Fletcher, John · published 1640 · first performed or written 1624 [licensed for stage, Oct 19] (Annals) comedy · King's Men T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy typicality 0.88 · 498 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Pray ye be not angry, My indiscretion has made bold to tell ye, What you'll find true. Thou darest not talk. Not much madam, You have a tie upon your servants tongue, He dares not be so bold as reason bids him, 'Twere fit there were a stronger on your temper, ne'er look so stern upon me I am your husband, But what are husbands, read the new world's wonders, Such husbands as this monstrous world produces, And you will scarce find such deformities, They are shadows to conceal your venial virtues, Sails to your mills, that grind with all occasions, Balls that lie by you, to wash out your stains, And bills nailed up with horn before your stories, To rent out last. Do you hear him talk? I have done madam, An ox once spoke, as learned men deliver, Shortly I shall be such, then I'll speak wonders, Till when I tie myself to my obedience. First i'll untie myself, did you mark the Gentleman, How boldly and how saucily he talked, And how unlike the lump I took him for, The piece of ignorant dough, he stood up to me And mated my commands, this was your providence, Your wisdom, to elect this gentleman, Your excellent forecast in the man, your knowledge, What think ye now. I think him an ass still, This boldness some of your people have blown Into him, this wisdom too with strong wine, 'Tis a Tyrant, and a Philosopher also, and finds Out reasons. I'll have my cellar locked, no school kept there, Nor no discovery. I'll turn my drunkards, Such as are understanding in their draughts, And dispute learnedly the why's and wherefores, To grass immediately, I'll keep all fools, Sober or drunk, still fools that shall know nothing, Nothing belongs to mankind, but obedience, And such a hand i'll keep over this husband. He will fall again, my life he cries by this time, Keep him from drink, he has a high constitution. Shall I wear my new suit madam? No your old clothes, And get you into the country presently, And see my hawks well trained, you shall have victuals, Such as are fit for saucy palates sir, And lodgings with the hinds it is to good too. Good madam be not so rough, with repentance, You see now he's come round again. I see not what I expect to see. You shall see madam, if it shall please your Ladyship. he's humbled, Forgive good Lady. Well go get you handsome, And let me hear no more. Have ye yet no feeling, I'll pinch ye to the bones then my proud Lady. See you preserve him thus upon my favour, You know his temper, tie him to the grindstone, The next rebellion I'll be rid of him, I'll have no needy rascals, I tie to me, Dispute my life, come in and see all handsome. I hope to see you so too, I have wrought ill else.
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Length
498 words · 653 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T23 — Husbands, wives and jealousycross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.883 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T26 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Pray ye be not angry, My indiscretion has made bold to tell yee, What youl find true. Thou darest not alke. Not much Madame, You have a tye upon your servants tongue, He dares not be so bold as reason bids him, 'Twere fit there were a stronger on your temper, Nere look so sterne upon me I am your husband, But what are husbands, read the new worlds wonders, Such husbands as this monstrous world produces, And you will scarce finde such deformities, They are shadowes to conceale your veniall vertues, Sailes to your mills, tht grinde with all occasions, Balls that lye by you, to wash out your staines, And bills naild up with horne before your stories, To rent out last. Doe you hear him talke? I have done Madame, An oxe once spoke, as learned men deliver, Shortly I shall be such, then Ile speak wonders, Till when I tye my selfe to my obedience. First ile untye my selfe, did you mark the Gentlemā, How boldly and how sawsily he talkd, And how unlike the lumpe I took him for, The peece of ignorant dowe, he stood up to me And mated my commands, this was your providence, Your wisdome, to elect this gentleman, Your excellent forecast in the man, your knowledge, What think ye now. I think him an asse still, This boldnesse some of your people have blowne Into him, this wisdome too with strong wine, 'Tis a Tirant, and a Philosopher also, and findes Out reasons. Ile have my celler lockt, no schoole kept there Nor no discovery Ile trne my drunkards, Such as are understanding in their draughts, And dispute learnedly the whyes and wherefores, To grasse immediatly, Ile keep all fools, Sober or drunk, still fooles that shall know nothing, Nothing belongs to mankind, but obediece, And such a hand ile keep over this husband. He will fall againe, my life he eryes y this time, Keep him from drink, he has a hye constitution. Shall I weare my new sue Madame? No your old clothes And get you into the country presently, And see my hawkes well train'd, you shall have victualls, Such as are fit for sawcy pallats sir, And lodgings with the hindes it is to good too. Good madame be not so rough, with repentae, You see now he's come roun'd agen. I see not what I expect to see. You shall see Madame, if it shall please your Ladyship. Hee's humbled, Forgive good Lady. Well goe get you handsome, And let me heare no more. Have ye yet no feeling, Ile pinch ye to the bones then my proud Lady. See you preserve him thus upon my favour, You know his temper, tye him to the grindstone, The next rebellion Ile be rid of him, Ile have no needy rascalls, I tye to me, Dispute my life, come in and see all handsome. I hope to see you so too, I have wrought ill else.