| 1 & 2 Wheras we aswell by our Letters Patentes beareing date at Westminster the tenth daye of April | Marloe writ this re: planting the yslandes so utterlee far away. Bad, wette weather 'n' pestes t' bee |
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the yslandes. Marlowe first tried to make a Polisie for Bermuda. He rewrote it for a friend who wanted to start a Virginia colony. |
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| 3 & 4 in the fourth [4th] yeare of our reigne, as by diverse other Letters Patentes since that time graunted, | o'ercome – hunger, e'en thirst. Profitable trading starts after harvest, Yu see? Ie, ie! Not e'en the duty– |
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thirst. Much water on Bermuda was brackish; there were few good wells. |
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| 5 & 6 have given licence vnto diverse of our loveing subiectes named in those severall Patentes, to conduce and conduct[ e] | bound servants can produce vvealth out o' nothing for U. Cease, vain gentlemen! Desist – solve! Ecce! I tel evidence in code! |
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Desist. The Adventurers' Co. in England wanted immediate profit. |
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| 7 & 8 severell coloneys of our loveing subiectes to abide in America, within thirty-four and forty-five degrees | Al who R bound strive fiercely to B free, endure hard times tu gain love 'n' egality in society. So-o– vice offers i– |
| 9 & 10 of the equinoctiall, with diverse preheminences, liberties, and aucthorities as by the sayde Patentes appeareth, | nstant aid. Apparent iustice quels the evil wretch, sends him far o'er sea t' start the happy colony. Bie, bie! I-e-e-e!! He die– |
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sends him. King James favored sending criminals to the colony. |
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| 11 & 12 And whereas wee knoweing this derived aucthoritie from vs, to bee the efficient cause and the speciall meanes | s o' starvation. "Ungrateful stiff! Send a new man – wee deem each plai o' his dice worthie t' checke R hie debt. I've seen e– |
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Ungrateful... An Adventurer speaks. |
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| 13 & 14 wheareby wee shall attayne the endes proposed to ourselfe for the vndertakeing of the sayde plantaciouns, | verything now! Keepe that Naples dead-head off R turf– he'll see present ad hoc, blow a year's note into ye sea to s– |
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Naples dead-head. The stockholder criticises Kit. |
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| 15 & 16 did give likewise togeather with our first Patent certayne Articles and Instructions, theareby settleing | ave idiots by sending out – in error – a fleet they can't sail! Whate'er we spend is critical. Tut! I regret t' think steg– |
| 17 & 18 downe our forme of government for the governeing of the sayde severall plantacions fitted at that time | anographers now manage the too, too slender finances of R yovthfvl firme – free t' meet t' vet U al – t' indite God! |
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Steganographers. expert users of Kit's double-writing style. vet. in sense medically diagnose, evaluate. Before leaving for Bermuda – and after his return – Kit had a job as reader in medicine at Padua University. indite God! Some stockholder knew he was Kit Marlowe – once accused of heresy. |
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| 19 & 20 to those poore beginninges, and promiseing farther that as the Plantacion should encrease within the degrees | To permit th' presence on the isle of that spent hidden agent Sancho 'n' his hag wd B an egregious error, not easilie a– |
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Sancho. Kit was Sancho Panza in Don Quixote. See ten chapters about Sancho's Island in Part Two. |
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| 21 & 22 aforesayde, Wee, our heires or successours, would ordayne such farther instructions, lawes, constitutions, and ordinances, | ton'd for. Return this swan to 'is hideaway, 'n' case clos'd. I see serious loss yn our reuenue – hard for success o' crown credit at an u– |
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The stockholder still speaks. swan. secret service slang for a male whore. |
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| 23 & 24 for the better rule, order and governement of such as shall make plantacion theare as to us | nsettled hour for England. Ae-e! Al in R Co. must move – stretch to keep abreast of a harsh rule, an |
| 25 & 26 our heires and successours shall from time to time be thought fitt and convenient, limiting our selves | illiterate bunglin' hedonistic Scottsman uuho rides ruf on U 'n' gets the most from creative evil. He's mos– |
| 27 & 28 onely to frame them in substance consonant to the Lawes of England. And whereas we haue since contrarie | t intrigued ta watch any 'n' al new successes that cd offer him more hae nonnee nonnnee blow-arsse loot. Aae!" |
| 29 & 30 to our first proceedeinges beene induced by severall Letters Patentes dated... to ordayne and institute | Suddenlee an end: a tied vote ript – al is eaten by ye crouun. D' gross pest dreads free election. Better not tit– |
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eaten by ye crouun. On 23 Nov. 1614, the Company became crown property. |
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| 31 & 32 severall orders of governementes, in our southerne and northerne plantacions now tearmed | le the firme – it cd soon go under, never t' return. O, present madness! We R so near a loan! One hovr, 'n' al |
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we. Looks as if Kit himself held a patent (maybe under name 'Jaques Gabriel' on the list). |
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| 33 & 34 Virginea and New England, therein applieing our selves to the desires (and as wee feare, the private | wd have seen new funding approved. I'l sail, retire t' Naples, ignorant a' the heat 'n' duress. I-e-e, I-e-e-e! Grea– |
| 35 & 36 endes) of the adventurers heare, which layeing the groundes of their governement accordeing to their private interest and severall ioyntestockes, | t tu ship home t' rest – greet R deer children – have her neare. Not understanding how far o'er ye ocean I've gone, U C, she asks if I got a letter sent to ye ile, 'n' C, vid– |
| 37 & 38 have governed our free subiectes in Virginiea as if they were their servauntes, Wee knoweing thearefore, | e: a white tiny new infant. She feared he was sick, but vve gave grog, in error – error! U see, Hen, I strove – I-e-e-e-e – fiue |
| 39 & 40 that thease severall formes of governementes doe breede distractions, as well amongst the adventurers | hours t' restore warmth 'n' color, bvt instead, life fades gradvalee, soon ta meet 'n' greet death. Seems even less |
| 41 & 42 heare, as our loveing subiectes the personall planters, and vnderstandeing that the ioyntestockes of the Southerne Plantacion | possible nou, hou hee happened to leave his life, tvrne so gently, so soon at rest, 'n' strange I ken actin' the crude R. N. Can't read that last |
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R. N. Nurses had been graduated since 606 at the Hôtel Dieu at Paris, and records have been kept there by the Sisters of St. Augustine since the 12th century. Knights of St. John of Jerusalem also strictly regulated graduate nurses. There must have been nurses at Padua. |
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| 43 & 44 (whereon their governement heare by voices was founded) is now spent and gone, and the plantacion dothe | O, Moth, withovt tears. I C U did do wrong! V left her 'n' went hae nonnee nonnee acros ye big sea, 'n' 'e happens dead. |
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Moth. a nickname for Kit since childhood – daring hot adventure. |
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| 45 & 46 subsist onely of the ould planters now made free of severall private collonies, planted by Patentees | VVe lost ye lone babe. Padua sent opportune offer o' medical readership, so in fall we sell, 'n' settle yn t' st– |
| 47 & 48 and of diverse publique servauntes, planted by the Collections and Lotteries, And that the plantacion is now soe strong | ay in a tent near th' U. She quits Naples 'n' actin' to spend all dai with R babes. It grevv too cold to sleep out, so frends lend econ– |
| 49 & 50 that it is able to defend it selfe and fitt to put one the face of a commonwealth, Wee (being the politicke | omic aid, 'n' then, onto a big, clean, tied-up boat, we take the helples familie of fit tots t' feed. No wet feet t' ch– |
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tied-up boat. When Francis Drake was a child, he and his eleven siblings lived on a boat tied up on the Medway. And later Kit puts this idea into the plaintext of the Polisie, suggesting that colonists might stay on boats till they could build on shore. |
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| 51 & 52 father of the whole and not lookeing one particulars in respect of it) considering and knoweing that the perfection and happinesse of a commonwealth, | il us. C, patient 'n' kind, she prepared hot food 'n' we ate together after work at nite. Long ago, C? Now I'm lonesome, no h-happiness left , 'n' if Chr. can die afta... No, no chi– |
| 53 & 54 lyeth not soe much in the spaciousness of it, but first and principally in the governement, consisteing in the mutuall duties of commandeing | child's left alive. They'ue gone – gone ouerboard, off mi stupid ship, 'n' I'm insane – insane, 'n'-'n' she's gone t' N-Naples – lost t' M. C-cum, cum – try it! Cut it! No, hit it! |
| 55 & 56 and obeyeing, next in possessing thinges plentifully, necessarie for the life of man, doe professe that next | No exit opens. Friends find 'n' bryng Chr. to 'is feet at hosp. Feel I'm a guest gainin' at ye host's expense, 'n' flee – l-lose |
| 57 & 58 and immediately after the honour wee shall doe to God in converteing of the infidells to the knowledge and worshippe of Him, | my step – twisted 'n' fractured mi damned leg – no, no hope for Dr. 's fee: have to let it heal alone, if it will. I heede no God, know no high ho– |
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damned leg. This break actually happened a year later, in 1616 – after he'd gone back to Naples, estranged from Micaela. He was working with the poets' clubs at the palace, and for Los Oziosos produced a farce about Orpheus, Euridice and Persephone in the underworld – the Duke of Estrada wrote a description: Kit, (as Secretary Antonio de Laredo), was playing Pluto. Standing at the top of the stage, he was being funny, and everyone was laughing when suddenly he twisted his leg and fell down on the other players. |
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| 59 & 60 we intend wholey the good of our subiects: first to the planters and adventurers, then to the planted, which wee would have soe cherished | pe. I retvrne to Naples. She's a stranger, C? When the viceroy left town, she was on board, C? I hide uhlone. Houu do U deel with defeet? Th'-th' tots wd d– |
| 61 & 62 that they may prove planters themselves, and to that end endeavoureing to cause both England and Virginea, | ie over an' over yn my dumb head. That leg never heal'd, and she's gone out t' Spain. Don't eat, can't sleep at night – trav– |
| 63 & 64 to endowe each other with their benefittes and profittes that theareby layeing aside force and our coactive power | el hard t' do. There's a bad fag new uiceroy here. Rode in pain– te-te-te-te – t' Venice for hot chow 'n' a iob at ye Ciotti Press. What f– |
| 65 & 66 wee may by our iustice and bountie marrye and combinde those our provinces to us and our soveraignetye | uture y-year can ever bring such sorrow? Manco's dead in Madrid – no one to save 'im. I obey, I obey U 'n' put out t' see– |
| 67 & 68 in naturall love and obedience, Wee will make this marriage our politicke and last end, to teach us | no return. Know U'l al B rid o' me. I'l make a sweet deal, C, sail 't' Antipodes, C, 'n' live in a caue – t' heed a right lo |
| 69 & 70 what are the meanes that conduce to it, and to give both measure order and end to them. To which purpose | h-hot headed tomcat there who ses I'm non grata – 'n' then, to weep! (poor damn'd outcast deceiver) But a true hi– |
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hot headed tomcat. The governor of Bermuda, Richard Moore. ses. says. |
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| 71 & 72 not suffering any one to growe to greate, for feare of shaddoweing and hindering the rayes | gh wind ends ye heated fite, 'n' Gregorio fades, going far off to a new sorro. Aye! On return the an– |
| 73 & 74 of our Maiestie to shine over all, Wee will give to each planter advauncement in the governement, | chor lets me go home t' pain. At d'Veneto, we earn more, C – 'n' I lose everie tie – al, al in vain, when U left, Guv, t' |
| 75 & 76 accordeing as hee shall give farthorance thereto. In regard thearfore this our soveraigne | sail t' Valencia 'n' that horrid Vega there. Gregorio's sad green hours o'erreach R affection. He, e– |
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Vega. Lope de Vega, her former lover, was waiting for Micaela at theValencia dock; he called her la Loca (in his letters to his patron Sessa). sad green hours. time for jealous thoughts. |
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| 77 & 78 and uniteing power (and the facullties theareof taking theire roote from our maiestie in England) is to spread | mptied of al hope, thinks o' reuenge: resentment turns to hatred, 'n' lost in a drift o' woeful rage, 'e cried, "ai, ai, ai!" Gain– |
| 79 & 80 it selfe amongst many aswell differing in condition as severed in distance and place, Wee | –in' no sense, C, I left ye press t' go 'n' find Micaela's love-nest, C? I imagine in a dreaded land. Wait f– |
| 81 & 82 (findeing that nothing canne reduce this many into one againe but forme) doe ordayne one | or Manco t' send uuord–bring ye fag to the nag! No! He died, 'n' I'm hey nonnee nonnee. Ai, ai! Facit t-t– |
| 83 & 84 setled and imoveable forme, to governe all the plantacions within the degrees aforesayde, which forme | imere on the brain, I l-left, rode west. Soon a page came to say a wife 'n' her small child vvere on the edge of th' D– |
| 85 & 86 being maturely delibertated, ever one and the same, soe as wholely intendeing the end, it shall worke | olomites at an inn, 'n' wd the dad – me – hurry 'n' sled t' see ye babe. Ee-eee! I know all, 'n' go there t-t' give aid. She'll r– |
| 87 & 88 noething but good theareto, wheareby yt shall not onely serve as a medicine to cure all the malignities | eturn! True! Stay there, Micaela – let B! I'l B coming!! Love yoo, Hon! The eagle's soaring to lead ye wai t'the inn! Shd |
| 89 & 90 that the plantacion doth naturally bring with it, by reason of the distance of the place, but it shall alsoe by waye | we t-t-try for th' city? Can she be happy there? I-is th' babe well enuf to go? All day, thots about instant aid call in. A-a-h! Onl– |
| 91 & 92 of right and interest procure us apt instrumentes for the form to worke by, and prepare matter of apt | y after hours of trek'in up a narro mt. road, I'm gone, C, bent ouer, not fit t' press farther. We p-pd. t' rest at emp– |
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trek'in. From Dutch trekkin, to draw, slowly and laborously, a wagon – or in this case, a sled. |
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| 93 & 94 condition for it to worke one, soe farr forth, as if wee laye the forme aright, to matter | ty r-rooms in a cote. I feel stiff. At dawn we hike i' the fo-fog 'n' meet t-terror – a horror too a– |
| 95 & 96 soe capeable of it, wee may conclude that the properties of the forme must of necessitie followe. | awful to C. Mi horse, impaled o' the shelfe below, screams in effort to escape, put ye ciottee feet on o– |
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| 97 & 98 The matter thearefore whereone our forme must worke being the people and the place, which are to bee distinguished | ur sled which has gone down off the road. No hope t-t' bring the horse back up tu meet me – I wait, let him re-re-re-repeat! E-e-e-e-e! |
| 99 & 100 and divided, and our soveraigne faculties limited to them by fundamentall lawes and order, Wee will first | Mad agony faded: 'e was silent, dead. Wee climb widout mi horse or sled. R final turn reveal'd d' inn ta vu. If I tell t– |
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widout, d'inn. A Kent accent. |
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| 101 & 102 giue lawes and order to the people, and then we will appoynte them their places, fortifications and manner | rue, a thot o' peace 'n' rest i' the inn now appeal'd more than greetin' mi own dear chyld! I spill'd sleet off, went apa– |
| 103 & 104 of spreadeing. First thearefore that God maie the better give a blesseing to our endeavours, wee doe strictely | rt t' pisse, staggered in, fel at de hot stove fire, to be found bi Micaela. Gave her a hug, 'n' wee retired to ye resort o' es– |
| 105 & 106 charge and commaund all our presidentes, councelles, magistrates, patriotes, governors, and ministers within | tranged 'n' reunited lovers. Passion, peace, warmth 'n' rest, till da child cries, 'n' we go to C our strong sea man. Ai! Misus |
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| 107 & 108 our sayde severall collonies, respectively within their severall limittes and precinctes, that they with all | says she thot t' wait till ye snow receded. "Christ, that'll never happen!" I rave. "Come t' Venice! U R still reallie silly!" I– |
| 109 & 110 diligent care and respect, doe provide that the true word and service of God and Christian | 'd race – race th' cold down 'n' ride post t' th' rapid river traget 'n' on to Venice. Deaf, I guessed I had |
| 111 & 112 faith bee preached planted and used, not onely within everie the sayde severall collonies, but alsoe | no partner. I felt I was a creep, leauin' alone – e-e! Lost, isolated! But then, he – ye child – saved vs. He'd been odly |
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stil. He began to cry again. Soon my arms reached out t' hold hym. He stopped. Oh, shame! U'd leave an aw– |
| 115 & 116 uppon them, accordeing to the doctrine, rightes, religion, and eclesiasticall forme of governement now professed | esome hole in three lives if U g-go off down de hil alone, C? O, don't do it, C! I regrett mi M-T rage 'n' crass creep rant, C? 'N' open sp– |
| 117 & 118 and established in England. And because wee knowe that where Moses and Aaron agree not there religion | ite! 'N' we talk 'n' decide ta go – she 'n' R babe on her horse, in least danger a' the dread loess, me in a wagon – e-e! 'N' U wan– |
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loess. (German. to loosen, dissolve). Unstable soil blown by the wind. Probably loess took the horse and sled over the edge on the way up. |
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| 119 & 120 will not onely bee scandalled but the soveraignetye must needes goe to wracke, therefore | t warm den! Eee! Wee started. Wind chilled us! Go! Eee! By boots full o' sno. Reckon – eat at ye ten-hovr leg. |
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| 121 & 122 ordayne that whoesoever hee shall bee that shall refuse to bee governed by our eclesiasticall government | Sheet sleet blevv o'er vs al day, 'n' finally – no rest – uuee came to a big log across the road h-h-h-here, between lo tree– |
| 123 & 124 established, he shall bee heald and esteemed as a register of our soveraigne power, commaundeing all our administers | s– an immoveable mess! I unhitch, lead R horse around. We speed along de road until afar I see a blessed armee light. Go rest! E– |
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armee light. at a military post? Kit and his party were coming from the German alps and were nearing the border of the Veneto |
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| 125 & 126 of iustice, whome it shall concerne, not to suffer any person or persons to remaine or abide | ach turn brot us nearer, til soon we stopped R horses in firelite. O, O, man – I C on ye faces of men o' |
| 127 & 128 within our sayde plantacions whoe shall professe any doctrine contrarie to oures, or shall | war h-honest c-care for R sorry party! Oasis! We all eat 'n' sleep till dai, 'n' shoue south – on 'n' on, C? Idio– |
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t! I miss'd th' way t' th' traget! Hu-ha! I-I weep. Tho' I'd been a nonny fool, happily we row 'n' reach th' final boat. I, I! |
| 131 & 132 colonies and plantacions (or any of the naturalls bordering one them) from the same governement | C the family rest upstairs at Venice– M T! N-n-no food, n-n-no grog, n-n-no heat! A bloodee shame! All me error! |
| 133 & 134 or from their due allegeance to us our heires and successours, which persons soe often offendeing | Soon, R sudden success! A cheeree fire, h-hot food, soup, e-encouraging notes from Sir Henree W. lift us al! |
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Marlowe wrote to Harry Wotton on 7 October 1616, a letter preserved in English State Papers Venetian (99-21-X/ lo9704). He wrote, "I have with me a wife, homely and poor [and Catholic]... I beg you not to abandon me." |
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| 135 & 136 shall bee aprehended and imprisoned, untill hee shall throughly reforme himselfe or otherwise where the cause | Henree'll d-defend me, 'n' sith he'll hire me as his sec'y, we all prepare for a moue ouer to h-his h-house. We'll bring the trad– |
| 137 & 138 shall require it to be banished Virginea and sent to England heare to receave condigne punishment, | e in quiet intelligence that he'd need in state seruice. Pavv rides hard; she, Nan 'n' R babe go along on mor– |
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quiet intelligence. In the letter sent to Wotton on 7 October, Marlowe includes bits of inside information about Roman and Spanish subjects. Nan. Marlowe mentions the Spanish serving woman who accompanied Micaela from Madrid and who later returned to tell Lope about the journey, bringing him a letter from Kit and Micaela saying they were sorry. |
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| 139 & 140 for his or their offence or offences. And because wee are informed that some of the former governores | e domestic broom efforts 'n' errands. Harree has given us a f-fine home here. O, o! We R free to effect or confo– |
| 141 & 142 both heare and in Virginea have contrarie to their patent, and our Royall instructions which tyed them to make | und R promise to deliver al ye government news to Harry. I think I can't abide to hit, cheat or act an author in heat. H– |
| 143 & 144 their lawes consonant to the lawes of England, framed and caused to bee printed a certayne tyrannicall booke | ow can we learn to earn R keep on th' leuel? No added dirt, no tricsie con games – ha! Laf! Stand ye best ya can, not t' be fal– |
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| 145 & 146 of governement, which being sent into Virginea, and noe other supplies of foode or apparell sent either with them | ling. Get a cane 'n' help poor Harrie wi' th' firewood 'n' even th' dishes. Be patient, love the misus, 'n' forget to mope! No frien– |
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| 147 & 148 or within 3 or 4 [three or four] yeares after them, wheareby many of you our subiectes, being forced | d forgotten, a b-bear brot t' iustice, 'n' I'm free – free o' sorrow – each morn fresh wi' – Heye! Hae! Yu, yu, yu! |
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| 149 & 150 to breake them for wante of foode and necessaires have misereablely lost their lives or bene brought into slaverie, | Ye bear? Osuna! Together all R friends showed 'is beastlie scheme t' take the Veneto avvai from R noble bros! Oi, no relief |
| 151 & 152 and whereas this giveing life to lawes is one of the highest poyntes of our soveraignetye, given us from God | until ye hi, hi aggressors meet defeat 'n' return to Naples in ye fog. So go, go, go! as vve finish'd, O, fie! How the wives |
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| 153 & 154 to benifitte not to destroye our subiectes, wee shall hould our selfe guiltie of the iniurie done | wait for th' ol' stutterer to sing this one silly bleedin' tune, "Deo-eo-eo-eo-eo!" Crude stuff! UUhile I, bie |
| 155 & 156 if wee should not see it extreemely punished. And this being done in the face of our maiestie | bad singin', 'n' U, wi' Hosanah, expresst ioy, I found mi life reflected in the hot Te Deum! Estoeeeee! |
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Hosanah. Gr. Hosanna. A shout of praise to God. Te Deum. An old Christian hymn beginning, "Te Deum laudamus," (we praise thee, O God). Estoeeeee! Sp. Estoy! I am! (Thy name is still Kit!) |
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| 157 & 158 what may wee hope for soe farr of if it bee not narrowely looked unto. Being | We make a brief play for two Hen friends tonite. Go t' Harry 'n' bow, U fool! "Eo, eo, e– |
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a brief play. The Two Noble Kinsmen, made with John Fletcher. two Hen friends. Hen Wriothesley and Hen Vere, the 18th Earl of Oxford (Ned de Vere's legit. son). These men came to Venice to help defuse the Spanish plot. |
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| 159 & 160 therfore most jealous of our honour in that kinde, wee doe straightely chardge and commaund | o!" John Fletcher dared do most o' th' work – saued me to go free. Micaela uuas th' daughter in R ninny o– |
| 161 & 162 that noe instrument of our soveraigne power shall dare to encroach uppon any parte of our soveraignety, | pus, 'n' ye two Hens act out rivals for her. O, I penned U a poor story! I regret a near vacant plot! O, hug me for an eon |
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two Hens. Henry Wriothesley and Henry Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford. poor story. Exhausted by his efforts to destroy the Spanish plot, Kit made his part of the play a farce, with some poetry added at a later date |
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| 163 & 164 further then they shall bee warranted by the councell of state, or by thease our orders and lawes now sett downe, | o' rest! Then wd each effort B a braue onward thrust? We'll neuer cheat or yeeld, 'n' let's say we'l do better soon! Has thy n– |
| 165 & 166 uppon payne of hightreason. And to the end this lawe shall bee the more strictley kept | arration stopp't? Wil U drop th' pen? No, Hebe, I'm not hasty. Ye'll see Kate, de cheef angel; th' sh– |
| 167 & 168 wee will give the goodes of such offendoers to the publique treasurie makeing the publicke both iudge | ades o' U, lost Rita; U, Pop; mi sweet children.... O, if the Gew Queen's there – die kuuick – glug! I'l b-beg off, Eve – Beth– Hoo– |
| 169 & 170 and iurie of this offence as will after appeare. Moreover because wee are fullye perswaided that wee can noe waye | Hoo! A-e-e-e-e-e! Beware! I'm far too weary for heaven; past deeds'l ruin al rest. Cd I stay wi' U, free 'n' peaceful? We'l win ape-face |
| 171 & 172 better attayne unto thease our ende designed then by planteing of many private colonies, severed | again in R free solitude. Yet babes'l come – so no need t-t' vveep at the end – no grey rain at the end. Yu spent |
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| 173 & 174 by distance and place, Wee therefore doe especially chargde, commaund and ordayne that all planters | years feeding a no account, harmed – no chance t' play lead parts when ye lame, addled bard cries "L-let |
| 175 & 176 of what condition soever they bee, shall enter their names and subiect themselves under the government | Be!" 'N' sits al day on his house roof t' stare 'n' lament his decline 'n' need, but never tv emerge tv meet Cher. How the |
| 177 & 178 of some one colonye or other, to bee governed accordeing to the rules and orders by us now sett downe | gloom seen round Dad hurt ye deer babes, we don't soon cee; ergo; covnt ye o-other sorrows I once felt not |
| 179 & 180 uppon payne of being taken for rebbels and outlawes. And wee doe further charge and commaunde all our presidentes, | supreme – no! R poor sick needy babe wept 'n'fled from us ta plunge o'er da edge 'n' land on da street far below – 'n' I h-haue uacan– |
| 181 & 182 councelles and magistrates, within their iurisdictions, that onely the offences of tumultes, rebellions, conspiracies, | t uiew of sudden horror. Can this B? Micaela cannot stop screaming: she rushes to l-lift ye little one, 'n' I-I sense it is futile: C, |
| 183 & 184 mutinies and seditions, such as shall come to that hight, that they shall prove dangerous to the state theare, | R dear little child's gone, so young! "O, Micaela," I stutter, "No hope t-t-t-t-t-t-t' s-s-s-s-s-save, 'n' U h-h-ha-hate h-ha-ha-hate me." I'd |
| 185 & 186 togeather with murders, manslaughters, incest, rapes and adulteries, togeather with such offences as wee | press a chance t' asist her harrowing effort. We R stunn'd! At edge o' death, he l-liues, C! Gee, we must saue him strat– |
| 187 & 188 by thease our lawes and orders, shall make fellonie or treason, to bee committed in those partes within the precinct | e! We stop, stoop to search t' find all the ill broken bones. There are none! It's a miracle – he's not t' d-die! We carry him t' measu– |
| 189 & 190 of the degrees before mentioned, and noe other offences, shall bee punished by death without the benifitte | re how he'd use his limbs. I hoped he'd get to his feet but find each foot bent. Need an en-en-enabler for ye tot feet. |
| 191 & 192 of clergie, except in the cause of manslaughter in which clergie is to be allowed. It followeth now | We made an excellent pair of shoes t' crouch-brace little ioints, C? Feet g-g-go, flie, hi 'n' lo! Wow! Uh, wil he– |
| 193 & 194 that we sett downe thease our orders, degrees of councellers, magistrates, governors, and all | fall once more? O, leave gross dread! Watch! Start to strengthen sound, sturdee legs! See, I wear ro– |
| 195 & 196 under officers belongeing to this our forme, which falls out, first to devide all our | und hose, ful-cuff'd, to aide mi fool leg. C, I fear he inherits worst trouble: girls R not ov– |
| 197 & 198 adventureours into two orders, severing such as are free of our soyle and trade only, | erly afflicted so R one daughter's saved. O, sad review o' nonny errors. Nouu U R to rest. A-e! |
| 199 & 200 from them that are citizens and free of our governement. Of the first order there are likewise 2 sortes | U aid her sincere efforts t'-t'mend R son's ratzie feet ere h-he leaves R home fore'er. I'm growin' too fat t'-t' work. |
| 199 & 200 from them that are citizens and free of our governement. Of the first order there are likewise 2 sortes | We now haue this good-sized familie to care for: one mirrors the fem; three freaks R not free e'en t' trvst t' tre– |
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| 201 & 202 servauntes that haveing served out their time, and tenauntes that have estates in dependensie of their masters | ad vvithout fear or aid. She sends me t' vieuu th' streets, then I meet her 'n' sit 'n' rest again, then eat pasta a' dente. Even s– |
| 203 & 204 and landlordes, togeather with freedome of trade, but have noe shares. The second sorte are such, whoe going | uch gentle care doesn't bring me health. O-o-o-o, I groan, fret. Tho' she's stressed, no hard hate for dad. We weave due |
| 205 & 206 one their owne charges they gayne a share, and likewise freedome of trade but are not | web of fear, care 'n' aid. Day 'n' night we R hostage to death: he slinks euer nearer to eye me. O |
| 207 & 208 citiezens till they have not carryed over two men. The second order of adventurers | let's stay t' see R dozen-toe chyldren racein' round each other wi' freedom t'vvin trve o– |
| 209 & 210 are such whoe appropriateing unto themselves their freedome, their landes and their degrees | ptimum use o' their legs. Their heads appear t' have no horrid harrowing defects. Relent! See need e– |
| 211 & 212 by purchase, they communicate either in the choice or participation of councells and magistracies | each of these R children has for U t' care, cope 'n' instigate happy sociable communication. I, I, I! Ecce! My t-tru– |
| 213 & 214 and them wee call our citiezens, devideing them into 5 [five] degrees. The first degree is the patriot | st in their mental power haz grown: I lie here at fireside t' feed them, 'n' detect icie edge o' disgust e– |
| 215 & 216 or patrition, they are such as are first named patentees in the particular plantacions of colonies, cities | uery time I slip, spil a spoonful in accident, C? Ae, Ae! I preach neatness to R tots. The attraction a' fash– |
| 217 & 218 and corporations, thease shall bee such as haveing good estates in England they shall carrie | ionable dressin' holds R tiny girl hostage. She loves "pretend." She can act on stage. Aah-ha! A clue a– |
| 219 & 220 or drawe over with them to the number of 300 [three hundred] men as their parteners and adherences | bout inherent tendencie! She's part of her mom's dream returned! Th' wonder: ha-have we erred at R h– |
| 221 & 222 of whom they must bee protectors and for whose good abeareing they must bee pledg | ope t' produce th' best sho home, 'n' dearest sho family? Greedy, we augment before we go t' sob– |
| 223 & 224 The second degree are such as are admitted to bee of the order of governors by the patriot, whose name | er thot o' the fvture care o' these dear growing babes. Soon I heed a deep fear: necessary t' do more! Doth M T |
| 225 &226 being joyned in the patent, the power of chief governeing those colonies, if they bee thereunto | hype hide free-fal nonnie poverty? No! Hoe! I go to connect gifts with the best neet job, 'n' gee! Her uie– |
| 227 & 228 elected shall be graunted unto them. Thease must likewise haue estates in England, either in land, | w shocked me: she hates that I'll use de best Italian language t' uurite th' drei, dense 'n'-'n' elemental en– |
| 229 & 230 or money in banke, and they must carrie over, or send, as many men, as the patrition of the colonie | dorsement o' ar inchoate embassy, I makin' up events to try 'n' credit ar noonah-moona lyfe here in |
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makin' up events. When Kit (Gregorio de' Monti) died in Nov. 1621, his former SSS brother John Taylor the Water Poet wrote an arcane tribute to him entitled "Sir Gregory Nonsense, his Newes from no place." 1622. |
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| 231 & 232 and they canne agree to have their names soe put in. The patrition may alsoe at any time | terra Venice. I mail notes to them 'n' to R. Naunton. They pay past time. He's ahead again. Ayee! |
| 233 & 234 after admitte as many into the colonie as hee please, they bringeing men to him | I'm in charge of managein' the stil-open embassy here. Hate to mind it alone, yet te– |
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In the Bodleian is an old semi-secret hierarchy of government workers in which "Shakespeare" is identified as the "writer of weekly reports." (" Great Assizes Holden in Parnassus by Appollo and his assessors." 1645. A copy in Durning Lawrence. Bacon is Shakespeare. N. Y.: John McBride Co. 1910.) When Harry Wotton left Venice on 6 May, 1619, Kit was chargé d' affaires of the Venice embassy and had to write weekly reports to Secretary of State Robert Naunton. |
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| 235 & 236 to encrease his colonie. The 3rd[ third] degree are such as shall bee maiores and aldermen in the foresayde | n months ago Harry had ta leaue, so left here, Ae do best I can. Credence in me is less, see? I heed al horrid er- |
| 237 &238 citties and corporacions, and they shall carrie over sixe men. The 4th[ fourth] degree shall bee | rors o' chee-chee-cheeters from Austria 'n' Illyria, 'n' al R gossip o' de bann'd devil– he t-that exce– |
| 239 & 240 common councellors, and they shall carrie over foure men. The 5th[ fifth] degree are commoners, | ll'd at crime for ye Covncil of Ten. E-e-e! No more harm must reach England! See hours more of Chr. |
| 241 & 242 and they shall carrie over two men. And if any one shall comitte any act whearby | Cad's nonny news from nowhere– not Ilyria! But al– al a them here C that I came dayly a– |
| 243 & 244 his life and goodes shall bee forfeited to us, though his life bee pardoned hee shall bee | t bag-deliuerie sho– listened for fools to feed us al de bad gossip 'n' libel. He-he-he-he-he! Fah! |
| 245 & 246 suspended from his degree till hee hath brought over a certayne number of men, accordeing to | UUinter brot h-horror'n' dread: no pay came, 'n' tu feed his familee Chr. needs t' beg-leg. U got some cheese, |
| 247 & 248 the qualitie of his first degree, to restore him to his sayde degree agayne. Moreover, | queer revolting fish, oat grits for 'em. Oi, oi! I hear: ye shy death does dare t' greet me! |
| 249 & 250 wee ordayne that of all thease 5 [five] degrees, the eldest sonne onely shal bee of his fathers | No strength dealin' wi' fools 'n' troubles here. He feels defeated. He – he – he's lost at sea. Ay, Ay! Flee! |
| 251 & 252 degree and the younger shall bee of the degree belowe it except they can rayse themselves by carrieing | Ye brach's grief exceeded mine. O, here, cheer U! Don't starve 'n' beg. E-e! Beg? I'l sel the news t' al that'l pay! Re ye goy |
| 253 & 254 of of men. And further wee ordayne that the meanest servaunt that goeth (God soe blesseing him | bragger-man who left Rome– he'd send money t-t' read th' gist of hush events i' th' Ueneto 'n' at sea. A foe |
| 255 & 256 and his endeavours, that hee canne purchase and estate in England or compasse to carrie over or drawe | o' th' Vatican, we hear R dear crude preest's home's in England, 'n' so send each coranto via R post. Ae, ae, ae! R dun– |
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crude preest. Marcantonio de Dominis, the ex-archbishop of Spolatro in Dalmatia, who left the Roman Catholic church to become Anglican and went to England, welcomed by the Archbishop of Canterbury. De Dominis read to everyone the private newsletters Kit sent. The Venetian ambassador was shocked – who'd know all these secrets of the Veneto? Who wrote these coranti? The Venetian State Inquisitors heard from their ambassador in London, and a man was found, don Celso Galarato, who said he knew the identity of the author of the newsletters. That don Celso had worked for de Dominis but has quarreled with him and is going home. When he reaches Brussels he'll tell the author's name, and things truly extraordinary. Kit's up the creek without a paddle. coranto. a gazzetta, a newsletter. Coranto meant current news. |
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| 257 & 258 over with him of his friendes and adherences the number of three hundred men) he may become a lord | sical friend reads them to eueryone, euen th' bad man from Venice. H-horror! He'd find me – h-he'd web-mesh |
| 259 & 260 patriot which is the greatest place the commonwealth canne beare. Now for the choice and election | t' tangle me, C; scare th' familee, C? What to do? No cheer! No hope t' act 'n' win a better chance here. O, I-I spoil wh– |
| 261 & 262 of our officers, magistrates and governours, wee must beginne at the lowermost degree, sc: | atever I start – no sense. Cash comes for R food, rest. Glug! We wait t' be found egregious. Men rem– |
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| 263 & 264 the commoners that carrie over two men they shall choose out of themselves the burrowehoulders, | ember yovthful svccesses. What I recall R a lot o' errors too h-hot to emend. U see, Mom, we thot h-here hun– |
| 265 & 266 surveyours of the high ways, and such like officers. And out of them that carrie foure men | ger uuas in retreat, 'n' nouu, O, what a horrid mess, C? Chris t' die, U to fly home! F-feo f-fuks! Each hy |
| 267 & 268 they shall likewise choose their common councellers, churchwardens and such like officers. | hi-hi-hi one's read all ye c-c-c-c-coranti, C, 'n' sh-sh-shureli s-s-some one'll reueel who wrote 'um, C, C? F.. k f.. k, d– |
| 269 & 270 The common councellers shall choose their aldermen and shreiffe out of them that carrie six men. | o U C? Harsher far then h-hel, shril torture'l end mi fool existence– send ma'm 'n' familee to c-chaos! To me, C, |
| 271 & 272 The aldermen shall have a maior by turnes except some greate disabillitie happeneth and then | thei mean everything, 'n' to pass and leaue them – can't express it. I bleed. Ah! Al, al the mere broad phil– |
| 273 & 274 the next in turne shall be maior. The Maior and aldermen shall choose their governour either out of them | osofical thots o' R meeting next in heaven I don't belieue – do U, Mother? H-hm? Al h-h-haue eternal r-r-r-rest. Marlo |
| 275 & 276 that bee admitted to bee of the order of governours by the patrition, or the patrition himselfe. | Spring: I'm stil free here, tryin' t' pen at home t' trade for food to eat. But too bad! Hi heet over the boi– |
| 277 & 278 The maior and aldermen alsoe of severall corporation( s) shall have power to choose out of their corporation | ler has caused a flood, 'n' o-o, h-how t' repair 'n' clean it? 'N' o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o, 't vvas th' last sleep place of R merri, merri, rathe– |
| 279 & 280 one of the order of governours or the patrition himselfe to bee of the provinciall coun( s) ell, which coun( s) ell | r rheumatic bitch: th' heeter–o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o – gave her sleep forev'r. N-n-not slow t' die, she flu off 'n' spun c-criei-i-n', l-l-l-l– |
| 281 & 282 being all chosen out of the patritions and the order of governoures in everie province, and consisteing of | anded unconscious of vs on the floor – gone forever. Signorina Scala, R poor deer pet. I-I hie in t' get th' net 'n' be vi– |
| 283 & 284 fiue, seuen, nine, eleuen, thirteen, or fifteen, they shall haue a monethly president | tally useful, Hen, in haulin' t-th' stuf from ye hot depths. Ninni-nin! E-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e! R ear– |
| 285 & 286 by turnes, whoe haueing two voices, hee shall for his moneth call and breake of all | s hear the awful screech of living steam as a new hole broke yn tha line! Hoo, bulldo– |
| 287 & 288 assemblies, and untill the councell of union bee compleate, wee give them the same power, which we doe | g! The net melts, U cee, an' I'm scalded. Each new burst o' steam wil help blow up mi lovein' home! |
| 289 & 290 give to our sayde councell of union, makeing all theire decrees to stand as lawe, till they are disanulled | E-e-e! One chief o' flood-control arrived at last: he guided me, 'n' we cleaned ye stinking leauins. I leaue U, call at ye Hotel Ross– |
| 291 & 292 by us, by the generall parliament in Virginea or by the sayd councell of union, when it shall bee | i for mail. Ee! Harry'll soon B in Venice – his place a bubbley ruyn! What t' do? Ay, I'l get set 'n' hug 'n' n-neel– |
| 293 & 294 compleate and in force, accordeing to our order now sett downe. This councell of union | 'n' refuse perceiued guilt connected to a fool's accident wi' hot coal, 'n' on d' morrow noon R |
| 295 & 296 being the most soveraigne councell wee will tearme a Syncretisme or councell of union | man comes in t' rent a better house – no fuss! ECCE! Lenience! All mi worry gone! C, love, I'll go wi' U– |
| 297 & 298 with the councell of England and this councell shall be chosen onely out of the patriots of everie | to R Naples coue; then, one bold cool hush-effect, Hon, 'n' together we'l sail to Valencia – fly, childe, 'n' iust |
| 299 & 300 province, by a component number of electours chosen out of the order of governoures which are not | snub Lope, C, bvt not too soon. Trust me, C, C? Free of uuorree – 'n' no hye horror! Come down, C: hire a page 'n' five h– |
| 301 & 302 patritions, one out of everie particular corporation, which electors shall bee chosen by the maior | orses 'n' reach the port, 'n' wee'l both retvrn to Harrie, C, C – C? But no, Micaela refuses to play. Oi, oi, oi! I plai ho– |
| 303 & 304 and aldermen the maior haveing the casteing voice, and thease electoures shall choose four, three, two or one, | t necessitie: she demurs. Finallie we R agreed she'd go alone t' home theater 'n' not retvrn. Love? O, ha, ha, haa! U C, coo-co– |
| 305 & 306 out of everie province as necessitie shall require. This councell shall have three monthely presidentes, | o Micaela uuon't cooperate, C, 'n' she shelves e'en this quiet try for her Spanish nevvs. Ei! I'll let her slide cleer |
| 307 & 308 by alternate changes which untill wee have councellers wee will shew the manner of it by letters thus .... | out o my life! That silly babe's green-clean, C? Uh, she can't even steal th' news! Wel, Chr. wil write tu h-her, 'n' we'l e– |
| 309 & 310 Thus the councell being of fifteen teens, if you order them in this sorte the same three men shall | uolue R reunion after th' fem's been home in th' city, 'n' has seen the ill effects o' d' shit-smel there. Tog– |
| 311 & 312 not in five yeares space meete togeather to bee presidentes, whereas if they were to take their circularie | ether, she 'n' I, with a better effort at secret cooperation, may werk tv aid R English security. E-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e! Spai– |
| 313 & 314 courses, without changes, they should meete once everie five moneths. The presidentes being thus ordered | n's itching to move up t' England before we'd see their interest. UUe SS must choose ye h-hevee hod – shed R retice– |
| 315 & 316 their three voices or two of them shall conclude all causes that shall bee controverted by equall voices | nce – create a scheme to foil the bastards. She cd tell us hot news o' all queer activity. O, lover, love Chr.! Oh, bull! |
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| 317 & 318 and not concluded in the bodie of the councell, the eldest counceller of which presidentes shall summon and breake | U left, 'n' C, I uurote daielee. No response: all's ended, C! U no how I slid-d-d-d 'n' fell, bent 'n' broke that ancle. C-c-c-come h-h-h-home! St– |
| 319 & 320upp all assemblies, the number of this councell must bee seven, nine, eleven, thirteen or fifteen at the most | op bein' th' cleenest Spanish nun! Can't U remember mi love? U baffle me – is the t-title of lover useless? Then ente– |
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Spanish nun. To his patron Sessa, Lope wrote that la Loca said he "made love like a nun." Kit may have written to her using the language of this cipher, influencing her. |
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| 321 & 322 but in the minoritie of the plantacion three may serve without any presidentes, the elder counceller | r the dreerie ol' convent t' find peace 'n' recall nothin' o' the times U suuam 'n' lay with thy beest. Ie, ie! Report– |
| 323 &324 of the three to summon and breake of the assemblies. And our will and pleasure is that (besides the oath | in' isn't a hel-sin! So take time, see? Tel us about th' bad stuff. Here, here, don't blame me! We had a hard loss. Poor |
| 325 & 326 of our supremacie which all our subiectes there shall be sworne to once everie yeare at the least) | lost cherubim, swept away on th' river; ae, ae, lost for ae! O, uue R e'en aliue– Chr. here's the closest, C? I blee– |
| 327 & 328 there shall bee a particular oath framed, for all thease councells to take, viz: that all their decrees | d. Reach, catch, hold, save– O, late! See them sink before R eies! U realize that U'll retroact th' fall, all apart |
| 329 & 330 shall bee made aswell for the uniteing of Virginea to the crowne of England as for the combindeing of the members to the whole, | f-from realitee. It'l come t' U in dreams at night, Hon, 'n' tho' the babes have gone, we'll see them going fore'er, 'n' da f-fool wind blows. Ch-e-e! |
| 331 & 332 and that they will to their uttermost power endeavour to prevent all usurpation of, or encroachment uppon | Hon, t' tel U to return home for R news was too cruel! Ae! Not proper t' put U in the vvay o' harm: I can't lend aid t' let opp– |
| 333 & 334 our soveraigne authoritie whatsoever. Reserveing therefore to ourselfe our most high absolute | ortunitie show. O, I'm a beggarlie fool far over here, so houu t' get U to the Veneto? R Harrie reserves us s– |
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R Harrie. Kit and Micaela were living in the English embassy house minding the store after Carleton left, and they were there when Harry returned to Venice just before Micaela went back to Spain with her theatrical company, the Sanchez Players. Harry Wotton himself may have suggested that it would be a good idea for Micaela to pick up some news in Madrid. |
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| 335 & 336 and perpetuall power of commaundeing and controuleing all, that thereby our commissions and writtes of iustice may spread | helter ouer at his palace, C? Get goin' soon now if U can. I'l find U at ye Brenner P-Pass and m-m-marry U! Al mi loue! Did t-two posts come t' dr– |
| 337 & 338 themselves over everie person, and in everie place through our whole dominions there, | op mi letters over where U R singin'? O, don't scare me, Hon– respond! I'l leeve here heauie. VVho |
| 339 & 340 we doe graunt that this soveraigne councell, shall have authoritie to unite in commaund, and to appoynte | can tel? Wil U travel or stay in Madrid? Months go past, C? I have no hope. Ai! Too late nouu, t' hug 'n' entice U 'neath de |
| 341 & 342 the number of the forces, puteing the power of commaundeing them into one of our marshalls handes | couers, Hon. No, ma'm, U R a fem that flew from the nest, 'n' I'm d' fool t' go ridin' up here! No peace! She's gone, but h– |
| 343 & 344 as cheife, to all by turnes, or to each one severally as occasion shall require, giveing them | ere's Chr., C? On a qvest for la Loca, on level trail, not climbing yet. E-e! He hears a guy sai, "Oui, she's |
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la Loca. Lope's name for Micaela when she came back from Naples to Spain, behaving oddly. Lope used this term repeatedly in letters to Sessa about the hard time she gave him. |
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| 345 & 346 our sayde councell likewise authoritie to proclaime warre and make peace with the naturralls Virginea | on ye mt., at rest"– wi' R child! Ei-e! Me a-a-a papa? C-count the weeks! Aid, lull, win her! U R so cruel! Look at R ire! A– |
| 347 & 348 of the cuntrie, to taxe tributes as well for a treasurie for England as for Virginae, to dispose of the treasurie in | l's extraneous self-indulgence! Don't foster it! Get past it, see? Hon is a f-fit, brave wife. Go to her! U r-roar, "Ai, ai, ai!" in terror: R U eva– |
| 349 & 350 as the councell in England have of the treasurie in England, To make contractes with the king or companie in England | ding goin' in sno t' get Hon 'n' R tinee child at th' teat? Aren't U glad Micaela's sick of Lope, 'n' U care, 'n' love her? Man, when cake ne– |
| 351 & 352 and consenteing with them accordeingly to rate the prizes of comodities, which shall bee sent hither | eds t' B eaten it's soon enioy'd, 'n' if it pleezes Hon t' come home, that's g-great! I'll w-wait h-h-here, C-C-C? Hi 'n' dri! Chr., |
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I'll w-wait h-h-here. He's joking, double entendre. It's not just that he dreads the promised formal marriage. He can't walk on his broken ankle; he's going with a crutch, leery of starting up the mountain on an awful road. (Today it's still an awful road.) |
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| 353 & 354 or thither, to appoynte the places where the forces and colonies shall bee planted, to condemne | not feelin' happy, brot her throo sno to a chapel. So I met th' preest, 'n' th' cl-cl-cleen deed was done. Ae-e! |
| 355 & 356 and pardon to banish, to confiscate, to proscribe accordeing to the laws ordayned, To call magistrates and governours | On th' cold, cold trip to Venice, I groan–" O-o!" 'N' R babe needs aid, C; 'N' U R so strong! It's good to rest at Harry's palace, C. Afta d' man saw |
| 357 & 358 to accompt, and in case of necessitie limiteing his time shorte and the place certayne to institute any | ye child's state, he sent necessary hot food in time to saue it, I! 'N' C me – Cit-Cit – opening a clean apartment! It i– |
| 359 & 360 one man that shall have soveraigne power as the dictatoures in Rome, and all this their authoritie | s spacious, elegant, 'n' we all toast in Harrie's heated Italian heaven! Oh, oh, troth, I'm married to U, th' ver– |
| 361 & 362 and all thinges they have done theareby shall bee firme and of force till it be disanulled by us | y best uuife alive: gladly, incredibly, she left th' theata for R one lone babe 'n' me, and ill, she dash'd |
| 363 & 364 and our councell in England. This councell of union cannot be compleate, till there bee three provinces. | o'er the brent alps, close to leavin' life uuith an unborn child! Oe, oe! U'll e'en pardon nonnee me! C-c-c-c-cling t-t' |
| 365 & 366 In the meane time the provinciall councell shall serve the turne, wee giveing them the sayde authoritie | Monti! Wrap him in love, etc., 'n' vve'l stai right here at th'-th' clean scene! Gee, I'm no heel, lady! See, I'l uurite thee u– |
| 367 & 368 to exercise and use within their owne provinces. Now in regard the active and groweing quallitie | ncounted exit songs to sing right here in Venice! A queere cad-wit raw-paw, I'd win thie love! Carrie on! |
| 369 & 370 lyeth in the well foundeing of private families, and collonies, wee (as a spurre to industrie, sheweing | we should stop Osuna: he wants t' defeat R Venice wi' fire, 'n' then go fer England! Ill! I, ie, ie! So I pray U'l smile |
| 371 & 372 That the heades of thease colonies are sparkes derived from our hereditorie monarchie) doe give | at Kit-pirate readie t' go destroie R deer Venice as a mere chore for fool Osuna! H-he, h-hee! He's so dvm I'd |
| 373 & 374 and graunte unto them and their heires for ever, the hereditorie commaund of the soveraigne forces, limiteing them to use | get him t' give me gold t' hire men t' fire th' citie on order. No need to use his navee, as the mad mercenaries ar h-hot enuf for our tu– |
| 375 & 376 them onely in their owne collonies and in the wastes adioyneing to them, except they bee authorized to use them farther | rn. I'l need to sail north, size 'em up, get 'em set in the citee wi' U, mi wyfe, next to the arsenal, ready to act! Then, ho, ho, he, he, nobody |
| 377 & 378 by the soueraigne councell of union, and to the end they shall onely employe this our sword and forces | 'l find out: ye English actors'l B ye pyrates who'l come t' Venice for arson, 'n' on th deed-day, no one'l shouu!! He'l |
| 379 & 380 to the supporteing of our soveraignetye and the mainetenaunce of our iustice theare, Wee will give them | C two men go to the Doge t' uncover a Spanish plot! Tuf! Hear ye alarm ring out: E-e-e-e-e-e! I finish it: We revieuu ten |
| 381 & 382 for the reward of their service thease titles and honoures followeing. The degree it selfe because wee cannot | officers who said the invaders were all caught-sent to Frioolee for hangin'! E-e-e-e-e-e! But we'l not desert the secre– |
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| 383 & 384 give them better names, they shall bee called Patriotes or patritions, when they are three hundred | t helpers. Ai! They go, rememberin' the heartbeat o' th island city we saved, 'n' the thunder a' steep roller– |
| 385 & 386 strong and planted abroade then they shall bee tearmed knightes patriotes with the title of Sir. | s – hear them beat, beat on shore. I' th' dark wet street a gondola glides. Flares lit th' nippy nite, 'n' th' det– |
| 387 & 388 When they have attayned to bee six hundred strong, at which number wee (intendeing everie | ermined buoy rings. When dawn tints R h-heaven, wee go t' bed. Even the day, here in the exact uti– |
| 389 & 390 planter and servaunt to bee the father of a familie) doe stente the colonies that they shall not exceede | litarian apex o' trade, the music's a heartfelt shaft, 'n' ye feel the need to shovt, bleet 'n' dance on the ole toe– |
| 391 & 392 above soe many families (or that another colonie hath issued out of them) our will and pleasure | s i' lovin' response. Al o' U men'l remember this city – a hauen of a too-sad fool author that U heal'd. We i– |
| 393 & 394 is that their sonnes and heires shall bee then knightes patriotes and they themselves shall bee Barron | ntend t' sho all Englishmen the best party here at Harrie's. He thinks their sli neat lesson saved babes, so he |
| 395 & 396 and tearmed lord patriotes, their wifes and other children takeing their honoures and places accordeingly. | 'd entertain wi' a play! Too tired t' do it alone – g-r-r-r – I ask Iohn Fletcher, "Cd U aide 'n' do al R gran' scenes? Shepherd me, C?" H– |
| 397 & 398 In time of peace they shall bee and have the authoritie of our leiuetenauntes of sheires | e said yea, 'n' uue pen a farce: tuuo hi, hi nobles love the same lite shee, fite o'er her into th' aft– |
| 399 & 400 in England, to appoynte the commaunders of our men at armes, see them trayned, to looke to their armes and watches. | ernoon. At the end a horse defeats the winner: he dies, 'n' ye loser gets ye madam. No, no! Tut, tut! Crackt moral! Mamma oppo– |
| 401 & 402 In time of warre they shall bee charged with what number of men the councell of state shall thinke | ses th' tale o' chance, but finally takes th' role of mi daughter (nimble feet). I'm her clown-wit father. When th' |
| 403 & 404 fitte. The patriot must bee allowed his leiuetenaunt aswell in cases of disabillitie, by nonage or impotencie, | lass lets a noble nut l-leaue a prison, 'n' ye friends, bedect wi' mail, fite to win th' beautie, I get coopt i' th' iail, see? Mo– |
| 405 & 406 or in their abscence either about the busienes of the state theare, or about their private busienes in England, | re action: the Nan in love ebbs near insanitie before a doc restores her t' a better state. He gets U-U-U-U t' be hi-hi-hip, |
| 407 & 408 but these leiuetenauntes shall bee chosen by the order of aldermen out of the order of governoures the better | 'n' freelee embrace thy husband-to-be before the uuedding! E-e-e! Horror! See another love-fest! Tut! Honour's lost! Let t– |
| 409 & 410 to give the sayde order of aldermen content. And whereas the patriotes are the principalest ringleaders and greatest | he Roman priests rant! Love 'n' ioy are the greatest aid to health, 'n' priests R not perfect angels! We dread an aged creed, tied |
| 411 & 412 adventurers, which carrie and drawe with them their freindes, kindred, followers and adherence out of their naturall | t' dark, unreal fear o' sin, when true freedom, half-hidden, awaits U here. Their crvell, horrid added writs that concern new i– |
| 413 & 414 countrie to a place soe farr remoate, to be protected governed and cherished by them, Wee doe therefore will | nocent babes that die ere they're christened repeat th' dum error of a fool prelate, C, C? We dodge love more. I owe |
| 415 & 416 and commaund all our sayde patriotes, loveingly carefully and cheerefully to performe this their trust. | my life t' lovers: C, dear people louin'ly sau'd me from death – no ordinary cut! UUe English start t' rally after ch– |
| 417 & 418 And wee doe ordayne that after admonition for being churlelish and negligent in that kinde, | alenge – 'n' what loue cd remain after hidden, banished, nonney idiot Kit higgled 'n' tore at a front |
| 419 & 420 they shall bee noted with a note of ignominie, if they shall not endeavour the helpeing and protecteing | given him in good faith to allow al of his plays t' be enioyed there in England? No pretence, then! The teeth U |
| 421 & 422 any of their foresayde adherence, by all lawfull meanes they may, and this wee charge as well | showed yn selfish f-fury! Ae, ae! All ye edgey melodramatic letters! H-ha! Can an able hy law renew |
| 423 & 424 all our presidentes councells and marshalls to looke carefully unto, the rather to drawe the Indyans to the like | a penitant's ryte to return to Kent 'n' liue or die? Cd loue defend Kyt? Shall he reach home, or shall a last slo, slo crawl u– |
| 425 & 426 dependencye. And wee doe further ordayne that from the time that the patriot shall bee planted abroade, | nseam that man left here on trial t' be freed by dreaded death? Adio! Can ye weep no tear? Drop the h-hope U'l t-t-t– |
| 427 & 428 his estate of inheritance in England, togeather with his honoures, titles and inheritance in Virginea, shall be soe united | aste good English ale again! 'N' th' brite, neet, lovin actors sail auuai on R wind 'n tide. There! It's finisht! Rest, ninni! He, he, he! Chee! |
| 429 & 430 and made one to him and his heires that he shall not sell the one without the other, and that sale | Here at home with mi ladie I need t' send al those hasht letters to Naunton: He ho-holds al th'-th' a-an– |
| 431 & 432 to bee made by the consent of our councell of union in Virginea and our Virginea councell in England, | suuer to R n-need for food 'n' uuinter clothing. Can I give mi babe Cleo a n-nonny DCL-guinea lace? N-no! I love |
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DCL-guinea. 650-guinea. Webster says one guinea is worth 21 shillings, "a term used in giving prices of luxury items." |
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| 433 & 434 or the most parte of them, meeteing at their generall courtes and not otherwise. And if it happen that the patriot | mi children more than aniething. I don't want to see them get spoilt! U appear to fear t' protest a tort after the he-he– |
| 435 & 436 doe dye leaveing noe heire male of his name then shall it goe to the female and their heires. | avy sorro of tots h-h-hi falling – E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E-E– 'n' lost t' death. I'm here in h-hell again! In mad dem– |
| 437 & 438 And the eldest daughter of the patrition, and the heires that shall challenge by the female side and their children shall beare | onic replai a' that terrible scene! Shh! B still! All their suffering's o'er, man, 'n' all that that ye had had – Gad! – deleted! Heed, h-heed, the ne– |
| 439 & 440 the patriotes sirname, if they will inherite the sayde honoures and landes, which if they shall refuze that | ew family needz. Offer aid – insist on their learnin' t' read – teach, tell, haue h-hope! They're iust sh-sh-shy. What lit– |
| 441 & 442 then the next of the kinde either by the father and then of the mothers side, takeing the patriotes | any brings is retention. Offer repetition to the defeated, 'n' take exam! H-he, h-he! Seek th'-th'-th'-th'-th' det– |
| 443 & 444 adopted sirname shall enioye the sayde inheritance. And because wee knowe howe dangerous it will bee | ention o' rowdy swingin' scholars – ae, ae, ae – 'til they all know the deep wide ABC's 'n' dead numbers! E-e-e-e-e! I haue |
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meet defeat. Kit's
successful plan for defusing Osuna's wicked plot is outlined before the
fact in ciphers for The Winter's Tale. The plot was an idea
of Quevedo's: capture Venice and the whole Veneto, move soldiers into
the city from Spanish warships, march them over the Alps to Holland and
sail them across the Channel to occupy England. In May 1618 Quevedo
came to Venice, believing the city was about to burn and be invaded by
Spanish soldiers from the Adriatic. Instead, Kit's "mercenaries"
suddenly disappeared, and Quevedo had to slip out of town.