"Your bounties too him have long since deeply engraven his crimes in my Soul"
— Crowne, John (bap. 1641, d. 1712)
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed by T. Ratcliffe, & N. Thompson, for Richard Bentley [etc.]
Date
August, 1674; 1675
Metaphor
"Your bounties too him have long since deeply engraven his crimes in my Soul"
Metaphor in Context
OREST.
I justifie him: Your bounties too him have long since deeply engraven his crimes in my Soul. No, let us revenge our selves. I consent.-- But I some nobler way would cause his fate,
I'd be his Foe, not his Assassinate.
I would make his ruine, and our victory just what to the Greeks-- Who sent me here their Minister instead
Of Pyrrhus answer, shall I bear his head?
Have I not taken upon me the care of all the estates, and shall I acquit my self of my great trust by an Assassination? Permit Madam, in the name of all the Gods, that Greece explain her self. If he must die
Under the publick hatred let him bow,
Remember that a Crown surrounds his brow
I justifie him: Your bounties too him have long since deeply engraven his crimes in my Soul. No, let us revenge our selves. I consent.-- But I some nobler way would cause his fate,
I'd be his Foe, not his Assassinate.
I would make his ruine, and our victory just what to the Greeks-- Who sent me here their Minister instead
Of Pyrrhus answer, shall I bear his head?
Have I not taken upon me the care of all the estates, and shall I acquit my self of my great trust by an Assassination? Permit Madam, in the name of all the Gods, that Greece explain her self. If he must die
Under the publick hatred let him bow,
Remember that a Crown surrounds his brow
Categories
Provenance
Searching in "heart" and "engrav" in HDIS (Drama)
Citation
John Crowne, Andromache. A Tragedy. As it is acted at the Dukes Theatre (London: T. Ratcliffe and N. Thompson, 1675). <Link to Google Books>
Date of Entry
03/09/2005
