D., J. · published 1640 · first performed or written c.1625 [revised c.1632] (Annals) comedy · Unknown · Fortune unassigned nearest T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy · 495 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Kind, sir. Bear witness, all that good are, how dear, how dear, I held that most false man: set him here, here, even on the spire and pinnacle of my heart; my life was his, and all that I call mine, but her he has abused? Dear friend, do not forget your name, these are but likelihoods, far from the thing itself, and say he be a Villain, as no doubt he's little better in his rude exposures: she may be honest. No Julio, no, had she meant well, She would have warned me of his foul attempts, Said such, and so's his haviour. When she was loyal, as sure one she was, (If ever any was) no accident how vain So e'er it seemed, but she a woman, would unfold Her sex, and say 'twas thus, and thus. I have struck him through. Treble abuse: Deflowered my wife, abused me, Disgraced my sister; thrown infamy On all our heads at once: What beast uncivil bred, Amongst careless Monsters (but thee Antonio) Would have been kicked on to that damned enterprise? That I had patience; methinks thou shouldst not Be the Villain yet, report does speak thee. Nay gentle friend. 'tis true, 'tis true. Had any twixt the North and Southern Pole Spoke these words but he, it had not been, And he had falsely lied. This is a Creature I have raised, revived, Snatched from destruction's teeth, Incorporated to me, so dear and just, as not A thing in all the world can be more truer to itself And certain: but his modesty conceals it, Could write a Volume of their loathed designs, And curse the stories cause. O false Cornelia! Remember what you are. Remembrance burst! There's no contemplation, nothing whate'er can Drive the thought of shame out of my mind: Would I had never known discretion, Could never have made distinctions of persons, And harmless Creatures; hence forth be ignorance: Mother of Nations and Understanding perish: Fair, foul Cornelia. The blue faced ocean, nor her fertile womb, that yields Us all increase, nourishes none so false as woman: Traitors have they been since their first being, And betrayed poor man ere he beheld himself. Cornelia can it be thou art a Strumpet? Oh, oh, fury finish that, burns thee to Cinders. Work on, work on: Fate lifts me to the seat of my desires; And I am prosperous and happy. This Devil jealousy, my present friend, Cannot at least but quite supplant Anthonio: Besides this seeming honesty of mine, begets me good Opinion of Franscicus, as shall install my wish; All adds to my avail: what need I curses fear For the debate my policy shall raise betwixt these Turtles? I hold with Machiavel, for fame or profit To break oath or league with friend, Or Brother: there's nothing gainful bad: I ha' my wish, Advancement now Is what I aim at, present glory here: He's true religious, that does nothing fear.
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Kind, ſir. Beare witneſſe, all that good are, how deare, how deare, I held that moſt falſe man: ſet him here, here, even on the ſpire and pinacle of my heart; my life was his, and all that I call mine, but her he has abuſed? Deare friend, do not forget your name, theſe are but likelihoods, farre from the thing it ſelfe, and ſay he be a Villaine, as no doubt he's little better in his rude expoſures: ſhe may be honeſt. No Julio, no, had ſhe meant well, She would have warnd me of his foule attempts, Said ſuch, and ſo's his haviour. When ſhe was loyall, as ſure one ſhee was, (If ever any was) no accident how vaine So e're it ſeemed, but ſhe a woman, would unfold Her ſexe, and ſay 'twas thus, and thus. I have ſtroke him through. Treble abuſe: Deflowred my wife, abuſed me, Diſgraced my ſiſter; throwne infamy On all our heads at once: What beaſt uncivill bred, Amongſt careleſſe Monſters (but thee Antonio) Would have beene kickt on to that damned enterpriſe? That I had patience; me thinks thou ſhouldſt not Be the Villaine yet, report does ſpeake thee. Nay gentle friend. Tis true, 'tis true. Had any 'twixt the North and Southerne Pole Spoke theſe words but hee, it had not beene, And he had falſely lyed. This is a Creature I have rais'd, reviv'd, Snatch'd from deſtructions teeth, Incorporated to me, ſo deare and juſt, as not A thing in all the world can be more truer to it ſelfe And certaine: but his modeſty conceales it, Could write a Volume of their loath'd deſignes, And curſe the ſtories cauſe. O falſe Cornelia! Remember what you are. Remembrance burſt! There's no contemplation, nothing what ere can Drive the thought of ſhame out of my mind: Would I had never knowne diſcretion, Could never have made diſtinctions of perſons, And harmleſſe Creatures; hence forth be ignorance: Mother of Nations and Vnderſtanding periſh: Faire, foule Cornelia. The blue fac'd Occan, nor her fertile wombe, that yields Vs all increaſe, nouriſhes none ſo falſe as woman: Traytors have they been ſince their firſt being, And betray'd poore man e're he beheld himſelfe. Cornelia can it be thou art a Strumpet? Oh, oh, fury finiſh that, burnes thee to Cynders. Worke on, worke on: Fate lifts me to the ſeat of my deſires; And I am proſperous and happy. This Devill jealouſie, my preſent friend, Cannot at leaſt but quite ſupplant Anthonio: Beſides this ſeeming honeſty of mine, begets me good Opinion of Franſcicus, as ſhall inſtall my wiſh; All addes to my availe: what need I curſes feare For the debate my policy ſhall raiſe betwixt theſe Turtles▪ I hold with Machievel, for fame or profit To breake oath or league with friend, Or Brother: there's nothing gainfull bad: I ha my wiſh, Advancement now Is what I aime at, preſent glory here: He's true religious, that does nothing feare.