Marmion, Shackerley · published 1633 · first performed or written 1633 [1632-1633] (Annals) comedy · Prince Charles's Men (second) · before the Court unassigned nearest T52 Prodigals, portions and poor kin · 504 words
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Nay, I will uphold it beside, though my father be a Citizen, yet I am a Gentleman's son by the mother's side. I that he is i'll be sworn, the Foundlings are as good Gentlemen, as any be in the City, the boy has a Perilous head, how should he find out this I marvel? Find it out, as if I were such a fool, I did not know my own Coat. Yet husband, I never saw you wear one in my life. Not a fool's coat, but I shall have one of your Spinning very shortly. I'll tell you father if I lift now; I can go twenty degrees back like a crab, to find out the track of our gentility. lo you there, can you be content thou man perverse to all reason, having a son of so large and prosperous hopes, that might stand up the glory of his kindred, of such pregnancy of wit and understanding, so rich in the qualities that can bear up a Gentleman, to let him sink, and not cherish him with those helps that might advance his gallantry. You have had your florishing season, and are now withered, your blossoms of beauty are blown off & therefore must be content out of that dry stalk to afford some sap to maintain his succession; pray how many young Gentlemen have you in this Town, that go in plush, and their fathers to blow in the country? shall we have worse precedents in the City? impart I say, and give him twenty pieces, and when they are gone give him twenty more. What to do? Will you disparage him, as if he knew not what to do with it? do you think that Fencers, Dancers, Horsematches (I'll have him versed in all these, and omit nothing that may demonstrate his breeding;) besides Mistresses, and implements that belong to them require, nothing? Was ever any mother in this humour? that should reclaim her son from his ill courses, to animate him, and supply his riot: let her enjoy her follies, smart for them, and then repent; here hold, there's twenty pieces, I am sure all thrown away, they are in a consumption already, and will be dead, and drawn out by tomorrow. What thinkest thou Crotchet? Nay sir they are condemned, that's certain, you have passed your judgement upon them, and my young Master must execute it. I give it lost Crotchet, I give it lost; but stay, my daughters; I had need have Argus eyes to look about me, or the Dragons that watched the Hesperides: I am beset on all hands; my daughters are wily, my wife wilful, my son I know not what, with the fear of my money, do so distract me, that my wits are disjointed amongst them, all the remainder of my hopes is, if Valeria have proved tractable to Mr. spruce, and that Dotario has received comfort in his Aemilia. I labour with expectation till I go in, and be delivered.
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Nay, I will uphold it beſides, though my father be a Citizen, yet I am a Gentlemans ſonne by the mothers ſide. I that he is ile be ſworne, the Fondlings are as good Gentlemen, as any be in the Citie, the boy has a Parlous head, how ſhould he find out this I marvaile? Find it out, as if I were ſuch a foole, I did not know my owne Coat. Yet husband, I never ſaw you weare one in my life. Not a fooles coate, but I ſhall haue one of your Spinning very ſhortly. Ile tell you father if I lift now; I can goe twenty degrees backe like a crab, to find out the tracke of our gentility. Loe you there, can you bee content thou man perverſe to all reaſon, having a ſonne of ſo large and proſperous hopes, that might ſtand up the glory of his kindred, of ſuch pregnancie of wit and underſtanding, ſo rich in the qualities that can beare up a Gentleman, to let him ſinke, and not cheriſh him with thoſe helpes that might advance his gallantry. You haue had your floriſhing ſeaſon, and are now withered, your bloſſomes of beauty are blowne off & therefore muſt be content out of that dry ſtalke to afford ſome ſap to maintaine his ſucceſſion; pray how many young Gentlemen haue you in this Towne, that goe in pluſh, and their fathers to plow in the countrey? ſhall we haue worſe Preſidents in the Citie? impart I ſay, and giue him twenty peeces, and when they are gone giue him twenty more. What to doe? Will you diſparadge him, as if he knew not what to doe with it? doe you thinke that Fencers, Dancers, Horſematches (Ile haue him verſt in all theſe, and omit nothing that may demonſtrate his breeding;) beſides Miſtreſſes, and implements that belong to them require, nothing? Was ever any mother in this humour? that ſhould reclaime her ſonne from his ill courſes, to animate him, and ſupply his ryot: let her enioy her follies, ſmart for them, and then repent; here hold, there's twenty peeces, I am ſure all throwne away, they are in a conſumption already, and will be dead, and drawne out by to morrow. What thinkeſt thou Crotchet? Nay ſir they are condemn'd, that's certaine, you haue paſt your iudgement upon them, and my young Maſter muſt execute it. I giue it loſt Crotchet, I giue it loſt; but ſtay, my daughters; I had need haue Argus eyes to looke about mee, or the Dragons that watcht the Heſperides: I am beſet on all hands; my daughters are wily, my wife wilfull, my ſonne I know not what, with the feare of my money, doe ſo diſtract me, that my wits are diſioynted amongſt them, all the remainder of my hopes is, if Valeria haue prooved tractable to Mr. Spruſe, and that Dotario has received comfort in his Aemilia. I labour with expectation till I goe in, and be delivered.