"Yes, Oswald, by the conscious Judge within, / So do I stand acquitted to my self, / That were my Ethelinda free from Danger, / On Peril of my Life, I would make known, / And to the World avow my Love and Faith."
— Rowe, Nicholas (1674-1718)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date
November 25, 1707; 1708
Metaphor
"Yes, Oswald, by the conscious Judge within, / So do I stand acquitted to my self, / That were my Ethelinda free from Danger, / On Peril of my Life, I would make known, / And to the World avow my Love and Faith."
Metaphor in Context
OSWALD.
Have you not fail'd in both?
ARIBERT.
'Tis true, I have;
But for a Cause so just, so worthy of me,
That not t'have fail'd in both, had been t'have fail'd.
Yes, Oswald, by the conscious Judge within,
So do I stand acquitted to my self,
That were my Ethelinda free from Danger,
On Peril of my Life, I would make known,
And to the World avow my Love and Faith.
(I.i, p. 3)
Have you not fail'd in both?
ARIBERT.
'Tis true, I have;
But for a Cause so just, so worthy of me,
That not t'have fail'd in both, had been t'have fail'd.
Yes, Oswald, by the conscious Judge within,
So do I stand acquitted to my self,
That were my Ethelinda free from Danger,
On Peril of my Life, I would make known,
And to the World avow my Love and Faith.
(I.i, p. 3)
Categories
Provenance
C-H Lion
Citation
First performed November 25, 1707. Thirty-three entries in ESTC (1708, 1714, 1719, 1720, 1725, 1726, 1728, 1733, 1736, 1757, 1764, 1765, 1768, 1774, 1776, 1779, 1780, 1782, 1791, 1794, 1795).
The Royal Convert. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market. By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants. Written by N. Rowe (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1708). <Link to ECCO>
The Royal Convert. A Tragedy. As it is Acted at the Queen's Theatre in the Hay-Market. By Her Majesty's Sworn Servants. Written by N. Rowe (London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, 1708). <Link to ECCO>
Date of Entry
07/25/2013
