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| Character | Princess | |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | Female | |
| Age Range(s) | Young Adult (20-35) | |
| Type of monologue / Character is | Descriptive, Gives orders | |
| Type | Comic | |
| Period | Renaissance | |
| Genre | Comedy | |
| Description | The Princess sends her messenger to the King's court | |
| Location | ACT II, Scene 2 | |
Summary
The King of Navarre, together with his three lords Berowne, Longaville and Dumaine, make an oath to scolarship for three years. In order to dedicate themselves to their studies they swear to fasting, to give up women and to sleep as little as possible. The King decides not to allow any women in his court. The daughter of the King of France, however, arrives with three women, Maria, Katherine and Rosaline. The King refuses to allow them in his house because he doesn't want to break his oath and meets them out in the field with his three lords. They all show interest in the three women and the king falls in love with the princess.
In this scene, ACT II, Scene 2, the princess has just arrived at the King of Navarre's park and sends a messenger, Boyet, to announce her arrival and to inquire about the king's oath to scolarship.
In this scene, ACT II, Scene 2, the princess has just arrived at the King of Navarre's park and sends a messenger, Boyet, to announce her arrival and to inquire about the king's oath to scolarship.
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| PRINCESS Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean, Needs not the painted flourish of your praise: Beauty is bought by judgement of the eye, Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues: I am less proud to hear you tell my worth Than you much willing to be counted wise In spending your wit in the praise of mine. But now to task the tasker: good Boyet, You are not ignorant, all-telling fame Doth noise abroad, Navarre hath made a vow, Till painful study shall outwear three years, No woman may approach his silent court: Therefore to's seemeth it a needful course, Before we enter his forbidden gates, To know his pleasure; and in that behalf, Bold of your worthiness, we single you As our best-moving fair solicitor. Tell him, the daughter of the King of France, On serious business, craving quick dispatch, Importunes personal conference with his grace: Haste, signify so much; while we attend, Like humble-visaged suitors, his high will. |
