2 Lady. Or, should I take delight in Admirers? Heaven forbid, I should part Man and Wife. Yes, she is extream handsome, young, rich, and virtuous.

Epilogue The ACTORS NAMES. 1 Woman. For all you are a great Princess, give me leave to tell you,         I am not so old, nor yet so blind         But that I see you are too kind. Enter a Lady, asking whether they will see the Play. Not unless you had Women in your Convent. THe Jolly Wassel now do bring, With Apples drown'd in stronger Ale, And fresher Syllibubs, and sing; Then each to tell their Love-sick Tale: So home by Couples, and thus draw Our selves by holy Hymen's Law.

L. Happy. And then through pity you may chance to cry: But if you please, you may a Cordial give, Made up with Praise, and so he long may live. There is a pastoral scene: another woman dressed as shepherd woos Lady Happy but is rejected; the Princess woos Lady Happy and is accepted; there is a dance with a prize awarded to the best dancers, Lady Happy and the Princess. Visualizing Speakers in Drama by Gender.

L. Happy. Advis.

Monsieur Adviser replies, "No, there are no Grates, but Brick and Stone-walls" (p. 19). Besides, within the Waters deep, In hollow Rocks my Court I keep; Of Amber-greece my Bed is made, Whereon my softer Limbs are laid, There take I Rest; and whil'st I sleep, The Sea doth guard, and safe me keep From danger; and, when I awake, A Present of a Ship doth make. Mediat. Prin. By MARGARET CAVENDISH, Duchess of Newcastle. to be stuft with Feathers in the Spring and Autumn, and with Down in the Winter, but in the Summer to be only Quilts, either of Silk, or fine Holland; and our Sheets, Pillows,Table-Clothes and Towels, to be of pure fine Holland, and every day clean; also, the Rooms we eat in, and the Vessels we feed withal, I have according to each Season; and the Linnen we use to our Meat, to be pure fine Diaper, and Damask, and to change it fresh every course of Meat: As for our Galleries, Stair-Cases, and Passages, they shall be hung with various Pictures; and, all along the Wall of our Gallery, as long as the Summer lasts, do stand, upon Pedestals, Flower-pots, with various Flowers; and in the Winter Orange-Trees: and my Gardens to be kept curiously, and flourish, in every Season of all sorts of Flowers, sweet Herbs and Fruits, and kept so as not to have a Weed in it, and all the Groves, Wildernesses, Bowers and Arbours pruned, and kept free from dead Boughs Branches or Leaves; and all the Ponds, Rivolets, Fountains, and Springs, kept clear, pure and fresh: Also, we will have the choisest Meats every Season doth afford, and that every day our Meat, be drest several ways, and our drink cooler or hotter according to the several Seasons; and all our Drinks fresh and pleasing: Change of Garments are also provided, of the newest fashions for every Season, and rich Trimming; so as we may be accoutred properly, and according to our several pastimes: and our Shifts shall be of the finest and purest Linnen that can be bought or spun. When Monsieur Courtly asks, "But is there no place where we may peak into the Convent?" %PDF-1.4 %âãÏÓ The Convent of Pleasure and Other Plays. Oh!

Faith, Dick, if I had her wealth I should be Happy. L. Happy.

But since I am discover'd, go from me to the Councellors of this State, and inform them of my being here, as also the reason, and that I ask their leave I may marry this Lady; otherwise, tell them I will have her by force of Arms. A life tied to a man will not bring her happiness: “Men are the only troublers of women” (Broadview Anthology ,15). Act V: Lady Happy and the Princess arrive at a dance together, with the Princess dressed in masculine apparel. It has been added here for the convenience of online readers. Edward II Christopher Marlowe. L. Happy. I will take your kind Offer; for Wine may chance to abate Cholerick vapours, and pacifie the Spleen. The Princess soliloquizes, resolving to remain with Lady Happy rather than return to the masculine outside world. L. Happy.

She is a Princely brave Woman truly, of a Masculine Presence.

The Convent of Pleasure (1668) proposes a separatist community of women and has received attention for its suggestion of lesbian sexuality. Gent. The Epilogue; When had you it? Lady. Prin. Mediat. 0000002797 00000 n
Perswade her I your Son in Law may be: I'le serve your Swine, your Cows bring home to Milk; Attend your Sheep, whose Wool's as soft as Silk; I'le plow your Grounds, Corn I'le in Winter sow, Then reap your Harvest, and your Grass I'le mow; Gather your Fruits in Autumn from the Tree. Why then, I observing in your several Recreations, some of your Ladies do accoustre Themselves in Masculine-Habits, and act Lovers-parts; I desire you will give me leave to be sometimes so accoustred and act the part of your loving Servant. endstream endobj 10 0 obj<> endobj 11 0 obj<> endobj 12 0 obj<>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text]/ExtGState<>>> endobj 13 0 obj<> endobj 14 0 obj<> endobj 15 0 obj<> endobj 16 0 obj<> endobj 17 0 obj<> endobj 18 0 obj<>stream Her analysis of Lady Happy portrayed her as a "virtuous, wealthy, and beautiful young virgin" who is understandably sought after during this time. Mediat. In so much Pleasure, as Nature never knew, before this Convent was: and for my part, I had rather be one in the Convent of Pleasure, then Emperess of the whole World; for every Lady there enjoyeth as much Pleasure as any absolute Monarch can do, without the Troubles and Cares, that wait on Royalty; besides, none can enjoy those Pleasures They have, unless they live such a retired or retreated life free from … [1] The play is about a group of unmarried women who choose to avoid the pains of men and marriage by creating their own community. L. Happy. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Perilous Power: Chastity as Political Power in William Shakespeare's Measure for Measure and Margaret Cavendish's Assaulted and Pursued Chastity", "Gender and Cross-Dressing in the Seventeenth Century: Margaret Cavendish Reads Shakespeare", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Convent_of_Pleasure&oldid=967993526, Articles needing additional references from November 2019, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 July 2020, at 15:19. 9 0 obj <> endobj Both plays tell stories of female protagonists stepping outside of second-class and private citizenship status in a threatening manner, whether that’s leading an army of female heroes or self-education, to patriarchal society. Wife.

An Epilogue says he, the devil an Epilogue have I: let me study. Interest in what the editor calls 'early women writers' (p. vii) is growing apace, and hence the need for editions of their work. FAir Shepherdess do not my Suit deny, O grant my Suit, let me not for Love die: Pity my Flocks, Oh save their Shepherd's life; Grant you my Suit, be you their Shepherd's Wife. Lord! The article takes a critical look at the concept of “chastity” as an attribute of the mythical goddess Diana, especially as interpreted in early modern literature and art, and at the depiction of Diana as the focus and leader of a community of women who reject romantic and erotic interactions with men, but engage in those interactions with each other. Takepl. Sir, this is the Mimick I told you of.

Lady. is your Servant become an offence to your sight? for, What profit or pleasure can it be to the gods to have Men or Women wear coarse Linnen or rough Woollen, or to flea their skin with Hair-cloth, or to eat or sawe thorow their flesh with Cords?
The original verso was blank. Wherefore, in order thereto, I will take so many Noble Persons of my own Sex, as my Estate will plentifully maintain, such whose Births are greater then their Fortunes, and are resolv'd to live a single life, and vow Virginity: with these I mean to live incloister'd with all the delights and pleasures that are allowable and lawful; My Cloister shall not be a Cloister of restraint, but a place for freedom, not to vex the Senses but to please them. Mimick. Saltar's Point Press, 2016., 112, The Convent of Pleasure was published in 1668 in Cavendish’s second folio collection, Plays, Never before Printed. They decide to disguise themselves as working-class women to enter. O the Lord! Gent. What Earthly Creature's like to me, That hath such Power and Majestie? nay, I doubt, there's too much Matter. But innocent Lovers do not use to kiss. Mediat. O Neighbour well met, where have you been? I marry, that's the question; but words are nothing, and then an Epilogue is nothing, and so I may speak nothing; Then nothing be my Speech. But I could judg of their Changes by their single Principles. In so much Pleasure, as Nature never knew, before this Convent was: and for my part, I had rather be one in the Convent of Pleasure, then Emperess of the whole World; for every Lady there enjoyeth as much Pleasure as any absolute Monarch can do, without the Troubles and Cares, that wait on Royalty; besides, none can enjoy those Pleasures They have, unless they live such a retired or retreated life free from the Worlds vexations. I am a Married Man, and have Married my Ladies Maid Nan, and she will keep me at home do what I can; but you've now a Mimick of your own, for the Prince has imitated a Woman. Enter a Lady big with Child, groaning as in labour, and a Company of Women with her. 2 (2008): 419-42. Now, Noble Friends, Dance you; and the Princess, and I, will rest our selves. when he should be a comfort and staff of my age, is he to be my ages affliction? Advis. I never had it; then you did not lose it; that is all one, but I must speak it, although I never had it; How can you speak it, and never had it? Takepl. Oh I shall run mad, for I have no patience. A She-supporter; for it was one of the Maid-servants, which belong to this Tavern. Advis. If all her Wooers be younger Brothers, as most of us Gallants are, we shall undo our selves upon bare hopes, without Probability: But is she handsome, Tom?


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