Gascoigne, George / Ariosto, Ludovico · published 1575 · first performed or written 1566 (Annals) comedy unassigned nearest T41 Household service: masters, doors and po · 512 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T41: master, house, door, iohn, old, mistress, basket, lord, gentleman, ick.
Why, have you spoken with him? when saw you him I pray you? Look you where he stands, why go you not too him? Look you Philogano, behold your dear son Erostrato. Erostrato? this is not Erostrato: this seemeth rather to be Dulipo, and it is Dulipo in deed. Why, doubt you of that? What saith this honest man? Marry sir, in deed you are so honourably cladde, it is no marvel if you look big. To whom speaketh he? What, God help, do you not know me? As far as I remember Sir, I never saw you before. Hark Litio, h●●e is good gear, this honest man will not know me. Gentleman, you take your marks amiss. Did I not tell you of the falsehood of Ferrara master? Dulipo hath learned to play the knave indifferently well since he came hither. Peace I say. Friend, my name is not Dulipo, ask you through out this town of great and small, they know me: ask this honest man that is with you, if you will not believe me. In deed, I never knew him otherwise called than Erostrato: and so they call him, as many as know him. Master, now you may see the falsehood of these fellows: this honest man your host, is of counsel with him, and would face us down that it is Erostrato: beware of these mates. Friend, thou dost me wrong to suspect me, for sure I never heard him otherwise called than Erostrato. What name could you hear me called by, but by my right name? But I am wise enough to stand prating here with this old man, I think he be mad. Ah runagate, ah villain traitor, dost thou use thy master thus? what hast thou done with my son villain? Doth this dog bark here still? and will you suffer him master thus to revile you? Come in, come in, what wilt thou do with this pestle? I will rap the old cackabed on the costard. Away with it, & you sirrah, lay down these stones: come in at door every one of you, bear with him for his age, I pass not of his evil words. ALas, who shall relieve my miserable estate? to whom shall I complain? since he whom I brought up of a child, yea and cherished him as if he had been mine own, doth now utterly deny to know me: and you whom I took for an honest man, and he that should have brought me to the sight of my son, are compact with this false wretch, and would face me down that he is Erostrato. Alas, you might have some compassion of mine age, to the misery I am now in, and that I am a stranger desolate of all comfort in this country: or at the lest, you should have feared the vengeance of God the supreme judge (which knoweth the secrets of all hearts) in hearing this false witness with him, whom heaven and earth do know to be Dulipo and not Erostrato.
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Why, haue you ſpoken with him? when ſaw you him I pray you? Loke you where he ſtandes, why go you not too him? Looke you Philogano, beholde your deare ſon Eroſtrato. Eroſtrato? this is not Eroſtrato: thys ſéemeth rather to be Dulipo, and it is Dulipo in déede. Why, doubte you of that? What ſaith this honeſt man? Mary ſir, in deede you are ſo honorably ladde, it is no maruell if you loke bigge. To whome ſpeaketh he? What, God helpe, do you not know me? As farre as I remember Sir, I neuer ſawe you before. Harke Litio, he is good géere, this honeſt man will not know me. Gentleman, you take your markes amiſſe. Did I not tell you of the falſehood of Ferrara maſter? Dulipo hath learned to play the knaue indifferently well ſince he came hither. Peace I ſay. Friend, my name is not Dulipo, aſke you thorough out this towne of great and ſmall, they know me: aſke this honeſt man that is with you, if you wyll not beléeue me. In déede, I neuer knewe him otherwiſe called than Eroſtrato: and ſo they call him, as many as knowe him. Maſter, nowe you may ſée the falſehood of theſe fellowes: this honeſt man your hoſte, is of counſaile with him, and would face vs down that it is Eroſtrato: beware of theſe mates. Friende, thou doeſt me wrong to ſuſpect me, for ſure I neuer hearde hym otherwiſe called than Eroſtrato. What name could you heare me called by, but by my right name? But I am wiſe enough to ſtand prating here with this old man, I thinke he be mad. Ah runnagate, ah villaine traitour, doeſt thou vſe thy maſter thus? what haſt thou done with my ſon villain? Doth this dogge barke here ſtill? and will you ſuffer him maſter thus to reuile you? Come in, come in, what wilt thou do with thys peſtil? I will rap the olde cackabed on the coſterd. Away with it, & you ſirra, lay downe theſe ſtones: come in at dore euery one of you, beare with him for his age, I paſſe not of his euill wordes. ALas, who ſhall relieue my miſerable eſtate? to whome ſhall I complaine? ſince he whome I brought vp of a childe, yea and cheriſhed him as if he had bene mine owne, doth nowe vtterly denie to knowe me: and you whome I toke for an honeſt man, and he that ſhould haue broughte me to the ſighte of my ſonne, are compacte with this falſe wretch, and woulde face me downe that he is Eroſtrato. Alas, you might haue ſome compaſſion of mine age, to the miſerie I am now in, and that I am a ſtranger deſolate of all comforte in this countrey: or at the leaſt, you ſhoulde haue feared the vengeaunce of God the ſupreme iudge (whiche knoweth the ſecrets of all harts) in hearing this falſe witneſſe with him, whome heauen and earth doe knowe to be Dulipo and not Eroſtrato.