Shirley, James · published 1637 · first performed or written 1633 [licensed for stage, Nov 11] (Annals) comedy · Queen Henrietta Maria's Men · Phoenix/Cockpit T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy typicality 0.91 · 494 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Pray sir stay, let me but know Some reason why you use me thus unkindly? If I have been guilty of offence, I am not Past hope, but with the knowledge of my error, 'Tis possible I may amend, and please you. I do not like you. You did marry me. Yes, I did marry you; her's too much record for't, I would there were a Parson to unmarry us, If any of our Clergy had that faculty, He might repair the old; and build as many New Abbeys through the Kingdom in a twelvemonth. Shall I speak truth? I never much affected thee, I married thee for thy soul's sake, not thy body, And shall as soon get children on't: and yet I do not hate thee, witness, I dare kiss, Hold thee by the hand, and sleep in the same house, And in thy bed sometimes, something has been done. Within the memory of man, but— What sir? You have a scurvy quality wife, I told you on't. Once more, and I'll correct it. You are given to be jealous, I cannot Ramble abroad in gentlemen's company Whole days, lie out a nights, but you suspect I am wanton, 'tis ill done, it becomes no modest Woman: that loves her husband, to be jealous, whate'er she see, or hears, mend, mend this fault, You do not know, how it may work upon me. Some wife will bid her husband's leverets welcome, Keep house together, and provide clean sheets, And cullises to fortify; you ne'er did it: Know her own Chamber and not come forth Till she be sent for; if her husband kiss her, Sometimes, allow her clothes and other trinkets, Suffer her carve at Table, she is satisfied, And none o'th' parish talk, she carries it So handsomely: these morals I have read Before now, but you put them not in practice, Nor for aught I perceive, have disposition to't, Therefore i'll take my course. To show I can Be obedient to my griefs, from this time, sir, I won't urge with one unwelcome syllable, How much I am neglected, i'll conceal it Too from the world, your shame must needs be mine. I see you do not love me, where your heart Hath placed a worthier thought, let it dwell ever, Freely pursue your pleasures, I will have No passion that shall mutiny, you are, And shall be Lord of me still. I like this, if it be no disguise. Do not suspect me, I would swear by a kiss, if you vouchsafe it, You shall not keep a servant, that shall be more humble. And obedient to my will? In all things. But if I bring home a mistress? I'll call her sister. What if there be one Already, that does please me, will you not Repine, and look awry upon's, when we Make much of one another? So you will but sometimes smile on me too, i'll endeavour.
nodes 50–113 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 2 of 39 in this edition
Length
494 words · 656 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T23 — Husbands, wives and jealousycross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.906 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T26 · seed 44: T28 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Pray sir stay, let me but know Some reason why you use me thus unkindly? If I have beene gilty of offence, I am not Past hope, but with the knowledge of my error, 'Tis possible I may amend, and please you. I doe not like you. You did marrie me. Yes, I did marrie you; her's too much record for't, I would there were a Parson to unmarry us, If any of our Clergie had▪ that faculty, He might repaire the old; and build as many New Abbeyes through the Kingdome in a tweluemonth. Shall I speake truth? I never much affected thee, I married thee for thy soules sake, not thy body, And shall as soone get children on't: and yet I doe not hate thee, witnesse, I dare kisse, Hold thee by the hand, and sleepe in the same house, And in thy bed sometimes, something ha's beene done. Within the memorie of man, but— What sir? You have a scurvy quality wife, I told you on't. Once more, and I'le correct it. You are given to be jealous, I cannot Ramble abroad in gentlemens company Whole dayes, ly out a nights, but you suspect I am wanton, 'tis ill done, it becomes no modest Woman: that loves her husband, to be jealous, What e're she see, or heares, mend, mend this fault, You doe not know, how it may worke upon me. Some wife will bid her husbands leverets welcome, Keepe house together, and provide cleane sheets, And cullices to fortifie; you neere did it: Know her owne Chamber and not come forth▪ Till she be sent for; if her husband kisse her, Sometimes, allow her clothes and other trinkets, Suffer her carve at Table, she is satisfied, And none o'th parish talke, she carries it So handsomlie: these moralls I have read Before now, but you put them not in practise, Nor for ought I perceive, have disposition too't, Therefore i'le take my course. To shew I can Be obedient to my griefes, from this time, sir, I wonot urge with one unwelcome syllable, How much I am neglected, i'le conceale it Too from the world, your shame must needs be mine. I see you doe not love me, where your heart Hath plac'd a worthier thought, let it dwell ever, Freely persue your pleasures, I will have No passion that shall mutinie, you are, And shall be Lord of me still. I like this, if it be no disguise. Do not suspect me, I would sweare by a kisse, if you vouchsafe it, You shall not keepe a servant, that shall be more humble▪ And obedient to my will? In all things. But if I bring home a mistresse? I'le call her sister. What if there be one Already, that does please me, will you not Repine, and looke awry upon's, when we Make much of one another? So you will but sometimes smile on me too, i'le indeavour.