

ount

er-m

ured

with

wal

ls of

dia

mon

d,

I fin

d th

e pl

ace

impr

egna

ble;

and

they

Re

sist m

y w

oes,

and

give

my

wor

ds n

o wa

y. En

ter H

AN

GM

AN w

ith a

lette

r H

AN

GM

AN

0

lord

sir,

God

ble

ss y

ou si

r, th

e m

an s

ir,

Pete

rgad

e sir,

he

that

was

so fu

ll of

mer

ry c

once

its-

20

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Wel

l, w

hat o

f hi

m?

HA

NG

MA

N

0 lo

rd s

ir, h

e w

ent

the

wro

ng w

ay, t

he fe

llow

had

a f

air

com

miss

ion

to th

e co

ntra

ry. S

ir, h

ere

is hi

s pas

spor

t; I p

ray

you

sir,

we

have

don

e hi

m w

rong

. H

IER

ON

IMO

I

war

rant

thee

, giv

e it

me.

25

HA

NG

MA

N

You

will

sta

nd b

etw

een

the

gallo

ws a

nd m

e?

HIE

RO

NIM

O

AY

, aye

3

excl

aim

crie

s 11

pas

sions

suff

erin

gs, p

rote

stin

g cr

ies

15 e

mpy

real

of

the

high

est h

eave

n; t

he d

wel

ling-

plac

e of

God

16

cou

nter

-mur

ed h

avin

g tw

o w

alls

, one

with

in t

he o

ther

20

Pet

erga

de th

e ha

ngm

an's

bung

ling

atte

mpt

at

'Ped

ringa

no'

20 c

once

its ie

sts

a

-

22-3

fai

r com

miss

ion

prop

er w

ritte

n au

thor

ity

10-1

8 H

iero

nim

o's

sens

e of

thw

arte

d rig

ht, a

nd t

he a

ppar

ent

indi

ffer

ence

of

'th

e br

ight

est

heav

ens',

are

mai

n el

emen

ts in

our

sym

path

y fo

r hi

s ca

use.

His

stat

e of

min

d pr

edic

ts, i

f br

iefly

and

uns

ubtly

, the

baf

fled

and

thw

arte

d qu

estio

ning

of

Ham

let.

SCEN

E VI

I] TH

E SP

AN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

p

HA

NG

MA

N

-

I th

ank

your

Lor

d W

orsh

ip.

Exit

HAN

GMAN

i' H

IER

ON

IMO

E

And

yet

, tho

ugh

som

ewha

t nea

rer

me

conc

erns

, d

I w

ill, t

o ea

se th

e gr

ief t

hat I

susta

in,

30

Take

truc

e w

ith so

rrow

whi

le I

read

on

this

. 'M

y lo

rd, I

writ

as

min

e ex

trem

es r

equi

red,

T

hat y

ou w

ould

labo

ur m

y de

liver

y;

If yo

u ne

glec

t, m

y lif

e is

des

pera

te,

And

in m

y de

ath

I sha

ll re

veal

the

troth

. Y

ou k

now

, my

lord

, I sl

ew h

im fo

r you

r sak

e;

And

as

conf

eder

ate

with

the

prin

ce a

nd y

ou,

Won

by

rew

ards

and

hop

eful

pro

misc

s, I h

olp

to m

urde

r D

on H

orat

io to

o.'

Hol

p he

to m

urde

r min

e H

orat

io?

And

act

ors i

n th

' acc

urse

d tra

gedy

W

ast t

hou,

Lor

enzo

, Bal

thaz

ar a

nd th

ou,

Of

who

m m

y so

n, m

y so

n de

serv

ed so

wel

l?

Wha

t hav

e I

hear

d, w

hat h

ave

min

e ey

es b

ehel

d?

0 sa

cred

hea

vens

, may

it c

ome

to p

ass

Tha

t suc

h a

mon

strou

s an

d de

teste

d de

ed,

So c

lose

ly sm

othe

red,

and

so lo

ng c

once

aled

, Sh

all t

hus

by th

is b

e ve

ngdd

or r

evea

led!

N

ow se

e I

wha

t I d

urst

not

then

sus

pekt

, T

hat B

el-im

peria

's le

tter w

as n

ot f

eign

ed.

Nor

feig

ned

she,

thou

gh fa

lsely

they

hav

e w

rong

ed

Both

her

, mys

elf,

Hor

atio

and

them

selv

es.

32 w

rit e

d. (

writ

e 15

92)

32 e

xtre

mes

ext

rem

e ~o

siti

on, pr

edic

amen

t 34

des

pera

te d

espa

ired

of, w

ithou

t ho

pe

37 a

s ed

. (w

as 1

592)

47

clo

sely

.mot

here

d ke

pt a

clo

se s

ecre

t

32 w

rit

The

pas

t te

nse

(see

tex

tual

glo

ss)

mus

t be

cor

rect

; Pe

drin

gallo

re

fers

to h

is p

revio

us le

tter.

37 a

s co

nfed

erat

e Edw

ards

's co

rrec

tion

('as'

for '

was

') gi

ves g

ood

sens

e an

d sy

ntax

; Jos

eph'

s re

tent

ion

of '

was

' on

the

gro

unds

tha

t thr

ee s

epar

ate

siat

emin

ts a

re i

nvol

ved

is po

ssib

le b

ut s

train

ed.

45 ff

. H

iero

nim

o ac

cept

s th

at c

oinc

iden

ces i

ndic

ate

Hea

ven'

s w

ish

to b

ring

abou

t ju

stic

e; a

wea

kene

d fo

rm o

f th

e m

edia

eval

bel

ief

in F

oq:tu

oe a

s G

od's

serv

ant.

5G1

was

not

feig

ned.

Nor

feig

ned

she

'He

is re

lieve

d of

two d

oubt

s [s

ee

111,

ii, 3

7-52

], w

heth

er o

r no

t Bel

-im

peria

real

ly w

rote

the

lette

r, ai

ld if

so

whe

ther

or n

ot sh

e w

as te

lling

the

trut

h.' (

McI

lwra

ith.)

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72

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

CT 1

11

Now

may

I m

ake

com

pare

, 'tw

ixt h

ers

and

this

, O

f eve

ry a

ccid

ent;

I ne

'er c

ould

find

Ti

ll no

w, a

nd n

ow I

feel

ingl

y pe

rcei

ve,

55

They

did

wha

t hea

ven

unpu

nish

ed w

ould

not

leav

e. 0 fa

lse L

oren

zo, a

re th

ese

thy

flatte

ring

look

s?

Is th

is th

e ho

nour

that

thou

did

st m

y so

n?

And

Bal

thaz

ar, b

ane

to th

y so

ul a

nd m

e,

Was

this

the

rans

om h

e re

serv

ed th

ee fo

r?

60

Woe

to th

e ca

use

of t

hese

con

stra

ined

war

s, W

oe to

thy

base

ness

and

cap

tivity

, W

oe to

thy

birth

, thy

bod

y an

d th

y so

ul,

Thy

cur

sed

fath

er, a

nd th

y co

nque

red

self!

A

nd b

anne

d w

ith b

itter

exe

crat

ions

be

65

The

day

and

pla

ce w

here

he

did

pity

thee

! B

ut w

here

fore

was

te I

min

e un

frui

tful w

ords

, W

hen

naug

ht b

ut b

lood

will

satis

fy m

y w

oes?

I

will

go

plai

n m

e to

my

lord

the

king

, A

nd c

ry a

loud

for

justi

ce th

roug

h th

e co

urt,

70

Wea

ring

the

flint

s w

ith th

ese

my

with

ered

feet

, A

nd e

ither

pur

chas

e ju

stice

by

entre

ats

Or t

ire

them

all

with

my

reve

ngin

g th

reat

s. Ex

it

Act

111

, Sce

ne v

iii

Enter

ISAB

ELLA

and

her

MA

ID

ISAB

ELLA

So

that

, you

say

, thi

s he

rb w

ill p

urge

the

eye,

A

nd th

is th

e he

ad?

54 a

ccid

ent;

ed.

(acc

iden

t, 15

92) h

appe

ning

, oc

curr

ence

(re

latin

g to

H

orat

io's

deat

h)

54 f

ind

unde

rsta

nd

55 fe

elin

gly

vivi

dly,

with

feel

ing

59 b

ane

pois

on, c

ause

of

ruin

61

con

stra

ined

forc

ed,

unne

cess

ary

65 b

anne

d cu

rsed

69

pla

it: c

ompl

ain,

ple

ad

1 pu

rge

clea

nse,

hea

l 2-

3 lin

eatio

n ed

. (on

e lin

e 15

92)

53-6

'Now

I c

an c

heck

on

evel

y ha

ppen

ing,

by

usin

g th

e tw

o le

tters

; I

coul

d ne

ver

be s

ure

till

now

- b

ut n

ow I

see

ver

y vi

vidl

y - th

at

they

com

mitt

ed

this

cri

me

whi

ch

Hea

ven

mus

t an

d w

ill p

unis

h.'

Edw

ards

, 1 ta

ke it

, is

corr

ect i

n ke

epin

g (a

nd g

ivin

g gr

eate

r w

eigh

t to

) 15

92's

stop

afte

r 'ac

cide

nt'.

69-7

3 H

iero

nim

o's

impu

lse

is

to s

eek

just

ice

thro

ugh

the

appr

oved

ch

anne

ls; o

nly

if he

is th

war

ted

will

he

take

mat

ters

into

his

ow

n ha

nds.

1-

5 T

hese

lin

es m

ay c

once

ivab

ly h

ave

sugg

este

d O

phel

ia's

flow

er-l

ore

in m

adne

ss.

SCEN

E V

III]

T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

73

Ah,

but

non

e of

the

m w

ill p

urge

the

hear

t: N

o, th

ere's

no

med

icin

e le

ft fo

r m

y di

seas

e,

Nor

any

phy

sic to

rec

ure

the

dead

. Sh

e ru

ns lu

natic

H

orat

io! 0, w

here

's H

orat

io?

MA

ID

Goo

d m

adam

, affr

ight

not

thus

you

rsel

f W

ith o

utra

ge fo

r you

r son

Hor

atio

: H

e sle

eps i

n qu

iet i

n th

e El

ysia

n fie

lds.

ISAB

ELLA

W

hy, d

id I

not g

ive

you

gow

ns a

nd g

oodl

y th

ings

, B

ough

t you

a w

histl

e an

d a

whi

psta

lk to

o,

To

be r

even

ged

on th

eir v

illai

nies

? M

AID

M

adam

, the

se h

umou

rs d

o to

rmen

t my

soul

. IS

ABEL

LA

My

soul

! po

or s

oul,

thou

talk

s of

thi

ngs

Tho

u kn

ow'st

not

wha

t-m

y so

ul h

ath

silve

r w

ings

, T

hat m

ount

s m

e up

unt

o th

e hi

ghes

t hea

vens

; T

o he

aven

, ay,

ther

e si

ts m

y H

orat

io,

Back

ed w

ith a

troo

p of

fier

y ch

erub

ins,

D

anci

ng a

bout

his

new

ly-h

eale

d w

ound

s, Si

ngin

g sw

eet h

ymns

and

cha

ntin

g he

aven

ly n

otes

, R

are

harm

ony

to g

reet

his

inno

cenc

e,

Tha

t die

d, a

y di

ed a

mirr

or in

our

day

s. B

ut sa

y, w

here

shal

l I fi

nd th

e m

en, t

he m

urde

rers

, T

hat s

lew

Hor

atio

? Whi

ther

shal

l I r

un

To

find

them

out

that

mur

dere

d m

y so

n?

Exeu

nt

5 re

cure

reco

ver,

rest

ore

to h

ealth

8

outra

ge o

utra

geou

s be

havi

our,

pass

ion

9 El

ysia

n fie

lds

the

plac

e of

the

ble

ssed

in

the

afte

rwor

ld

11 w

hips

talk

whi

p-ha

ndle

; use

d, p

resu

mab

ly, i

n a

child

's ga

me

13 h

umou

rs u

ncon

trol

led

fanc

ies

21 g

reet

hon

our

(not

, as

the

con

text

sho

ws,

'w

elco

me')

; Ed

war

ds

com

pare

s (O

.E.D

., 3e

) Spe

nser

's us

e of

the

wor

d to

mea

n 'to

off

er

cong

ratu

latio

ns'

22 m

irror

mod

el o

f ex

celle

nce

14-2

2 Is

abel

la's

lang

uage

her

e, p

erha

ps o

nly

to s

ecur

e pa

thos

, is

dist

inct

ly

Chr

istia

n in

its

desc

ript

ion

of t

he a

fter -

life,

in

cont

rast

to

the

Ver

gilia

n la

ngua

ge o

f m

ost

othe

r re

fere

nces

. Ed

war

ds h

as s

how

n th

at K

yd's

wri

ting

here

may

be

inde

bted

to

Tho

mas

Wat

son'

s el

egy

on W

alsi

ng-

ham

, pub

lishe

d in

159

0.

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/ Y

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

~ 11

1

Act

111

, Sce

ne ix

BE

L-IM

PERI

A

at a

win

dow

BEL

-IM

PER

IA

Wha

t mea

ns th

is o

utra

ge th

at is

offe

red

me?

W

hy a

m I

thus

seq

uest

ered

from

the

cour

t?

No

notic

e? S

hall

I no

t kno

w th

e ca

use

Of

this

my

secr

et a

nd s

uspi

ciou

s ill

s?

Acc

urse

d br

othe

r, un

kind

mur

dere

r, 5

Why

ben

ds th

ou th

us th

y m

ind

to m

arty

r m

e?

Hie

roni

mo,

why

writ

I o

f th

y w

rong

s, O

r why

art

thou

so

slack

in th

y re

veng

e?

And

rea,

0 A

ndre

a, th

at th

ou s

awes

t M

e fo

r th

y fr

iend

Hor

atio

han

dled

thus

, 10

And

him

for

me

thus

cau

sele

ss m

urde

red.

W

ell,

forc

e pe

rforc

e, I

mus

t con

strai

n m

ysel

f T

o pa

tienc

e, a

nd a

pply

me

to th

e tim

e,

Till

heav

en, a

s I

have

hop

ed, s

hall

set m

e fre

e.

Enter

CH

RIST

OPH

IL

CH

RIS

TOPH

IL

Com

e, M

adam

Bel

-impe

ria, t

his

may

not

be.

Ex

eunt

15

Act

111

, Sce

ne x

En

ter L

OR

ENZO

, BA

LTH

AZA

R,

and

the

PAG

E

LOR

ENZO

Bo

y, ta

lk n

o fu

rther

, thu

s far

thin

gs g

o w

ell.

Thou

art

assu

red

that

thou

saw

est h

im d

ead?

PA

GE Or e

lse m

y lo

rd I

live

not.

LORE

NZO

Th

at's

enou

gh.

As f

or h

is re

solu

tion

in h

is en

d,

Leav

e th

at to

him

with

who

m h

e so

jour

ns n

ow.

5 H

ere,

take

my

ring

and

give

it C

hris

toph

il,

2 se

ques

tered

kep

t apa

rt, s

eclu

ded

3 N

o no

tice

kept

in i

gnor

ance

4

susp

iciou

s aro

usin

g su

spic

ion

5 un

kind

unn

atur

al

6 be

nds a

pplie

s 12

for

ce p

erfo

rce

of n

eces

sity

13

app

ly m

e to

the

time

acce

pt th

ings

as

they

are

4

reso

lutio

n co

urag

e

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

I A

nd b

id him l

et m

y sis

ter

be e

nlar

ged,

A

nd b

ring

her

hith

er s

traig

ht.

Exit

PAG

E F

Thi

s tha

t I d

id w

as fo

r a p

olic

y 1

To

smoo

th a

nd k

eep

the

mur

der

secr

et,

Whi

ch a

s a

nine

-day

s' w

onde

r be

ing

o'er

blow

n,

I M

y ge

ntle

siste

r w

ill I

now

enl

arge

. BA

LTH

AZA

R A

nd ti

me,

Lor

enzo

, for

my

lord

the

duke

, Y

ou h

eard

, enq

uire

d fo

r he

r ye

ster-

nigh

t. LO

REN

ZO

Why

, and

, my

lord

, I h

ope

you

hear

d m

e sa

y Su

ffici

ent r

easo

n w

hy s

he k

ept a

way

. B

ut th

at's

all o

ne. M

y lo

rd, y

ou lo

ve h

er?

BALT

HA

ZAR

AY

* LO

REN

ZO

The

n in

you

r lov

e be

war

e, d

eal c

unni

ngly

, Sa

lve

all s

uspi

cion

s; on

ly s

ooth

e m

e up

; A

nd if

she

hap

to st

and

on te

rms

with

us,

As f

or h

er s

wee

thea

rt, a

nd c

once

alm

ent s

o,

Jest

with

her

gen

tly:

unde

r fei

gned

jest

Are

thin

gs c

once

aled

that

else

wou

ld b

reed

unr

est.

But

her

e sh

e co

mes

. Enter

BEL

-IM

PERI

A

Now

, sist

er-

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Sist

er? N

o!

Tho

u ar

t no

bro

ther

, but

an

enem

y, '

Else

wou

ldst

thou

not

hav

e us

ed th

y si

ster

so:

Fi

rst,

to a

ffrig

ht m

e w

ith th

y w

eapo

ns d

raw

n,

And

with

ext

rem

es a

buse

my

com

pany

; A

nd th

en to

hur

ry m

e, li

ke w

hirlw

ind'

s ra

ge,

Am

idst

a c

rew

of

thy

conf

eder

ates

, A

nd c

lap

me

up w

here

non

e m

ight

com

e at

me,

7 en

larg

ed s

et fr

ee

9 po

licy

stra

tage

m, c

unni

ng p

urpo

se

10 s

moo

th a

void

diff

icul

t con

sequ

ence

s 19

Sal

ve a

llay

19 s

ooth

e m

e up

agr

ee w

ith m

e 20

sta

nd o

n te

rm a

rgue

, pro

ve d

iffic

ult

24 N

ow e

d. (

Lor.

Now

159

2)

24-5

lin

eatio

n ed

. (B

ut . . .

comes

. / N

ow S

iste

r. /

Sist

er . . .

enem

y.

1592

) 28

ext

rem

es h

arsh

beh

avio

ur

31 c

lap

me

up lo

ck m

e up

, unc

erem

onio

usly

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76

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[ACT

11

1

Nor

I at

any

, to

reve

al m

y w

rong

s. W

hat m

addi

ng fu

ry d

id p

osse

ss th

y w

its?

Or

whe

rein

is't

that

I of

fend

ed th

ee?

LORE

NZO

A

dvis

e yo

u be

tter,

Bel

-im

peria

, 3 5

Fo

r I

have

don

e yo

u no

dis

para

gem

ent;

Unl

ess,

by

mor

e di

scre

tion

than

des

erve

d,

I sou

ght t

o sa

ve y

our

hono

ur a

nd m

ine

own.

BE

L-IM

PER

IA

Min

e ho

nour

! why

, Lor

enzo

, whe

rein

is't

Tha

t I n

egle

ct m

y re

puta

tion

so,

40

As

you,

or

any,

nee

d to

resc

ue it

? LO

RENZ

O

His

hig

hnes

s an

d m

y fa

ther

wer

e re

solv

ed

To

com

e co

nfer

with

old

Hie

roni

mo,

C

once

rnin

g ce

rtain

mat

ters

of

esta

te,

Tha

t by

the

vice

roy

was

det

erm

ined

. 45

BE

L-IM

PER

IA

And

whe

rein

was

min

e ho

nour

touc

hed

in th

at?

BALT

IIAZ

AR

Hav

e pa

tienc

e, B

el-i

mpe

ria;

hear

the

rest

. LO

RENZ

O

Me

next

in s

ight

as

mes

seng

er th

ey s

ent,

To

give

him

not

ice

that

they

wer

e so

nig

h:

Now

whe

n I c

ame,

con

sorte

d w

ith th

e pr

ince

, 5 0

A

nd u

nexp

ecte

d, in

an

arbo

ur th

ere,

Fo

und

Bel

-impe

ria w

ith H

orat

io-

BEL-

JMPE

RIA

H

ow th

en?

LORE

NZO

W

hy th

en, r

emem

berin

g th

at o

ld d

isgr

ace,

W

hich

you

for

Don

And

rea

had

endu

red,

55

A

nd n

ow w

ere

likel

y lo

nger

to

sust

ain,

36 d

ispar

agem

ent d

isho

nour

, hum

iliat

ion

48 n

ext i

n sig

ht s

tand

ing

near

by

37 '

unle

ss i

t w

ere

that

, sh

owin

g m

ore

conc

ern

and

fore

sigh

t th

an y

ou

dese

rved

. . . '

44-5

Edw

ards

, citi

ng O

.E.D

., ex

plai

ns:

'con

cern

ing

cert

ain

mat

ters

abo

ut

poss

essi

ons

whi

ch t

he

vice

roy

had

give

n up

.' 'd

eter

min

ed'

mig

ht,

how

ever

, m

ean

mor

e si

mpl

y 'd

ecid

ed'

or '

spec

ified

', an

d 'm

atte

rs o

f es

tate

' mig

ht m

ean

'mat

ters

of i

mpo

rtan

ce',

'sta

te-m

atte

rs'.

54 t

hat o

ld d

isgra

ce S

ee I

, i, 1

0-11

and

not

e.

SCE

NE

X]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

ED

Y

77

By b

eing

foun

d so

mea

nly

acco

mpa

nied

, Th

ough

t ra

ther

, for

I k

new

no

read

ier m

ean,

T

o th

rust

Hor

atio

fort

h m

y fa

ther

's w

ay.

BALT

HAZ

AR

And

car

ry y

ou o

bscu

rely

som

ewhe

re e

lse,

60

Lest

that

his

hig

hnes

s sh

ould

hav

e fo

und

you

ther

e.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Ev

en so

, my

lord

? A

nd y

ou a

re w

itnes

s T

hat t

his

is tr

ue w

hich

he

entr

eate

th o

f?

You

, gen

tle b

roth

er, f

orge

dthi

s fo

r m

y sa

ke,

And

you

, my

lord

, wer

e m

ade

his

inst

rum

ent:

65

A w

ork

of w

orth

, wor

thy

the

notin

g to

o!

But

wha

t's t

he c

ause

that

you

con

ceal

ed m

e si

nce?

LO

RENZ

O

You

r mel

anch

oly,

sis

ter,

sinc

e th

e ne

ws

Of

your

firs

t fav

ourit

e D

on A

ndre

a's d

eath

, M

y fia

ther

's ol

d w

rath

hat

h ex

aspe

rate

. BA

LTH

AZAR

A

nd b

ette

r w

as't

for y

ou, b

eing

in d

isgr

ace,

T

o ab

sent

you

rsel

f, an

d gi

ve h

is fu

ry p

lace

. BE

L-IM

PER

IA

But

why

had

I n

o no

tice

of h

is ir

e?

LORE

NZO

T

hat w

ere

to a

dd m

ore

fuel

to y

our f

ire,

Who

bur

nt li

ke A

etna

for

And

rea's

loss

. BE

L-IM

PER

IA

Hat

h no

t my

fath

er th

en e

nqui

red

for

me?

LO

RENZ

O

Sist

er, h

e ha

th, a

nd th

us e

xcus

ed I

thee

. H

e wh

isper

eth

in h

er e

ar

But

, Bel

-impe

ria, s

ee th

e ge

ntle

pri

nce;

Lo

ok o

n th

y lo

ve, b

ehol

d yo

ung

Bal

thaz

ar,

Who

se p

assi

ons

by th

y pr

esen

ce a

re in

crea

sed;

80

And

in

who

se m

elan

chol

y th

ou m

ay'st

see

T

hy h

ate,

his

love

; thy

flig

ht, h

is fo

llow

ing

thee

.

57 m

eanl

y by

a m

an o

f lo

w r

ank

64 f

orge

d de

vise

d an

d ex

ecut

ed t

his

cour

se o

f ac

tion;

wit

h an

iron

ic

hint

of

the

mod

ern

sens

e of

dec

eit

70 e

xasp

erat

e m

ade

hars

her

72 g

ive

his

fury

pla

ce a

llow

his

wra

th t

o ex

pend

its

elf

harm

less

ly

75 A

etna

the

volc

ano

in S

icily

57 s

o m

eanl

y ac

com

pani

ed H

orat

io's

inf

erio

r so

cial

sta

ndin

g is

fre

quen

tly

emph

asis

ed.

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BEL-

IMPE

RIA

B

roth

er, y

ou a

re b

ecom

e an

ora

tor-

I kno

w n

ot, I

, by

wha

t exp

erie

nce-

To

o po

litic

for

me,

pas

t all

com

pare

, Si

nce

last

I saw

you

; but

con

tent

you

rsel

f, T

he p

rince

is m

edita

ting

high

er th

ings

. BA

LTH

AZA

R 'T

is o

f th

y be

auty

, the

n, th

at c

onqu

ers

king

s;

Of

thos

e th

y tre

sses

, Aria

dne's

twin

es,

Whe

rew

ith m

y lib

erty

thou

has

t sur

pris

ed;

Of

that

thin

e iv

ory

fron

t, m

y so

rrow

's m

ap,

Whe

rein

I se

e no

hav

en to

res

t my

hope

. BE

L-IM

PERI

A

To

love

and

fear

, and

bot

h at

onc

e, m

y lo

rd,

In m

y co

ncei

t, ar

e th

ings

of

mor

e im

port

Tha

n w

omen

's w

its a

re to

be

busie

d w

ith.

BALT

HA

ZAR

'Tis

I th

at lo

ve.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

W

hom

? BA

LTH

AZA

R Be

l-im

peria

. B

EL-I

MPE

RIA

B

ut I

that

fear

. BA

LTH

AZA

R W

hom

? BE

L-IM

PERI

A Be

l-im

peria

. LO

REN

ZO

Fear

you

rsel

f?

BEL

-IM

PER

IA

Ay,

bro

ther

. LO

REN

ZO

HO

W?

BEL

-IM

PERI

A A

s th

ose

Tha

t wha

t the

y lo

ve a

re lo

ath

and

fear

to lo

se.

89 t

wine

s th

read

s, c

ords

90

sur

prise

d ca

ptur

ed

91 f

ront

for

ehea

d 94

In

my

conc

eit t

o m

y m

ind,

in

my

judg

men

t 98-9

lin

eatio

n ed

. (on

e lin

e 15

92)

85 T

oo ~

olit

ic refe

rs to

the

'ora

tor'

(who

has

bec

ome

tooc

unni

ng),

and

not

tt) 'ex

perie

nce'.

89

Ari

adne

's K

yd p

roba

bly

has

in m

ind

here

Ara

chne

, the

Lyd

ian

wea

ver

who

m A

then

e ch

ange

d to

a s

pide

r; A

riadn

e, d

augh

ter

of K

ing

Min

os

of C

rete

, di

d, h

owev

er,

use

a th

read

in

guid

ing

The

seus

thr

ough

the

la

byrin

th.

Nei

ther

is

espe

cial

ly a

pt h

ere.

91

sor

row'

s m

ap th

e fo

rehe

ad w

as s

uppo

sed

to re

flect

feel

ings

; it

is a

'map

' be

caus

e B

alth

azar

see

ks it

s aid

in d

isco

verin

g th

e su

cces

s of h

is p

ropo

sal.

SCEN

E x]

i T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RAG

EDY

BALT

HA

ZAR

Then

, fai

r, le

t Bal

thaz

ar y

our

keep

er b

e.

[ L B

EL-I

MPE

RIA

N

o, B

alth

azar

dot

h fe

ar a

s w

ell a

s w

e:

Et tr

emul

o m

etui p

avid

um ju

nxer

e tim

orem

, Et

van

um s

tolid

ae p

rodi

tioni

s opu

s. LO

REN

ZO

Nay

, and

you

arg

ue th

ings

so c

unni

ngly

, W

e'll

go c

ontin

ue th

is d

iscou

rse

at c

ourt.

BA

LTH

AZA

R Le

d by

the

load

star

of h

er h

eave

nly

look

s, W

ends

poo

r op

pres

sed

Balth

azar

, A

s o'er

the

mou

ntai

ns w

alks

the

wan

dere

r, In

certa

in to

effe

ct h

is pi

lgrim

age.

Ex

eunt

Exit

105

Act

111, Scene xi

Enter

two

PORT

ING

ALE

S, a

nd H

IER

ON

IMO

mee

ts th

em

1 PO

RTI

NG

ALE

By

you

r lea

ve, s

ir.

, /',,

I 1

. L

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Goo

d le

ave

have

you

: nay

, I p

ray

you

go:

For

I'll

leav

e yo

u; if

you

can

leav

e m

e, so

. 2

POR

TIN

GA

LE

Pray

you

, whi

ch is

the

next

way

to m

y lo

rd th

e du

ke's?

H

IER

ON

IMO

T

he n

ext w

ay fr

om m

e. 1

POR

TIN

GA

LE

To

his

hous

e, w

e m

ean.

H

IER

ON

IMO

0

, har

d by

, 'tis

yon

hou

se th

at y

ou s

ee.

2 PO

RTI

NG

ALE

Y

ou c

ould

not

tell

us if

his

son

wer

e th

ere?

102

Et e

d. (

Est

159

2)

106

load

star

a st

ar t

o st

eer

by, u

sual

ly in

ref

eren

ce t

o th

e po

le-s

tar

109

Ince

rtain

to

effe

ct w

ith n

o co

nfid

ence

of

bein

g ab

le t

o co

mpl

ete

3 m

e, so

ed.

(m

e so

159

2)

4 ne

xt n

eare

st

102-

3 'T

hey

yoke

d cr

aven

fea

r to

tre

mbl

ing

drea

d: a

nd th

at a

fru

itles

s w

ork

of d

oltis

h tre

ason

'. It

is d

iffic

ult t

o m

ake

of th

ese

lines

a m

ore

than

ve

ry g

ener

al se

nse.

1-

8 H

iero

nim

o's

inco

nseq

uent

ial

talk

, lik

e H

amle

t's '

wild

and

whi

rling

w

ords

', is

mea

nt t

o co

nvey

the

ten

sion

he

is su

ffer

ing

unde

r. T

he

'Thi

rd A

dditi

on',

inse

rted

afte

r 1.1

, m

uch

expa

nds

this

sta

te o

f m

ind.

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80

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T II

I

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Who

, my

lord

Lor

enzo

? 1

POR

TIN

GA

LE

Ay,

sir.

He

goet

h in

at o

ne d

oor a

nd c

omes

out

at a

noth

er

HIE

RON

IMO

0

, for

bear

, Fo

r ot

her

talk

for

us fa

r fitt

er w

ere.

Bu

t if

you

be im

portu

nate

to k

now

10

T

he w

ay t

o hi

m, a

nd w

here

to fi

nd h

im o

ut,

The

n lis

t to

me,

and

I'll

res

olve

you

r do

ubt.

Ther

e is

a pa

th u

pon

your

left-

hand

sid

e,

That

lead

eth

from

a g

uilty

con

scie

nce

Unt

o a

fore

st of

dis

trust

and

fear

, 15

A

dar

ksom

e pl

ace,

and

dan

gero

us to

pas

s: Th

ere

shal

l you

mee

t with

mel

anch

oly

thou

ghts

, W

hose

bal

eful

hum

ours

if y

ou b

ut u

phol

d,

It w

ill c

ondu

ct y

ou to

des

pair

and

deat

h;

Who

se ro

cky

cliff

s w

hen

you

have

onc

e be

held

, 20

W

ithin

a h

ugy

dale

of

lasti

ng n

ight

, Th

at, k

indl

ed w

ith th

e w

orld

's in

iqui

ties,

Dot

h ca

st up

filth

y an

d de

teste

d fu

mes

, N

ot fa

r fro

m th

ence

, whe

re m

urde

rers

hav

e bu

ilt

A h

abita

tion

for

thei

r cu

rsed

sou

ls,

25

Ther

e, in

a b

raze

n ca

uldr

on, f

ixed

by

Jove

In

his

fell

wra

th u

pon

a su

lphu

r fla

me,

Y

ours

elve

s sha

ll fin

d Lo

renz

o ba

thin

g hi

m

In b

oilin

g le

ad a

nd b

lood

of

inno

cent

s. 1

POR

TIN

GA

LE

Ha,

ha,

ha!

H

IER

ON

IMO

H

a, h

a, h

a!

30

Why

, ha,

ha,

ha!

Far

ewel

l, go

od, h

a, h

a, h

a!

2 PO

RTI

NG

ALE

D

oubt

less

this

man

is p

assin

g lu

natic

,

Exit

8-9

linea

tion

ed. (

one

line

1592

) 10

be

impo

rtuna

te i

nsis

t 18

bal

eful

hum

ours

evi

l ten

denc

ies,

hab

its o

f m

ind

18 z

lpho

ld p

ersi

st in

21

hicg

y hu

ge, p

rofo

und

22 k

indl

ed s

et o

n fir

e 27

fel

l cru

el

30-1

lin

eatio

n ed

. (on

e lin

e 15

92)

32 p

assin

g ex

ceed

ingl

y -

13 C

ompa

re I

, i, 6

3-71

and

not

e. L

oren

zo is

, acc

ordi

ng t

o H

iero

nim

o, in

'th

e de

epes

t hel

l'.

SCEN

E XI

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

R4G

EDY

81

O

r im

perfe

ctio

n of

his

age

dot

h m

ake

him

dot

e.

Com

e, le

t's a

way

to se

ek m

y lo

rd th

e du

ke.

[Exe

unt]

Act

111, Scene

xii

Enter

HIE

RO

NIM

O, w

ith a

pon

iard

in o

ne h

and,

and

a r

ope

in th

e ot

her

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Now

sir,

per

haps

I co

me

and

see

the

king

, T

he k

ing

sees

me,

and

fain

wou

ld h

ear m

y su

it:

Why

, is

not t

his

a st

rang

e an

d se

ld-s

een

thin

g,

That

stan

ders

-by

with

toys

shou

ld s

trike

me

mut

e?

Go

to, I

see

thei

r shi

fts, a

nd s

ay n

o m

ore.

H

iero

nim

o, 't

is tim

e fo

r the

e to

trud

ge:

Dow

n by

the

dal

e th

at fl

ows w

ith p

urpl

e go

re

Stan

deth

a fi

ery

tow

er; t

here

sits

a ju

dge

Upo

n a

seat

of

stee

l and

mol

ten

bras

s, A

nd 't

wix

t hi

s te

eth

he h

olds

a fi

re-b

rand

, T

hat l

eads

unt

o th

e la

ke w

here

hel

l dot

h st

and.

A

way

, Hie

roni

mo,

to h

im b

e go

ne:

He'l

l do

thee

justi

ce fo

r H

orat

io's

deat

h.

Tur

n do

wn

this

pat

h, th

ou sh

alt b

e w

ith h

im st

raig

ht;

Or t

his,

and

then

thou

nee

d'st

not t

ake

thy

brea

th.

This

way

or t

hat w

ay? S

oft a

nd fa

ir, n

ot s

o:

For

if I

hang

or

kill

mys

elf,

let's

kno

w

33 i

mpe

rfec

tion

of hi

s age

dec

repi

tude

, the

dec

linin

g po

wer

s of o

ld a

ge

1 s.

d. p

onia

rd d

agge

r 3

seld

sel

dom

4

toys

trifl

es;

trivi

al b

usin

ess

5 sh

ifts t

ricks

6

trudg

e ge

t mov

ing

(not

slo

w,ly

) 7

pztrp

le bl

ood-

red

11 l

eads

sho

ws

the

way

to

14 s

traig

ht r

ight

aw

ay

17 k

ill s

tab

1 s.

d. H

iero

nim

o ca

rrie

s, a

s B

oas

rem

arks

, 'th

e st

ock

"pro

perti

es"

of a

w

ould

-be

suic

ide'

in E

lizab

etha

n dr

ama.

7

ff. H

iero

nim

o's

sear

ch fo

r ju

stic

e ta

kes

plac

e in

a la

ndsc

ape

that

dire

ctly

re

calls

And

rea's

sea

rch

for

a re

stin

g -pl

ace

in t

he a

ftenv

orld

(se

e I,

i);

K

yd is

anx

ious

to d

raw

out

the

anal

ogie

s bet

wee

n th

e tw

o qu

ests

. 14-1

5 th

is pa

th . .

. Or

this

by k

illin

g hi

mse

lf w

ith p

onia

rd o

r ro

pe. S

chic

k I t

poin

ts o

ut t

hat 1

1.14-

19

pres

ent

the

sam

e id

eas

as t

he l

ast three l

ines

of

the

Lat

in d

irge

(11,

v, 7

8-80

). i

Page 48: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

OL

THO

MA

S K

YD

[ACT I

II

Who

will

reve

nge

Hor

atio

's m

urde

r the

n?

No,

no I

fie,

no!

pard

on m

e, I

'll n

one

of th

at:

He flings

away

the d

agge

r and

hal

ter

Thi

s way

I'll

take

, and

this

way

com

es th

e ki

ng:

20

- -

He

take

s t&m

up

aga

in

And

her

e 1'1

1 ha

ve a

flin

g at

him

, tha

t's f

lat;

And

, Bal

thaz

ar, I

'll b

e w

ith th

ee to

brin

g,

And

thee

, Lor

enzo

! Her

e's th

e ki

ng; n

ay, s

tay,

A

nd h

ere,

ay h

ere;

ther

e go

es th

e ha

re a

way

. En

ter K

ING,

AM

BASS

AD

OR,

CAS

TILE,

and

LORE

NZO

K

ING

N

ow s

how

, Am

bass

ador

, wha

t our

vic

eroy

sai

th:

25

Hat

h he

rece

ived

the

artic

les

we s

ent?

H

IER

ON

IMO

Ju

stic

e, 0

, jus

tice

to H

iero

nim

o.

LORE

NZO

Ba

ck, s

ee'st

thou

not

the

king

is b

usy?

H

IER

ON

IMO

0

, is

he so

? K

ING

W

ho is

he

that

inte

rrup

ts o

ur b

usin

ess?

3 0

H

IER

ON

UlO

N

ot I.

Hie

roni

mo,

bew

are:

go

by, g

o by

. AM

BASS

ADOR

Re

now

ned

king

, he

hath

rec

eive

d an

d re

ad

Thy

kin

gly

prof

fers

, and

thy

prom

ised

leag

ue,

And

, as

a m

an e

xtre

mel

y ov

erjo

yed

To

hear

his

son

so p

rince

ly e

nter

tain

ed,

35

Who

se d

eath

he

had

so so

lem

nly

bew

aile

d,

Thi

s for

thy

furth

er s

atis

fact

ion

And

kin

gly

love

, he

kind

ly le

ts th

ee k

now

: Fi

rst,

for t

he m

arria

ge o

f hi

s pr

ince

ly so

n W

ith B

el-im

peria

, thy

bel

oved

nie

ce,

40

The

new

s are

mor

e de

light

ful t

o hi

s sou

l, T

han

myr

rh o

r inc

ense

to th

e of

fend

ed h

eave

ns.

21 t

hnt's

fit

I h

ave

mad

e up

my

min

d 22

I'll

. . . b

ring

1'11

get e

ven

with

you

24

the

re .

. . aw

ay E

dwar

ds e

xpla

ins

the

phra

se r

efer

s to

los

ing

som

ethi

ng o

ne h

as t

ried

to

achi

eve

or h

old:

Hie

roni

mo

sees

the

ki

ng p

assi

ng b

y, p

reoc

cupi

ed b

y bu

sine

ss

31 g

o by

, go

by b

ewar

e, d

on't

get i

nto

trou

ble

25-3

0 H

iero

nim

o is

thw

arte

d by

the

day

-to-

day

preo

ccup

atio

ns o

f co

urt

busi

ness

; as

he fo

resa

w a

t 11.1

-5.

SCEN

E XI

I]

THE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

In p

erso

n, th

eref

ore,

will

be

com

e hi

mse

lf,

To

see

the

mar

riage

rite

s so

lem

nise

d;

And

, in

the

pres

ence

of t

he c

ourt

of S

pain

, T

o kn

it a

sure

, ine

xplic

able

ban

d Of

kin

gly

love

, and

eve

rlast

ing

leag

ue,

Betw

ixt t

he c

row

ns of

Spa

in a

nd P

ortin

gale

, Th

ere

will

he g

ive

his c

row

n to

Bal

thaz

ar,

And

mak

e a

quee

n of

Bel

-impe

ria.

KIN

G

Bro

ther

, how

like

you

this

our

vic

eroy

's lo

ve?

CAST

ILE

No

doub

t, m

y lo

rd, i

t is

an a

rgum

ent

Of

hono

urab

le ca

re to

kee

p hi

s frie

nd,

And

won

drou

s zea

l to

Bal

thaz

ar h

is so

n;

Nor

am

I le

ast i

ndeb

ted

to h

is g

race

, T

hat b

ends

his

liki

ng to

my

daug

hter

thus

. A

MBA

SSA

DO

R N

ow la

st. d

read

lord

, her

e ha

th h

is h

ighn

ess s

ent

(~lt

ho

u~

h

he se

nd n

ot th

at h

is so

n re

turn

) H

is ra

nsom

due

to D

on H

orat

io.

I IIE

RO

NIM

O

Hor

atio

! who

cal

ls H

orat

io?

KIN

G

And

wel

l rem

embe

red,

than

k hi

s m

ajes

ty.

Her

e, se

e it

give

n to

Hor

atio

. H

IER

ON

IMO

Ju

stic

e, 0

just

ice,

just

ice,

gen

tle k

ing!

K

ING

W

ho is

that

? Hie

roni

mo?

H

IER

ON

IMO

Ju

stic

e, 0

, jus

tice!

0 m

y so

n, m

y so

n,

My

son,

who

m n

augh

t can

ran

som

or

rede

em!

46 i

nerp

licab

le e

d. (

inex

ecra

ble

1592

) whi

ch c

anno

t be

unt

ied

argu

men

t dem

onst

ratio

n, p

roof

b

ed

dire

cts

58 t

hat i

n or

der

that

inex

plic

able

159

4's

read

ing,

uni

que

in t

hat

text

for

the

ext

ent

of i

ts

depa

rtur

e fr

om t

he e

arlie

r ed

ition

, is

here

pre

ferr

ed t

o 15

92's

'inex

ec-

rabl

e', o

n gr

ound

s of m

eani

ng. E

dwar

ds p

oint

s out

that

159

4 m

ight

hav

e be

en s

et u

p fr

om a

cop

y of

159

2 w

hich

con

tain

ed a

cor

rect

ed f

orm

e of

in

ner

G (

and

this

rea

ding

); th

e so

le s

urvi

ving

cop

y of

159

2 w

ould

on

-

that

sup

pbsi

tion

cont

ain

an u

ncor

rect

ed in

ner

G.

62 T

he K

ing

alon

e se

ems

unaw

are

that

Hor

atio

is

dead

; an

ext

rem

ely

impl

ausi

ble

situ

atio

n.

Page 49: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

84

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T 1

11

LOK

ENZO

H

iero

nim

o, y

ou a

re n

ot w

ell-a

dvise

d.

HIF

XO

NIM

O

Aw

ay, L

oren

zo, h

inde

r m

e no

mor

e,

For

thou

has

t mad

e m

c ba

nkru

pt o

f m

y bl

iss.

Giv

e m

e m

y so

n, y

ou sh

all n

ot r

anso

m h

im!

70

.\way

! I'l

l rip

the

bow

els o

f th

e ea

rth,

He

digg

eth w

ith h

is da

gger

A

nd fe

rry o

ver t

o th

' Ely

sian

plai

ns,

And

brin

g m

y so

n to

sho

w h

is de

adly

wou

nds.

Stan

d fr

om a

bout

me!

1'1

1 m

ake

a pi

ckax

e of

my

poni

ard,

7 5

A

nd h

ere

surr

ende

r up

my

mar

shal

ship

: Fo

r 1'11

go

mar

shal

up

the

fiend

s in

hel

l, T

o be

hve

nged

on

you

all f

or th

is.

KIN

G

Wha

t mea

ns th

is o

utra

ge?

Will

non

e of

you

res

train

his

fury

? 80

H

lER

ON

IMO

N

ay, s

oft a

nd fa

ir: y

ou s

hall

not n

eed

to st

rive,

N

eeds

mus

t he

go th

at th

e de

vils

driv

e.

Exit

KIN

G

Wha

t acc

iden

t hat

h ha

pped

Hie

roni

mo?

1

have

not

see

n hi

m to

dem

ean

him

so.

LORE

NZO

M

y gr

acio

us lo

rd, h

e is

with

ext

rem

e pr

ide,

8 5

Co

ncei

ved

of y

oung

Hor

atio

his

son,

A

nd c

ovet

ous o

f ha

ving

to h

imse

lf T

he ra

nsom

of

the

youn

g pr

ince

Bal

thaz

ar,

Dis

tract

, and

in a

man

ner l

unat

ic.

HlN

G

Belie

ve m

e, n

ephe

w, w

e ar

e so

rry

for't

: 90

Th

is is

the

love

that

fath

ers

bear

thei

r son

s. B

ut, g

entle

bro

ther

, go

give

to h

im th

is g

old,

T

he p

rince

's ra

nsom

; let

him

hav

e hi

s du

e.

For

wha

t he

hath

Hor

atio

shal

l not

wan

t: H

aply

Hie

roni

mo

hath

nee

d th

ereo

f. 9 5

70

you

. . . h

im i.

e., f

rom

dea

th

72 t

h'E

ysia

n pl

ains

see

111

, viii

, 9 an

d no

te

74-5

line

atio

n ed

. (on

e lin

e 15

92)

79 o

utra

ge v

iole

nt o

utbu

rst

79-8

0 lin

eatio

n ed

. (on

e lin

e 15

92)

83 h

appe

d ha

ppen

ed t

o 84

dem

ean

him

beh

ave

him

self

95 H

aply

per

haps

SCENE X

I]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

85

LO

RENZ

O

But i

f he

be

thus

hel

ples

sly d

istra

ct,

'Tis

req

uisit

e hi

s of

fice

be re

signe

d,

And

giv

en to

one

of

mor

e di

scre

tion.

K

ING

W

e sh

all i

ncre

ase

his

mel

anch

oly

so.

'Tis

bes

t tha

t we

see

furth

er in

it f

irst;

Till

whe

n, o

urse

lf w

ill e

xem

pt th

e pl

ace.

A

nd b

roth

er, n

ow b

ring

in th

e am

bass

ador

, Th

at h

e m

ay b

e a

witn

ess o

f th

e m

atch

'T

wix

t Ba

lthaz

ar a

nd B

el-im

peria

, A

nd th

at w

e m

ay p

refix

a c

erta

in ti

me,

W

here

in t

he m

arria

ge sh

all b

e so

lem

nise

d,

That

we

may

hav

e th

y lo

rd th

e vi

cero

y he

re.

AMBA

SSAD

OR

Ther

ein

your

hig

hnes

s hi

ghly

shal

l con

tent

H

is m

ajes

ty, t

hat l

ongs

to h

ear f

rom

hen

ce.

KIN

G

On,

then

, and

hea

r you

, I~

rd

A

mba

ssad

or.

Exeu

nt

1 I

.,'

l\tj

.Wb

>.

Act

111

, Scene x

iii

Enter

HIE

RO

NIM

O w

ith a

boo

k in

his

hand

HlE

RO

NIM

O

Vind

icta

mih

i! A

y, h

eave

n w

ill b

e re

veng

ed o

f eve

ry il

l, N

or w

ill th

ey su

ffer m

urde

r un

repa

id:

100

see

furth

er in

it e

xam

ine

the

busi

ness

fur

ther

1

s.p.

HIE

RO

NIM

O e

d. (

not i

n 15

92)

-

101

ours

elf

will

exem

pt t

he p

lace

I h

ave

reta

ined

the

159

2 re

adin

g de

spite

di

ffic

ultie

s ov

er t

he m

eani

ng o

f 'ex

empt

' an

d de

spite

the

lin

e's b

eing

on

e sy

llabl

e sh

ort.

The

latte

r di

ffic

ulty

may

not

be

a re

al o

ne:

the

line

wou

ld a

ct p

erfe

ctly

wel

l as i

t sta

nds.

'Exe

mpt

' I

take

to m

ean

som

ethi

ng

like

'hol

d in

susp

ense

': th

e K

ing

will

avo

id th

e ind

igni

ty, f

or H

iero

nim

o,

of

repl

acin

g hi

m (

Lore

nzo'

s su

gges

tion

at 1

1.96-

8),

and

inst

ead

will

co

ntin

ue

the

crow

n's

judi

cial

fu

nctio

ns w

ithou

t an

act

ive

Kni

ght

Mar

shal

. Col

lier's

em

enda

tion,

'exe

cute

', is

attr

activ

e in

that

it p

rese

nts

the

sam

e id

ea m

ore

expl

icitl

y.

1 s.d

. Hie

roni

mo

carr

ies a

cop

y of

Sen

eca,

as l

ater

quo

tatio

ns sh

ow.

1 Vi

ndic

ta m

ihi H

iero

nim

o qu

otes

the

Bib

lical

adm

oniti

on 'v

enge

ance

is

min

e; I

will

repa

y, s

aith

the

Lord

' (R

oman

s xi

i. 19

), a

stat

emen

t muc

h us

ed b

y El

izab

etha

n w

rite

rs t

o re

serv

e th

e ex

ecut

ion

of v

enge

ance

to

God

. The

nex

t fou

r lin

es e

xpan

d th

is a

ttitu

de.

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- ---a.a

nu

A\ 1 u

[AC

T 11

1 Th

en st

ay, H

iero

nim

o, a

ttend

thei

r will

, Fo

r mor

tal m

en m

ay n

ot a

ppoi

nt th

eir t

ime.

5

'Per s

celu

s sem

per t

utum

est

scele

ribus

itm

.' St

rike,

and

strik

e ho

me,

whe

re w

rong

is o

ffere

d th

ee;

For e

vils

unto

ills

cond

ucto

rs b

e,

And

dea

th's

the

wor

st of

res

olut

ion.

Fo

r he

that

thin

ks w

ith p

atie

nce

to c

onte

nd

10

TO

quie

t life

, his

life

shal

l eas

ily e

nd.

'Fat

a si

mise

ros j

uvan

t, ha

bes s

alutem

; Fa

ra s

i da

m ne

gant

, hab

es se

pulch

rum

.' If

desti

ny th

y m

iserie

s do

ease

, Th

en h

ast t

hou

heal

th, a

nd h

appy

sha

lt th

ou b

e;

15

If d

estin

y de

ny th

ee li

fe, H

iero

nim

o,

Yet

shal

t tho

u be

ass

ured

of

a to

mb;

If

nei

ther

, yet

let t

his

thy

com

fort

be,

Hea

ven

cove

reth

him

that

hat

h no

bur

ial.

And

to c

oncl

ude,

I w

ill re

veng

e hi

s de

ath!

20

Bu

t how

? not

as

the

vulg

ar w

its of

men

, W

ith o

pen,

but

inev

itabl

e ill

s, A

s by

a s

ecre

t, ye

t a c

erta

in m

ean,

W

hich

und

er k

inds

hip

will

be

cloa

ked

best.

4

atte

nd th

eir 7oill a

wai

t Hea

ven'

s pl

easu

re

9 de

ath'

s . . .

reso

lutio

n de

ath

is th

e w

orst

tha

t ca

n fo

llow

bol

d co

nduc

t 10

cont

end

striv

e, m

ake

one's

way

21

mlrr

ar c

omm

on

- -

----

- 22

inev

itabl

e in

evita

bly

succ

essf

ul

23 m

ean

cour

se o

f ac

tion

22 i

lls il

l pra

ctic

es

..

--

24 k

inds

hip

kind

ness

24

clo

aked

hid

den

6 'T

he s

afe

way

for

crim

es is

thro

ugh

(fur

ther

) crim

es'.

Hie

roni

mo

read

s fr

om t

he S

enec

a he

hol

ds i

n hi

s ha

nd (

the

Latin

is

an a

dapt

atio

n of

Se

neca

's Ag

omen

uton

, 1.1

15).

Prom

pted

by

the

Sene

can

tag,

he

refle

cts

that

Lor

enzo

sil

l pr

obab

ly t

ry t

o se

cure

his

ow

n sa

eq

by

addi

ng a

cr

ime

agai

nst

him

self

to t

he c

rime

agai

nst

Hor

atio

(se

e 11

.10 -

11).

It i

s th

is r

efle

ctio

n th

at p

rom

pts

his

aban

doni

ng t

he a

rgum

ent

for

Chr

istia

n pa

tienc

e of t

he fi

rst f

ive l

ines

. 12

-13

Aga

in H

iero

nim

o re

ads

from

Sen

eca

(her

e Tr

oade

s,' U

.511

-12)

. T

he n

ext f

our l

ines

giv

e a

loos

e tra

nsla

tion.

18

nei

ther

Pre

sum

ably

Hie

roni

mo

mea

ns n

eith

er h

ealth

nor

tom

b.

22-3

rat

her

clum

sily

exp

ress

ed.

Hie

roni

mo

mea

ns p

erha

ps t

hat

sim

plr-

m

inde

d m

en (

'vul

gar

nits

') se

ek v

enge

ance

by

met

hods

whi

ch a

re b

old

and

obvi

ous

('ope

n'),

yet

desp

ite t

his

effe

ctiv

e; h

e, h

owev

er, w

ill u

se

subt

lety

, tho

ugh

the

subt

lety

will

not

end

ange

r hi

s pl

an's

effe

ctiv

enes

s. T

he m

ain

cont

rast

is b

etw

een

crud

e fo

rce

and

the

witt

y de

vice

s H

iero

n-

imo

is c

onsi

derin

g.

[ SC

ENE

XII

~]

THE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GE

DY

b

Wise

men

will

take

thei

r opp

ortu

nity

, Cl

osel

y an

d sa

fely

fitti

ng th

ings

to ti

me.

Bu

t in

extre

mes

adv

anta

ge h

ath

no ti

me;

A

nd th

eref

ore

all t

imes

fit n

ot fo

r re

veng

e..

Thu

s th

eref

ore

will

I re

st m

e in

unr

est,

Diss

embl

ing

quie

t in

unqu

ietn

ess,

Not

see

min

g th

at I

kno

w th

eir

villa

inie

s; T

hat m

y sim

plic

ity m

ay m

ake

them

thin

k T

hat i

gnor

antly

I w

ill le

t all

slip-

Fo

r ign

oran

ce, I

wot

, and

wel

l the

y kn

ow,

Rem

ediu

m m

aloru

m i

ws e

st.

Nor

aug

ht a

vails

it m

e to

men

ace

them

, W

ho, a

s a

win

try st

orm

upo

n a

plai

n,

Will

bea

r me

dow

n w

ith th

eir

nobi

lity.

N

o, n

o, H

iero

nim

o, th

ou m

ust e

njoi

n Th

ine

eyes

to o

bser

vatio

n, a

nd th

y to

ngue

T

o m

ilder

spe

eche

s tha

n th

y sp

irit a

fford

s, T

hy h

eart

to p

atie

nce,

and

thy

hand

s to

res

t, T

hy ca

p to

cou

rtesy

, and

thy

knee

to b

ow,

Till

to re

veng

e th

ou k

now

, whe

n, w

here

and

how

. A

noise

with

in

How

now

, wha

t noi

se? w

hat c

oil i

s tha

t you

kee

p?

4 5

Elzte

r a SER

VANT

SERV

ANT

Her

e ar

e a

sort

of po

or p

etiti

oner

s, T

hat a

re im

portu

nate

, and

it sh

all ?

leas

e yo

u, si

r, T

hat y

ou s

houl

d pl

ead

thei

r ca

ses t

o th

e ki

ng.

26 C

lose

ly w

ith s

ubtle

ty

26 t

im o

ppor

tuni

v 32

sim

plic

ity a

ppar

ently

und

esig

ning

beh

avio

ur

38 n

obili

ty n

oble

ran

k 44

s.d

. fol

lows

1.4

5 in

1592

45

wha

t coi

l . . .

keep

? w

hat i

s al

l tha

t noi

se y

ou a

re m

akin

g?

46 s

ort g

roup

, com

pany

47

and

if

27-8

'B

ut'

here

mea

ns 'o

nly'

; H

iero

nim

o sa

ys th

at o

nly

cris

es ('

exue

mes

') ex

dude

the

poss

ibili

ty of

wai

ting

for a

favo

urab

le m

omen

t ('ad

vmta

ge') ;

reve

nge,

bei

ng c

onsi

dere

d an

d de

liber

ate,

requ

ires

that

one

wai

ts o

ne's

oppo

rtuni

ty.

29-3

3 H

iero

nim

o's

prop

osed

ste

alth

nee

d no

t co

nflic

t with

his

sen

se th

at

Hea

ven

prom

pts

and

supp

orn

him

(se

e e.

g. I

V, i

, 32

-4 a

nd 1

11, v

ii,

45-5

6). J

ohns

on (p

. 29)

quo

tes

Cal

vin'

s re

mar

k th

at in

dea

ling

with

the

wic

ked

'God

she

wed

him

self

a re

veng

er b

y lit

tle a

nd l

ittle

, an

d it

wer

e fa

ire an

d so

ftly'

(i.e

. ste

alth

ily).

35 '

is

an u

nski

lful

antid

ote

to e

vils.

' A

fur

ther

quo

tatio

n fr

om S

enec

a (a

dapt

ed fr

om O

edip

us 1

.515

) but

not

, I t

hink

, rea

d fr

om th

e book.

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88

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T

111

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Tha

t I sh

ould

ple

ad th

eir s

ever

al a

ctio

ns?

Why

, let

them

ent

er, a

nd le

t me

see

them

. En

ter th

ree

CIT

IZEN

S an

d an

OLD

MA

N

1 C

ITIZ

EN

So, I

tell

you

this

, for

lear

ning

and

for l

aw,

Ther

e's

not a

ny a

dvoc

ate

in S

pain

T

hat c

an p

reva

il, o

r w

ill ta

ke h

alf

the

pain

T

hat h

e w

ill, i

n pu

rsui

t of

equi

ty.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Com

e ne

ar, y

ou m

en, t

hat t

hus

impo

rtune

me.

[Asid

e] N

ow m

ust

I bea

r a fa

ce o

f gr

avity

, Fo

r th

us I

used

, bef

ore

my

mar

shal

ship

, T

o pl

ead

in c

ause

s as

corre

gido

r.-

Com

e on

sirs

, wha

t's t

he m

atte

r?

2 CI

TIZE

N

Sir,

an a

ctio

n.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Of

batte

ry?

1 C

ITIZ

EN

Min

e of

deb

t. H

IER

ON

IMO

G

ive

plac

e.

2 C

ITIZ

EN

No

sir,

min

e is

an a

kion

of t

he c

ase.

3

CIT

IZEN

M

ine

an e

jectio

ne Ji

rmae

by

a le

ase.

H

IER

ON

IMO

C

onte

nt y

ou s

irs, a

re y

ou d

eter

min

ed

Tha

t I sh

ould

ple

ad y

our s

ever

al a

ctio

ns?

1 C

ITIZ

EN

Ay s

ir, a

nd h

ere's

my

decl

arat

ion.

2

CIT

IZEN

A

nd h

ere

is m

y ba

nd.

49 a

ctio

ns c

ases

in l

aw

58 c

oweg

idor

adv

ocat

e. S

trict

ly,

Edw

ards

not

es, t

he c

hief

mag

istra

te

of a

Spa

nish

tow

n 61

act

ion

of t

he c

ase

An

actio

n no

t w

ithin

the

lim

ited

juris

dict

ion

of t

he C

omm

on P

leas

nee

ded

a sp

ecia

l w

rit t

o co

ver

it. T

hese

sp

ecia

l w

rits

wer

e kn

own

as 'a

ctio

ns o

f tre

spas

s on

the

cas

e' or

'ac

tions

on

the

case

' (Ed

war

ds)

62 e

jectio

ne j

irmae

'a w

rit t

o ej

ect

a te

nant

fro

m h

is h

oldi

ng b

efd~

e th

e' e

xpira

tion

of

his

leas

e' (E

dwar

ds).

Kyd

's 'b

y a

leas

e' is

diff

icul

t to

acco

unt f

or

62 ji

rmae

ed.

(fir

ma

1592

) 65

dec

lara

tion

in la

w, t

he p

lain

tiff's

sta

tem

ent o

f cl

aim

66

ban

d bo

nd; t

he s

peci

al w

rit r

efer

red

to a

t 1.6

1 an

d no

te

SCEN

E X

III]

T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

89

3 C

ITIZ

EN

And

her

e is

my

leas

e.

They

giy

e hi

m p

aper

s H

IER

ON

IMO

Bu

t whe

refo

re st

ands

yon

sill

y m

an s

o m

ute,

W

ith m

ourn

ful e

yes a

nd h

ands

to h

eave

n up

rear

ed?

Com

e hi

ther

, fat

her,

let m

e kn

ow th

y ca

use.

SE

NEX

0 w

orth

y si

r, m

y ca

use,

but

slig

htly

kno

wn,

M

ay m

ove

the

hear

ts o

f w

arlik

e M

yrm

idon

s A

nd m

elt t

he C

orsic

rock

s with

rut

hful

tear

s. H

IER

ON

IMO

'

Say,

fath

er, t

ell m

e w

hat's

thy

sui

t?

SEN

EX

No

sir,

coul

d m

y w

oes

Giv

e w

ay u

nto

my

mos

t dist

ress

ful w

ords

, T

hen

shou

ld I

not i

n pa

per,

as y

ou se

e,

With

ink

bew

ray

wha

t blo

od b

egan

in m

e. H

IER

ON

IMO

W

hat's

her

e? 'T

he h

umbl

e su

pplic

atio

n O

f D

on B

azul

to fo

r hi

s m

urde

red

son.

' SE

NEX

Ay

sir.

H

IER

ON

IMO

NO

sir,

it w

as m

y m

urde

red

son,

0 m

y so

n, m

y so

n, 0

my

son

Hor

atio

! Bu

t min

e, o

r thi

ne, B

azul

to, b

e co

nten

t. H

ere,

take

my

hand

kerc

her,

and

wip

e th

ine

eyes

, W

hile

s w

retc

hed

I in

thy

mish

aps

may

see

The

live

ly p

ortra

it of

my

dyin

g se

lf.

He

draw

eth o

ut a

blo

ody

napk

in

0 n

o, n

ot th

is: H

orat

io, t

his

was

thin

e,

And

whe

n I

dyed

it in

thy

dear

est

bloo

d,

67 s

illy

sim

ple,

piti

able

71

Myr

mid

ons A

chill

es' f

ollo

wer

s; a

The

ssal

ian

trib

e no

ted

for

thei

r fie

rcen

ess

72 C

orsic

of

Cor

sica

; Sen

eca's

Oct

avia

(1I.i

. in

New

ton'

s ed

., 15

81)

has

a re

fere

nce

to t

he 'c

ragg

y co

rsic

ke r

ocke

s' am

ong

whi

ch

Sene

ca li

ved

in e

xile

77

blo

od p

assi

on

80-1

line

atio

n ed

. (m

y m

urdr

ed s

onne

, oh

my

sonn

e. /

My

sonn

e . . .

Hor

atio

. 159

2)

85 l

ivel

y liv

ing

78-9

Sha

kesp

eare

use

s si

mila

r pa

ralle

ls (

of s

ons

who

hav

e lo

st f

athe

rs)

in

Ham

let.

Hie

roni

mo'

s sh

ame

(see

11.9

5 ff.

) pa

ralle

ls H

amle

t's

afte

r w

atch

ing

the

Firs

t Pla

yer

act t

he ta

le o

f Pria

m.

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.-

'I'H

OM

AS KYD

[ACT 111

Thi

s w

as a

toke

n 'tw

ixt

thy

soul

and

me

Tha

t of

thy

deat

h re

veng

ed I

shou

ld b

e.

But

her

e, ta

ke th

is, a

nd th

is-w

hat,

my

purs

e?-

90

Ay,

this

, and

that

, and

all

of t

hem

are

thin

e;

For a

ll as

one

are

our

ext

rem

ities

. 1 C

ITIZ

EN

0 se

e th

e ki

ndne

ss o

f H

iero

nim

o!

2 CI

TIZE

N T

his

gent

lene

ss sh

ows

him

a g

entle

man

. H

IERO

NIM

O

See,

see

, 0 se

e th

y sh

ame,

Hie

roni

mo,

95

Se

e he

re a

lovi

ng fa

ther

to h

is s

on!

Beh

old

the

sorr

ows

and

the

sad

lam

ents

T

hat h

e de

liver

eth

for

his

son'

s de

ceas

e!

If lo

ve's

effe

cts s

o st

rives

in le

sser

thin

gs,

If lo

ve e

nfor

ce s

uch

moo

ds in

mea

ner w

its,

100

If lo

ve e

xpre

ss su

ch p

ower

in p

oor

esta

tes-

H

iero

nim

o, w

hena

s a

ragi

ng se

a To

ssed

with

the

win

d an

d tid

e, o

'ertu

rnet

h th

en

The

upp

er b

illow

s, co

urse

of

wav

es to

kee

p,

Whi

lst l

esse

r w

ater

s la

bour

in th

e de

ep,

105

The

n sh

am'st

thou

not

, Hie

roni

mo,

to n

egle

ct

The

swee

t re

veng

e of

thy

Hor

atio

? T

houg

h on

thi

s ea

rth

just

ice

will

not

be

foun

d,

1'11

dow

n to

hel

l, an

d in

this

pas

sion

K

nock

at t

he d

ism

al g

ates

of

Plut

o's

cour

t, 11

0 G

ettin

g by

forc

e, a

s on

ce A

lcid

es d

id,

90 t

his t

his

coin

92

ext

rem

ities

ext

rem

e su

ffer

ings

10

0 m

eone

r of

low

er s

ocia

l ran

k 10

2 w

hena

s ed.

(w

hen

as 1

592)

10

3 o'

ertu

rnet

h ed

. (or

e tu

rnes

t 159

2)

109

pass

ion

suff

erin

g, d

eep

emot

inn

110

Plut

o go

d of

the

und

erw

orld

11

1 A

lcid

es H

erac

les o

r Her

cule

s, w

ho in

his

twel

fth la

bour

des

cend

ed

to th

e un

derw

orld

and

con

quer

ed C

erbe

rus

102-

7 A

diff

icul

t pa

ssag

e to

exp

lain

. H

iero

nim

o m

ay m

ean

that

in

stor

m

cond

ition

s (i.

e. i

n a

time

of g

rief

) th

e su

rfac

e of

the

sea

is d

riven

int

o gr

eat

wav

es (

the

resp

onse

of

the

'upp

er w

ater

s' to

the

grie

f -st

orm

), w

hile

oth

er a

nd l

ess

maj

estic

wat

ers

('les

ser

wat

ers')

are

tro

uble

d to

o.

I th

ink

Hie

roni

mo

sees

him

self

as, i

n so

cial

sta

ndin

g, e

quiv

alen

t to

the

'upp

er

billo

ws'

and

is a

sham

ed h

e ha

s no

t ke

pt h

is 'c

ours

e of

wav

es';

the

Old

Man

has

res

pond

ed a

s les

ser w

ater

s sh

ould

. (Fo

r an

alte

rnat

ive

expl

anat

ion,

rev

ersi

ng t

he r

oles

, see

Edw

ards

.) 'In

the

dee

p' n

eed

not

mea

n 'in

th

e de

pths

' bu

t m

erel

y 'in

the

sea

'.

SCENE X

III]

T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

A tr

oop

of F

urie

s an

d to

rmen

ting

hags

T

o to

rtur

e D

on L

oren

zo a

nd t

he re

st.

Yet

lest

the

tripl

e -he

aded

por

ter

shou

ld

Den

y m

y pa

ssag

e to

the

slim

y st

rond

; T

he T

hrac

ian

poet

thou

sha

lt co

unte

rfei

t: C

ome

on, o

ld fa

ther

, be

my

Orp

heus

, A

nd if

thou

can

st n

o no

tes

upon

the

harp

, T

hen

soun

d th

e bu

rden

of

thy

sore

hea

rt's

grie

f, Ti

ll w

e do

gai

n th

at P

rose

rpin

e m

ay g

rant

R

even

ge o

n th

em th

at m

urde

red

my

son.

T

hen

will

I re

nt a

nd te

ar th

em th

us a

nd th

us,

Shiv

erin

g th

eir

limbs

in p

iece

s w

ith m

y te

eth.

Tear

the

pape

rs

1 CI

TIZE

N 0 si

r, m

y de

clar

atio

n!

Exit

HIE

RO

NIM

O a

nd th

ey a

ftm

2 CI

TIZE

N Sa

ve m

y bo

nd!

Enter

HIE

RONI

MO

2

CITI

ZEN

Save

my

bond

! 3

CITI

ZEN

Ala

s, m

y le

ase!

it c

ost m

e te

n po

und,

A

nd y

ou, m

y lo

rd, h

ave

torn

the

sam

e.

HIE

RONI

MO

1

.

Tha

t can

not b

e, I

gav

e it

neve

r a

wou

na;

Show

me

one

drop

of

bloo

d fa

ll fr

om t

he sa

me:

13

0 H

ow is

it p

ossi

ble

I sho

uld

slay

it th

en?

Tus

h, n

o; r

un a

fter,

catc

h m

e if

you

can.

Ex

eunt

all

but t

he O

LD M

AN

114

tripl

e-he

aded

por

ter

the

thre

e-he

aded

mon

stro

us d

og C

erbe

rus,

m

ardi

an o

f th

e un

derw

orld

11

5 sli

my

stro

nd se

e I,

i, 2

7-9

- -- 11

6 Th

raci

an p

oet O

rphe

us (

see

next

not

e)

117

Orp

heus

the

lege

ndar

y po

et a

nd m

aste

r of

mus

ic w

ho fo

llow

ed h

is

dead

wife

Eur

ydic

e to

the

und

erw

orld

and

ind

uced

Per

seph

one

(Pro

serp

ine)

by

his

play

ing

to le

t her

go

(see

follo

win

g lin

es)

119

burd

en t

he th

eme

or r

efra

in o

f a

song

12

2 re

nt r

end

--. .

120-

1 T

he a

udie

nce

know

s th

at P

rose

rpin

e ha

s al

read

y gr

ante

d hi

s re

ques

t --

(I, i

, 78

ff.).

132

The

sim

ilarit

y to

Ham

let's

beh

avio

ur a

fter

the

killi

ng o

f Po

loni

us i

s st

rikin

g (H

amle

t, IV

, ii).

Hie

roni

mo'

s m

ista

king

the

Old

Man

in

the

follo

win

g lin

es is

per

haps

mor

e ac

cept

able

to m

oder

n ta

ste,

as

a w

ay o

f ex

pres

sing

obs

essi

on,

than

Ham

let's

vis

ion

of t

he G

host

in

the

Clo

set

scen

e.

Page 53: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

92

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T

III

BA

ZULT

O re

mai

ns ti

ll H

IERO

NIM

O en

ters

agai

n, w

ho, s

tarin

g him

in

the f

ace,

spe

aks

HIE

RO

NIM

O

And

art

thou

com

e, H

orat

io, f

rom

the

dept

h,

To

ask

for

just

ice

in th

is u

pper

ear

th?

To

tell

thy

fath

er th

ou a

rt un

reve

nged

, 13

5 T

o w

ring

mor

e te

ars

from

Isab

ella

's ey

es,

Who

se li

ghts

are

dim

med

with

ove

r-lo

ng la

men

ts?

Go

back

my

son,

com

plai

n to

Aea

cus,

For h

ere's

no

just

ice;

gen

tle b

oy b

e go

ne,

For j

ustic

e is

exile

d fro

m t

he e

arth

; 14

0 H

iero

nim

o w

ill b

ear

thee

com

pany

. T

hy m

othe

r crie

s on

rig

hteo

us R

hada

man

th

For j

ust r

even

ge a

gain

st th

e m

urde

rers

. SE

NEX

A

las

my

lord

, whe

nce

sprin

gs th

is tr

oubl

ed sp

eech

? H

IER

ON

IMO

Bu

t let

me

look

on

my

Hor

atio

. 14

5 Sw

eet b

oy, h

ow a

rt th

ou c

hang

ed in

dea

th's

blac

k sh

ade!

H

ad P

rose

rpin

e no

pity

on

thy

yout

h,

But s

uffe

red

thy

fair

crim

son-

colo

ured

spr

ing

With

with

ered

win

ter

to b

e bl

aste

d th

us?

Hor

atio

, tho

u ar

t old

er th

an th

y fa

ther

; 15

0 A

h ru

thle

ss f

ate,

that

favo

ur th

us tr

ansf

orm

s!

SEN

EX

Ah

my

good

lord

, I a

m n

ot y

our y

oung

son.

H

IER

ON

IMO

W

hat,

not m

y so

n? th

ou, t

hen,

a F

ury

art,

Sent

from

the

empt

y ki

ngdo

m o

f bl

ack

nigh

t T

o su

mm

on m

e to

mak

e ap

pear

ance

15

5 Be

fore

grim

Min

os a

nd ju

st R

hada

man

th,

To

plag

ue H

iero

nim

o th

at is

rem

iss,

And

see

ks n

ot v

enge

ance

for

Hor

atio

's de

ath.

137

light

s eye

s 13

8 Ae

acus

a ju

dge

of t

he u

nder

wor

ld; s

ee I

, i, 3

3 14

2 cr

ies o

n pl

eads

to

142

Rhad

aman

th a

judg

e of

the

und

erw

orld

; see

I, i

, 33

149

blas

ted

blig

hted

15

1 fa

te e

d. (F

athe

r 15

92)

151

favo

ur a

ppea

ranc

e, lo

oks

153

Fury

ave

ngin

g sp

irit

156

Min

os t

he t

hird

jud

ge o

f th

e un

derw

orld

; 'g

rim

' ap

pear

s to

co

ntra

dict

the

estim

ate

of M

inos

giv

en a

t I,

i, 5

0

SCEN

E X

III]

T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GE

DY

93

SE

NEX

I

am a

grie

ved

man

, and

not

a g

host

, Th

at c

ame

for j

ustic

e fo

r m

y m

urde

red

son.

16

0 H

IER

ON

IMO

A

y, n

ow I

kno

w th

ee, n

ow th

ou n

am'st

thy

son;

Th

ou a

rt th

e liv

ely

imag

e of

my

grie

f: W

ithin

thy

face

my

sorro

ws

I m

ay se

e.

Thy

eyes

are

gum

med

with

tear

s, th

y ch

eeks

are

wan

, T

hy fo

rehe

ad t

roub

led,

and

thy

mut

terin

g lip

s 16

5 M

urm

ur s

ad w

ords

abr

uptly

bro

ken

off

By fo

rce

of w

indy

sig

hs th

y sp

irit b

reat

hes;

A

nd a

ll th

is so

rrow

ris

eth

for t

hy so

n:

And

sel

fsam

e so

rrow

feel

I fo

r m

y so

n.

Com

e in

old

man

, tho

u sh

alt t

o Is

abel

; 17

0 Le

an o

n m

y ar

m: I

thee

, tho

u m

e sh

alt s

tay,

A

nd th

ou, a

nd I

, and

she,

will

sing

a so

ng,

Thre

e pa

rts in

one

, but

all

of d

isco

rds

fram

ed-

Talk

not

of

cord

s, bu

t let

us

now

be

gone

, Fo

r with

a c

ord

Hor

atio

was

slai

n.

Exeu

nt

17 5

Act

111, Scene xiv

Ente

r KIN

G of

SPA

IN, t

he D

UK

E, V

ICER

OY

, and

LO

REN

ZO,

BALT

HA

ZAR,

D

ON

PED

RO

, and

BEL

-IMPE

RIA

KIN

G

Go

brot

her,

it is

the

Duk

e of

Cas

tile's

cau

se,

Salu

te th

e vi

cero

y in

our

nam

e.

CAST

ILE

I go

. V

ICER

OY

G

o fo

rth, D

on P

edro

, for

thy

neph

ew's

sake

, A

nd g

reet

the

Duk

e of

Cas

tile.

PE

DRO

It

shal

l be

so.

KIN

G

And

now

to m

eet t

hese

Por

tugu

ese,

Fo

r as

we

now

are

, so

som

etim

es w

ere

thes

e,

161

thy

ed. (

my

1592

) 16

2 liv

ely

livin

g 17

1 st

ay s

usta

in, p

rop

up

174

cord

s pu

nnin

g on

the

mus

ical

'ch

ord'

and

cor

d m

eani

ng r

ope

1 -2

linea

tion

ed. (

as p

rose

159

2)

6 -7

Free

man

(pp.

53-

4) s

ays

that

'wes

tern

Ind

ies'

her

e re

fers

to P

ortu

- gu

ese

Braz

il, a

pri

ze ta

ken

by S

pain

dur

ing

the q

uarr

els w

ith P

ortu

gal o

f th

e la

te s

ixte

enth

cent

ury.

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94

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

CT

111

Kin

gs a

nd c

omm

ande

rs of

the

wes

tern

Indi

es.

Wel

com

e, br

ave

vice

roy,

to th

e co

urt o

f Sp

ain,

A

nd w

elco

me

all h

is ho

nour

able

trai

n.

'Tis

not

unk

now

n to

us,

for w

hy y

ou c

ome,

10

Or

have

so k

ingl

y cr

osse

d th

e se

as:

Suffi

ceth

it, i

n th

is w

e no

te th

e tro

th

And

mor

e th

an c

omm

on lo

ve y

ou le

nd to

us.

So is

it th

at m

ine

hono

urab

le n

iece

, (F

or it

bes

eem

s us

now

that

it b

e kn

own)

15

A

lread

y is

bet

roth

ed to

Bal

thaz

ar,

And

by

appo

intm

ent a

nd o

ur c

onde

scen

t To

-mor

row

are

they

to b

e m

arrie

d.

To

this

inte

nt w

e en

terta

in th

ysel

f, T

hy fo

llow

ers,

thei

r pl

easu

re a

nd o

ur p

eace

. 20

Sp

eak,

men

of P

ortin

gale

, sha

ll it

be so

? If

ay, s

ay s

o; if

not

, say

flat

ly n

o.

VICE

ROY

Reno

wne

d ki

ng, I

com

e no

t as t

hou

thin

k'st

, W

ith d

oubt

ful f

ollo

wer

s, un

reso

lved

men

, B

ut s

uch

as h

ave

upon

thin

e ar

ticle

s 25

C

onfir

med

thy

mot

ion

and

cont

ente

d m

e. K

now

sove

reig

n, I

com

e to

sole

mni

se

The

mar

riage

of t

hy b

elov

ed n

iece

, Fa

ir B

el-i

mpe

ria, w

ith m

y Ba

lthaz

ar-

With

thee

, my

son;

who

m si

th I

live

to se

e,

3 0

Her

e ta

ke m

y cr

own,

I gi

ve it

her

and

thee

; A

nd le

t me

live

a so

litar

y lif

e,

In ce

asel

ess p

raye

rs,

To

thin

k ho

w st

rang

ely

heav

en h

ath

thee

pre

serv

ed.

KIN

G

See

brot

her,

see,

how

nat

ure

striv

es in

him

! 3 5

C

ome,

wor

thy

vice

roy,

and

acc

ompa

ny

9 tr

ain

com

pany

, fol

low

ers

12 t

roth

loya

lty

17 c

onde

scen

t agr

eem

ent

20 t

heir

i.e. B

el-im

peri

a and

Bal

thaz

ar

26 m

otio

n pr

opos

al

34 s

trang

ely

won

derf

ully

35

nat

ure

striv

es in

him

he

wee

ps

11 T

his

look

s lik

e an

abs

urd

erro

r, th

ough

Fre

eman

(p.

12)

sug

gest

s th

at

the

play

may

be

set i

n Se

ville

, fre

quen

tly th

e se

at o

f the

Spa

nish

cour

t;

in t

his

case

a P

ortu

gues

e de

puta

tion

mig

ht w

ell

trav

el pa

rtly

by

sea

(via

Cad

iz).

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

Th

y fri

end

with

thin

e ex

trem

ities

; A

pla

ce m

ore

priv

ate

fits t

his

prin

cely

moo

d.

VICE

ROY

Or

here

or w

here

you

r hig

hnes

s thi

nks

it go

od.

Exeu

nt a

ll bu

t CAS

TILE

and

LO

RENZ

O

CAST

ILE

Nay

sta

y, L

oren

zo, l

et m

e ta

lk w

ith y

ou.

See's

t tho

u th

is en

terta

inm

ent o

f th

ese

king

s?

LORE

NZO

I

do, m

y lo

rd, a

nd jo

y to

see

the

sam

e.

CAST

ILE

And

kno

wes

t tho

u w

hy th

is m

eetin

g is

? LO

RENZ

O

For h

er, m

y lo

rd, w

hom

Bal

thaz

ar d

oth

love

, A

nd to

con

firm

thei

r pr

omise

d m

arria

ge.

CAST

ILE

She

is th

y si

ster

? LO

REN

ZO

Who

, Bel

-impe

ria?

Ay,

my

grac

ious

lord

, and

this

is th

e da

y Th

at I

have

long

ed s

o ha

ppily

to se

e. CA

STIL

E Th

ou w

ould

st be

loat

h th

at a

ny fa

ult o

f th

ine

Shou

ld in

terc

ept h

er in

her

hap

pine

ss.

LORE

NZO

H

eave

ns w

ill n

ot le

t Lor

enzo

err

so m

uch.

CA

STIL

E W

hy th

en, L

oren

zo, l

iste

n to

my

wor

ds:

It is

susp

ecte

d an

d re

porte

d to

o,

That

thou

, Lor

enzo

, wro

ng'st

Hie

roni

mo,

A

nd in

his

suits

tow

ards

his

maj

esty

St

ill k

eep's

t him

bac

k, a

nd s

eeks

to c

ross

his

suit.

LO

RENZ

O

That

I, m

y lo

rd-

? CA

STIL

E I

tell

thee

son,

mys

elf h

ave

hear

d it

said

, W

hen,

to m

y so

rrow

, I h

ave

been

ash

amed

T

o an

swer

for t

hee,

thou

gh th

ou a

rt m

y so

n.

Lore

nzo,

kno

wes

t tho

u no

t the

com

mon

love

37

ext

rem

ities

ext

rem

e em

otio

ns

41 e

nter

tain

men

t gre

etin

g, h

ospi

tabl

e re

cept

ion

46-8

line

atio

n ed

. (Sh

e . . .

Siste

r? / W

ho . .

. Lor

d, /

And

. . .

1592)

50 in

terc

ept o

bstr

uct

56 c

ross

inte

rrup

t, pr

even

t 61

com

mon

wid

espr

ead

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96

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

CT

1x1

And

kin

dnes

s tha

t Hie

roni

mo

hath

won

By

his

des

erts

with

in th

e co

urt o

f Sp

ain?

O

r se

est t

hou

not t

he k

ing

my

brot

her's

car

e In

his

beh

alf,

and

to p

rocu

re h

is h

ealth

? 6 5

Lo

renz

o, s

houl

dst t

hou

thw

art h

is p

assio

ns,

And

he

excl

aim

aga

inst

thee

to th

e ki

ng,

Wha

t hon

our w

ere't

in th

is a

ssem

bly,

O

r wha

t a sc

anda

l wer

e't a

mon

g th

e ki

ngs

To

hear

Hie

roni

mo

excl

aim

on

thee

? Te

ll m

e, an

d lo

ok th

ou te

ll m

e tru

ly to

o,

Whe

nce

grow

s the

gro

und

of t

his

repo

rt in

cou

rt?

LORE

NZO

M

y lo

rd, i

t lie

s not

in L

oren

zo's

pow

er

To

stop

the

vulg

ar, l

iber

al of

the

ir to

ngue

s:

A sm

all a

dvan

tage

mak

es a

wat

er-b

reac

h,

And

no

man

live

s tha

t lon

g co

nten

teth

all.

CA

STIL

E M

ysel

f hav

e see

n th

ee b

usy

to k

eep

back

H

im a

nd h

is su

pplic

atio

ns fr

om th

e ki

ng.

LORE

NZO

Y

ours

elf,

my

lord

, hat

h se

en h

is p

assio

ns,

That

ill b

esee

med

the

pres

ence

of a

kin

g;

80

And

for I

piti

ed h

im in

his

dis

tress

, I

held

him

then

ce w

ith k

ind

and

cour

teou

s wor

ds,

As f

ree

from

mal

ice

to..H

iero

nim

o A

s to

my

soul

, my

lord

. CA

STIL

E H

iero

nim

o, m

y so

n, m

istak

es th

ee th

en.

LORE

NZO

M

y gr

acio

us fa

ther

, bel

ieve

me

so h

e do

th.

But

wha

t's a

silly

man

, dis

tract

in m

ind,

T

o th

ink

upon

the

mur

der o

f his

son?

A

las,

how

eas

y is

it fo

r him

to e

rr!

But

for h

is sa

tisfa

ctio

n and

the

wor

ld's,

90

'T

wer

e go

od, m

y lo

rd, t

hat H

iero

nim

o an

d I

Wer

e re

conc

iled,

if h

e m

iscon

ster m

e.

66 p

assio

ns la

men

ts, c

ompl

aint

s 67

exc

laim

aga

inst

deno

unce

74

vul

gar,

liber

al ed

. (vu

lgar

liber

al1

1592

) com

mon

peo

ple,

free

with

75

adv

anta

ge o

ppor

tuni

ty (f

or e

xplo

itatio

n), w

eakn

ess

75 w

ater

-bre

ach

a ga

p in

wal

l or

dyk

e ca

used

by

wat

er-p

ress

ure

80 i

ll be

seem

ed fi

tted

ill w

ith

87 s

illy

simpl

e, p

oor

92 m

iscon

ster m

iscon

stru

e, w

ilful

ly m

isint

erpr

et

SCEN

E X

IV]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

97

CA

STIL

E Lo

renz

o, th

ou h

ast s

aid;

it sh

all b

e so

; G

o on

e of

you

and

cal

l Hie

roni

rno.

En

ter B

ALTH

AZAR

and

BEL

-IMPE

RIA

BALT

HAZ

AR

Com

e, B

el-im

peria

, Bal

thaz

ar's

cont

ent,

My

sorr

ow's

ease

and

sove

reig

n of

my

bliss

, Si

th h

eave

n ha

th o

rdai

ned

thee

to b

e m

ine;

D

ispe

rse

thos

e cl

ouds

and

mel

anch

oly

look

s, A

nd c

lear

them

up

with

thos

e th

y su

n -br

ight

eye

s, W

here

in m

y ho

pe a

nd h

eave

n's fa

ir be

auty

lies

. BE

L-IM

PERI

A M

y lo

oks,

my

lord

, are

fitti

ng fo

r my

love

, W

hich

new

beg

un, c

an sh

ow n

o br

ight

er y

et.

B AL

THAZ

AR

New

kin

dled

flam

es sh

ould

bur

n as

mor

ning

sun.

BE

L-IM

PERI

A B

ut n

ot to

o fa

st, l

est h

eat a

nd a

ll be

don

e.

I see

my

lord

my

fath

er.

BALT

HAZ

AR

Truc

e, m

y lo

ve;

I w

ill g

o sa

lute

him

. CA

STIL

E W

elco

me,

Bal

thaz

ar,

Wel

com

e br

ave

prin

ce, t

he p

ledg

e of

Casti

le's

peac

e;

And

wel

com

e Be

l-im

peria

. How

now

, girl

? W

hy c

om'st

tho

u sa

dly

to sa

lute

us

thus

? C

onte

nt th

ysel

f, fo

r I a

m sa

tisfie

d;

It is

not

now

as w

hen

And

rea

lived

, W

e ha

ve fo

rgot

ten

and

forg

iven

that

, A

nd th

ou a

rt gr

aced

with

a h

appi

er lo

ve.

But B

alth

azar

, her

e co

mes

Hie

roni

mo,

I'l

l hav

e a

wor

d w

ith h

im.

102

no b

right

er e

d. (b

righ

ter

1592

) 10

5 -7

linea

tion

ed. (I s

ee . .

. Fat

her.

I Tru

ce . .

. him

. I W

elco

me . .

Prin

ce, I

The

. . . p

eace

: 159

2)

109

sadl

y w

ith se

riou

s loo

ks

102

no b

right

er 1

594'

s em

enda

tion

(159

2 om

its '

no')

mus

t be

rig

ht;

1592

m

akes

sen

se (

'ther

e's

time

for

them

to

get

brig

hter

') bu

t as

ks B

el-

impe

ria to

be

coyl

y en

cour

agin

g, an

impr

obab

le at

titud

e her

e. 11

0 -13

yet

ano

ther

ref

eren

ce t

o th

e di

sapp

rova

l fe

lt fo

r Be

l-im

peri

a's

liaiso

n w

ith A

ndre

a (s

ee I,

i, 1

0-11

and

not

e).

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70

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

Enter

HIE

RO

NIM

O an

d a

SERV

ANT

HIE

RONL

MO

A

nd w

here

's th

e du

ke?

SERV

ANT

Yon

der.

HIE

RONI

MO

Ev

en S

O :

Wha

t new

dev

ice

have

they

dev

ised,

trow

? Po

cas p

alab

ras!

mild

as

the

lam

b,

Is't

I will

be

reve

nged

? No,

I am

not

the

man

. CA

STIL

E W

elco

me

Hie

roni

mo.

LO

RENZ

O

Wel

com

e H

iero

nim

o.

BALT

HAZ

AR

Wel

com

e H

iero

nim

o.

HIE

RONI

MO

M

y lo

rds,

I th

ank

you

for H

orat

io.

CAST

ILE

Hie

roni

mo,

the

reas

on th

at I

sen

t T

o sp

eak

with

you

, is t

his.

HIE

RON

LMO

W

hat,

so sh

ort?

Th

en I'

ll be

gon

e, I

than

k yo

u fo

r't.

CAST

ILE

Nay

, sta

y, H

ieron

imo-

go c

all h

im, s

on.

LORE

NZO

H

iero

nim

o, m

y fa

ther

cra

ves a

wor

d w

ith y

ou.

HIE

RONI

MO

W

ith m

e si

r? w

hy, m

y lo

rd, I

thou

ght y

ou h

ad d

one.

LORE

NZO

[A

side]

No,

wou

ld h

e ha

d.

CAS

TILE

H

iero

nim

o, I

hear

13

0 Y

ou fi

nd y

ours

elf a

ggrie

ved

at m

y so

n Be

caus

e you

hav

e no

t acc

ess u

nto

the

king

, A

nd sa

y 'ti

s he

that

inte

rcep

ts y

our s

uits

.

116-

17 l

inea

tion

ed. (

one

line

1592

) 11

7 de

vice

plo

t 11

7 tro

w? d

o yo

u think?

118

Poca

s pal

obra

s fe

w w

ords

(Spa

nish

) 12

8 s.p

. LO

RE

N20

ed.

(not

in 1

592)

13

0 -1

linea

tion

ed. (

No,

. . . ha

d. I H

iero

nim

o . . .

Sonn

e, 1

592)

13

3 in

terc

epts

obst

ruct

s, th

war

ts

117-

19 H

iero

nim

o no

w f

eels

thre

aten

ed, l

ike

Ham

let

late

r, by

plo

ts (

'de-

vi

ces')

on

all s

ides

.

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

p

HIE

RONI

MO

1

Why

, is

not t

his a

mise

rabl

e th

ing,

my

lord

? +

CAST

ILE

Hie

roni

mo,

I ho

pe y

ou h

ave

no c

ause

, e

And

wou

ld b

e lo

ath

that

one

of y

our d

eser

ts

Shou

ld o

nce

have

reas

on to

susp

ect m

y so

n,

Con

side

ring

how

I th

ink

of yo

u m

ysel

f. H

IERO

NIM

O

You

r son

Lor

enzo

! who

m, m

y no

ble

lord

? T

he h

ope

of Sp

ain,

min

e ho

nour

able

frie

nd?

Gra

nt m

e th

e co

mba

t of

them

, if

they

dar

e:

Draw

s out

his

swor

d I'l

l m

eet h

im fa

ce to

face

, to

tell

me

so.

Thes

e be

the

scan

dalo

us re

ports

of

such

A

s lov

e no

t me,

and

hate

my

lord

too

muc

h.

Shou

ld I

sus

pect

Lor

enzo

wou

ld p

reve

nt

Or c

ross

my

suit,

that

love

d m

y so

n so

wel

l?

My

lord

, I a

m a

sham

ed it

sho

uld

be sa

id.

LORE

NZO

H

iero

nim

o, I

neve

r gav

e yo

u ca

use.

HIE

RONI

MO

.M

y go

od lo

rd, I

kno

w y

ou d

id n

ot.

CAST

ILE

Ther

e th

en p

ause

, A

nd fo

r the

satis

fact

ion

of t

he w

orld

, ,

150

Hie

roni

mo,

freq

uent

my

hom

ely

hous

e,

The

Duk

e of

Cas

tile,

Cyp

rian's

anc

ient

seat

, A

nd w

hen

thou

wilt

, use

me,

my

son,

and

it.

But

her

e, b

efor

e Prin

ce B

alth

azar

and

me,

Em

brac

e ea

ch o

ther

, and

be

perfe

ct fr

iend

s. H

IERO

NIM

O

Ay m

arry

, my

lord

, and

shal

l. Fr

iend

s, qu

oth

he? s

ee, I

'll b

e fr

iend

s w

ith y

ou a

ll:

Spec

ially

with

you

, my

love

ly lo

rd;

For

dive

rs ca

uses

it is

fit f

or u

s Th

at w

e be

frie

nds-

the

wor

ld is

susp

icio

us,

160

And

men

may

thin

k w

hat w

e im

agin

e no

t.

141

the

com

bat

of t

hem

the

rig

ht t

o m

eet

them

in

(han

d-to

-han

d)

com

bat

144

love

ed.

(lou

es 1

592)

14

5 pr

even

t for

esta

ll, o

bstr

uct

146

eros

s th

war

t 14

9 -50

line

atio

n ed

. (Th

ere . . .

world

one

line

159

2)

151

hom

ely w

elco

min

g, h

ospi

tabl

e, 'h

ome-

like'

15

3 us

e m

ake

use

of, a

sk t

he se

rvic

es o

t

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100

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T 11

1

BALT

HAZ

AR

Why

, thi

s is f

riend

ly d

one,

Hie

roni

mo.

LO

RENZ

O

And

thus

I ho

pe o

ld g

rudg

es a

re fo

rgot

. H

IER

ON

IMO

W

hat e

lse? i

t wer

e a

sham

e it

shou

ld n

ot b

e so:

CA

STIL

E Co

me

on, H

iero

nim

o, a

t my

requ

est;

165

Let u

s in

treat

you

r com

pany

toda

y.

Exeu

nt [

all b

ut H

IERO

NIM

O]

HIE

RO

NIM

O

You

r lo

rdsh

ip's

to co

mm

and.-

Pha!

kee

p yo

ur w

ay:

Chi

mi f

a pi

h ca

rezz

e ch

e no

n m

ole,

Trad

ito m

i ha,

o tr

adir

vuol

e. Ex

it

Act

111,

Scen

e xv

G

host

[of A

NDRE

A] a

nd R

EVEN

GE

ANDR

EA

Aw

ake,

Eric

htho

! Cer

beru

s, aw

ake !

So

licit

Plut

o, g

entle

Pro

serp

ine;

T

o co

mba

t, A

cher

on a

nd E

rebu

s !

For

ne'er

by

Styx

and

Phl

eget

hon

in h

ell

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

.a

Nor

ferr

ied

Cha

ron

to th

e fie

ry la

kes

163

thus

ed.

(th

at 1

592)

16

7 Ph

a! a

n ex

clam

atio

n of

con

tem

pt o

r di

sgus

t 16

8 C

hi . .

. suo

le e

d. (

Mi.

Chi

, mi f

a? P

ui C

orre

zza

Che

non

sul

e 15

92)

169

Trad

ito . .

. vuo

le e

d. (

Trad

ito v

iha

otra

de v

ule.

159

2)

1 s.d

. G

host

ed.

(En

ter

Gho

ast 1

592)

1

s.p. ANDRE

A ed

. (G

host

159

2 th

roug

hout

this

scen

e)

1 Er

icht

ho e

d. (

Eric

tha

1592

) 'th

e Th

essa

lian

sorc

eres

s' (S

chic

k)

3 A

cher

on e

d. (

Ach

inon

159

2) se

e 11

1, i,

55

and

note

3

Ereb

us e

d. (

Eric

us 1

592)

prim

aeva

l dar

knes

s, c

hild

of

chao

s 4

ne'er

ed.

(ne

ere

1592

) 4

Styx

and

Phl

eget

hon

river

s of

the

und

erw

orld

4

in h

ell (

end

of 1.3

in 1

592)

6

Cha

ron

see

I, i,

20

and

note

at

I, i,

19

168-

9 'H

e w

ho g

ives

me

mor

e ca

ress

es t

han

usua

l ha

s be

traye

d m

e or

w

ishe

s to

bet

ray

me.

' 4-

7 I

acce

pt E

dwar

ds's

supp

ositi

on t

hat

a lin

e ha

s dr

oppe

d ou

t aft

er 1.

4 (h

e su

gges

ts i

t m

ight

hav

e be

en s

omet

hing

like

'Was

I d

istre

ssed

with

ou

trag

e so

re a

s th

is').

Onl

y on

thi

s ba

sis

can

the

pass

age

be m

ade

to

give

rea

sona

ble

sens

e.

SCEN

E X

V]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

10

1 Su

ch fe

arfu

l sig

hts,

as p

oor A

ndre

a se

es!

Reve

nge,

awak

e!

REVE

NGE

Aw

ake?

for w

hy?

ANDR

EA

Aw

ake,

Reve

nge,

for t

hou

art i

ll-ad

vise

d T

o sle

ep a

way

wha

t tho

u ar

t war

ned

to w

atch

! RE

VENG

E Co

nten

t thy

self,

and

do

not t

roub

le m

e. AN

DREA

A

wak

e, Re

veng

e, if

love

, as l

ove

hath

had

, H

ave

yet t

he p

ower

or p

reva

lenc

e in

hel

l! H

iero

nim

o w

ith L

oren

zo is

join

ed in

leag

ue,

And

inte

rcep

ts o

ur p

assa

ge to

reve

nge:

A

wak

e, Re

veng

e, o

r we

are

woe

-beg

one!

RE

VENG

E T

hus w

orld

lings

gro

und,

wha

t the

y ha

ve d

ream

ed, u

pon.

Co

nten

t thy

self,

And

rea:

tho

ugh

I sle

ep,

Yet

is m

y m

ood

solic

iting

thei

r sou

ls;

Suffi

ceth

thee

that

poo

r Hie

roni

mo

Cann

ot fo

rget

his

son

Hor

atio

. N

or d

ies

Reve

nge a

lthou

gh h

e sle

ep a

whi

le,

7 se

es!

ed. (

see?

159

2)

11 T

o sle

ep e

d. (

Thsl

eep

1592

) 11

aw

ay e

d. (

away

, 159

2)

11 s

leep

aw

ay s

leep

out

11

wat

ch s

tay

awak

e 14

pre

vale

nce

ed. (

preu

aila

nce

1592

) 17

beg

one

ed. (

dego

ne 1

592)

20

moo

d Ed

war

ds th

inks

'ang

er'

just

pos

sibl

e; a

mor

e ge

nera

l sen

se

such

as

'atti

tude

', 'p

urpo

ses'

seem

s re

quir

ed

8 ff.

The

repe

titio

ns o

f 'A

wak

e' m

ay se

em c

rude

, and

ther

e is

con

side

rabl

e su

spic

ion

that

the

text

of

this

sce

ne a

s a

who

le i

s a

deba

sed

one

(see

Ed

war

ds,

esp.

pp.

xxx

iii a

nd x

xxvi

ii-xx

xix)

, ye

t th

e ac

tion

does

hav

e dr

amat

ic p

oint

in

givi

ng e

mph

atic

exp

ress

ion

to A

ndre

a's s

ense

tha

t ve

ngea

nce

is be

com

ing

less

and

less

pro

babl

e - ev

en H

iero

nim

o se

ems

to h

ave

betra

yed

the

caus

e (s

ee 1

.15)

. El

izab

etha

ns w

ould

hav

e un

der -

st

ood

the

scen

e as

ref

erri

ng t

o th

e 'w

orld

ling'

s' (s

ee 1

.18)

fa

ithle

ss

supp

ositi

on t

hat

dela

y is

equi

vale

nt t

o th

e ab

ando

ning

of

God

's (o

r R

even

ge's)

pur

pose

s.

11 a

way

Edw

ards

may

be

corr

ect

in a

ccep

ting

Haw

kins

's em

enda

tion

'awak

e!'

in p

lace

of

1592

's 'aw

ay';

but

the

text

mak

es g

ood

sens

e as

it

stan

ds a

nd I

see

no

com

pelli

ng g

roun

ds f

or e

men

datio

n.

18 w

orld

lings

. . . up

on 'm

orta

ls b

ase

thei

r bel

iefs

on

wha

t the

y ha

ve m

erel

y dr

eam

ed (o

r fan

cied

)'.

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1 uz

THO

MA

S KYD

[ACT

IV

For i

n un

quie

t, qu

ietn

ess i

s fei

gned

, A

nd sl

umbe

ring

is a

com

mon

wor

ldly

wile

. Be

hold

, And

rea,

for a

n in

stanc

e ho

w

Reve

nge

hath

slep

t, an

d th

en im

agin

e th

ou

Wha

t 'tis

to b

e su

bjec

t to

desti

ny.

Enter

a D

umb

Show

[; th

ey a

ct a

nd e

xeun

t] AN

DREA

A

wak

e, Re

veng

e, re

veal

this

mys

tery

. RE

VENG

E T

he tw

o fir

st, th

e nu

ptia

l tor

ches

bor

e,

30

As

brig

htly

bur

ning

as

the

mid

-day

's su

n;

But

afte

r the

m d

oth

Hym

en h

ie a

s fas

t, Cl

othe

d in

sab

le, a

nd a

saffr

on ro

be,

And

blo

ws t

hem

out

, and

que

nche

th th

em w

ith b

lood

, A

s di

scon

tent

that

thin

gs c

ontin

ue so

. 35

AN

DREA

Su

ffice

th m

e; th

y m

eani

ng's

unde

rsto

od;

And

than

ks to

thee

and

thos

e in

fern

al p

ower

s T

hat w

ill n

ot to

lera

te a

love

r's w

oe.

Res

t the

e, fo

r I w

ill si

t to

see

the

rest.

RE

VENG

E T

hen

argu

e no

t, fo

r tho

u ha

st th

y re

ques

t. 40

Ex

eunt

A

ct IV

, Scene i

Enter

BEL

-IMPE

RIA

and

HIE

RO

NIM

O

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Is

this

the

love

thou

bea

r'st

Hor

atio

? Is

this

the

kind

ness

that

thou

cou

nter

feits

? A

re th

ese

the

frui

ts o

f th

ine

ince

ssan

t tea

rs?

Hie

roni

mo,

are

thes

e th

y pa

ssio

ns,

Thy

pro

test

atio

ns a

nd th

y de

ep la

men

ts,

Tha

t tho

u w

ert w

ont t

o w

eary

men

with

al?

0 u

nkin

d fa

ther

, 0 d

ecei

tful w

orld

! 29

rev

eal t

his

mys

tery

exp

lain

the

secr

et m

eani

ng o

f th

is a

ctio

n (th

e du

mb

show

) 32

Hym

en g

od b

f m

arria

ge

32 h

ie ru

n 33

sab

le bl

ack

33 s

aflro

fl ye

llow

, the

usu

al c

olou

r of

Hym

en's

robe

4

pass

ions

pas

sion

ate e

xcla

mat

ions

7

unki

nd u

nnat

ural

THE S

PAN

ISH

TRAGEDY

1 W

ith w

hat e

xcus

es c

anst

thou

show

thys

elf,

$ W

ith w

hat.

. . . . . .

. . . . . .

. . . . . .

. . . . . .

. . . . . .

. Fr

om th

is d

ishon

our

and

the

hate

of

men

?-

Thu

s to

neg

lect

the

loss

and

life

of

him

W

hom

bot

h m

y le

tters

and

thin

e ow

n be

lief

Ass

ures

thee

to b

e ca

usel

ess s

laug

hter

ed.

Hie

roni

mo,

for

sham

e, H

iero

nim

o,

Be n

ot a

hist

ory

to a

fter

times

O

f suc

h in

grat

itude

unt

o th

y so

n.

Unh

appy

mot

hers

of s

uch

child

ren

then

- B

ut m

onst

rous

fath

ers,

to fo

rget

so

soon

T

he d

eath

of t

hose

, who

m th

ey w

ith c

are

and

cost

Hav

e te

nder

ed so

, thu

s car

eles

s sho

uld

be lo

st.

Mys

elf a

stra

nger

in r

espe

ct o

f th

ee,

So lo

ved

his l

ife, a

s stil

l I w

ish th

eir d

eath

s;

Nor

sha

ll hi

s dea

th b

e un

reve

nged

by

me,

A

lthou

gh I

bea

r it o

ut fo

r fas

hion

's sa

ke:

For

here

I sw

ear i

n si

ght o

f he

aven

and

ear

th,

Shou

ldst

thou

neg

lect

the

love

thou

sho

ulds

t ret

ain

And

giv

e it

over

and

dev

ise n

o m

ore,

M

ysel

f sho

uld

send

thei

r hat

eful

sou

ls to

hel

l, Th

at w

roug

ht h

is do

wnf

all w

ith e

xtre

mes

t dea

th.

HIE

RONL

MO

Bu

t may

it b

e th

at B

el-i

mpe

ria

Vow

s suc

h re

veng

e as s

he h

ath

deig

ned

io sa

y?

Why

then

, I se

e th

at h

eave

n ap

plie

s our

drif

t

9 W

ith

wha

t. . .

ed. (

With

wha

t di

shon

our,

and

the

hate

of

men

15

92)

15 h

istor

y ex

ampl

e, ta

le

20 t

ende

red

care

d fo

r, ch

eris

hed

21 i

n re

spec

t of

com

pare

d to

24

bea

r it . .

. sake

'mak

e a

pret

ence

of a

ccep

ting

the

situ

atio

n fo

r the

sa

ke o

f ap

pear

ance

s' (E

dwar

ds)

27 d

evise

plo

r 29

ext

rem

est m

ost c

ruel

32

app

lies

our

drift

bl

esse

s ou

r en

terp

rise

(drif

t, 'w

hat

we

are

driv

ing

at')

9 T

he d

ots

repr

esen

t m

ater

ial p

resu

med

lost

whe

n th

e 15

92 c

ompo

sito

r in

adve

rtent

ly in

clud

ed i

n 1.9

the

las

t si

x w

ords

of

1.10

(see

tex

tual

gl

oss a

bove

). T

he fi

rst t

wo

wor

ds (a

s prin

ted)

may

be

eith

er th

e co

rrec

t fir

st w

ords

of th

e (n

ow m

issi

ng) 1

.9 or

a m

ista

ken

repe

at of

the

begi

nnin

g of

1.8.

Bun

glin

g of

som

e ki

nd h

as c

erta

inly

take

n pl

ace,

and

sin

ce th

e tru

e or

igin

al c

anno

t be

rec

over

ed i

t se

ems

best

to

indi

cate

thi

s by

in

serti

ng do

ts.

17-2

0 an

inc

ompl

ete

sent

ence

; ju

st p

laus

ible

dra

mat

ical

ly as

ref

lect

ing

in

its la

ck o

f gr

amm

atic

al st

ruct

ure

Bel

-impe

ria's

unse

ttled

stat

e of

min

d.

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104

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AC

T I

V

And

all

the

sain

ts d

o sit

sol

iciti

ng

For v

enge

ance

on

thos

e cu

rsed

mur

dere

rs.

Mad

am 't

is tr

ue, a

nd n

ow I

fin

d it

so;

I fo

und

a le

tter,

writ

ten

in y

our

nam

e,

And

in th

at le

tter,

how

Hor

atio

die

d.

Pard

on, 0

par

don,

Bel

-impe

ria,

My

fear

and

car

e in

not

bel

ievi

ng it

, N

or th

ink

I th

ough

tless

thin

k up

on a

mea

n T

o le

t his

dea

th b

e un

reve

nged

at f

ull;

And

her

e I

vow

, so

you

but g

ive

cons

ent,

And

will

con

ceal

my

reso

lutio

n,

I w

ill e

re lo

ng d

eter

min

e of

the

ir de

aths

T

hat c

ause

less

thus

hav

e m

urde

red

my

son.

BE

L-IM

PER

IA

Hie

roni

mo,

I w

ill c

onse

nt, c

once

al;

And

aug

ht th

at m

ay e

ffect

for

thin

e av

ail

Join

with

thee

to re

veng

e H

orat

io's

deat

h.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

On

then

; wha

tsoev

er I

dev

ise,

Let m

e en

treat

you

, gra

ce m

y pr

actic

es.

For w

hy, t

he p

lot's

alre

ady

in m

ine

head

. H

ere

they

are

. Enter

BAL

THAZ

AR a

nd L

ORE

NZO

BALT

HAZ

AR

How

now

, Hie

roni

mo?

W

hat,

cour

ting

Bel-i

mpe

ria?

HIE

RON

IMO

A

y, m

y lo

rd,

Such

cou

rting

as,

I pr

omise

you

, Sh

e ha

th m

y he

art,

but y

ou, m

y lo

rd, h

ave

hers

. 5 5

LO

RENZ

O

But n

ow, H

iero

nim

o, o

r ne

ver,

We

are

to e

ntre

at y

our

help

.

39 c

are

caut

ion

40 t

houg

htles

s un

conc

erne

d 44

det

erm

ine

of br

ing

abou

t 47

ava

il as

sista

nce

50 g

race

sup

port

, inv

olve

you

rsel

f in

51 F

or w

hy b

ecau

se

52-6

1 lin

eatio

n ed

. (H

eere

. . . ar

e. /

How

. .. . Be

l-Im

peri

a. /

I . . . y

ou

/ Sh

e.. . h

ers.

/ But

. . . he

lpe.

/ M

y. . . m

e. /

For

.. . yo

u. /

It. . .

Em

bass

adou

r. 1

592)

52 ff

. K

yd h

ere

allo

ws

his

acto

rs a

n ex

celle

nt o

ppor

tuni

ty fo

r ex

pres

sing

, th

roug

h hy

pocr

itica

l pol

itene

ss, t

he t

ensi

ons

betw

een

the

thre

e m

en.

SCEN

E I]

T

HE

SP

AN

ISH

TR

AG

ED

Y

105

HIE

RON

IMO

M

y he

lp?

Why

, my

good

lord

s, as

sure

you

rsel

ves o

f m

e,

For

you

have

giv

en m

e ca

use,

A

y, b

y m

y fa

ith h

ave

you.

BA

LTH

AZA

R

It p

leas

ed y

ou

60

At t

he e

nter

tain

men

t of

the

amba

ssad

or

To

grac

e th

e ki

ng s

o m

uch

as w

ith a

show

: N

ow w

ere

your

stu

dy so

wel

l fur

nish

ed,

As,

for

the

pass

ing

of t

he fi

rst n

ight

's sp

ort,

To

ente

rtain

my

fath

er w

ith th

e lik

e,

65

Or a

ny s

uch-

like

plea

sing

mot

ion,

A

ssur

e yo

urse

lf it

wou

ld c

onte

nt th

em w

ell.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Is th

is a

ll?

BALT

HAZ

AR

Ay,

'this

is a

ll.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Why

then

I'll

fit y

ou; s

ay n

o m

ore.

W

hen

I w

as y

oung

I ga

ve m

y m

ind

And

plie

d m

ysel

f to

fruitl

ess

poet

ry:

Whi

ch th

ough

it p

rofit

the

prof

esso

r nau

ght,

Yet

is it

pas

sing

plea

sing

to th

e w

orld

. LO

RENZ

O

And

how

for

that

? H

IERO

NIM

O

Mar

ry, m

y go

od lo

rd, t

hus-

A

nd y

et, m

ethi

nks,

you

are

too

quic

k w

ith u

s- W

hen

in T

oled

o th

ere

I st

udie

d,

It w

as m

y ch

ance

to w

rite

a tra

gedy

- Se

e he

re m

y lo

rds-

H

e sh

ows t

hem

a b

ook

Whi

ch lo

ng fo

rgot

, I f

ound

this

oth

er d

ay.

80

Now

wou

ld y

our

lord

ship

s fav

our

me

so m

uch

As

but t

o gr

ace

me

with

you

r act

ing

it-

I m

ean

each

one

of

you

to p

lay

a pa

rt-

62 g

race

hon

our

63 f

urni

shed

sto

cked

66

mot

ion

ente

rtai

nmen

t 70

I'll

fit

you

(a) '

I'll

prov

ide

you

wha

t yo

u ne

ed' (

b) 'I

'll p

ay y

ou

out'

or 'I

'll 'p

unish

you

as

you

dese

rve'

(Edw

ards

) 73

pro

fess

or th

e m

an w

ho 'p

rofe

sses

' or

prac

tises

it

76 t

oo q

uick

too

pres

sing

; per

haps

with

a p

un o

n qu

ick

mea

ning

aliv

e

76 u

ncle

ar. P

erha

ps t

he li

ne i

s m

eant

to

conv

ey t

hat

Hie

roni

mo'

s an

ger

is on

ly ju

st u

nder

con

trol

.

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I uo

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

Ass

ure

you

it w

ill p

rove

mos

t pas

sing

stra

nge

And

won

drou

s pl

ausib

le to

that

ass

embl

y.

BALT

HA

ZAR

Wha

t, w

ould

you

hav

e us

pla

y a

trage

dy?

IIIE

RO

NIM

O

Why

, Ner

o th

ough

t it n

o di

spar

agem

ent,

And

kin

gs a

nd e

mpe

rors

hav

e ta

'en d

elig

ht

To

mak

e ex

perie

nce

of th

eir w

its in

pla

ys!

LORE

NZO

N

ay, b

e no

t ang

ry g

ood

Hie

roni

mo,

T

he p

rince

but

ask

ed a

que

stio

n.

BALT

HA

ZAR

In fa

ith, H

iero

nim

o, a

nd y

ou b

e in

ear

nest,

I'l

l m

ake

one.

LO

REN

ZO

And

I a

noth

er.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Now

my

good

lord

, cou

ld y

ou e

ntre

at

You

r sis

ter

Bel -i

mpe

ria to

mak

e on

e?

For w

hat's

a p

lay

with

out a

wom

an in

it?

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Li

ttle

entre

aty

shal

l ser

ve m

e, H

iero

nim

o,

For

I m

ust n

eeds

be

empl

oyed

in y

our

play

. H

IER

ON

IMO

W

hy, t

his

is w

ell;

I te

ll yo

u lo

rdin

gs,

It w

as d

eter

min

ed to

hav

e be

en a

cted

By

gen

tlem

en a

nd sc

hola

rs to

o Su

ch a

s cou

ld te

ll w

hat t

o sp

eak.

84 s

trang

e re

mar

kabl

e, w

onde

rful

85

pla

usib

le ag

reea

ble

87 d

ispar

agem

ent l

oss

of d

igni

ty

89 e

xper

ience

tria

l 92

and

if

101

dete

rmin

ed in

tend

ed, a

rran

ged

103

coul

d te

ll kn

ew, w

ere

skilf

ul

87 N

ero

Hie

roni

mo

is c

orre

ct in

indi

catin

g th

at th

e R

oman

em

pero

r N

ero

patro

nise

d pl

ays

and

acte

d in

the

m h

imse

lf; a

t th

e sa

me

time

he w

as

asso

ciat

ed w

ith v

iole

nce a

nd d

eeds

of

bloo

d, a

nd t

he a

udie

nce

wou

ld n

o do

ubt

pick

up

the

allu

sion

. B

alth

azar

's ne

rvou

snes

s (1

.155

) is

fully

ju

stifi

ed.

103 -

5 wh

at t

o sp

eak . .

. how

to

spea

k no

t cle

ar.

Bal

thaz

ar m

ay m

ean

only

th

at c

ourti

ers

are

as sk

illed

as '

gent

lem

en a

nd s

chol

ars'

in th

ese

mat

ters

. So

me

cont

rast

may

be

inte

nded

bet

wee

n sc

hola

rs w

ho a

re g

ood

at

inve

ntio

n an

d co

urtie

rs w

ho a

re g

ood

at e

locu

tion.

SCEN

E I]

T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

107

BALT

HA

ZAR

And

now

it sh

all b

e pl

ayed

by

prin

ces

and

cour

tiers

, Su

ch a

s can

tell

how

to sp

eak,

10

5 If

, as i

t is o

ur c

ount

ry m

anne

r, Y

ou w

ill b

ut le

t us k

now

the

argu

men

t. H

IER

ON

IMO

Th

at sh

all I

rou

ndly

. The

chro

nicl

es o

f Sp

ain

Reco

rd th

is w

ritte

n of

a kn

ight

of

Rhod

es:

He

was

bet

roth

ed, a

nd w

edde

d at

the

leng

th

To

one

Pers

eda,

an

Italia

n da

me,

W

hose

bea

uty

ravi

shed

all

that

her

beh

eld,

Es

peci

ally

the s

oul o

f So

liman

, W

ho a

t the

mar

riage

was

the

chie

fest

gues

t. By

sun

dry

mea

ns so

ught

Sol

iman

to w

in

Pers

eda's

love

, and

cou

ld n

ot g

ain

the

sam

e. Th

en g

an h

e br

eak

his

pass

ions

to a

frie

nd,

One

of h

is b

asha

ws w

hom

he

held

full

dear

; H

er h

ad th

is b

asha

w lo

ng so

licite

d,

And

saw

she

was

not

oth

erw

ise to

be

won

Bu

t by

her h

usba

nd's

deat

h, th

is k

nigh

t of

Rhod

es,

Who

m p

rese

ntly

by

treac

hery

he s

lew

. Sh

e, s

tirre

d w

ith a

n ex

ceed

ing

hate

ther

efor

e,

As'c

ause

of t

his s

lew

Sol

iman

; A

nd to

esc

ape

the

bash

aw's

tyra

nny

Did

sta

b he

rsel

f: an

d th

is th

e tra

gedy

. LO

REN

ZO

0 ex

celle

nt !

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

But s

ay, H

iero

nim

o,

Wha

t the

n be

cam

e of

him

that

was

the

bash

aw?

107

argu

men

t plo

t, na

rrat

ive

108

roun

dly

plai

nly;

at o

nce

114

was e

d. (

wav

159

2)

117

brea

k di

sclo

se, c

onfe

ss

118

bash

aws '

pash

as, ~

Grk

ish of

ficer

s of

high

ran

k; c

ourti

ers

127 -

8 lin

eatio

n ed

. (0 ex

celle

nt. /

But

. . . hi

m/T

hat . .

. Bas

haw

? 159

2)

107

let

us k

now

the

argu

men

t A

ppar

ently

we

shou

ld t

hink

of

the

play

as

unsc

ripte

d: H

iero

nim

o w

ill s

ketc

h in

the

plo

t an

d on

tha

t ba

sis

the

acto

rs w

ill im

prov

ise

thei

r ow

n lin

es. K

yd a

void

s re

peat

ing

the

'argu

- m

ent'

(or

plot

) by

pro

vidi

ng t

he K

ing

with

a w

ritte

n co

py (

IV,

iii,

6-5';

IV

, iv,

9-1

0).

The

'abs

tract

s' re

ferr

ed t

o at

1. 1

41 w

ould

per

haps

ou

tline

the

play

's na

rrat

ive

a lit

tle m

ore

fully

. 10

840

The

pla

ylet

of

Solim

an a

nd P

erse

da, a

s w

ell a

s pr

ovid

ing

the

mec

h-

anis

m o

f di

sast

er,

repr

esen

ts s

ever

al o

f th

e m

ain

rela

tions

hips

of

the

larg

er p

lay.

See

Int

rodu

ctio

n, p

. xxv

i.

Page 61: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

HIE

RONI

MO

M

arry

thus

: mov

ed w

ith r

emor

se of

his

misd

eeds

, Ra

n to

a m

ount

ain -

top

and

hung

him

self.

13

0 BA

LTH

AZAR

B

ut w

hich

of u

s is

to p

erfo

rm th

at p

art?

H

IER

ON

IMO

0. t

hat w

ill I

my

lord

s, m

ake

no d

oubt

of

it:

- 7 I'll

play

the

mui

dere

r, I

war

rant

you

, Fo

r I

alre

ady

have

con

ceite

d th

at.

BALT

HAZ

AR

And

wha

t sha

ll I?

13

5 H

IER

ON

IMO

G

reat

Sol

iman

the

Turk

ish

empe

ror.

LORE

NZO

A

nd I

? H

IER

ON

IMO

Er

astu

s th

e kn

ight

of

Rhod

es.

BEL-

IMPE

RI A

A

nd I

? H

IER

ON

IMO

Pe

rsed

a, c

haste

and

res

olut

e.

140

And

her

e, m

y lo

rds,

are

seve

ral a

bstra

cts

draw

n,

For e

ach

of yo

u to

not

e yo

ur p

arts

, A

nd a

ct it

, as o

ccas

ion's

offe

red

you.

Y

ou m

ust p

rovi

de a

Tur

kish

cap

, A

bla

ck m

usta

chio

and

a fa

uchi

on.

145

Give

s a

pape

r to

BALT

HAZ

AR

You

with

a c

ross

like

to a

kni

ght o

f ~

hddi

s.

Give

s ano

ther

to L

ORE

NZO

A

nd m

adam

, you

mus

t atti

re y

ours

elf

He f

ivet

h BE

L-IM

PERI

A an

othe

r Li

ke P

hoeb

e, F

lora

, or t

he H

untre

ss,

Whi

ch to

you

r di

scre

tion

shal

l see

m b

est.

And

as f

or m

e, m

y lo

rds,

I'll l

ook

to o

ne;

And

, with

the

rans

om th

at th

e vi

cero

y se

nt

So fu

rnis

h an

d pe

rform

this

trag

edy,

A

s al

l the

wor

ld sh

all s

ay H

iero

nim

o W

as li

bera

l in

grac

ing

of it

so.

134

conc

eited

env

isag

ed, f

orm

ed a

con

cept

ion

of

141

abstr

acts

outli

nes

141

draw

n dr

awn

up, w

ritte

n ou

t 14

5 fa

uchi

on a

bro

ad c

urve

d sw

ord

(als

o sp

elle

d 'fa

lchi

on')

148

Hun

tress

Dia

na, g

odde

ss o

f hu

ntin

g 15

0 look t

o pr

epar

e 15

4 gr

acin

g se

tting

it o

ut, a

dorn

ing

it

BALT

HAZ

AR

Hie

roni

mo,

met

hink

s a

com

edy

wer

e be

tter.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

A c

omed

y?

Fie,

com

edie

s are

fit f

or c

omm

on w

its:

But t

o pr

esen

t a k

ingl

y tro

op w

ithal

, G

ive

me

a sta

tely

-writ

ten

trage

dy,

Trag

edia

cot

hurn

ata,

fitti

ng k

ings

, C

onta

inin

g m

atte

r, an

d no

t com

mon

thin

gs.

My

lord

s, al

l thi

s m

ust b

e pe

rform

ed,

As f

ittin

g fo

r the

firs

t nig

ht's

reve

lling

. T

he It

alia

n tra

gedi

ans w

ere

so sh

arp

of w

it,

Tha

t in

one

hour

's m

edita

tion

They

wou

ld p

erfo

rm a

nyth

ing

in a

ctio

n.

LORE

NZO

A

nd w

ell i

t may

; for

I h

ave s

een

the

like

In P

aris,

'mon

gst t

he F

renc

h tra

gedi

ans.

HIE

RONI

MO

In

Par

is? m

ass,

and

wel

l rem

embe

red!

Th

ere's

one

thin

g m

ore

that

rests

for

us to

do.

BA

LTH

AZAR

W

hat's

tha

t, H

iero

nim

o? fo

rget

not

any

thin

g.

HIE

RONI

MO

Ea

ch o

ne o

f us

mus

t act

his

part

In u

nkno

wn

lang

uage

s,

156-

7 lin

eatio

n ed

. (A

. . . w

its o

ne li

ne 1

592)

15

8 ki

ngly

troo

p ro

yal a

udie

nce

160

Trag

edia

cot

hum

ata

in a

ncie

nt A

then

s tra

gedy

per

form

ed b

y an

ac

tor

wea

ring

busk

ins

(thic

k-so

led

boot

s); t

he m

ost s

erio

us k

ind

of d

ram

a 16

0 co

thur

nata

ed.

(co

ther

nat

o 15

92)

161

mat

ter s

ubst

ance

, ser

ious

con

tent

17

0 re

sts re

mai

ns

173

unkn

own

i.e.

not i

n ou

r ow

n to

ngue

16

4-6

The

ref

eren

ce i

s to

the

per

form

ers

of

the

Corn

med

ia d

ell'

Art

e,

who

impr

ovis

ed p

lays

from

sce

nario

s.

172

ff. I

t is

not

clear w

heth

er t

he 's

undr

y la

ngua

ges'

will

eve

r ha

ve b

een

used

on

stag

e. T

he n

ote

to th

e re

ader

at I

V, i

v, 1

0 s.

d. s

eem

s to

sugg

est

they

wer

e, a

nd t

hat

the

pres

ent

text

of

the

play

let

is a

tra

nsla

tion,

pe

rhap

s ex

pand

ed, f

rom

the

orig

inal

. Sin

ce t

he a

udie

nce

has

alre

ady

hear

d th

e pl

ay's

'arg

umen

t' th

ey m

ight

wel

l ha

ve b

een

cont

ent

to

liste

n to

'unk

now

n la

ngua

ges',

pro

vide

d th

ey w

ere

not g

iven

too

muc

h of

the

m a

nd p

rovi

ded

the

actio

n th

at a

ccom

pani

ed t

hem

was

hig

hly

I ex

plic

it an

d st

ylis

ed.

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110

THO

MA

S K

YD

T

hat i

t may

bre

ed th

e m

ore

varie

ty.

As

you,

my

lord

, in

Latin

, I in

Gre

ek,

You

in I

talia

n; a

nd fo

r bec

ause

I kn

ow

TKat

Bel

-im

peria

hat

h pr

actis

ed th

e Fr

ench

, In

cou

rtly

Fren

ch s

hall

all h

er p

hras

es b

e.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

You

mea

n to

try

my

cunn

ing

then

, Hie

roni

mo.

BA

LTH

AZAR

B

ut th

is w

ill b

e a

mer

e co

nfus

ion,

A

nd h

ardl

y sh

all w

e al

l be

unde

rsto

od.

HIE

RONI

MO

It

mus

t be

so, f

or th

e co

nclu

sion

Shal

l pro

ve th

e in

vent

ion

and

all w

as g

ood.

A

nd I

mys

elf

in a

n or

atio

n,

And

with

a st

rang

e an

d w

ondr

ous s

how

bes

ides

, T

hat I

will

hav

e th

ere

behi

nd a

cur

tain

, A

ssur

e yo

urse

lf, sh

all m

ake

the

mat

ter

know

n.

And

all

shal

l be

conc

lude

d in

one

scen

e,

For

ther

e's n

o pl

easu

re ta

'en i

n te

diou

snes

s. BA

LTH

AZAR

[A

side t

o LO

REN

ZO]

How

like

you

this

? LO

RENZ

O

Why

, thu

s m

y lo

rd,

We

mus

t res

olve

to so

othe

his

hum

ours

up.

BA

LTH

AZAR

O

n th

en H

iero

nim

o, fa

rew

ell t

ill so

on.

HIE

RONI

MO

Y

ou'll

ply

this

gea

r?

LORE

NZO

I

war

rant

you

. Exeu

nt a

ll bu

t HIE

RO

NIM

O

HIE

RONI

MO

W

hy SO

. N

ow sh

all I

see

the

fall

of B

abyl

on,

179

cunn

ing

skill

18

3 in

vent

ion

basic

idea

19

5 18

5 sh

ow ta

blea

u (in

fact

Hor

atio

's bo

dy)

185-

b tr

ansp

osed

in I

592

192

We m

ust r

esol

ve (e

nds 1

.191

in 1

592)

19

2 so

othe

. . . up

indu

lge

his w

him

s 19

4 pl

y th

is g

ear

carr

y ou

t thi

s bu

sines

s 19

45 li

neat

ion

ed. (

one

line

in 1

592)

18

5 str

ange

and

won

drot

rs s

how

Hor

atio

's bo

dy:

the

embl

em t

hat

just

ifies

an

d ex

plai

ns th

e who

le el

abor

ate b

usin

ess.

195

fall

of B

abyl

on J

ohns

on (

pp.

24 ff

.) ex

plai

ns t

hat

the

Gen

eva

Bibl

e (in

use

at

Kyd

's da

te o

f w

ritin

g) u

ses

'Bab

el' b

oth

for

the

Tow

er o

f Ba

bel

and

for

the

wic

ked

city

of

Baby

lon:

the

two

wou

ld b

e cl

osel

y as

soci

ated

in t

he a

udie

nce'

s m

ind.

For

the

des

truc

tion

of B

abyl

on s

ee

Isai

ah x

iii, J

erem

iah l

i, an

d R

evel

atio

n xv

iii.

SCEN

E I]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

W

roug

ht b

y th

e he

aven

s in

this

con

fusio

n.

And

if th

e w

orld

like

not

this

trag

edy,

H

ard

is th

e ha

p of

old

l&ro

nim

o.

Act

IV, Sc

ene

ii En

ter IS

ABEL

LA w

ith a

wea

pon

ISAB

ELLA

Te

ll m

e no

mor

e! 0

mon

stro

us h

omic

ides

!

Exit

Sinc

e ne

ither

pie

ty n

or p

ity m

oves

T

he k

ing

to ju

stic

e or c

ompa

ssio

n,

I w

ill re

veng

e m

ysel

f up

on th

is p

lace

W

here

thus

they

mur

dere

d m

y be

love

d so

n.

5 Sh

e cu

ts do

wn th

e ar

bour

D

own

with

thes

e br

anch

es a

nd th

ese

loat

hsom

e bo

ughs

O

f thi

s un

fortu

nate

and

fata

l pin

e:

Dow

n w

ith th

em, I

sabe

lla, r

ent t

hem

up

And

bur

n th

e ro

ots f

rom

whe

nce

the

rest

is s

prun

g,

I w

ill n

ot le

ave

a ro

ot, a

sta

lk, a

tree

, A

bou

gh, a

bra

nch,

a b

loss

om, n

or a

leaf

, N

o, n

ot a

n he

rb w

ithin

this

gar

den-

plot

. A

ccur

sed

com

plot

of

my

mise

ry,

Frui

tless

for e

ver

may

this

gar

den

be!+

B

arre

n th

e ea

rth, a

nd b

lissle

ss w

hoso

ever

Im

agin

es n

ot to

kee

p it

unm

anur

ed!

An

east

ern

win

d co

mm

ixed

with

noi

som

e ai

rs

Shal

l bla

st th

e pl

ants

and

the

youn

g sa

plin

gs;

The

earth

with

ser

pent

s sh

all b

e pe

ster

ed,

And

pas

seng

ers,

for f

ear

to b

e in

fect

, Sh

all s

tand

alo

of, a

nd, l

ooki

ng a

t it,

tell,

'T

here

, m

urde

red,

die

d th

e so

n of

Isab

el.'

Ay,

her

e he

die

d, a

nd h

ere

I hi

m e

mbr

ace:

1

s.p. I

SAB

ELLA

ed. (

not i

n 15

92)

7 un

fortu

nate

om

inou

s 8

rent

ren

d, te

ar

13 c

ompl

ot p

lot

16 u

nman

ured

unc

ultiv

ated

, bar

ren

17 n

oiso

me p

estil

ent

20 p

asse

nger

s pas

sers

-by

20 i

nfec

t inf

ecte

d 5

s.d. I

sabe

lla m

ay m

erel

y st

rip

the

leav

es a

nd b

ranc

hes f

rom

the

arbo

ur;

or s

he m

ay t

oppl

e a

prop

erty

tre

e if

one

was .

used

. See

11,

iv, 5

3 s.d

. an

d no

te.

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112

THO

MA

S K

YD

Se

e w

here

his

ghos

t sol

icits

with

his

wou

nds

Reve

nge o

n he

r tha

t sho

uld

reve

nge

his

deat

h.

Hie

roni

mo,

mak

e ha

ste to

see

thy

son,

Fo

r sor

row

and

des

pair

hath

cite

d m

e T

o he

ar H

orat

io p

lead

with

Rha

dam

anth

: M

ake

haste

, Hie

roni

mo,

to h

old

excu

sed

Thy

neg

ligen

ce in

pur

suit

of th

eir d

eath

s, W

hose

hat

eful

wra

th b

erea

ved

him

of

his

brea

th.

Ah

nay,

thou

dos

t del

ay th

eir

deat

hs,

Forg

ives

the

mur

dere

rs o

f th

y no

ble

son,

A

nd n

one

but I

bes

tir m

e -to

no e

nd.

And

as

I cu

rse

this

tree

from

furth

er

. fr

uit,

- So

shal

l my

wom

b be

cur

sed

for

his s

ake;

A

nd w

ith th

is w

eapo

n w

ill I

wou

nd th

e br

east,

Sh

e sta

bs h

erse

lf T

he h

aple

ss b

reas

t tha

t gav

e H

orat

io su

ck.

Act

IV, S

cene

iii

Enter

HIE

RON!

MO

; he

kno

cks u

p th

e cu

rtain

En

ter th

e D

UKE

OF C

ASTI

LE

CAST

ILE

How

now

Hie

roni

mo,

whe

re's

your

fello

ws,

Tha

t you

take

all

this

pai

n?

HIE

RONI

MO

0 si

r, it

is fo

r the

aut

hor's

cre

dit

To

look

that

all

thin

gs m

ay g

o w

ell.

But

, goo

d m

y lo

rd, l

et n

le e

ntre

at y

our g

race

[Exi

t]

27 c

ited

sum

mon

ed

28 R

hada

ttt~n

th on

e of

the

judg

es o

f th

e un

derw

orld

- -

29 h

old

excu

sed

to h

ave

it he

ld e

xcus

ed

34 m

e-to

ed.

(m

e to

159

2)

1 fe

llows

fello

w a

ctor

s

32-4

Eve

n Is

abel

la i

s de

ceiv

ed b

y H

iero

nim

o's

plan

of

stea

lthy

and

circ

umsp

ect r

even

ge.

s.d.,

38 s

.d.

The

sta

ge h

as t

o be

cle

ared

, tho

ugh

ther

e is

no o

ne t

o re

mov

e Is

abel

la's

body

. Pre

sum

ably

she

stum

bles

off,

wou

nded

. s.d

. Hie

roni

mo

prob

ably

han

gs a

cur

tain

ove

r one

of t

he la

rge

entra

nce-

do

ors

at th

e re

ar o

f th

e El

izab

etha

n st

age.

We

can,

it s

eem

s cl

ear,

take

it

that

the

re w

as n

o pe

rman

ent

inne

r -st

age,

at

leas

t at

thi

s th

eatre

, si

nce

such

a s

tage

wou

ld h

ave

been

the

obv

ious

pla

ce t

o us

e on

thi

s oc

casi

on, a

nd s

tage

-car

pent

ry w

ould

hav

e be

en u

nnec

essa

ry.

SCEN

E 1

111

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

11

3 T

o gi

ve th

e ki

ng th

e co

py o

f th

e pl

ay:

This

is th

e ar

gum

ent o

f w

hat w

e sh

ow.

CAST

ILE

I w

ill, H

iero

nim

o H

IERO

NIM

O

One

thin

g m

ore,

my

good

lord

. CA

STIL

E W

hat's

tha

t?

10

HIE

RONI

MO

Le

t me

entre

at y

our g

race

Th

at, w

hen

the

train

are

pas

sed

into

the

galle

ry,

You

wou

ld v

ouch

safe

to th

row

me

dow

n th

e ke

y.

CAST

ILE

I w

ill, H

iero

nim

o.

HIE

RONI

MO

W

hat,

are

you

read

y, B

alth

azar

? Br

ing

a ch

air a

nd a

cus

hion

for t

he k

ing.

Exit

CAST

ILE

Enter

BAL

THAZ

AR w

ith a

chai

r W

ell d

one,

Bal

thaz

ar; h

ang

up th

e tit

le.

Our

scen

e is

Rhod

es-

wha

t, is

you

r be

ard

on?

ZALT

HAZ

AR

Hal

f on,

the

othe

r is i

n m

y ha

nd.

HIE

RONI

MO

D

espa

tch

for s

ham

e, a

re y

ou s

o lo

ng?

20

- -

Exit

BALT

HAZ

AR

'Bet

hink

thys

elf,

Hie

roni

mo,

Re

call

thy

wits

, rec

ompt

thy

form

er w

rong

s Th

ou h

ast r

ecei

ved

by m

urde

r of

thy

son;

A

nd la

stly,

not

leas

t, ho

w Is

abel

, 7

argu

men

t plo

t, na

rrat

ive

20 D

espa

tch

hurr

y 22

rec

ompt

cal

l to

mem

onr

12-1

3 It

wou

ld s

eem

nat

ural

to

use

the

uppe

r st

age

for

the

Kin

g an

d co

urtie

rs w

atch

ing

the

play

; su

bseq

uent

act

ion

show

s, ho

wev

er,

that

al

l the

act

ors

rem

aine

d on

the

mai

n st

age.

The

'gal

lery

' m

ust

refe

r to

th

e 'h

all'

or 'lo

ng g

alle

ry' o

f a la

rge

Eliz

abet

han

hous

e. 'T

hrow

dow

n' is

ex

plai

ned

by E

dwar

ds as

'thr

ow th

e ke

y do

wn

[on

the

floor

] for

me.'

17

-18

title

. . .

scen

e T

here

is

som

e ev

iden

ce t

hat

Eliz

abet

han

thea

tres

used

bot

h tit

le-b

oard

s and

loca

lity-

labe

ls to

giv

e au

dien

ces i

nfor

mat

ion

they

mig

ht o

ther

wis

e m

iss.

18-1

9 be

ard . .

. Hal

f on

Kyd

del

iber

atel

y, a

nd w

ith s

ome

fines

se, m

akes

th

e pl

ay-o

ccas

ion

as a

uthe

ntic

as

poss

ible

, and

so

prov

ides

the

grea

test

de

gree

of

cont

rast

bet

wee

n th

e su

rfac

e no

rmal

ity a

nd t

he h

orro

r to

co

me:

an

inte

nsifi

catio

n of

the

pla

y's

cont

inui

ng ir

ony.

Page 64: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

114

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

CT

IV

Onc

e hi

s m

othe

r an

d th

y de

ares

t wife

, 25

Al

l woe

-beg

one

for h

im, h

ath

slai

n he

rsel

f. Be

hove

s the

e th

en, H

iero

nim

o, to

be

reve

nged

. T

he p

lot i

s la

id o

f dir

e re

veng

e:

On

then

, Hie

roni

mo,

pur

sue

reve

nge,

Fo

r no

thin

g w

ants

but

act

ing

of re

veng

e.

3 0

Exit

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Act

IV, Se

ene

iv

Ente

r SP

AN

ISH

KIN

G,

VIC

ERO

Y,

the

DU

KE

OF

CA

STIL

E, a

nd t

heir

train

K

ING

N

ow, V

icer

oy, s

hall

we

see

the

trag

edy

Of S

olim

an th

e Tur

kish

em

pero

r, Pe

rfor

med

of p

leasu

re b

y yo

ur s

on th

e pr

ince

, M

y ne

phew

Don

Lor

enzo

, and

my

niec

e.

VIC

ERO

Y W

ho, B

el-im

peri

a?

KIN

G

Ay,

and

Hie

roni

mo,

our

mar

shal

, At

who

se r

eque

st th

ey d

eign

to d

o't t

hem

selv

es:

Thes

e be

our

pas

times

in th

e co

urt o

f Spa

in.

Her

e, b

roth

er, y

ou s

hall

be th

e bo

ok-k

eepe

r:

This

is th

e ar

gum

ent o

f tha

t the

y sh

ow.

10

He

give

th h

im a

boo

k

Gen

tlem

en, t

his

play

of

Hie

roni

mo,

in s

undr

y la

ngua

ges,

was

thou

ght g

ood

to b

e se

t do

wn in

Eng

lish

more

lar

gely

, for

, the

easie

r un

ders

tand

ing

to e

very

pub

lic re

ader

.

Ente

r BA

LTH

AZAR

., BE

L-IM

PER

IA,

and

HIE

RO

NIM

O

BALT

HAZ

AR

Bash

aw, t

hat R

hode

s is o

urs,

yield

hea

vens

the

hono

ur,

And

holy

Mah

omet

, our

sac

red

prop

het;

And

be t

hou

grac

ed w

ith e

very

exc

ellen

ce

That

Sol

iman

can

give

, or

thou

des

ire.

i3ut

thy

dese

rt in

conq

uerin

g Rh

odes

is le

ss 15

3

of pl

easu

re a

t th

eir

plea

sure

9

book

-kee

per

in t

he E

lizab

etha

n th

eatr

e re

ferr

ing

to t

he b

ook-

ho

lder

and

pro

mpt

er

1Q s.

d. S

ee I

V, i

, 172

ff. a

nd n

ote.

SCEN

E IV

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

Than

in re

serv

ing

this

fair

Chris

tian

nym

ph,

Pers

eda,

bliss

ful l

amp

of ex

celle

nce,

Who

se ey

es c

ompe

l, lik

e po

werfu

l ada

man

t, Th

e wa

rlike

hea

rt of

Solim

an to

wai

t. K

ING

Se

e, V

icer

oy, t

hat i

s Ba

lthaz

ar, y

our

son,

Th

at r

epre

sent

s the

em

pero

r So

liman

: H

ow w

ell h

e ac

ts hi

s am

orou

s pa

ssio

n.

VIC

ERO

Y Ay

, Bel

-impe

ria h

ath

taug

ht h

im th

at.

CAS

TILE

Th

at's

bec

ause

his

min

d ru

ns a

ll on

Bel

-impe

ria.

H

IERO

NIM

O

Wha

teve

r joy

ear

th yi

elds

betid

e yo

ur m

ajes

ty.

BALT

HAZ

AR

Eart

h yi

elds

no

joy w

ithou

t Per

seda

's lo

ve.

HIE

RON

IMO

Le

t the

n Pe

rsed

a on

you

r gra

ce a

ttend

. BA

LTH

AZAR

Sh

e sh

all n

ot w

ait o

n m

e, b

ut I

on

her:

D

rawn

by

the

influ

ence

of h

er li

ghts,

I yi

eld.

Bu

t let

myf

iiend

, the

Rho

dian

kni

ght,

come

for

th,

Eras

to, d

eare

r th

an m

y lif

e to

me,

That

he

may

see

Pers

eda,

my

belo

ved.

, En

ter [

LORE

NZO

as]

ERAS

TO

KIN

G

Her

e co

mes

Lor

enzo

; loo

k up

on th

e pl

ot,

And

tell

me,

bro

ther

, wha

t pa

rt pl

ays h

e?

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Ah,

my

Eras

to, w

elcor

ne to

Per

seda

. LO

REN

ZO

Thric

e ha

ppy

is Er

asto

that

thou

liv's

t- Rh

odes

' los

s is n

othi

ng to

Era

sto's

joy;

Si

th h

is Pe

rsed

a liv

es, h

is lif

e su

rviv

es.

16 r

eser

ving

pres

ervi

ng, p

rote

ctin

g 18

ada

man

t the

load

ston

e (w

hich

had

mag

netic

pro

pert

ies)

19

wai

t att

end

on h

er

29 l

ight

s ey

es

33 p

lot s

ynop

sis a

nd c

ast-

list

37 t

o co

mpa

red

to

20-4

Kyd

take

s som

e pa

ins

to s

ee th

at t

he a

udie

nce

is aw

are

of t

he p

aral

lels

betw

een

the

acto

r an

d hi

s as

sum

ed p

art.

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116

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

BALT

HAZ

AR

Ah, b

asha

w, he

re is

love

betw

een

Eras

to

And

fair

Pers

eda,

sove

reig

n of

my

soul

. H

IERO

NIM

O

Rem

ove

Eras

to, m

ight

y So

liman

, An

d th

en P

erse

da w

ill b

e qu

ickl

y wo

n.

BALT

HAZ

AR

Eras

to is

my

frien

d, a

nd w

hile

he li

ves

Pers

eda

neve

r wi

ll re

mov

e he

r lo

ve.

HIE

RONI

MO

Le

t not

Era

sto li

ve to

grie

ve g

reat

Sol

iman

. BA

LTH

AZAR

De

ar is

Era

sto in

our

prin

cely

eye.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

But i

f he

be yo

ur r

ival

, let

him

die

. BA

LTHA

ZAR

Why

, let

him

die

: so

love

com

man

deth

me.

Yet g

rieve

I th

at E

rasto

shou

ld so

die.

HIE

RONI

MO

Er

asto

, Sol

iman

salu

teth

thee

, 5 0

And

lets

thee

wit

by m

e hi

s hig

hnes

s' w

ill,

Whi

ch is

, tho

u sh

ould

st be

thu

s em

ploy

ed.

Stab

him

BE

L-IM

PERI

A A

y m

e, Er

asto

! se

e, So

liman

, Era

sto's

slain

! BA

LTH

AZAR

Ye

t liv

eth

Solim

an to

com

fort

thee

. Fa

ir qu

een

of be

auty

, let

not f

avou

r di

e, 55

Bu

t with

a g

racio

us e

ye b

ehold

his

grie

f, Th

at w

ith P

erse

da's

beau

ty is

incr

ease

d,

If by

Per

seda

his

grief

be

not r

eleas

ed.

BEL-

IMPE

RIA

Tyra

nt, d

esist

sol

icitin

g va

in s

uits;

Re

lentle

ss a

re m

ine

ears

to th

y la

men

ts,

6 0

As th

y bu

tcher

is p

itiles

s and

bas

e, W

hich

seize

d on

my

Eras

to, h

arm

less k

nigh

t. Ye

t by

thy

powe

r th

ou th

inke

st to

com

man

d,

And

to th

y po

wer

Pers

eda

doth

obe

y:

But w

ere

she

able,

thus

she

woul

d re

veng

e 6 5

52 Ay

me,

ed.

(beg

ins 1

.53 in

159

2)

55 f

avou

r i.e

. you

r lo

ve

58 P

erse

da h

is ed

. (Pe

rsed

aes 1

592)

'his'

mus

t be

hea

vily

elid

ed, a

s th

e 15

92 sp

ellin

g in

dica

tes

SCE

NE

IV

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GE

DY

11

7 Th

y tre

ache

ries o

n th

ee, i

gnob

le pr

ince

: St

ab h

im

And

on h

erse

lf sh

e wo

uld

be th

us re

veng

ed

Stab

her

self

KIN

G

Wel

l sai

d, ol

d m

arsh

al, t

his

was

brav

ely

done

! H

IERO

NIM

O

But B

el-im

peria

pla

ys P

erse

da w

ell.

VICE

ROY

Wer

e th

is in

ear

nest

, Bel

-impe

ria,

7 0

You

woul

d be

bet

ter

to m

y so

n th

an so

. K

ING

Bu

t now

wha

t fo

llow

s for

Hie

roni

mo?

H

IERO

NIM

O

Mar

ry, t

his

follo

ws f

or H

iero

nim

o :

Her

e br

eak

we

off o

ur s

undr

y la

ngua

ges

And

thus

con

clud

e I i

n ou

r vu

lgar

tong

ue.

Hap

ly y

ou th

ink,

but

boo

tless

are

you

r tho

ught

s,

That

this

is f

abul

ousl

y cou

nter

feit,

An

d th

at w

e do

as

all tr

aged

ians

do:

T

o di

e to

day,

for f

ashi

onin

g our

sce

ne,

The

dea

th o

f Aja

x, o

r so

me

Rom

an p

eer,

And

in a

min

ute

starti

ng u

p ag

ain,

Re

vive

to p

lease

to-m

orro

w's

audi

ence

. N

o, p

rince

s; kn

ow I

am H

iero

nim

o,

The

hope

less

fath

er o

f a h

aple

ss s

on,

Who

se to

ngue

is tu

ned

to te

ll hi

s lat

est t

ale,

8 5

N

ot to

exc

use

gros

s err

ors i

n th

e pl

ay.

I see

you

r lo

oks u

rge

inst

ance

of t

hese

wor

ds;

Beho

ld t

he re

ason

urg

ing

me

to th

is:

Show

s his

dead

son

Se

e he

re m

y sh

ow, l

ook

on th

is sp

ecta

cle.

75 v

ulga

r to

ngue

the

vern

acul

ar, o

ur e

very

day

spee

ch

76 H

aply

per

haps

76

boo

tless

una

vaili

ng

77 f

abul

ously

cou

nter

feit

acte

d in

fict

ion

only

79

for

. . . s

cene

ed.

(for

(fas

hion

ing

our

scen

e) 1

592)

ena

ctin

g ou

r pl

ay

85 l

ates

t las

t 87

ins

tanc

e ex

plan

atio

n, w

hat l

ies b

ehin

d (th

ese

wor

ds)

89 s

how

tabl

eau,

spec

tacl

e 68

Wel

l sa

id T

he K

ing

refe

rs t

o H

iero

nim

o's

succ

ess

in c

ompo

sing

the

piec

e: 'W

ell d

one'

. 76

-86

The

fict

ion-

fact

rel

atio

nshi

p, s

tate

d ve

ry s

impl

y he

re b

y K

yd,

beca

me

a to

pic

for

muc

h m

ore

subt

le e

xplo

ratio

n by

Sha

kesp

eare

and

la

ter

Eliza

beth

an d

ram

atist

s.

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118

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

CT

IV

Her

e la

y m

y ho

pe, a

nd h

ere

my

hope

hat

h en

d;

90

Her

e la

y m

y he

art,

and

here

my

hear

t was

slai

n;

Her

e la

y m

y tre

asur

e, h

ere

my

treas

ure

lost

; H

ere

lay

my

bliss

, and

her

e m

y bl

iss b

eref

t; B

ut h

ope,

hea

rt, tr

easu

re, j

oy, a

nd b

liss,

All

fled,

faile

d, d

ied,

yea

, all

deca

yed

with

this

. 95

Fr

om fo

rth th

ese

wou

nds

cam

e br

eath

that

gav

e m

e lif

e;

They

mur

dere

d m

e th

at m

ade

thes

e fa

tal m

arks

. T

he ca

use

was

love

, whe

nce

grew

this

mor

tal h

ate

The

hat

e, L

oren

zo a

nd y

oung

Bal

thaz

ar,

The

love

, my

son

to B

el-im

peria

. 10

0 B

ut n

ight

, the

cov

erer

of a

ccur

sed

crim

es,

With

pitc

hy s

ilenc

e hu

shed

thes

e tra

itors

' har

ms

And

lent

them

leav

e, fo

r the

y ha

d so

rted

leisu

re

To

take

adv

anta

ge in

my

gard

en-p

lot

Upo

n m

y so

n, m

y de

ar H

orat

io:

105

Ther

e m

erci

less

they

but

cher

ed u

p m

y bo

y,

In b

lack

dar

k ni

ght,

to p

ale

dim

cru

el d

eath

. H

e sh

rieks

, I h

eard

, and

yet

met

hink

s I h

ear,

His

dism

al o

utcr

y ec

ho in

the

air.

With

soon

est s

peed

I h

aste

d to

the

noise

, 11

0 W

here

han

ging

on

a tre

e I

foun

d m

y so

n,

Thro

ugh -

girt

with

wou

nds,

and

slaug

hter

ed a

s yo

u se

e.

And

grie

ved

I, th

ink

you,

at t

his s

pect

acle

? Sp

eak,

Por

tugu

ese,

who

se lo

ss re

sem

bles

min

e :

If th

ou c

anst

wee

p up

on th

y Ba

lthaz

ar,

115

'Tis

like

I w

aile

d fo

r my

Hor

atio

. A

nd y

ou, m

y lo

rd, w

hose

reco

ncile

d so

n M

arch

ed in

a n

et, a

nd th

ough

t him

self

unse

en,

And

rat

ed m

e fo

r br

ains

ick

luna

cy,

With

'God

am

end

that

mad

Hier

onim

o!'--

120

How

can

you

bro

ok o

ur p

lay's

cat

astro

phe?

A

nd h

ere

beho

ld th

is b

lood

y ha

ndke

rche

r, W

hich

at H

orat

io's

deat

h I

wee

ping

dip

ped

102

ha

m th

eir

mal

icio

us a

ctio

ns

103

sorte

d so

ught

out

11

2 Th

roug

h-gi

rt pi

erce

d th

roug

h 11

8 M

arch

ed in

a ne

t kep

t him

self

conc

eale

d, p

ract

ised

dece

it; a

pro

- ve

rbia

l phr

ase

119

rate

d be

rate

d

96 F

rom

fort

h . . .

life i

.e. m

y lif

e-br

eath

left

me

whe

n th

ese

wou

nds

wer

e m

ade

in m

y so

n's

body

. 11

7 re

conc

iled

pres

umab

ly to

Hie

roni

mo

(see

111

, xiv

, 130

-64)

. 11

9 -20

Com

pare

Lor

enzo

's ad

vice

to

the

Kin

g at

111

, xii,

85-

9 an

d 96

-8.

SCENE I

V]

TH

E' S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

W

ithin

the

river

of

his

blee

ding

wou

nds:

It

as p

ropi

tious

, see

I ha

ve re

serv

ed,

And

nev

er h

ath

it le

ft m

y bl

oody

hea

rt,

Solic

iting

rem

embr

ance

of

my

vow

W

ith th

ese,

0 th

ese

accu

rsed

mur

dere

rs:

Whi

ch n

ow p

erfo

rmed

, my

hear

t is s

atisf

ied.

A

nd to

this

end

the

bash

aw I

bec

ame

That

mig

ht r

even

ge m

e on

Lor

enzo

's lif

e,

Who

ther

efor

e w

as a

ppoi

nted

to th

e pa

rt,

And

was

to r

epre

sent

the

knig

ht o

f Rh

odes

, Th

at I

mig

ht k

ill h

im m

ore

conv

enie

ntly

. So

, Vic

eroy

, was

this

Bal

thaz

ar, t

hy so

n-

That

Sol

iman

whi

ch B

el-im

peria

In

per

son

of P

erse

da m

urde

red-

So

lely

app

oint

ed t

o th

at tr

agic

par

t Th

at sh

e m

ight

slay

him

that

offe

nded

her

. Po

or B

el-im

peria

miss

ed h

er p

art i

n th

is:

For t

houg

h th

e st

ory

saith

she

shou

ld h

ave

died

, Y

et I

of k

indn

ess,

and

of ca

re to

her

, D

id o

ther

wise

det

erm

ine

of h

er e

nd;

But l

ove

of h

im w

hom

they

did

hat

e to

o m

uch

Did

urg

e he

r re

solu

tion

to b

e su

ch.

And

prin

ces,

now

beh

old

Hie

roni

mo,

A

utho

r an

d ac

tor i

n th

is tr

aged

y,

Bear

ing

his

late

st fo

rtune

in h

is fis

t: A

nd w

ill a

s re

solu

te c

oncl

ude

his

part

As

any

of th

e ac

tors

gon

e be

fore

. 15

0 A

nd, g

entle

s, th

us I

end

my

play

: U

rge

no m

ore

wor

ds; I

hav

e no

mor

e to

say.

H

e ru

ns to

han

g hi

mself

K

ING

0

hea

rken

, Vic

eroy

! Hol

d, H

iero

nim

o !

Brot

her,

my

neph

ew a

nd th

y so

n ar

e sl

ain!

125

prop

itiou

s of

goo

d om

en; a

toke

n pr

ompt

ing

to d

ue r

even

ge

140

miss

ed h

er p

art s

tray

ed fr

om h

er a

ssig

ned

part

15

3 H

old,

Hier

onin

no! e

d. (

hold

e H

iero

nim

o, 1

592)

wai

t, H

iero

nim

o;

'hol

d' in

159

2 m

ight

mea

n 'a

rres

t'

130-

52 T

his

may

be

over

-exp

licit;

but

aud

ienc

es a

re n

otor

ious

ly s

low

at

regi

ster

ing

the

actio

n of

pla

ys, e

spec

ially

whe

n th

ey h

ave m

ore

than

one

gr

oup

of a

ctor

s to

wat

ch, a

s is

the

case

with

Hie

roni

mo'

s pl

ayle

t an

d its

aud

ienc

e.

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1 20

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[ACT

IV

VICE

ROY

We

are

betra

yed!

my

Balth

azar

is

-. sla

in!

Brea

k op

e th

e do

ors,

run,

save

Hie

roni

mo.

[T

hey b

reak

in, a

nd h

old H

IER

ON

IMO

] H

iero

nim

o, d

o bu

t inf

orm

the k

ing

of t

hese

eve

nts;

U

pon

min

e ho

nour

thou

sha

lt ha

ve n

o ha

rm.

HIE

RONI

MO

V

icer

ov. I

will

not

trus

t the

e w

ith m

y lif

e,

whi

chdl

this

day

hav

e of

fere

d to

my

son.

A

ccur

sed

wre

tch,

W

hy s

taye

st th

ou h

im th

at w

as re

solv

ed to

die

? K

ING

Sp

eak,

trai

tor;

dam

ned,

blo

ody

mur

dere

r, sp

eak!

Fo

r no

w I

hav

e th

ee I

will

mak

e th

ee sp

eak-

W

hy h

ast t

hou

done

this

und

eser

ving

dee

d?

165

VICE

ROY

Why

has

t tho

u m

urde

red

my

Balth

azar

? CA

STIL

E W

hy h

ast t

hou

butc

here

d bo

th m

y ch

ildre

n th

us?

HIE

RONI

MO

0

, goo

d w

ords

! A

s de

ar to

me

was

my

Hor

atio

,

, ,

' A

s you

rs, o

r you

rs, o

r you

rs, m

y lo

rd, t

o yo

u.

170

1 M

y gu

iltle

ss so

n w

as b

y Lo

renz

o sla

in,

r A

nd b

y Lo

renz

o an

d th

at B

alth

azar

16

1 A

ccur

sed

wre

tch,

ed.

(be

gins

1.1

62 in

159

2)

168 0. go

od w

ords

ed,

(beg

ins 1

.169

in 1

592)

17

2 b$

i.e. b

y th

e de

aths

of

156

The

doo

rs h

ave

been

loc

ked

by C

astil

e, a

s H

iero

nim

o re

ques

ted

(IV

, iii

, 12-

13).

The

atte

ndan

ts 'b

reak

in'

fro

m o

ff-s

tage

and

gua

rd

Hie

roni

mo.

-7

and

179

-82

Edw

ards

fin

ds t

he q

uest

ions

at

thes

e po

ints

an

'extra

- or

dina

ry in

cons

iste

ncy'

, si

nce

Hie

roni

mo

has

alre

ady

,'tol

d [th

e ki

nd

ever

ythi

ng'.

He

acco

unts

for

the

inc

onsi

sten

cy b

y su

ppos

ing

(with

Sc

hiic

king

) th

at I

V,

iv,

153-

201

repr

esen

ts '

an

alte

rnat

ive

endi

ng

to t

he p

lay'

, re

plac

ing

Hie

roni

mo'

s lo

ng s

peec

h (1

1.73-

152)

' an

d re

quir

ing

ther

efor

e th

e br

ief

expl

anat

ion

at 1

1.169

ff.

Edw

ards

mak

es

out a

goo

d ca

se, b

ut th

e in

cons

iste

ncy

may

be

less

gla

ring than a

t firs

t ap

pear

s, fo

r at

1.1

79 t

he K

ing

is as

king

Hie

roni

mo

to d

iscu

ss h

is c

on-

fede

rate

s (B

el-im

peria

prin

cipa

lly),

whi

ch h

e ha

s no

t ye

t do

ne

in

deta

il; H

iero

nim

o re

fuse

s to

bre

ak th

e vo

w h

e sw

ore

to B

el-im

peria

at

IV, i

, 42-

5 (s

ee 1

1.187-8

). T

he K

ing'

s ea

rlier

que

stio

ning

, and

tha

t of

th

e V

icer

oy a

nd C

astil

e, m

ight

be

expl

aine

d as

the

res

ult

of g

rief-

st

ricke

n be

wild

erm

ent

and

not m

ere

redu

ndan

cy;

they

hav

e no

t tak

en

in w

hat H

iero

nim

o ha

s sai

d.

SCEN

E IV

] T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

Am I

at l

ast r

even

ged

thor

ough

ly,

Upo

n w

hose

soul

s may

hea

vens

be

yet a

veng

ed

With

gre

ater

far t

han

thes

e af

flict

ions

. CA

STIL

E Bu

t who

wer

e th

y co

nfed

erat

es in

this

? VI

CERO

Y Th

at w

as th

y da

ught

er B

el-im

peria

; Fo

r by

her

han

d m

y Ba

lthaz

ar w

as sl

ain:

I s

aw h

er st

ab h

im.

KIN

G

Why

spe

ak'st

thou

not

? H

IERO

NIM

O

Wha

t les

ser l

iber

ty c

an k

ings

affo

rd

Than

har

mle

ss si

lenc

e? th

en a

fford

it m

e:

Suffi

ceth

I m

ay n

ot, n

or I

will

not

tell

thee

. K

ING

Fe

tch

forth

the

tortu

res.

Trai

tor a

s th

ou a

rt, I

'll m

ake

thee

tell.

H

IERO

NIM

O

Inde

ed,

Thou

may

'st to

rmen

t me,

as

his

wre

tche

d so

n H

ath

done

in m

urde

ring

my

Hor

atio

, Bu

t nev

er s

halt

thou

forc

e m

e to

reve

al

The

thin

g w

hich

I ha

ve v

owed

invi

olat

e.

And

ther

efor

e in

des

pite

of a

ll th

y th

reat

s, Pl

ease

d w

ith th

eir

deat

hs, a

nd e

ased

with

thei

r re

veng

e,

190

Firs

t tak

e m

y to

ngue

, and

afte

rwar

ds m

y he

art.

KIN

G

[Hib

ites o

ut h

is to

ngue

]

0 m

onstr

ous

reso

lutio

n of

a w

retc

h!

See,

Vic

eroy

, he

hath

bitt

en fo

rth h

is to

ngue

R

athe

r tha

n to

reve

al w

hat w

e re

quire

d.

CAST

ILE

Yet

can

he

writ

e.

KIN

G

And

if i

n th

is h

e sa

tisfy

us

not,

184

Inde

ed e

d. (b

egin

s 1.1

85 in

159

2)

191

s.d.

Bar

ish

(p. 8

2) t

hink

s th

is a

ctio

n 'b

etra

ys t

he f

inal

des

pair

at t

he

usel

essn

ess

of

talk

, th

e be

serk

res

olve

to

have

don

e w

ith l

angu

age

fore

ver.'

Joh

nson

(p.

34)

say

s it

'serv

es t

o id

entif

y H

iero

nim

o as

ad -

m

irabl

y st

oic'

sinc

e hi

s ac

tion

imita

tes

Zeno

of

Elea

, the

fam

ous

Stoi

c,

who

und

er t

ortu

re 'b

it of

f hi

s ow

n to

ngue

, and

spa

t it

out

in t

he t

or-

men

tors

' fac

e' (q

uotin

g Will

iam

Bal

dwin

's Tr

eatis

e of

Mor

al1 P

hilo

soph

ie,

9th

ed.,

1579

).

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122

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

CT

IV

We

will

dev

ise th

'extre

mes

t ki

nd o

f de

ath

Tha

t eve

r was

inve

nted

for a

wre

tch.

Th

en h

e mak

es signs

far a

kni

fe to

men

d hi

s pen

CA

STIL

E 0

, he

wou

ld h

ave

a kn

ife to

men

d hi

s pe

n.

VICE

ROY

Her

e; a

nd a

dvise

thee

that

thou

writ

e th

e tro

th.

200

KIN

G

Look

to m

y br

othe

r l sa

ve H

iero

nim

o!

He

&th

a kn

ife st

abs t

he D

UKE

and

him

self

Wha

t age

hat

h ev

er h

eard

suc

h m

onst

rous

dee

ds?

My

brot

her,

and

the

who

le su

ccee

ding

hop

e Th

at S

pain

exp

ecte

d af

ter m

y de

ceas

e!

Go

bear

his

bod

y he

nce,,

that

we

may

mou

rn

205

The

loss

of o

ur b

elov

ed b

roth

er's

deat

h;

Tha

t he

may

be

ento

mbe

d, w

hate

'er b

efal

l: I

am th

e ne

xt, t

he n

eare

st, la

st of

all.

VI

CERO

Y A

nd th

ou, D

on P

edro

, do

the

like

for u

s;

Take

up

our h

aple

ss so

n, u

ntim

ely

slai

n:

21 0

Set m

e w

ith h

im, a

rd h

e w

ith w

oefu

l me,

Upo

n th

e m

ain -

mas

t of

a sh

ip u

nman

ned,

A

nd le

t the

win

d an

d tid

e ha

ul m

e al

ong

To

Scyl

la's

bark

ing

and

unta

med

gulf,

Or

to th

e lo

aths

ome

pool

of

Ach

eron

, 21

5 T

o w

eep

my

wan

t for

my

swee

t Wha

zar:

Sp

ain

hath

no

refu

ge fo

r a P

ortin

gale

. Th

e tru

mpe

ts so

und

a de

ad m

arch

, the

KIN

G o

f SP

AIN

mou

rnin

g af

ter h

is br

other

's bo

dy, a

nd th

e VI

CERO

Y of

PORT

ING

ALE

bear

ing

the

body

of h

is so

n

200

advi

se th

ee b

e ad

vise

d, ta

ke c

are

201

s.p.

KIN

G e

d. (

not i

n 15

92)

213

haul

dri

ve; h

ale;

pos

sibl

y, su

gges

ts E

dwar

ds, a

wor

d w

ith n

autic

al

asso

ciat

ions

for

Kyd

21

4 gu

lf ed

. (gr

eefe

159

2)

215

Ache

ron

see

I, i,

19

and

note

21

6 m

y wa

nt fo

r my

loss

of

217

s.d. V

ICER

OY

OF

POR

TIN

GA

LE e

d. (

Kin

g of

Porti

ngal

e 15

92)

202-

4 Pa

triot

ic f

eelin

gs m

ay b

e in

volv

ed h

ere:

Eng

lish

audi

ence

s w

ould

be

delig

hted

by

Spai

n's

disc

omfit

ure.

21

4 Sc

ylla

's . . .

gulf

Scyl

la w

as o

ne o

f a p

air

of d

ange

rous

rock

s (t

he o

ther

w

as C

hary

bdis

) be

twee

n Ita

ly a

nd S

icily

; Jo

seph

say

s th

at H

omer

re

fers

to

Scyl

la,

the

godd

ess

of t

he r

ock,

as

'bar

king

', w

hile

lat

er

writ

ers

desc

ribed

her

as

acco

mpa

nied

by

bark

ing

dogs

.

SCEN

E V]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

Act

IV, S

cene

v

Ghos

t [o

f AND

REA

] an

d RE

VEN

GE

ANDR

EA

Ay,

now

my

hope

s hav

e en

d in

thei

r effe

cts,

Whe

n bl

ood

and

sorro

w fi

nish

my

desi

res:

H

orat

io m

urde

red

in h

is fa

ther

's bo

wer

, V

ild S

erbe

rine

by P

edrin

gano

slai

n,

Fals

e Pe

drin

gano

han

ged

by q

uain

t dev

ice,

Fair

Isab

ella

by

hers

elf m

isdon

e,

Prin

ce B

alth

azar

by

Elel

-impe

ria st

abbe

d,

The

Duk

e of

Cas

tile a

nd h

is w

icked

son

Bo

th d

one

to d

eath

by

old

Hie

roni

mo,

M

y %

el-im

peria

falle

n as

Did

o fe

ll,

And

goo

d H

iero

nim

o sla

in b

y hi

mse

lf:

Ay,

thes

e w

ere

spec

tacl

es to

ple

ase

my

soul

. N

ow w

ill I

beg

at lo

vely

Pro

serp

ine,

Th

at, b

y th

e vi

rtue

of h

er p

rince

ly d

oom

, I

may

con

sort

my

frie

nds i

n pl

easin

g so

rt,

And

on

my

foes

wor

k ju

st a

nd sh

arp

reve

nge.

.I'll

lead

my

frie

nd H

orat

io th

roug

h th

ose

field

s W

here

nev

er-d

ying

war

s are

still

inur

ed;

I'll l

ead

fair

Isab

ella

to th

at tr

ain

Whe

re p

ity w

eeps

but

nev

er fe

elet

h pa

in:

I'll l

ead

my

Bel-i

mpe

ria to

thos

e jo

ys

That

ves

tal v

irgin

s and

fair

quee

ns p

osse

ss;

I'll

lead

Hie

roni

mo

whe

re O

rphe

us p

lays

,

1 s.p

. A

ND

REA

ed.

(G

hoas

t. 15

92 th

roug

hout

this

scen

e)

1 s.

d. G

host

ed. (

Ente

r Gho

ast 1

592)

4

Vjld

vile

5

quai

nt c

unni

ng

6 kd

one

slai

n 14

doo

m ju

dgm

ent

15 c

onso

rt ac

com

pany

, tre

at

18 i

nure

d ca

rrie

d on

19

tra

in c

ompa

ny

22 v

esta

l vi

rgin

s vi

rgin

s co

nsec

rate

d to

the

Rom

an g

odde

ss V

esta

, an

d vo

wed

to c

hast

ity

23 O

rphe

us se

e 11

1, x

iii, 1

17 a

nd n

ote

1-2

Com

pare

Rev

enge

at

11, v

i, 7-

8. 10

as

Did

o fe

ll V

ergi

l (A

enei

d IV

) re

cord

s th

at D

ido

kille

d he

rsel

f af

ter

Aen

eas's

de

part

ure

from

Car

thag

e. T

he l

egen

d V

ergi

l ad

apte

d al

so

spea

ks o

f D

ido

as a

sui

cide

, ki

lling

her

self

to a

void

mar

riage

with

Ia

rbas

.

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124

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[.4

c~

IV, SC

ENE V]

Add

ing

swee

t ple

asur

e to

ete

rnal

day

s. Bu

t say

, Rev

enge

, for

thou

mus

t hel

p, o

r no

ne,

2 5

Aga

inst

the

rest

how

sha

ll m

y ha

te b

e sh

own?

RE

VEN

GE

This

han

d sh

all h

ale

them

dow

n to

dee

pest

hell,

W

here

non

e bu

t Fur

ies,

bug

s an

d to

rture

s dw

ell.

AN

DRE

A

Then

, sw

eet R

even

ge, d

o th

is a

t my

requ

est;

Let m

e be

judg

e, a

nd d

oom

them

to u

nres

t: Le

t loo

se p

oor T

ityus

from

the

vultu

re's

grip

e,

And

let D

on C

ypria

n su

pply

his

room

; Pl

ace

Don

Lor

enzo

on

Ixio

n's

whe

el,

And

let t

he lo

ver's

end

less

pai

ns su

rcea

se-

Juno

for g

ets o

ld w

rath

, and

gra

nts

him

eas

e;

Han

g Ba

lthaz

ar a

bout

Chi

mae

ra's

neck

, A

nd le

t him

ther

e be

wai

l his

bloo

dy lo

ve,

Repi

ning

at o

ur jo

ys th

at a

re a

bove

; Le

t Ser

berin

e go

rol

l the

fata

l sto

ne,

And

take

from

Sis

yphu

s hi

s en

dles

s m

oan;

40

Fa

lse P

edrin

gano

for

his

treac

hery

, Le

t him

be

drag

ged

thro

ugh

boili

ng A

cher

on,

And

ther

e liv

e, d

ying

stil

l in

endl

ess

flam

es,

Blas

phem

ing

gods

and

all

thei

r ho

ly n

ames

. RE

VEN

GE

The

n ha

ste w

e do

wn

to m

eet t

hy fr

iend

s an

d fo

es:

, T

o pl

ace

thy

frie

nds

in e

ase,

the

rest

in w

oes.

For

here

, tho

ugh

deat

h ha

th e

nd th

eir

mise

ry,

1 I'l

l the

re b

egin

thei

r en

dles

s tra

gedy

. Ex

eunt

28 b

ugs

bugb

ears

, hor

rors

32

sup

ply

his

room

take

his

pla

ce

34 t

he lo

ver

Ixio

n, w

ho h

ad t

ried

to se

duce

Jun

o 34

sur

ceas

e ce

ase

36 C

him

aera

a f

ire-b

reat

hing

mon

ster

of

Gre

ek m

ytho

logy

, w

ith

head

of a

lion

, bod

y of

a g

oat,

tail

of a

dra

gon

40 S

isyph

us a

lege

ndar

y ki

ng o

f C

rete

, con

dem

ned

for

his

mis

deed

s to

roll

a lar

ge s

tone

ete

rnal

ly u

phill

in th

e un

derw

orld

43

stil

l con

tinua

lly, f

or e

ver

47 e

nd e

nded

32 D

on C

ypri

an t

he

Duk

e of

C

astil

e;

he

had

frow

ned

on

And

rea's

re

latio

nshi

p w

ith B

el-i

mpe

ria (s

ee 1

1, i,

45-8

).

AD

DIT

ION

S]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

12

5

Scen

es a

dded

to

THE

SPA

NIS

H TRAGEDY

in th

e ed

ition

of 1

602

Firs

t Add

ition

, betw

een 1

1, v

, 45

and

46. (

p. 4

5)

[For

out

rage

fits

our c

urse

d w

retc

hedn

ess.]

A

y m

e, H

iero

nim

o, s

wee

t hus

band

spea

k.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

He

supp

ed w

ith u

s to

nigh

t, fro

lic a

nd m

erry

, A

nd s

aid

he w

ould

go

visit

Bal

thaz

ar

At t

he d

uke's

pal

ace:

ther

e th

e pr

ince

dot

h lo

dge.

H

e ha

d no

cus

tom

to st

ay o

ut so

late

, H

e m

ay b

e in

his

cha

mbe

r; so

me

go se

e.

Rode

rigo,

ho !

En

ter P

EDRO

and

JAQ

UES

ISA

BELL

A

Ay

me,

he

rave

s. Sw

eet H

iero

nim

o !

HIE

RO

NIM

O

True

, all

Spai

n ta

kes

note

of

it.

Besid

es, h

e is

so g

ener

ally

bel

oved

10

His

maj

esty

the

othe

r day

did

gra

ce h

im

With

wai

ting

on h

is c

up: t

hese

be

favo

urs

Whi

ch d

o as

sure

he

cann

ot b

e sh

ort-

lived

. IS

ABE

LLA

Sw

eet H

iero

nim

o !

HIE

RO

NIM

O

I w

onde

r how

this

fello

w g

ot h

is cl

othe

s?

15

Sirr

ah, s

irrah

, I'll

kno

w th

e tr

uth

of a

ll:

Jaqu

es, r

un to

the

Duk

e of

Cas

tile's

pre

sent

ly,

And

bid

my

son

Hor

atio

to c

ome

hom

e:

I an

d hi

s m

othe

r ha

ve h

ad st

rang

e dr

eam

s ton

ight

. D

o yo

u he

ar m

e, s

ir?

JAQU

Es

Ay,

sir.

2 fr

olic

frol

icso

me,

gay

7

Rode

rigo,

ho!

(end

s L6

in 1

602)

10

gen

eral

ly b

y ev

eryo

ne

13 a

ssur

e en

sure

, pro

ve

13 h

e ed

. (m

e 16

02)

17 p

rese

ntly

at o

nce

11-1

2 Se

e I,

iv, 1

30.

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126

THO

MA

S K

YD

H

IERO

NIM

O

Wel

l sir,

beg

one.

Pedr

o, c

ome

hith

er:

kmw

est t

hou

who

this

is?

PEDR

O

Too

wel

l, sir

. H

IERO

NIM

O

Too

wel

l? W

ho? W

ho is

it? P

eace

, Isa

bella

: N

ay, b

lush

not

, man

. PE

DRO

It

is m

y lo

rd H

orat

io.

HIE

RONI

MO

H

a, h

a! S

aint

Jam

es, b

ut th

is d

oth

mak

e m

e la

ugh,

T

hat t

here

are

mor

e de

lude

d th

an m

ysel

f. PE

DRO

D

elud

ed?

HIE

RONI

MO

A

y, I

wou

ld h

ave

swor

n m

ysel

f with

in th

is h

our

Tha

t thi

s ha

d be

en m

y so

n H

orat

io,

His

gar

men

ts a

re so

like

. H

a! a

re th

ey n

ot g

reat

per

suas

ions

? IS

ABEL

LA

0, w

ould

to G

od it

wer

e no

t so!

H

IERO

NIM

O

Wer

e no

t, Is

abel

la? D

ost t

hou

drea

m it

is?

Can

thy

soft

boso

m e

nter

tain

a th

ough

t Th

at s

uch

a bl

ack

deed

of

misc

hief

sho

uld

be d

one

On

one

so p

ure

and

spot

less

as o

ur s

on?

Aw

ay, I

am

ash

amed

. IS

ABEL

LA

Dea

r H

iero

nim

o,

Cas

t a m

ore

serio

us e

ye u

pon

thy

grie

f: W

eak

appr

ehen

sion

giv

es b

ut w

eak

belie

f. H

IERO

NIM

O

It w

as a

man

, sur

e, th

at w

as h

ange

d up

her

e;

A y

outh

, as

I re

mem

ber:

I cut

him

dow

n.

If it

shou

ld p

rove

my

son

now

afte

r all-

Say

you,

say

you

, lig

ht! L

end

me

a ta

per,

Let m

e lo

ok a

gain

. 0 G

od!

Con

fusio

n, m

ischi

ef, t

orm

ent,

deat

h an

d he

ll,

20-4

line

atio

n ed

. (pr

ose

in 1

602)

30

-1 li

neat

ion

ed. (

one l

ine

1602

) 31

per

suas

ions

evi

denc

es, m

eans

of p

ersu

asio

n 36

pur

e ed

. (po

ore

1602

) 37

Dea

r H

iero

nim

o ed

. (be

gins

1.38

in 1

602)

39

app

rehe

nsio

n un

ders

tand

ing,

gra

sp o

f w

hat's

hap

peni

ng

44 0

God

! ed

. (be

gins

1.4

5 in

160

2)

AD

DIT

ION

S]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

D

rop

all y

our s

tings

at o

nce

in m

y co

ld b

osom

, Th

at n

ow is

stif

f w

ith h

orro

r; ki

ll m

e qu

ickl

y:

Be g

raci

ous

to m

e, th

ou in

fect

ive

nigh

t, A

nd d

rop

this

dee

d of

mur

der

dow

n on

me;

G

ird in

my

was

te of

grie

f w

ith th

y la

rge

dark

ness

, A

nd le

t me

not s

urvi

ve to

see

the

light

M

ay p

ut m

e in

the

min

d I

had

a so

n.

ISAB

ELLA

0, s

wee

t Hor

atio

. 0, m

y de

ares

t son

! H

IERO

NIM

O

How

stra

ngel

y ha

d I l

ost m

y wa

y to

grie

f! [S

wee

t lov

ely

rose

, ill

pluc

ked

befo

re th

y tim

e,]

Seco

nd A

dditi

on, r

epla

cing

III

, ii,

65 a

nd p

art o

f 66

. (p.

55)

[L

ORE

NZO

W

hy s

o, H

iero

nim

o? us

e m

e.]

HIE

RONI

MO

W

ho, y

ou, m

y lo

rd?

I re

serv

e yo

ur fa

vour

for a

gre

ater

hon

our;

This

is a

ver

y to

y m

y lo

rd, a

toy.

. L

ORE

NZO

A

ll's

one,

Hie

roni

mo,

acq

uain

t me.

with

it.

HIE

RONI

MO

I'f

aith

, my

lord

, 'tis

an

idle

thin

g.

'

I m

ust c

onfe

ss, I

ha'

been

too

slack

, To

o ta

rdy.

Too

rem

iss u

nto

your

hon

our.

LORE

NZO

H

ow n

ow, H

iero

nim

o?

HIE

RONI

MO

In

trot

h, m

y lo

rd, i

t is

a th

ing

of n

othi

ng,

The

mur

der o

f a

son,

or s

o:

A th

ing

of no

thin

g, m

y lo

rd.

[LO

RENZ

O

Why

then

, far

ewel

l.]

48 i

nfec

tive

bear

ing

infe

ctio

n 50

Gir

d in

con

fine,

lim

it 50

was

te a

vas

t, em

pty

area

(with

a p

lay

on 'w

aist

') 3

toy

trifl

e, tr

ivia

l thi

ng

5-7

linea

tion

ed. (

pros

e in

160

2)

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128

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AD

DIT

ION

S

Third

Add

ition

, betw

een

III,

xi,

1 an

d 2.

(p. 7

9)

[l P

OR

TIN

GA

LE

By y

our l

eave

, sir.

] H

IER

ON

IMO

'T

is n

eith

er a

s yo

u th

ink,

nor

as

you

thin

k,

Nor

as

you

thin

k: y

ou're

wid

e al

l: Th

ese

slip

pers

are

not

min

e, th

ey w

ere

my

son

Hor

atio

's.

My

son,

and

wha

t's a

son

? A th

ing

bego

t W

ithin

a p

air o

f m

inut

es, t

here

abou

t: 5

A lu

mp

bred

up

in d

arkn

ess,

and

doth

ser

ve

To

balla

ce th

ese

light

cre

atur

es w

e ca

ll w

omen

; A

nd, a

t nin

e m

onet

hs' e

nd, c

reep

s for

th to

ligh

t. W

hat i

s th

ere

yet i

n a

son

To

mak

e a

fath

er d

ote,

rav

e or

run

mad

? 10

Be

ing

born

, it p

outs

, crie

s, an

d br

eeds

teet

h.

Wha

t is

ther

e ye

t in

a so

n? H

e m

ust b

e fe

d,

Be ta

ught

to g

o, a

nd sp

eak.

Ay,

or y

et?

Why

mig

ht n

ot a

man

love

a c

alf a

s w

ell?

O

r m

elt i

n pa

ssio

n o'

er a

fris

king

kid

, 15

A

s for

a so

n? M

ethi

nk a

you

ng b

acon

O

r a fi

ne li

ttle

smoo

th h

orse

-col

t Sh

ould

mov

e a

man

as

muc

h as

dot

h a

son:

Fo

r one

of

thes

e in

ver

y lit

tle ti

me

Will

gro

w to

som

e go

od u

se, w

here

as a

son,

T

he m

ore

he g

row

s in

sta

ture

and

in y

ears

, T

he m

ore

unsq

uare

d, u

nbev

elle

d he

app

ears

, Re

ckon

s hi

s pa

rent

s am

ong

the

rank

of

fool

s, St

rikes

car

e up

on th

eir h

eads

with

his

mad

rio

ts,

Mak

es th

em lo

ok o

ld b

efor

e th

ey m

eet w

ith a

ge:

2 w

ide

wid

e of

the

mar

k, q

uite

wro

ng

4 A

thin

g be

got e

d. (

begi

ns 1

.5 in

160

2)

7 ba

llace

bal

last

, wei

gh d

own

8 m

onet

hs m

onth

s (m

etre

req

uire

s a

diss

ylla

ble)

11

bre

eds

teet

h cu

ts te

eth

13 g

o w

alk

16 y

oung

bac

on p

igle

t -

-

13 A

y, o

r yet

? H

iero

nim

o m

eans

'Yes

, or w

hat e

lse?

', 'W

hat

can

I ad

d?'

22 u

nsqu

ared

, un

beve

lled

Boa

s sa

ys '

unev

en a

nd u

npol

ishe

d':

the

auth

or

of t

his

Add

ition

has

in

min

d th

e ro

ugh

man

ners

of

youn

g bl

oods

. 'B

evel

ling'

is a

dec

orat

ive

proc

ess i

n ca

rpen

try p

erfo

rmed

with

a 'b

evel

' or

'bev

el-s

quar

e'.

ADDIT

IONS]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

129

This

is a

son:

A

nd w

hat a

loss

wer

e th

is, c

onsid

ered

trul

y?

Oh,

but

my

Hor

atio

G

rew

out

of

reac

h of

the

se in

satia

te h

umou

rs:

He

love

d hi

s lov

ing

pare

nts,

30

He

was

my

com

fort,

and

his

mot

her's

joy,

T

he v

ery

arm

that

did

hol

d up

our

hou

se:

Our

hop

es w

ere s

tore

d up

in h

im,

Non

e bu

t a d

amne

d m

urde

rer

coul

d ha

te h

im.

He

had

not s

een

the

back

of

nine

teen

yea

r, 3 5

W

hen

his s

trong

arm

unh

orse

d th

e pr

oud

Prin

ce B

alth

azar

, A

nd h

is g

reat

min

d, to

o fu

ll of

hon

our,

Took

him

unt

o m

ercy

, Th

at v

alia

nt b

ut ig

nobl

e Po

rting

ale.

W

ell,

heav

en is

hea

ven

still

, 40

A

nd th

ere

is N

emes

is an

d Fu

ries,

And

thin

gs c

alle

d w

hips

, A

nd th

ey so

met

imes

do

mee

t with

mur

dere

rs:

They

do

not a

lway

s 'sc

ape,

that

's so

me

com

fort.

A

y, a

y, a

y, a

nd th

en ti

me

stea

ls o

n:

45

And

ste

als,

and

stea

ls, t

ill v

iole

nce

leap

s for

th

Like

thun

der w

rapp

ed in

a b

all o

f fir

e,

And

so

doth

brin

g co

nfus

ion

to th

em a

ll.

[Goo

d le

ave

have

you

: nay

, I p

ray

you

go,]

26-3

0 lin

eatio

n ed

. (T

his .

. . tru

ly. / 0 . . .

of th

ese

/ Ins

atia

te . . .

pa

rent

s, 1

602)

29

ins

atia

te h

umou

rs u

nsat

isfie

d w

him

s an

d ca

pric

es

35 t

he b

ack

of i.e

. he

was

stil

l nin

etee

n 38

unt

o ed

. (vs

to 1

602)

38-9

lin

eatio

n ed

. (on

e lin

e 16

02)

41 N

emes

is a

pers

onifi

catio

n of

the

gods

' ang

er a

t hum

an p

resu

mp -

tio

n, a

nd th

eir p

unis

hmen

t of i

t 41

Fur

ies

lege

ndar

y av

enge

rs o

f cr

ime

in a

ncie

nt G

reec

e 45-7

lin

eatio

n ed

. (I

, . . .

stea

les,

and

ste

ales

/Til

l . . .

thund

er /

Wra

pt . .

. fire

, 160

2)

I 48

con

fusio

n de

stru

ctio

n 1

36-9

The

syn

tax

is un

clea

r at t

his

poin

t. Pr

esum

ably

1.3

9 si

mpl

y ex

pand

s 1

'the

prou

d Pr

ince

Bal

thaz

ar'

(1.3

6).

Shou

ld 1

.39

follo

w 1

.36 i

rnm

edi-

I at

ely?

I

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Four

th A

dditi

on, b

etwee

n II

I, x

ii an

d xi

ii (p.

85)

En

ter J

AQ

UES

and

PED

RO

J AQ

UES

I

won

der,

Pedr

o, w

hy o

ur m

aste

r thu

s A

t m

idni

ght s

ends

us

with

our

torc

hes'

light

, W

hen

man

and

bird

and

bea

st ar

e al

l at r

est,

Save

thos

e th

at w

atch

for r

ape

and

bloo

dy m

urde

r?

PED

RO

0 Ja

ques

, kno

w th

ou th

at o

ur m

aste

r's m

ind

5 Is

muc

h di

stra

ught

sin

ce h

is H

orat

io d

ied,

A

nd n

ow h

is ag

ed y

ears

shou

ld s

leep

in re

st,

His

hea

rt in

qui

et; l

ike

a de

sper

ate

man

, G

row

s lun

atic

and

chi

ldish

for

his

son:

So

met

imes

, as

he d

oth

at h

is ta

ble s

it,

10

He

spea

ks a

s if

Hor

atio

stoo

d by

him

; T

hen

star

ting

in a

rage

, fal

ls on

the

earth

, C

ries o

ut 'H

orat

io,

whe

re is

my

Hor

atio

?' So

that

with

ext

rem

e gr

ief a

nd c

uttin

g so

rrow

, Th

ere

is no

t lef

t in

him

one

inch

of

man

: 15

Se

e, w

here

he

com

es. En

ter

HIE

RO

NIM

O

HIE

RO

NIM

O

I pr

y th

roug

h ev

ery

crev

ice

of e

ach

wal

l, Lo

ok o

n ea

ch tr

ee, a

nd s

earc

h th

roug

h ev

ery

brak

e,

Beat

at t

he b

ushe

s, st

amp

our g

rand

am e

arth

, D

ive

in th

e w

ater

, and

sta

re u

p to

hea

ven,

20

Y

et c

anno

t I b

ehol

d m

y so

n H

orat

io.

-.

How

now

, who

's th

ere,

spr

ites,

sprit

es?

PED

RO

We

are

your

serv

ants

that

atte

nd y

ou, s

ir.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Wha

t mak

e yo

u w

ith y

our t

orch

es in

the

dark

? PE

DRO

Y

ou b

id u

s lig

ht th

em, a

nd a

ttend

you

her

e.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

No,

no,

you

are

dec

eive

d, n

ot I

, you

are

dec

eive

d:

12 s

tarti

ng s

tart

ing

up

17

crev

ice

(cre

uie 1

602)

18

bra

ke th

icke

t 22

spr

ites,

sprit

es?

ed. (

sprit

s, s

prits

? 160

2) sp

irits

, dem

ons

24 W

hat m

ake

you

Wha

t are

you

doi

ng?

Wha

t is

your

pur

pose

?

AD

DIT

ION

S]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

W

as I

so m

ad to

bid

you

ligh

t you

r tor

ches

now

? Li

ght m

e yo

ur to

rche

s at t

he m

id o

f no

on,

Whe

nas t

he su

n-go

d rid

es in

all h

is g

lory

: Li

ght m

e yo

ur to

rche

s the

n.

PED

RO

The

n w

e bu

rn d

aylig

ht.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Let i

t be

burn

t: ni

ght i

s a m

urde

rous

slu

t, T

hat w

ould

not

hav

e he

r tre

ason

s to

be

seen

; A

nd y

onde

r pal

e -fa

ced

Hec

ate

ther

e, th

e m

oon,

D

oth

give

con

sent

to th

at is

don

e in

dar

knes

s;

And

all

thos

e st

ars

that

gaz

e up

on h

er fa

ce,

Are

agl

ets o

n he

r sle

eve,

pin

s on

her t

rain

; A

nd th

ose

that

shou

ld b

e po

wer

ful a

nd d

ivin

e,

Do

sleep

in d

arkn

ess

whe

n th

ey m

ost s

houl

d sh

ine.

PE

DRO

Pr

ovok

e th

em n

ot, f

air s

ir, w

ith te

mpt

ing

wor

ds:

The

hea

vens

are

gra

ciou

s, an

d yo

ur m

iserie

s A

nd s

orro

w m

akes

you

spea

k yo

u kn

ow n

ot w

hat.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Vill

ain,

thou

lies

t, an

d th

ou d

oest

naug

ht

But t

ell m

e I

am m

ad: t

hou

liest,

I a

m n

ot m

ad.

I kn

ow th

ee to

be

Pedr

o, a

nd h

e Ja

ques

. I'

ll p

rove

it to

thee

, and

wer

e I m

ad, h

ow c

ould

I?

45

Whe

re w

as s

he th

at sa

me

nigh

t whe

n m

y H

orat

io

Was

mur

dere

d? S

he s

houl

d ha

ve s

hohe

: se

arch

tho

u th

e bo

ok.

Had

the

moo

n sh

one,

in m

y bo

y's

face

ther

e w

as a

kin

d of

grac

e,

That

I kn

ow (n

ay, I

do

know

) had

the

mur

dere

r see

n hi

m,

29 W

hena

s whe

n 30

bur

n da

ylin

ht a

phr

ase

mea

ning

to

was

te t

ime;

her

e us

ed a

lso

in

the

1ite

;als

ense

33

Hec

ate

ed,

(Hee

-cat

160

2) i

n G

reek

tho

ught

a g

odde

ss a

ssoc

i-

ated

with

nig

ht a

nd t

he l

ower

wor

ld;

Eliz

abet

hans

ass

ocia

ted

her

with

the

moo

n. H

ere,

two

sylla

bles

onl

y 36

agl

ets e

d. (

aggo

ts 1

602)

spa

ngle

s ('p

rope

rly,

the

orna

men

tal

tags

of

lace

s', E

dwar

ds)

36 p

ins s

pang

les,

orn

amen

ts

41 A

nd s

orro

w ed

. (en

ds 1

.40

in 1

602)

47

Was

mur

dere

d ed

. (en

ds 1

.46

in 1

602)

47

bo

ok a

lman

ac, r

ecor

ding

the

pha

ses

of t

he m

oon

49 T

hat

I kn

ow e

d. (e

nds 1

.48

in 1

602)

45 p

rove

it

i.e.

prov

e th

e H

eave

ns n

eglig

ent

in t

he m

atte

r of

H

orat

io's

mur

der.

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132

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

DD

ITIO

NS

His

wea

pon

wou

ld h

ave f

alle

n an

d cu

t the

ear

th,

50

Had

he

been

fram

ed o

f na

ught

but

blo

od a

nd d

eath

. A

lack

, whe

n m

ischi

ef d

oth

it kn

ows

not w

hat,

Wha

t sha

ll we

say

to m

isch

ief?

En

ter IS

ABEL

LA

ISAB

ELLA

D

ear

Hie

roni

mo,

com

e in

a-d

oors

. 0

, see

k no

t mea

ns so

to in

crea

se th

y so

rrow

. H

IER

ON

IMO

In

deed

, Isa

bella

, we

do n

othi

ng h

ere;

I

do n

ot c

ry; a

sk P

edro

, and

ask

Jaq

ues;

N

ot I

inde

ed, w

e ar

e ve

ry m

erry

, ver

y m

erry

. IS

ABEL

LA

How

? be

mer

ry h

ere,

be

mer

ry h

ere?

Is

not

this

the

plac

e, an

d th

is th

e ve

ry tr

ee,

Whe

re m

y H

orat

io d

ied,

whe

re h

e w

as m

urde

red?

H

IER

ON

IMO

W

as-

do n

ot sa

y w

hat:

let h

er w

eep

it ou

t. Th

is w

as th

e tre

e, I

set

it o

f a

kern

el,

And

whe

n ou

r ho

t Spa

in c

ould

not

let i

t gro

w,

But t

hat t

he in

fant

and

the

hum

an sa

p Be

gan

to w

ither

, dul

y tw

ice

a m

orni

ng

Wou

ld I

be

sprin

klin

g it

with

foun

tain

wat

er.

At l

ast i

t gre

w, a

nd g

rew

, and

bor

e an

d bo

re,

Till

at th

e le

ngth

It

gre

w a

gal

low

s, an

d di

d be

ar o

ur s

on.

70

It b

ore

thy

frui

t and

min

e: 0

wic

ked,

wick

ed p

lant

. On

e kn

ocks

with

in a

t the

doo

r Se

e w

ho k

nock

ther

e.

PED

RO

It is

a p

aint

er, s

ir.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Bid

him

com

e in

, and

pai

nt s

ome

com

fort,

Fo

r sur

ely

ther

e's n

one

lives

but

pai

nted

com

fort.

Le

t him

com

e in

. One

kno

ws n

ot w

hat m

ay c

hanc

e:

51 f

ram

ed m

ade,

cre

ated

61

died

ed.

(hie

d 16

02)

69 T

ill . .

. leng

th e

d. (b

eg&

1.7

0 in

160

2)

74 p

aint

ed fa

lse, m

erely

app

aren

t -

. -

- - - -

64 ff.

our

hot S

pain

a m

uch

stron

ger

sens

e of

act

ual l

ocal

ity th

an in

Kyd

's te

xt.

ADD

ITIO

NS]

TH

E SP

AN

ISH

TRAGEDY

133

God

's w

ill th

at I

shou

ld se

t thi

s tre

e-bu

t eve

n so

M

aste

rs u

ngra

tefu

l ser

vant

s rea

r fro

m n

augh

t, A

nd th

en th

ey h

ate

them

that

did

brin

g th

em u

p.

Enter

the P

AINT

ER

PAIN

TER

God

ble

ss y

ou, s

ir.

HIW

ON

IMO

W

here

fore

? why

, tho

u sc

ornf

ul v

illai

n,

How

, whe

re, o

r by

wha

t mea

ns sh

ould

I b

e bl

esse

d?

ISAB

ELLA

W

hat w

ould

st th

ou h

ave,

good

fello

w?

PAIN

TER

Just

ice,

mad

am.

HIW

ON

IMO

0 am

bitio

us b

egga

r, w

ould

st th

ou h

ave

that

Th

at li

ves n

ot in

the

wor

ld?

Why

, all

the

unde

lved

mines c

anno

t buy

A

n ou

nce o

f ju

stic

e, 'ti

s a

jew

el so

ines

timab

le:

I tel

l the

e,

God

hat

h en

gros

sed

all j

ustic

e in

his

hand

s, A

nd th

ere

is n

one,

but

wha

t com

es fr

om h

im.

PAIN

TER

0 th

en I

see

That

God

mus

t rig

ht m

e fo

r my

mur

dere

d so

n.

HIE

RONI

MO

H

ow, w

as th

y so

n m

urde

red?

PA

INTE

R A

y si

r, no

man

did

hol

d a

son

so d

ear.

HIE

RONI

MO

W

hat,

not a

s thi

ne? t

hat's

a li

e A

s mas

sy a

s the

ear

th :

I ha

d a

son,

76

but

men

so e

d. (b

egin

s 1.77

in

1602

) 80

Whe

refo

re?

Why

? 85

und

elved

unw

orke

d 87

I

tell t

hee e

d. (b

egin

s 1.88

in 1

602)

88

eng

ross

ed taken

up

90 0 th

en I

see

ed. (

begi

ns 1

.91 in

160

2)

95 m

asv

huge

, wei

ghty

76

-7 T

he d

ash

in 1

.76 r

epre

sent

s the

ang

uish

ed q

uest

ion

impl

ied

in t

he

prec

edin

g ph

rase

: 'C

an i

t al

so b

e G

od's

will

tha

t it

shou

ld g

row

to

such

tem

ble

uses

?'

90-4

The

writ

er o

f th

is A

dditi

on d

evel

ops

Kyd

's de

vice

of

incl

udin

g a

surr

ogat

e fo

r H

iero

nim

o, 'T

he l

ivel

y po

rtra

it of

my

dyin

g se

lf' (

111,

xiii, 8

5).

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137

THO

MA

S K

YD

W

hose

leas

t unv

alue

d ha

ir di

d w

eigh

A

thou

sand

of

thy

sons

: and

he

was

mur

dere

d.

PAIN

TER

Al

as s

ir, I

had

no

mor

e bu

t he.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Nor

I, n

or I

: but

this

sam

e on

e of

min

e W

as w

orth

a le

gion

: bu

t all

is o

ne.

Pedr

o, J

aque

s, go

in a

-doo

rs:

Isab

ella

go,

A

nd th

is g

ood

fello

w h

ere

and

I W

ill ra

nge

this

hid

eous

orc

hard

up

and

dow

n,

Like

to tw

o lio

ns re

aved

of

thei

r yo

ung.

G

o in

a-d

oors

, I sa

y.

105

Exeu

nt [I

SABE

LLA,

PE

DRO

, JAQ

UES]

Th

e PA

INTE

R an

d he

sits

dow

n C

ome,

let's

tal

k w

isely

now

. Was

thy

son

mur

dere

d?

PAIN

TER

A

y si

r. H

IER

ON

IMO

So

was

min

e. H

ow d

ost

take

it?

Art

thou

not

som

etim

es

mad

? Is

ther

e no

tric

ks th

at c

omes

bef

ore

thin

e ey

es?

PAIN

TER

0 L

ord,

yes

sir.

110

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Art

a pa

inte

r? C

anst

pai

nt m

e a te

ar, o

r a w

ound

, a g

roan

, or

a si

gh?

Can

st p

aint

me.

such

a tr

ee a

s th

is?

PAIN

TER

Si

r, I

am s

ure

you

have

hea

rd o

f m

y pa

intin

g, m

y na

me's

Ba

zard

o.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Baz

ardo

! af

ore

God

, an

exce

llent

fello

w!

Look

you

sir,

do

115

you

see,

I'd

hav

e yo

u pa

int

me

in m

y ga

llery

, in

your

oil

colo

urs

mat

ted,

and

dra

w m

e fiv

e ye

ars y

oung

er th

an I

am.

Do

you

see s

ir, le

t fiv

e yea

rs g

o, le

t the

m g

o, li

ke th

e mar

shal

of

Spa

in. M

y w

ife Is

abel

la st

andi

ng b

y m

e, w

ith a

spea

king

lo

ok to

my

son

Hor

atio

, whi

ch sh

ould

Inte

nd to

this

or s

ome

120

100

all i

s on

e no

mat

ter

103

rang

e w

alk

up a

nd d

own

104

reav

ed b

eref

t, ro

bbed

11

6 m

e in

my

ed. (

me

my

1602

) 11

7 m

atte

d pe

rhap

s 'm

ade

dull

or m

att';

but

Boas

may

be

righ

t in

su

gges

ting

'set i

n a

mat

or

mou

nt'

119

spea

king

elo

quen

t, fu

ll of

mea

ning

12

0 in

tend

to

signi

fy

ADD

ITIO

NS]

T

HE

SPA

NIS

H T

RA

GED

Y

such

like

pur

pose

: 'G

od b

less

thee

, my

swee

t son

': an

d m

y ha

nd le

anin

g up

on h

is h

ead,

thu

s, s

ir, d

o yo

u se

e? m

ay it

be

don

e?

PAIN

TER

Ver

y w

ell s

ir.

HIE

RONI

MO

N

ay, I

pra

y m

ark

me

sir. T

hen

sir,

wou

ld I

hav

e yo

u pa

int

125

me

this

tree

, thi

s ve

ry tr

ee. C

anst

pai

nt a

dol

eful

cry

? PA

INTE

R

Seem

ingl

y, s

ir.

HIE

RO

NIM

O

Nay

, it s

houl

d cr

y: b

ut a

ll is

one

. Wel

l sir,

pai

nt m

e a

yout

h ru

n th

roug

h an

d th

roug

h w

ith v

illai

ns'

swor

ds,

hang

ing

upon

this

tree

. Can

st th

ou d

raw

a m

urde

rer?

13

0 PA

INTE

R I'l

l war

rant

you

sir,

I ha

ve th

e pa

ttern

of t

he m

ost n

otor

ious

vi

llain

s th

at e

ver l

ived

in a

ll Sp

ain.

H

IERO

NIM

O

0, l

et th

em b

e w

orse

, wor

se: s

tretc

h th

ine

art,

and

let t

heir

bear

ds b

e of

Jud

as h

is o

wn

colo

ur,

and

let

thei

r ey

ebro

ws

jutty

ove

r: in

any

cas

e ob

serv

e th

at. T

hen

sir,

afte

r so

me

135

viol

ent n

oise

, brin

g m

e for

th in

my

shirt

, and

my

gow

n un

der

min

e ar

m, w

ith m

y to

rch

in m

y ha

nd, a

nd m

y sw

ord

rear

ed

up th

us: a

nd w

ith th

ese

wor

ds:

Wha

t nois

e is t

his?

who

calls

Hier

onim

o?

May

it b

e do

ne?

PAIN

TER

Yea

sir.

HIE

RONI

MO

W

ell s

ir, th

en b

ring

me

forth

, brin

g m

e th

roug

h al

ley

and

alle

y, s

till

with

a d

istra

cted

cou

nten

ance

goi

ng a

long

, and

le

t m

y ha

ir he

ave

up m

y ni

ght-c

ap. L

et th

e cl

ouds

scow

l, m

ake

the

moo

n da

rk, t

he s

tars

ext

inct

, the

win

ds b

low

ing,

14

5 th

e be

lls to

lling

, the

ow

l shr

ieki

ng, t

he to

ads

croa

king

, the

m

inut

es ja

rrin

g, a

nd t

he c

lock

stri

king

twel

ve. A

nd th

en a

t

127

Seem

ingl

y in

illu

sion

131

patte

rn m

odel

, por

trai

t 13

4 Ju

das . .

. col

our

red

(Jud

as Is

cari

ot w

as a

llege

d to

be r

ed-h

aire

d)

135

jutty

pro

ject

14

2 s.

p. H

IER

ON

IMO

ed.

(not

in 1

602)

14

7 ja

rrin

g ed

. (ie

ring

160

2) ti

ckin

g aw

ay

135 -

9 Th

ese

lines

may

pro

vide

us

with

a g

ood

indi

catio

n of

Eliz

abet

han

prac

tice

in s

tagi

ng t

he fi

rst l

ines

of

11, v

in th

e m

ain

play

.

Page 75: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

136

THO

MA

S K

YD

[A

DD

ITIO

NS

last,

sir,

star

ting,

beh

old

a m

an h

angi

ng: a

nd to

tterin

g, a

nd

totte

ring

as y

ou k

now

the

win

d w

ill w

eave

a m

an,

and

I w

ith a

tric

e to

cut

him

dow

n. A

nd lo

okin

g up

on h

im b

y th

e 15

0 ad

vant

age

of m

y to

rch,

find

it to

be

my

son

Hor

atio

. The

re

you

may

sho

w a

pas

sion,

the

re y

ou m

ay s

how

a p

assio

n.

Dra

w m

e lik

e old

Pria

m o

f Tro

y, cr

ying

'The

hou

se is

a-fir

e,

the

hous

e is

a-fir

e as

the

torc

h ov

er m

y he

ad!'

Mak

e m

e cu

rse,

mak

e m

e ra

ve, m

ake

me

cry,

mak

e m

e m

ad, m

ake

me

155

wel

l aga

in, m

ake

me

curs

e he

ll, in

voca

te h

eave

n, a

nd in

the

end

leav

e m

e in

a tr

ance

; and

so

forth

. PA

INTE

R A

nd is

this

the

end?

H

IERO

NIM

O

0 n

o, th

ere

is n

o en

d: th

e en

d is

deat

h an

d m

adne

ss!

As

I am

nev

er b

ette

r tha

n w

hen

I am

mad

, the

n m

ethi

nks

I am

a

160

brav

e fe

llow

, the

n I d

o w

onde

rs: b

ut re

ason

abus

eth

me,

and

ther

e's th

e tor

men

t, th

ere's

the

hell.

At t

he la

st, si

r, br

ing

me

to o

ne o

f th

e m

urde

rers

, wer

e he

as

stro

ng a

s H

ecto

r, th

us

wou

ld I

tear

and

dra

g hi

m u

p an

d do

wn.

H

e be

ats t

he P

AIN

TER

in, t

hen

com

es o

ut a

gain

with

a b

ook

in h

is

+

hand

Fifth

Add

ition

, rep

laci

ng IV

, iv,

168

to 1

90. (

pp. 1

20- 1

) [C

ASTI

LE

Why

has

t tho

u bu

tche

red

both

my

child

ren

thus

?]

HIE

RO

NIM

O

But a

re y

ou s

ure

they

are

dea

d?

CAST

ILE

Ay,

slav

e, to

o su

re.

HIE

RONI

MO

W

hat,

and

your

s to

o?

VICE

ROY

Ay,

all

are

dead

, not

one

of

them

surv

ive.

148

totte

ring

dang

ling,

swin

ging

to a

nd fr

o 14

9 we

ave

wea

ve a

bout

, mak

e hi

m s

win

g (O

.E.D

. doe

s no

t' giv

e th

is tr

ansit

ive s

ense

) 15

0 w

ith a

tric

e in

stan

tly

151

adva

ntag

e as

sista

nce

152

show

ed.

(not

in 1

602)

16

1 br

ave

glor

ious

, spl

endi

d 16

1 ab

uset

h de

ceiv

es

153-

7 T

he c

lose

nese

of

thes

e lin

es t

o th

e Fi

rst

Play

er's

spee

ch (

Ham

let

11, ii

) is

intr

igui

ng.

AD

DIT

ION

S]

TH

E S

PAN

ISH

TR

AG

EDY

13

7 H

IERO

NIM

O

Nay

then

, I c

are

not,

com

e, a

nd w

e sh

all b

e fr

iend

s:

Let u

s la

y ou

r he

ads

toge

ther

; 5

See

here

's a

good

ly n

oose

will

hol

d th

em a

ll.

VICE

ROY

0 d

amne

d de

vil,

how

sec

ure

he is

. H

IERO

NIM

O

Secu

re, w

hy d

ost t

hou

won

der a

t it?

I

tell

thee

Vic

eroy

, thi

s day

I h

ave s

een

reve

nge,

A

nd in

that

sig

ht a

m g

row

n a

prou

der

mon

arch

T

han

ever

sat

und

er th

e cr

own

of S

pain

: H

ad I

as

man

y liv

es a

s th

ere

be s

tars

, A

s m

any

heav

ens

to g

o to

as t

hose

live

s, I'd

giv

e th

em a

ll, a

y, a

nd m

y so

ul to

boo

t, Bu

t I w

ould

see

thee

rid

e in

this

red

pool

. CA

STIL

E Sp

eak,

who

wer

e th

y co

nfed

erat

es in

this

? VI

CERO

Y Th

at w

as th

y da

ught

er B

el-im

peria

, Fo

r by

her

han

d m

y Ba

lthaz

ar w

as sl

ain:

I

saw

her

sta

b hi

m.

HIE

RONI

MO

O

h, g

ood

wor

ds :

As d

ear

to m

e w

as m

y H

orat

io,

As y

ours

, or y

ours

, or y

ours

, my

lord

, to

you.

M

y gu

iltle

ss so

n w

as b

y Lo

renz

o sla

in,

And

by

Lore

nzo,

and

that

Bal

thaz

ar,

Am I

at l

ast r

even

ged

thor

ough

ly,

Upo

n w

hose

soul

s m

ay h

eave

ns b

e ye

t rev

enge

d W

ith g

reat

er fa

r tha

n th

ese

affli

ctio

ns.

Met

hink

s sin

ce I

gre

w in

war

d w

ith r

even

ge,

I can

not l

ook

with

sco

rn e

noug

h on

dea

th.

KIN

G

Wha

t, do

st th

ou m

ock

us, s

lave

? Brin

g to

rture

s fo

rth.

7 se

cure

con

fiden

t 9

reve

nge

ed. (

reue

ng'd

160

2)

14 t

o bo

ot in

add

ition

19

Oh,

goo

d wo

rds:

ed.

(beg

ins 1

.20

in 1

602)

27

inw

ard

with

clo

sely

acq

uain

ted

with

29

tor

ture

s in

stru

men

ts o

f tor

ture

Page 76: The Spanish Tragedy, By Thomas Kyd

138

TH

OM

AS

KY

D

[AD

DIT

ION

S

HIER

ONLM

O D

o, d

o, d

o, a

nd m

eant

ime

I'll t

ortu

re y

ou.

30

You

had

a so

n, a

s I

take

it: a

nd y

our s

on

Shou

ld h

a' be

en m

arrie

d to

you

r dau

ghte

r: H

a, w

as't

not s

o? Y

ou h

ad a

son

too,

H

e w

as m

y lie

ge's

neph

ew. H

e w

as p

roud

, A

nd p

oliti

c. H

ad h

e liv

ed, h

e m

ight

ha'

com

e 35

T

o w

ear t

he c

row

n of

Spai

n, I

thin

k 'tw

as so

: 'T

was

I th

at k

illed

him

; loo

k yo

u, th

is sa

me

hand

, 'T

was

it th

at s

tabb

ed h

is h

eart;

do

you

see,

this

han

d?

For o

ne H

orat

io, i

f you

eve

r kne

w h

im, a

you

th,

One

that

they

han

ged

up in

his

fath

er's

gard

en,

40

One

that

did

forc

e yo

ur v

alia

nt so

n to

yie

ld,

Whi

le y

our m

ore

valia

nt so

n di

d ta

ke h

im p

rison

er.

VICEROY

Be d

eaf

my

sens

es, I

can

hea

r no

mor

e. K

ING

Fa

ll he

aven

, and

cov

er u

s w

ith th

y sa

d ru

ins.

CAST

ILE

Roll

all t

he w

orld

with

in th

y pi

tchy

clo

ud.

- -

HIER

ONIM

O N

ow d

o I

appl

aud

wha

t I h

ave a

cted

. Nu

nc in

as ca

dat m

anus

. N

ow to

exp

ress

the

rupt

ure

of m

y pa

rt,

[Firs

t ta

ke m

y to

ngue

, and

afte

rwar

d m

y he

art.]

END

35 h

a' ed

. (a

1602

) 47

iners

cada

t ed.

(mers

cada

e 16

02)

48 t

he . .

. par

t the

brea

king-

off o

f m

y ro

le -- - - --

31-3

Hier

onim

o sp

eaks

firs

t to

the

vicero

y an

d th

en (

'your

dau

ghter

') to

Cas

tile.

The

son

(1.33

) is

Lore

nzo.

47 'N

ow l

et m

y ha

nd fa

ll id

le'.