Gascoigne, George / Kinwelmershe, Francis / Yelverton, ChristopherEuripides / Dolce, Lodovico · published 1575 · first performed or written 1566 (Annals) tragedy T62 The courtier as a type: fashion, affecta typicality 0.69 · 494 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T62: courtier, shrug, face, court, italian, monsieur, scholar, fashion, french, courtiers.
It may fall out that thou shalt be entiste To sup sometimes with a Magnifico, And have a Fico foisted in thy dish, Because thou shouldest digest thy meat the better: Beware therefore, and rather feed on fish, Than learn to spell fine flesh with such a Letter. Some may present thee with a pound or twain Of Spanish soap to wash thy linen white: Beware therefore, and think it were small gain, To save thy shirt, and cast thy skin off quite: Some cunning man may teach thee for to ride, And stuff thy saddle all with Spanish wool, Or in thy stirrups have a toy so tied, As both thy legs may swell thy buskins full: Beware therefore, and bear a noble port, Drink not for thirst before an other taste: Let none outlandish Tailor take disport To stuff thy doublet full of such Bombast, As it may cast thee in unkindly sweat, And 'cause thy hair per company to glide, Strangers are fine in many a proper feat: Beware therefore: the second P. is Pride, Moore perilous than was the first by far, For that infects but blood and leaves the bones, This poisons all, and minds of men doth mar, It findeth nooks to creep in for the nonce: First from the mind it makes the heart to swell, From thence the flesh is pampered every part, The skin is taught in Dyers shops to devil, The hair is curled or frilled up by art: Believe me Bat, our Countrymen of late Have caught such knacks abroad in foreign land, That most men call them Devils incarnate, So singular in their conceits they stand: Now sir, if I shall see your mastership Come home disguysde and clad in quaint array, As with a piketoothe biting on your lip, Your brave Mustachyos turned the Turkey way, A Coptanckt hat made on a Flemish block, A nightgown cloak down trailing to your toes, A slender slop close couched to your dock. A curtold slipper, and a short silk hose: Bearing your Rapier point above the hilt, And looking big like Marquis of all Beef, Then shall I count your toil and travail spilled, Because my second PEA, with you is chief. But forwards now, although I stayed a while, My hindmost PEA, is worse than both these two, For it both bones and body doth defile, With fouler blots than both those other do. Short tale to make, this PEA, can bear no blocks, (God shield me Bat, should bear it in his breast) And with a dash it spelleth piles and pocks A perilous P, and woorsse than both the rest: Now though I find no cause for to suspect My Bat in this, because he hath been tried, Yet since such Spanish buttons can infect Kings, Emperors, Princes and the world so wide. And since those suns do mellow men so fast As most that travail come home very ripe
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It may fall out that thou ſhalte be entiſte To ſuppe ſometimes with a Magnifico, And haue a Fico foyſted in thy diſhe, Bycauſe thou ſhouldeſt diſgeſte thy meate the better: Beware therefore, and rather féede on fiſhe, Than learne to ſpell fyne fleſhe with ſuch a Letter. Some may preſent thée with a pounde or twaine Of Spaniſhe ſoape to waſhe thy lynnen white: Beware therefore, and thynke it were ſmall gayne, To ſaue thy ſhirte, and caſt thy ſkinne off quite: Some cunning man maye teache thée for to ryde, And ſtuffe thy ſaddle all with Spaniſhe wooll, Or in thy ſtirrops haue a toye ſo tyde, As both thy legges may ſwell thy buſkins full: Beware therfore, and beare a noble porte, Drynke not for thyrſte before an other taſte: Lette none outlandiſhe Taylour take diſporte To ſtuffe thy doublet full of ſuch Bumbaſte, As it may caſt thée in vnkindely ſweate, And cauſe thy haire per companie to glyde, Straungers are fyne in many a propre feate: Beware therefore: the ſeconde P. is Pryde, More perillous than was the firſt by farre, For that infects but bloud and leaues the bones, This poyſons all, and mindes of men doth marre, It findeth nookes to creepe in for the nones: Firſt from the minde it makes the heart to ſwell, From thence the fleſh is pampred euery parte, The ſkinne is taught in Dyers ſhoppes to dwell, The haire is curlde or frilled vp by arte: Beléeue mée Batte, our Countreymen of late Haue caughte ſuch knackes abroade in forayne lande, That moſt men call them Deuils incarnate, So ſingular in theyr conceites they ſtande: Nowe ſir, if I ſhall ſée your maiſterſhippe Come home diſguyſde and cladde in queynt araye, As with a piketoothe byting on your lippe, Your braue Muſtachyos turnde the Turky waye, A Coptanckt hatte made on a Flemmiſh blocke, A nightgowne cloake downe trayling to your toes, A ſlender ſloppe cloſe couched to your docke. A curtold ſlipper, and a ſhorte ſilke hoſe: Bearing your Rapier pointe aboue the hilte, And looking bigge like Marquiſe of all Beefe, Then ſhall I coumpte your toyle and trauayle ſpilte, Bycauſe my ſeconde P, with you is chéefe. But forwardes nowe, although I ſtayde a while, My hindmoſt P, is worſſe than bothe theſe two, For it both bones and bodie doth defile, With fouler blots than bothe thoſe other doo. Shorte tale to make, this P, can beare no blockes, (God ſhielde me Batte, ſhould beare it in his breaſt) And with a daſhe it ſpelleth piles and pockes A perlous P, and woorſſe than bothe the reſte: Now though I finde no cauſe for to ſuſpect My Batte in this, bycauſe he hath bene tryde, Yet ſince ſuch Spaniſh buttons can infect Kings, Emperours, Princes and the world ſo wide. And ſince thoſe ſunnes do mellowe men ſo faſt As moſt that trauayle come home very ripe