Gascoigne, George / Ariosto, Ludovico · published 1575 · first performed or written 1566 (Annals) comedy unassigned nearest T51 Parents and children: blessing, birthrig · 543 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T51: esau, iacob, father, son, isaac, god, love, birthright, parents, thing.
HOnest woman, you gossip, thou rotten whore, hearest thou not old witch? A rope stretch your young bones, either you must live to be as old as I, or be hanged while you are young. I pray thee look if Dulipo be within. Yes that he is I warrant him. Desire him then to come hither and speak a word with me, he shall not tarry. Content yourself, he is otherwise occupied. Yet tell him so gentle girl. I tell you he is busy. Why is it such a matter to tell him so, thou crooked Crone? A rope stretch you marry. A pocks eat you marry. Thou wilt be hanged I warrant thee, if thou live to it. And thou wilt be burnt I warrant thee, if the canker consume thee not. If I come near you hempstring, I will teach you to sing solfa. Come on, and if I get a stone I will scare crows with you. Go with a mischief, I think thou be some devil that would tempt me. Crapine: hear you? come away, let her go with a vengeance, why come you not? Alas look where my master Philogano cometh: what shall I do? where shall I hide me? he shall not see me in these clothes, nor before I have spoken with the right Erostrato. HOnest man it is even so: be you sure there is no love to be compared like the love of the parents towards their children. It is not long since I thought that a very weighty matter should not have made me come out of Sicilia, and yet now I have taken this tedious toil and travail upon me, only to see my son, and to have him home with me. By my faith sir, it hath been a great travail in deed, and to much for one of your age. Yea be you sure: I came in company with certain gentlemen of my country, who had affairs to dispatch as far as to Ancona, from thence by water too Ravenna, and from Ravenna hither, continually against the tide. Yea & I think that you had but homely lodging by that way. The worst that ever man had: but that was nothing to the stir that the searchers kept with me when I came aboard the ship: Iesus how often they untrussed my male, & ransacked a little capcase that I had, tossed & turned all that was within it, searched my bosom, yea my breeches, that I assure you I thought they would have flayed me to search between the fell and the flesh for farthings. Sure I have heard no less, and that the merchants bob them sometimes, but they play the knaves still. Yea be you well assured, such an office is the inheritance of a knave, and an honest man will not meddle with it. Well, this passage shall seem pleasant unto you when you shall find your child in health and well: but I pray you sir why did you not rather sand for him into Sicilia, than to come yourself, specially since you had none other business? peradventure you had rather endanger yourself by this noisome journey, than hazard to draw him from his study.
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HOneſt woman, you goſſip, thou rotten whore, heareſt thou not olde witche? A rope ſtretche your yong bones, either you muſte liue to be as old as I, or be hanged while you are yong. I pray thée loke if Dulipo be within. Yes that he is I warrant him. Deſire him then to come hither and ſpeake a word with me, he ſhall not tarie. Content your ſelfe, he is otherwiſe occupied. Yet tell him ſo gentle girle. I tell you he is buſie. Why is it ſuch a matter to tell him ſo, thou crooked Crone? A rope ſtretche you marie. A pockes eate you marie. Thou wilt be hanged I warāt thée, if thou liue to it. And thou wilt be burnt I warant thée, if the canker conſume thée not. If I come néere you hempſtring, I will teache you to ſing ſolfa. Come on, and if I get a ſtone I will ſcare crowes with you. Goe with a miſchiefe, I thinke thou be ſome deuill that woulde tempte me. Crapine: heare you? come away, let hir goe with a vengeance, why come you not? Alas loke where my maiſter Philogano commeth: what ſhall I doe? where ſhall I hide me? he ſhall not ſée me in theſe clothes, nor before I haue ſpoken with the right Eroſtrato. HOneſt man it is euen ſo: be you ſure there is no loue to be compared like the loue of the parents towards their children. It is not long ſince I thought that a very waightie matter ſhoulde not haue made me come out of Sicilia, and yet now I haue taken this tedious toyle and trauaile vpon me, only to ſée my ſonne, and to haue him home with me. By my faith ſir, it hath ben a great trauaile in dede, and to much for one of your age. Yea be you ſure: I came in companie with certaine gentlemen of my countrey, who had affaires to diſpatche as far as to Aneona, from thence by water too Rauenna, and from Rauenna hither, continually againſt the tide. Yea & I think yt you had but homly lodging by yt way. The worſt yt euer man had: but that was nothing to the ſtirre that ye ſerchers kept with me when I came aborde ye ſhip: Ieſus how often they vntruſſed my male, & ranſaked a litle capcaſe that I had, toſſed & turned al that was within it, ſerched my boſome, yea my breeches, yt I aſſure you I thought they would haue flayed me to ſearche betwene the fell and the fleſhe for fardings. Sure I haue heard no leſſe, and that the marchants bobbe them ſomtimes, but they play the knaues ſtill. Yea be you well aſſured, ſuche an office is the inheritance of a knaue, and an honeſt man will not meddle with it. Wel, this paſſage ſhal ſeme pleaſant vnto you whē you ſhall finde your childe in health and well: but I praye you ſir why did you not rather ſend for him into Sicilia, than to come your ſelfe, ſpecially ſince you had none other buſineſſe? peraduenture you had rather endanger your ſelfe by this noyſome iourney, than hazard to drawe him from his ſtudie.