The Seven Champions of Christendom · chunk 29 of 43
Kirke, John · published 1638 · first performed or written 1635 [1634-1638] (Annals) romance · Red Bull Company (second) · Red Bull unassigned nearest T51 Parents and children: blessing, birthrig · 471 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T51: esau, iacob, father, son, isaac, god, love, birthright, parents, thing.
Then thus: I did not bid thee unsolace thy mind Like a dejected low-begotten slave, But revel, drink, laugh, and carouse, quarrel, and stab, Game, wench, swear and curse, and if thy master offend thee, Watch him asleep, and kindly cut his throat; So doing, hadst thou long ere this come to us. Forgive me this, and if the obeying of your will, will bring me to you, let me alone; I'll not be long from home: But Father, what, no trick, no invention to make me famous ere I come to you? why, my Mother could juggle as well as any hocus-pocus i'th' world, and shall I do nothing? Here, take this paper, learn these nine words in't; At reading the first three, I will appear to thee, To satisfy whatever thou demandest. The virtue of the other three is this: Look, in what place soe'er thou wish thyself, Or company should meet thee to thy mind, Speak but the middle three, 'tis done: The best and last three words carry this property; Which once rehearsed by thee, Whom thou shalt please, shall straightways dote on thee, Love thee entirely, nay, would die for thee, If that in pity thou not comfortst them: There's a jewel for my princely boy. Oh sweet father, now thou lov'st thy boy: but you know father, I never was so well learned, as to say God by my speed. The better, I would not have thee boy: I will infuse that learning in thy brain, That thou shalt read that whensoe'er thou please. Pray read 'em over to me father. Observe the first three words: Hulcha, pulch, palcha; These three being spoken, I straight appear. The next is Runio, rant, runto; then art thou Where thou please, and in what company, The last and best Plagmanitis, squirtis, pampistis, Thy love lies in thine arms. What a gift is here! I will Cuckold the great Turk, love all his Concubines, and lie with all over and over: I will beget a thousand of Giants, fill the world full of bastards, march with an Army Royal of 'em into my Kingdom, depose my Father, and live like a Monarch. Come bring me a little on my way my son, I'll tell thee braver things than these that thou shalt do. Oh my sweet father, what a man art thou! What is the cause, you ten times worse than devils, That thus, like Traitors, you deface and spoil So fair a stamp as your great maker's is? Why have you sold your endless bliss for bane? Had they the hopes man has shining on them, Worlds would not gain a life of thousand years, And in those lives reign Kings and Emperors, Change those Celestial joys you might have had: Ever lost wretches, where's your power now?
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Then thus: I did not bid thee unſolace thy mind Like a dejected low-begotten ſlave, But revell, drinke, laugh, and carowſe, quarrel, and ſtab, Game, wench, ſweare and curſe, and if thy maſter offend thee, Watch him aſleepe, and kindly cut his throat; So doing, hadſt thou long e're this come to us. Forgive me this, and if the obeying of your wil, wil bring me to you, let me alone; I'le not be long from home: But Father, what, no trick, no invention to make me famous e're I come to you? why, my Mother could juggle as well as any Hocus Pocus i'th'world, and ſhall I doe nothing? Here, take this paper, learne theſe nino words in't; At reading the firſt three, I will appeare to thee, To ſatisfie what ever thou demand'ſt. The vertue of the other three is this: Look, in what place ſoe're thou wiſh thy ſelfe, Or company ſhould meet thee to thy mind, Speake but the middle three, 'tis done: The beſt and laſt three words carry this property; Which once rehearſt by thee, Whom thou ſhalt pleaſe, ſhall ſtraightwaies doat on thee, Love thee intirely, nay, would dye for thee, If that in pitty thou not comfortſt them: There's a jewell for my princely boy. Oh ſweet father, now thou lov'ſt thy boy: but you know father, I never was ſo well learn'd, as to ſay God by my ſpeed. The better, I would not have thee boy: I will infuſe that learning in thy braine, That thou ſhalt read that whenſoere thou pleaſe. Pray read em over to me father. Obſerve the firſt three words: Hulcha, pulch, palcha; Theſe three being ſpok, I ſtraight appeare. The next is Runi, rant, runto; then art thou Where thou pleaſe, and in what company, The laſt and beſt Plagmanitis, ſquirtis, pampiſtis, Thy love lies in thine armes. What a gift is here! I will Cuckold the great Turke, love all his Concubines, and lye with all over and over: I will beget a thouſand of Giants, fill the world full of Baſterds, march with an Army Royall of 'em into my Kingdome, depoſe my Father, and live like a Monarch. Come bring me a little on my way my ſonne, Ile tell thee braver things than theſe that thou ſhalt doe. Oh my ſweete father, what a man art thou! What is the cauſe, you tenne times worſe than divels, That thus, like Traitors, you deface and ſpoyle So faire a ſtampe as your great Makers is? Why have you ſold your endleſſe bliſſe for bane? Had they the hopes man has ſhining on them, Worlds would not gaine a life of thouſand yeares, And in thoſe lives raigne Kings and Emperours, Change thoſe Celeſtiall joyes you might have had: Ever loſt wretches, where's your power now?