Marmion, Shackerley · published 1633 · first performed or written 1633 [1632-1633] (Annals) comedy · Prince Charles's Men (second) · before the Court T33 Fathers, daughters and marriage negotiat typicality 0.90 · 493 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T33: daughter, marriage, father, love, davus, matter, son, chremes, wife, mother.
Let's bind him fast, and then lay him upon his back, and geld him. A match. Let's lay hold on him; what is he gone? how finely might my father have been cheated, and all we now, if I had not been: that's some roguing Servingman disguised I'll lay my life on't; if I be not fit to be chronicled for this act of discretion, let the world judge of it. Well Crochet, when I have married her to the right party, if my father does not give me forty pounds more, he shall marry the next daughter himself. You must not be too sudden now in the opening of your plot, after you have married them. Advise me good Crochet. Why before you reveal your proceedings, you shall present yourself with a great deal of confidence, and promise of desert; walk up and down, with a joyful agony, and a trembling joy, as if you had escaped from a breach, or redeemed your country: then when you see them sufficiently filled with expectation, you may draw the curtain of your valour, and stound them with admiration. So I will Crochet, come let us to the Church. Come Master Littlegood, be comforted, I have as great a share in the misfortunes Of your distracted daughter, as yourself. O do not say so, she was all my joy. Then men begin to understand their good, When they have lost it, and an envious eye Seeks after virtue when it is extinct, That hated it alive. You have reason To pity me the more, and lament for her, Because I destined her in marriage to you. And I had well hoped to have been made happy In her affection, a true Lovers griefs Transcend a parent's. No, you are deceived, A parent is confined, and his joys bounded, And only limited to such a subject, And driven from thence, have nowhere else to rest on: For if his children be once taken from him, Which are the cause, than his delight and comfort, That are the effects, needs must vanish with them: But in a Lover it falls otherwise, Such as yourself, whose passion, like a dew, Can dry up with the beams of every beauty That shall shine warm upon you, need not prize The loss of any; you have no alliance, Nor natural tie commands you to love any, More than your fancy guides you; and the winds Have not so many turnings, nor the Sands So many shiftings, nor the Moon changes. Sir you speak truth, upon my knowledge that, He is as slippery, as an Eel, in love, And wriggles in and out, sir, at his pleasure; He can as easily dispense with vows, As swear them; and can at a minute's warning, If an occasion serve, supply himself With a continual, and fresh entertainment Of a new Mistress. Troth I must confess, I have been a little faulty that way.
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Let's bind him faſt, and then lay him upon his backe, and geld him. A match. Let's lay hold on him; what is he gone? how finely might my father have been cheated, and all wee now, if I had not beene: that's ſome roguing Servingman diſguis'd Ile lay my life on't; if I be not fit to be chronicled for this act of diſcretion, let the world judge of it. Well Crochet, when I have marryed her to the right party, if my father does not give me forty pounds more, he ſhall marry the next daughter himſelfe. You muſt not be too ſudden now in the opening of your plot, after you have marryed them. Adviſe me good Crochet. Why before you reveale your proceedings, you ſhall preſent your ſelfe with a great deale of confidence, and promiſe of deſert; walke up and downe, with a joyfull agony, and a trembling joy, as if you had eſcapt from a breach, or redeem'd your country: then when you ſee them ſufficiently fill'd with expectation, you may draw the curtaine of your valour, and ſtound them with admiration. So I will Crochet, come let us to the Church. Come Maſter Littlegood, be comforted, I have as great a ſhare in the miſfortunes Of your diſtracted daughter, as your ſelfe. O doe not ſay ſo, ſhe was all my joy. Then men begin to underſtand their good, When they have loſt it, and an envious eye Seekes after vertue when it is extinct, That hated it alive. You have reaſon To pitty me the more, and lament for her, Becauſe I deſtin'd her in marriage to you. And I had well hoped to have been made happy In her affection, a true Lovers griefes Tranſcend a parents. No, you are deceived, A parent is confin'd, and his joyes bounded, And only limited to ſuch a ſubject, And driven from thence, have no where elſe to reſt on: For if his children be once taken from him, Which are the cauſe, then his delight and comfort, That are the effects, needs muſt vaniſh with them: But in a Lover it falls otherwiſe, Such as your ſelfe, whoſe paſſion, like a deaw, Can dry up with the beames of every beauty That ſhall ſhine warme upon you, need not prize The loſſe of any; you have no alliance, Nor naturall tye commands you to love any, More then your fancy guides you; and the windes Have not ſo many turnings, nor the Sands So many ſhiftings, nor the Moone changes. Sir you ſpeake truth, upon my knowledge that, He is as ſlippery, as an Eele, in love, And wriggles in and out, ſir, at his pleaſure; He can as eaſily diſpenſe with vowes, As ſweare them; and can at a minutes warning, If an occaſion ſerve, ſupply himſelfe With a continuall, and freſh entertainment Of a new Miſtris. Troth I muſt confeſſe, I have been a little faulty that way.