Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T62: courtier, shrug, face, court, italian, monsieur, scholar, fashion, french, courtiers.
But they showed other Cards before they won it, too. Nay, that's enough i'faith. Yet they had more. As what! Why their tongues, which fill houses, as the bustling of Winds do Climates: they overturn Families, and States, as winds do Trees, Towers, Ships. And for your diversity of winds you have your diversity of women: for your whirlwinds that clasp and carry a thing in the air, till it fall dashed to pieces; you have of your Females that will clasp and bear you, till at your next fall you will think one piece will scarce hang by another. For your freezing winds, you have them that will breed such a frost in your bones, that change of weather will make 'em as rotten as the ground after a sudden thaw: And for your blitting and burning winds, you have of them too, that will blast and scorch most ambidextrous. Only the difference is, that there be but sixteen points in the Card, where the wind can be unprofitable to a man: but a woman has for the most part, the whole compass of her Card unprofitable, which contains two and thirty points at least. Then the Grammarians methinks did ill to make Ventus of the Masculine Gender. The Grammarians my Lord were mere Scholars, & mere Scholars be mere fools, and mere fools are easily deceived in matter of Gendering. Impossible sir, they couple Genders by Book. Right my Lord: so they all study rider's Dictionary, and therefore become excellent Horsemen. News from Court to your Grace; a stiff robustious Letter-Carrier makes much inquiry where he may be delivered of some matters he has been in travail withal. Cozenage and dissimulation help me, it's impossible to scape discovering. 'sfoot I must walk stately, look scornfully, talk simply, and be Noble at all points now. But it falls out something fortunately to be in the Evening: let him have entrance. Health to your Grace. As much to them that bring it: how fare our friends at Court? As wanting no part of welfare but your wished presence. Have you ought to impart that concerns us? I have my Lord, and must have private conference with your Grace. Attend us then on the Litto, where I'll presently meet you, and take this soft Evening breath. Heaven, Air, Place, Time, and all will fit thy death. By Iove methinks I begin to be my Craftes-Master and Lord it handsomely. If it were as easy for a Villain to be a Lord, as a Lord to be a villain, I would write noble instantly: get me a Herald for seven shillings, or a frown to forswear himself, and draw my Pedigree as deep as Romulus. Captain, as the wind serves, either on the Litto, or at my Lodging. we will attend your Grace. 'Tis strange that such a personage should thus obscurely travel. Tush Navarchus, our commonwealth is among fishes, and our policy with the winds, and therefore no marvel if courtier's tricks savour not on our palates.
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But they ſhew'd other Cards before they wonne it, too. Nay, that's enough i'faith. Yet they had more. As what! Why their tongues, which fill houſes, as the buſtling of Windes doe Climates: they overturne Families, and States, as winds doe Trees, Towres, Ships. And for your diverſitie of winds you have your diverſitie of women: for your whirlewindes that claſpe and carry a thing in the ayre, till it fall daſht to peeces; you have of your Females that will claſpe and beare you, till at your next fall you will thinke one peece will ſcarce hang by another. For your freezing windes, you have them that will breed ſuch a froſt in your bones, that change of weather will make 'hem as rotten as the ground after a ſudden thaw: And for your blitting and burning windes, you have of them too, that will blaſt and ſcorch moſt ambidextrouſly. Onely the difference is, that there bee but ſixteene points in the Card, where the winde can be unprofitable to a man: but a woman has for the moſt part, the whole compaſſe of her Card unprofitable, which containes two and thirty points at leaſt. Then the Grāmarians methinkes did ill to make Ventus of the Maſculine Gender. The Grāmarians my Lord were meere Schollers, & meere Schollers be meere fooles, and meere fooles are eaſily deceiv'd in matter of Gendring. Impoſſible ſir, they couple Genders by Booke. Right my Lord: ſo they all ſtudy Riders Dictionary, and therefore become excellent Horſemen. Newes from Court to your Grace; a ſtiffe robuſtious Letter-Carrier makes much inquiry where he may be delivered of ſome matters he has beene in travaile withall. Cozenage and diſſimulation help me, it's impoſſible to ſcape diſcovering. D'sfoote I muſt walke ſtately, looke ſcornfully, talke ſimply, and be Noble at all points now. But it fals out ſomething fortunately to be in the Evening: let him have entrance. Health to your Grace. As much to them that bring it: how fare our friends at Court? As wanting no part of welfare but your wiſh'd preſence. Have you ought to impart that concerns us? I have my Lord, and muſt have private conference with your Grace. Attend us then on the Litto, where Ile preſently meete you, and take this ſoft Evening breath. Heaven, Ayre, Place, Time, and all will fit thy death. By Iove methinks I begin to be my Craftes-Maſter and Lord it handſomely. If it were as eaſie for a Villaine to be a Lord, as a Lord to be a villaine, I would write noble inſtantly: get mee a Herald for ſeven ſhillings, or a frowne to forſweare himſelfe, and draw my Pedigree as deep as Romulus. Captaine, as the wind ſerves, either on the Litto, or at my Lodging. Wee will attend your Grace. 'Tis ſtrange that ſuch a perſonage ſhould thus obſcurely travell. Tuſh Navarchus, our common-wealth is among fiſhes, and our pollicie with the windes, and therefore no marvell if Courtiers tricks ſavour not on our palats.