Davenport, Robert · published 1639 · first performed or written 1625 [c.1624-1639] (Annals) comedy · Queen Henrietta Maria's Men (?); Lady Elizabeth's Men (?) T27 Uncles, nephews and cousins: kinship and typicality 0.77 · 508 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T27: uncle, niece, nephew, gentlemen, faith, cousin, wife, house, gentleman, money.
Who should buy't? Why he that asks the question, ay, my Lord; If you will walk by Land I'm your first man, I'll bid as fair as any. He's mad still, leave him. A Bankrupt idle fellow brave your Lordship? Beat him to's wits, or let me kick him for you. Ha, what's that? who, Geoffrey Codpiece, Iohn Boe Peep, Is't you that prate so freely? my young Iudas, Have you conspired against me? Endure this? Stay, first we will debate in friendly terms, Before you grow to outrage. Done most Lordly; your tongue will grace you Better than your Sword, 'tis the most Noble fashion. I'll be brief, I understood your state was much Decayed, which in my honour I commiserating, My purpose was in some sort to relieve you; And would you better understand yourself, It might appear a noble courtesy. Because it came so free and uncompelled Such as one Neighbour to another doth To get his wife with Child, a courtesy, and so it fitly may Be called because it brings him to his Knees. Still, still misprision; might I advise you, proffer What you purpose, and if refused, so leave him. Counselled well: there's twenty pieces for you. For a wife? Her Ladyship is yours for nought already, And should I sell her twice? This saucy fellow usurps upon our patience, Which we'll punish be our strong hand. A punisher, my Lord? what beg the Beadle's Office? Dash out's brains. I doubt his Lord ships warrant is not currant, therefore I'll not obey. Sir, all's dispatched, but by my faith I lie, Here's something here to do. Why God a mercy Master, I perceive Your spirits not all spent. Thanks to thy Sword, or I had been oppressed else. But how differed you? to be assailed by such a shameful odds. They scoffed at my supposed poverty, And my great Lord forsooth, as I had begged, Would have bestowed his guerdon on my want, Which taking in foul scorn, the valiant sir Assailed me at these base advantages: But hast thou done as I enjoined? Most carefully; all's to the full dispatched. If with the Devil I could dispense as well, I should have ease within. Ha, sirrah Geoffrey, I Think you played at leap Frog? You are sad sir? Do not demand thy debt before the day; Thy forfeit is not due yet. No such thing; the business that I come to treat with thee Is of another nature. Sir, what's he? too hot for thy acquaintance, do not ask, Attend me to my Chamber, whether anon, I will not fail to come. Too hot, and why? he may be honest, but he hath the Countenance of an old subtle knave; well, I'll attend you. Now what to me? Have I not kept my word? Thou hast. Stored thee with all the supplements Man's use can ask. It cannot be denied. Nay, was not I assistant in this quarrel, prompting thy Man to come to thy release, just at the instant danger:
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Who ſhould buy't? Why he that askes the queſtion, I, my Lord; If you will walke by Land I'me your firſt man, Ile bid as faire as any. He's mad ſtill, leave him. A Bankerupt idle fellow brave your Lordſhip? Beate him to's wits, or let me kicke him for you. Ha, what's that? who, Geffery Codpeice, Iohn Boe Peepe, Is't you that prate ſo freely? my young Iudas, Have you conſpir'd againſt me? Endure this? Stay, firſt we will debate in friendly tearmes, Before you grow to out-rage. Done moſt Lordly; your tongue will grace you Better than your Sword, 'tis the moſt Noble faſhion. I'le be briefe, I underſtood your ſtate was much Decay'd, which in my honour I commiſerating, My purpoſe was in ſome ſort to relieve you; And would you better underſtand your ſelfe, It might appeare a noble courteſie. Becauſe it came ſo free and uncompell'd Such as one Neighbour to another doth To get his wife with Child, a courteſie, and ſo it fitly may Be call'd becauſe it brings him to his Knees. Still, ſtill miſpriſion; might I adviſe you, proffer What you purpoſe, and if refuſ'd, ſo leave him. Counſail'd well: there's twenty pieces for you. For a wife? Her Ladyſhip is yours for nought already, And ſhould I ſell her twice? This ſaucy fellow uſurpes upon our patience, Which we'le puniſh be our ſtrong hand. A puniſher, my Lord? what beg the Beadles Office? Daſh out's braines. I doubt his Lord ſhips warrant is not currant, therefore Ile not obey. Sir, all's diſpatcht, but by my faith I lye, Here's ſomething here to doe. Why God a mercy Maſter, I perceive Your ſpirits not all ſpent. Thankes to thy Sword, or I had bin oppreſſ'd elſe. But how differ'd you? to be aſſail'd by ſuch a ſhamefull odds. They ſcoff'd at my ſuppoſed poverty, And my great Lord forſooth, as I had begg'd, Would have beſtowed his guerdon on my want, Which taking in foule ſcorne, the valiant ſir Aſſail'd me at theſe baſe advantages: But haſt thou done as I enjoyn'd? Moſt carefully; all's to the full diſpatch'd. If with the Divell▪ I could diſpence as well, I ſhould have eaſe within. Ha, ſirra Geffrey, I Thinke you plaid at leape Frog? You are ſad ſir? Doe not demand thy debt before the day; Thy forfeit is not due yet. No ſuch thing; the buſineſſe that I come to treat with thee Is of another nature. Sir, what's he? To hot for thy acquaintance, doe not aske, Attend me to my Chamber, whether anon, I will not faile to come. Too hot, and why? he may be honeſt, but he hath the Countenance of an old ſubtle knave; well, Ile attend you. Now what to me? Have I not kept my word? Thou haſt. Stor'd thee with all the ſuppliments Mans uſe can aske. It cannot be deny'd. Nay, was not I aſſiſtant in this quarrell, prompting thy Man to come to thy releaſe, juſt at the inſtant danger: