... , culminating in an address by Cleophila to an unruly mob. Alfred Bill states that despite the "background of forest shepherd and shepherdesses, flocks and herds" political undercurrents make Arcadia "no true pastoral" , this is highly evident in Cleophila's speech. In accordance of the body politic as a concept which embodies "kingship", rather than the actual king, Cleophila assumes "the judgement seat of ... character's his name sake (Philisides, Philanax), then endowing them with grounded advise. From this perspective, one reads a monarch, Basilius, neglecting his kingdom in search o...

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