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John Ford’s The Queen: A Retelling
John Ford’s The Queen: A Retelling
John Ford’s The Queen: A Retelling
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John Ford’s The Queen: A Retelling

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This is an easy-to-read retelling John Ford's comedy (it has a happy ending) THE QUEEN.

Alphonso loves a woman not enough; Velasco loves a woman too much. Alphonso will not allow the Queen (his wife) to act like a woman, and Salassa will not allow Velasco to act like a man.

According to Charles Lamb, “Ford was of the first order of poets. He sought for sublimity, not by parcels in metaphors or visible images, but directly where she has her full residence in the heart of man; in the actions and sufferings of the greatest minds.”

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PublisherDavid Bruce
Release dateMar 22, 2019
ISBN9780463489321
John Ford’s The Queen: A Retelling
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David Bruce

I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to give copies of my eBooks to all students and citizens forever. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to give copies of my eBooks to all students forever. I also give permission to all teachers to give copies of my eBooks to all students forever.Teachers need not actually teach my retellings. Teachers are welcome to give students copies of my eBooks as background material. For example, if they are teaching Homer’s “Iliad” and “Odyssey,” teachers are welcome to give students copies of my “Virgil’s ‘Aeneid’: A Retelling in Prose” and tell students, “Here’s another ancient epic you may want to read in your spare time.”Do you know a language other than English? I give you permission to translate any of my retellings of classic literature, copyright your translation in your name, publish or self-publish your translation (but do say it's a translation of something I wrote), and keep all the royalties for yourself.Libraries, download my books free. This is from Smashwords' FAQ section:"Does Smashwords distribute to libraries?"Yes! We have two methods of distributing to libraries: 1. Via library aggregators. Library aggregators, such as OverDrive and Baker & Taylor's Axis360 service, allow libraries to purchase books. Smashwords is working with multiple library aggregators, and is in the process of signing up additional aggregators. 2. On August 7, 2012, Smashwords announced Library Direct. This distribution option allows libraries and library networks to acquire and host Smashwords ebooks on their own servers. 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He has also retired from teaching English and philosophy at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.SOME BOOKS BY DAVID BRUCERetellings of a Classic Work of Literature:Arden of Favorsham: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Alchemist: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Arraignment, or Poetaster: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Bartholomew Fair: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Case is Altered: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Catiline’s Conspiracy: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Devil is an Ass: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Epicene: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Every Man in His Humor: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Every Man Out of His Humor: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Fountain of Self-Love, or Cynthia’s Revels: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Magnetic Lady: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The New Inn: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Sejanus' Fall: A RetellingBen Jonson’s The Staple of News: A RetellingBen Jonson’s A Tale of a Tub: A RetellingBen Jonson’s Volpone, or the Fox: A RetellingChristopher Marlowe’s Complete Plays: RetellingsChristopher Marlowe’s Dido, Queen of Carthage: A RetellingChristopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus: Retellings of the 1604 A-Text and of the 1616 B-TextChristopher Marlowe’s Edward II: A RetellingChristopher Marlowe’s The Massacre at Paris: A RetellingChristopher Marlowe’s The Rich Jew of Malta: A RetellingChristopher Marlowe’s Tamburlaine, Parts 1 and 2: RetellingsDante’s Divine Comedy: A Retelling in ProseDante’s Inferno: A Retelling in ProseDante’s Purgatory: A Retelling in ProseDante’s Paradise: A Retelling in ProseThe Famous Victories of Henry V: A RetellingFrom the Iliad to the Odyssey: A Retelling in Prose of Quintus of Smyrna’s PosthomericaGeorge Chapman, Ben Jonson, and John Marston’s Eastward Ho! 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    John Ford’s The Queen - David Bruce

    John Ford’s

    The Queen:

    A Retelling

    David Bruce

    Copyright 2019 by Bruce D. Bruce

    SMASHWORDS EDITION

    Front Cover

    Image by Jerzy Gorecki on Pixabay

    https://pixabay.com/photos/girl-woman-character-body-face-1730199/

    According to Charles Lamb, Ford was of the first order of poets. He sought for sublimity, not by parcels in metaphors or visible images, but directly where she has her full residence in the heart of man; in the actions and sufferings of the greatest minds.

    Educate Yourself

    Read Like A Wolf Eats

    Be Excellent to Each Other

    Books Then, Books Now, Books Forever

    ***

    In this retelling, as in all my retellings, I have tried to make the work of literature accessible to modern readers who may lack some of the knowledge about mythology, religion, and history that the literary work’s contemporary audience had.

    Do you know a language other than English? If you do, I give you permission to translate this book, copyright your translation, publish or self-publish it, and keep all the royalties for yourself. (Do give me credit, of course, for the original retelling.)

    I would like to see my retellings of classic literature used in schools, so I give permission to the country of Finland (and all other countries) to give copies of any or all of my retellings to all students forever. I also give permission to the state of Texas (and all other states) to give copies of this book to all students forever. I also give permission to all teachers to give copies of this book to all students forever.

    Teachers need not actually teach my retellings. Teachers are welcome to give students copies of my eBooks as background material. For example, if they are teaching Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, teachers are welcome to give students copies of my Virgil’s Aeneid: A Retelling in Prose and tell students, Here’s another ancient epic you may want to read in your spare time.

    Dedicated to Carl Eugene Bruce and Josephine Saturday Bruce

    My father, Carl Eugene Bruce, died on 24 October 2013. He used to work for Ohio Power, and at one time, his job was to shut off the electricity of people who had not paid their bills. He sometimes would find a home with an impoverished mother and some children. Instead of shutting off their electricity, he would tell the mother that she needed to pay her bill or soon her electricity would be shut off. He would write on a form that no one was home when he stopped by because if no one was home he did not have to shut off their electricity.

    The best good deed that anyone ever did for my father occurred after a storm that knocked down many power lines. He and other linemen worked long hours and got wet and cold. Their feet were freezing because water got into their boots and soaked their socks. Fortunately, a kind woman gave my father and the other linemen dry socks to wear.

    My mother, Josephine Saturday Bruce, died on 14 June 2003. She used to work at a store that sold clothing. One day, an impoverished mother with a baby clothed in rags walked into the store and started shoplifting in an interesting way: The mother took the rags off her baby and dressed the infant in new clothing. My mother knew that this mother could not afford to buy the clothing, but she helped the mother dress her baby and then she watched as the mother walked out of the store without paying.

    ***

    The doing of good deeds is important. As a free person, you can choose to live your life as a good person or as a bad person. To be a good person, do good deeds. To be a bad person, do bad deeds. If you do good deeds, you will become good. If you do bad deeds, you will become bad. To become the person you want to be, act as if you already are that kind of person. Each of us chooses what kind of person we will become. To become a good person, do the things a good person does. To become a bad person, do the things a bad person does. The opportunity to take action to become the kind of person you want to be is yours.

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    Cast of Characters

    Chapter 1

    Chapter 2

    Chapter 3

    Chapter 4

    Chapter 5

    Appendix A: Notes

    Appendix B: About the Author

    Appendix C: Some Books by David Bruce

    CAST OF CHARACTERS

    Female Characters

    Queen of Aragon.

    Salassa, a widow. Velasco falls in love with her.

    Shaparoon, her friend. Somewhat of a bawd. Not a countess, but more of a cunt-tess. Shaparoon’s name is reminiscent of chaperone. Let it be known that she would make a poor chaperone. (Sadly, the first citation in the Oxford English Dictionary for A person, esp. a married or elderly woman, who, for the sake of propriety, accompanies a young unmarried lady in public, as guide and protector is 1720. A quarto edition of The Queen was published in 1653.)

    Male Characters

    Alphonso, defeated leader of the defeated rebels. Afterwards King.

    Petruchi, a young lord.

    Bufo, a captain. Member of the King’s party. Bufo is a comic character.

    Pynto, an astrologer. Member of the King’s party.

    Muretto, member of the King’s party. Muretto can be described as a flatterer-parasite or as a good man, or possibly as both. His character becomes clearer in the final scene of the final act.

    Velasco, the Queen of Aragon’s general.

    Lodovico, his friend.

    Collumello, counselor to the Queen of Aragon.

    Almado, counselor to the Queen of Aragon.

    Herophil, the Queen of Aragon’s woman-servant.

    Mopas, Velasco’s man-servant. Described by others as a wise servant and a fool (Act 1, Scene 2), and as a jester (Act 2, Scene 1). Self-described as Velasco’s gentleman usher (Act 3, Scene 2).

    Minor Characters

    Hangman, aka executioner.

    Messenger.

    Groom, aka servant, especially one who takes care of horses.

    Officers.

    NOTA BENE:

    The medieval Kingdom of Aragon is located in northeastern Spain.

    Alphonso loves a woman not enough; Velasco loves a woman too much. Alphonso will not allow the Queen (his wife) to act like a woman, and Salassa (the woman Velasco loves) will not allow Velasco to act like a man.

    In this culture, a man of higher rank would use words such as thee, thy, thine, and thou to refer to a servant. However, two close friends or a husband and wife could properly use thee, thy, thine, and thou to refer to each other.

    The word sirrah is a term usually used to address a man of lower social rank than the speaker. This was socially acceptable, but sometimes the speaker would use the word as an insult when speaking to a man whom he did not usually call sirrah.

    Tim Seccombe edited John Ford’s The Queen, modernized the spelling, and provided useful notes. His excellent edition is available online:

    https://extra.shu.ac.uk/emls/iemls/renplays/queencontents.htm#

    Interestingly, John Ford had a Latin motto: Fide Honor. This can be translated as Honor through Faith). Fide Honor is an anagram of Iohn Forde.

    The full title of John Ford’s play is this: The Queen, Or the Excellency of Her Sex.

    CHAPTER 1

    1.1 —

    A civil insurrection in the Kingdom of Aragon in northeastern Spain had just been put down. The defeated army’s general was Alphonso, and three of his followers were being pardoned: Bufo, Pynto, and Muretto. Bufo was a captain, Pynto was an astrologer, and Muretto was perhaps mostly a flatterer/parasite.

    Petruchi, one of the Queen of Aragon’s lords, gave them the good news: All of you are free, and all of you are forgiven.

    The three former rebels said, May God bless her majesty.

    Henceforth, my friends, Petruchi said, take heed how you so hazard and risk your lives and fortunes on the peevish civil uprising of every discontent; you will not find mercy so rife at all times.

    Gracious sir! Muretto said, Your counsel is more like an oracle than a man’s advice. For my part I dare speak for one — I will rather be racked asunder than ever again offend so wise a majesty.

    The rack was an instrument of torture in which the victim’s arms were pulled in one direction and their legs were pulled in the opposite direction. This caused joints to painfully separate.

    That is well, Petruchi said. Your lives are once more made your own. I must attend the execution of your hot-headed general: Alphonso. Each of you must shift now for yourselves.

    Petruchi exited.

    Has he gone? Bufo said. Ha, ha, ha! We have the common capony of the clear Heavens once more over our heads, sirs.

    Bufo occasionally erred when it came to language. By capony, he meant canopy." The canopy of the clear Heavens is a clear sky. A capon is something quite different: a castrated cockerel, aka rooster.

    We are at liberty and are out of the hangman’s clutches, Muretto said. Now observe what good language and fair words will do, gentlemen.

    Good language! Pynto said.

    He then said to Muretto, whose occasional use of flattering words offended him, Oh, let me go back and be hanged rather than live within the rotten infection of thy cankered breath; the poison of a flatterer’s tongue is a thousand times more deadly than the twinges of a hangman’s rope. Thou birth of an unlucky planet, I abhor thee.

    As an astrologer, Pynto believed that planets could exert favorable or unfavorable influences on a person. He was saying that when Muretto was born, the astrological signs were unfavorable.

    Bah! Bah! Muretto said. How can you revile your friends like that?

    Friends? Pynto said. Are you my friend?

    He then said to Bufo, who had been a captain in the rebel army, Captain, come away from that slippery eel, captain.

    The slippery eel was Muretto.

    Pynto continued, His very cradle was in dirt and mud, his milk was the oil of serpents, his mother was a mangy mermaid, and a male crocodile begat him.

    These criticisms are not necessary, sweet signor Pynto, Muretto said.

    ‘Sweet signor’? Pynto said. Sweet cog-foist!

    Cog and foist both mean cheat as a verb and cheater as a noun. Some flatterers use flattery to cheat people.

    Pynto continued, Go hang thyself! Thou would jeer the very rags I wear off my back with thy fustian words of ‘sweet,’ ‘precious,’ ‘unmatchable,’ ‘rare,’ ‘wise,’ ‘judicious’ … bah!

    Fustian words are inflated and high-sounding but inappropriate. Pynto was saying that Muretto’s words were flattering and used to manipulate.

    He continued, "A pox on thee, sirrah. Sirrah, haven’t thou many a time and often devoured a whole table of mine, garnished with plenty, indeed, with a variety of good wholesome fare, under the pretext of telling news and gossip with a

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