All 26 Uses
patron
in
Volpone
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- MOS: If it please my patron, Not else.†
Act 1
- Patron!†
Act 1
- MOS: My patron!†
Act 1
- CORB: How does your patron?†
Act 1
- VOLP: Most noble gentlemen, and my worthy patrons!†
Act 2
- Because, I would not do that thing might cross Your ends, on whom I have my whole dependance, sir: Yet, if I do it not, they may delate My slackness to my patron, work me out Of his opinion;†
Act 2
- 'Pray you signify Unto your patron, I am here.†
Act 3
- MOS: Madam— LADY P: I have brought your patron A toy, a cap here, of mine own work.†
Act 3
- MOS: O that his well-driv'n sword Had been so courteous to have cleft me down Unto the navel; ere I lived to see My life, my hopes, my spirits, my patron, all Thus desperately engaged, by my error!†
Act 3
- Your son, I know not by what accident, Acquainted with your purpose to my patron, Touching your Will, and making him your heir, Enter'd our house with violence, his sword drawn Sought for you, call'd you wretch, unnatural, Vow'd he would kill you.†
Act 3
- MOS: Yes, and my patron.†
Act 3
- VOLT: Yes, I hear Corbaccio Hath made your patron there his heir.†
Act 3
- MOS: 'Tis true, By my device, drawn to it by my plot, With hope— VOLT: Your patron should reciprocate?†
Act 3
- MOS: No, sir, on visitation; (I'll tell you how anon;) and staying long, The youth he grows impatient, rushes forth, Seizeth the lady, wounds me, makes her swear (Or he would murder her, that was his vow) To affirm my patron to have done her rape: Which how unlike it is, you see!†
Act 3
- and hence, With that pretext he's gone, to accuse his father, Defame my patron, defeat you— VOLT: Where is her husband?†
Act 3
- MOS: Patron, go in, and pray for our success.†
Act 3
- Come, I blush for you, master Would-be, I; And am asham'd you should have no more forehead, Than thus to be the patron, or St. George, To a lewd harlot, a base fricatrice, A female devil, in a male outside.†
Act 4
- MOS: My wound, May it please your wisdoms, speaks for me, received In aid of my good patron, when he mist His sought-for father, when that well-taught dame Had her cue given her, to cry out, A rape!†
Act 4
- LADY P: No, I'll go see your patron.†
Act 4
- My purpose is to urge My patron to reform his Will; and for The zeal you have shewn to-day, whereas before You were but third or fourth, you shall be now Put in the first; which would appear as begg'd, If you were present.†
Act 4
- Are not you he, that filthy covetous wretch, With the three legs, that, here, in hope of prey, Have, any time this three years, snuff'd about, With your most grovelling nose; and would have hired Me to the poisoning of my patron, sir?†
Act 5
- now his patron's dead
Act 5 *patron = supporter
- VOLT: Grave fathers, No more than his good patron, old Volpone.†
Act 5
- —Most reverend fathers, I sooner had attended your grave pleasures, But that my order for the funeral Of my dear patron, did require me— VOLP [ASIDE.]†
Act 5
- MOS: Patron!†
Act 5
- MOS: Why, patron!†
Act 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(patron as in: a patron of the arts) a regular customer; or someone who gives money or support to an organization, cause, or person
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In ancient Roman history, patron referred to the more powerful person in a complex client-patron relationship. The term is still used in some cultures today to describe a property owner who is in charge of workers.
Also see patron saint.
Much more rarely, a patron is the proprietor of an inn.