“Pious Marta” Molina in brief summary
Doña Marta and donja Lucia, the daughter of Don Gómez, mourn the brother killed by Don Felipe. But both girls are in secret from each other in love with Don Felipe and in fact are more worried about his fate than grieve about his brother. Marta guesses about Lucia’s love for Felipe. To convict her sister of pretense, she tells Lucia that Felipe was captured in Seville and will be brought to trial. Lucia, who a moment before demanded death for his brother’s murderer, can not hold back tears. Seeing the sorrow of her sister. Martha understands that the flair did not deceive her and Lucia is really in love with Felipe.
Don Gomez receives a letter from the old friend of Captain Urbin. Urbina returned from the West Indies, where he made a fortune, and now he wants to marry Martha. Don Gomez reflects: “He is my peer. / I’m old and gray. / But he has a hundred thousand pesos! / And a pile of gold coins / A man adds weight, / He removes the burden of years.”
Felipe and his friend Pastrana in Ileskas. Pastrana persuades Felipe to flee and advises him to join the forces of Admiral Fajardo – no one will find him there. But Felipe wants to see him first with Martha, who is about to come to Ilescas. Felipe knows that both Marta and Lucia are in love with him. He himself loves Martha and would be happy to get rid of Lucia.
Urbina and Gomez meet after a long separation. The lieutenant, nephew of Urbina, falls in love with Lucia at first sight.
On the square
Gomez cautiously talks with Martha about marriage. Praising Urbina, he always mentions his nephew, and Martha decides that her father wants to extradite her for the Lieutenant. The lieutenant, catching Martha’s gaze, thinks that she fell in love with him, but his heart belongs to Lucia, and Martha willingly succumbs to his uncle. Urbina makes Martha an offer, and her delusion is dissipated. She laments: “Is it up to the coffin / Are we vulnerable to love arrows? / Oh, how sad is our human destiny!” Urbina is waiting for a response from Martha. Felipe, imperceptibly crooked among the guests, approaches Martha and for a moment throws back the cloak concealing his face. Marta refuses Urbina: she has vowed chastity and can not break it. Gomez is furious: how dare a daughter to disobey him! Martha explains that until now the vow did not prevent her from being a submissive daughter, and she was silent, but now it’s time to announce it publicly. Felipe in perplexity. Marta in a whisper promises to explain everything to him later.
Captain Urbina arrives in Madrid in the hope of persuading Martha to marry. But Gomez informs him that Marta leads a monastic life and even stopped dressing up. Urbina is not averse to marrying his nephew on Lucia, and Gomez hopes that the example of the sister will have a beneficial effect on Martha: “And the happiness of the sister’s look / Will make Martha quibble: / Where useless persuasion, / There envy vividly sober.” The lieutenant is now far away: he marched with the Duke of Macedonia. When he returns, he will explain Lucia in love and lead her to the crown.
Return Lieutenant. He tells in detail about the struggle against the Moors and the capture of the fortress of Mamor. Martha appears in a monastic vest: she was in the hospital and helped the suffering. She intends to use her dowry for the construction of the infirmary. Gomez, powerless to dissuade her, agrees to everything, hoping that soon she will abandon her quirks. Under the name of don Juan Hurtado to Gomez comes Pastrana. He says that he came on the instructions of the Sevilla court to get a power of attorney from Gomez – then the criminal Felipe will not escape punishment, Felipe wants to distract Gomez in this way and, using the fact that Gomez does not know him in person, appear in his house. Pastrana is afraid that Lucia will recognize him, but Martha promises to deceive her sister’s vigilance. Gomez rejoices that the news of the arrest of the Felipe has been confirmed, and willingly gives Pastrana all the necessary papers. Gomez craves revenge, Marta says about mercy and the need to forgive the enemies. In the house of Gomez comes a felipe, disguised as a sick student. Martha pities the poor fellow and, contrary to the will of her father, wants to leave him in the house until the infirmary is built. She threatens that if Gomez drives the sick, then she will leave with him. Felipe, who named himself a Nibenimedo licensee, says that he can give lessons in Latin, and Martha immediately grabs the idea: to understand prayers better, she needs to take Latin lessons. When everyone leaves the room and Marta and Felipe are left alone, they embrace. Accidentally, Gomez enters, and Martha pretends to support the unconscious licentiate. Martha pities the poor fellow and, contrary to the will of her father, wants to leave him in the house until the infirmary is built. She threatens that if Gomez drives the sick, then she will leave with him. Felipe, who named himself a Nibenimedo licensee, says that he can give lessons in Latin, and Martha immediately grabs the idea: to understand prayers better, she needs to take Latin lessons. When everyone leaves the room and Marta and Felipe are left alone, they embrace. Accidentally, Gomez enters, and Martha pretends to support the unconscious licentiate. Martha pities the poor fellow and, contrary to the will of her father, wants to leave him in the house until the infirmary is built. She threatens that if Gomez drives the sick, then she will leave with him. Felipe, who named himself a Nibenimedo licensee, says that he can give lessons in Latin, and Martha immediately grabs the idea: to understand prayers better, she needs to take Latin lessons. When everyone leaves the room and Marta and Felipe are left alone, they embrace. Accidentally, Gomez enters, and Martha pretends to support the unconscious licentiate. When everyone leaves the room and Marta and Felipe are left alone, they embrace. Accidentally, Gomez enters, and Martha pretends to support the unconscious licentiate. When everyone leaves the room and Marta and Felipe are left alone, they embrace. Accidentally, Gomez enters, and Martha pretends to support the unconscious licentiate.
Urbina, admiring the piety of Martha, donates eight thousand gold for the construction of the hospital. Gomez wants to know what the successes of Martha in the study of Latin. Felipe asks Martha to declare the word “dura”, but Marta plays offense, and although Felipe explains to her that “dura” in Latin means “severe”, does not want to decline anything. Left alone, Martha and Felipe kiss. Enter Lucia, who still did not give out to Felipe, hoping that he had entered the house for her. She is tormented by jealousy and wants to expose the deceivers. Lucia tells Marta that her father is calling her, and when her sister comes out, she reproaches Felipe for treason. Fedipa assures Lucia that she loves her alone. When he entered the house to see her. Marta recognized him and wanted to give it to his father: in order to save his life, he pretended to be in love with Martha. Lucia throws Felipe around his neck. Entered Marta finds them together and, overhearing Felipe’s love confessions, decides that he deceives her. When Lucia leaves, giving Felipe the word to become his wife, Marta arranges a scene of jealousy for Felipe and calls Gomez, Lieutenant and Urbina to grab the scoundrel. All run to the call of Martha. Gomez is amazed to hear from the lips of his daughter the words: “God break me.” Martha, having changed her mind, pretends to scold the licentiate who said this phrase and remembered the name of the Lord in vain. She repeats this phrase, which he allegedly said and which she can not forgive him: “Say” God break me “! .. / Fall down prostrate or out of the house!” – and beats Felipe. Gomez reproaches Martha in excessive severity, Urbina calls her a saint, offended Felipe wants to leave, but Marta, pretending to be concerned about the fate of the poor patient, allows him to stay and even begs his forgiveness. The lieutenant, left alone with Felipe, asks him about the reason for the masquerade. He guessed that Felipe was in love with Martha, and was ready to help him in every possible way. Felipe is thinking about how to arrange Lucia to the Lieutenant. Felipe tells Lucia in secret that he is afraid of the jealous lieutenant in love with her. To knock him off the track, he allegedly told the Lieutenant that he was in love with Martha, and advised Lucia to finally lull the Vigilante’s vigilance, favorably accept his courtship. Lucia reluctantly agrees. To knock him off the track, he allegedly told the Lieutenant that he was in love with Martha, and advised Lucia to finally lull the Vigilante’s vigilance, favorably accept his courtship. Lucia reluctantly agrees. To knock him off the track, he allegedly told the Lieutenant that he was in love with Martha, and advised Lucia to finally lull the Vigilante’s vigilance, favorably accept his courtship. Lucia reluctantly agrees.
Marta, seeing the lover’s longing, proposes to arrange dinner by the river. Pastrana believes that it is better to arrange a feast in a secluded garden near the Prado Park. He wants to remove two old men – Gomez and Urbina – from Madrid, then lovers can marry and no one will be able to separate them. Pastrana under the guise of don Juan Hurtado is to Gomez with the message that in Seville the verdict of the murderer of his son has already been pronounced and the offender will be beheaded in the square. His property must pass into the hands of Gomez. If Gomez wants to see the execution of the villain, he must hurry to Sevilla. Urbina, it turns out, also has business in Seville, and old friends decide to go together. Marta, pretending that he wants to help Lucia to marry Felile, persuades her to give the order to the Lieutenant to consent to marry him. The simple-minded Lucia comes across this bait and promises the hand of the Lieutenant. Gomez and Urbina return to Madrid. On the way to Sevilla, they were caught up by Gomez’s friend, to whom his relative, the ruler of the ducal castle in the Prado, discovered all the intrigues of Martha. An angry Gomez wants to kill Felipe, but he already managed to marry Martha and in addition became the owner of a rich inheritance. Felipe asks Gomez to forgive him. Urbina calls a friend to show nobility and not to think about revenge. He himself is so delighted with the ingenuity of Martha that she gives her the dowry of the eight thousand gold that he gave to the construction of the hospital. Lucia understands that she is deceived, but quickly consoles herself and decides to marry the Lieutenant. At parting Gomez gives advice to the fathers: “… let the daughters / from the students guarded. / After all, the conjugations and the inclination / We know what to decline…”, / and Felipe asks the audience to be condescending: “I am a devout Marta / Healed of lameness.
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