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 0.86 · 493 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Why where's this dinner? 'tis not ready Madam, Nor shall not be until I know the guests too, Nor are they fairly welcome till I bid 'em. Is not this my Alferese he looks another thing, Are miracles afoot again? Why sirrah, why sirrah you. I hear you saucy woman, And as you are my wife command your absence, And know your duty, 'tis the crown of modesty. Your wife? Yes good my Lord, I am her husband, And pray take notice that I claim that honour, And will maintain it. If thou be'st her husband, I am determined thou shall be my Cuckold, I'll be thy faithful friend. Peace dirt and dunghill, I will not lose my anger on a rascal, Provoke me more, i'll beat thy blown body Till thou rebound'st again like a Tennis ball. This is miraculous. Is this the fellow That had the patience to become a fool, A flirt fool, and on a sudden break, As if he would show a wonder to the world Both into bravery, and fortune too, I much admire the man, I am astonished. I'll be divorced immediately You shall not. You shall not have so much will to be wicked. I am more tender of your honour Lady, And of your age, you took me for a shadow. You took me to gloss over your discredit, To be your fool, you had thought you had found a coxcomb; I am innocent of any foul dishonour I mean to ye, Only I will be known to be your Lord now, And be a fair one too, or I will fall for't. I do command ye from me thou poor fellow, Thou cozened fool. Thou cozened fool, 'tis not so, I will not be commanded: I am above ye: You may divorce me from your favour Lady, But from your state you never shall, i'll hold that, And hold it to my use, the law allows it, And then maintain your wantonness I'll wink at it. Am I braved thus in mine own house. 'tis mine Madam, You are deceived I am Lord of it, I rule it and all that's in't, You have nothing to do here Madam, But as a servant to sweep clean the lodgings, And at my farther will to do me service, And so i'll keep it. As you love me give way. It shall be better, I will give none madam, I stand upon the ground of mine own honour And will maintain it, you shall know me now, To be an understanding feeling man, And sensible of what a woman aims at, A young proud woman that has will to sail with, An itching woman, that her blood provokes too, I cast my cloud off and appear myself, The master of this little piece of mischief, And I will put a spell about your feet Lady, They shall not wander but where I give way now.
nodes 1284–1349 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 20 of 37 in this edition
Length
493 words · 626 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T23 — Husbands, wives and jealousycross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.863 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T26 · seed 44: T28 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Why where's this dinner? Tis not ready Madam, Nor shall not be untill I know the guests too, Nor are they fairely welcome till I bid um. Is not this my Alferese he looks another thing, Are miracles a foot againe? Why sirra, why sirra you. I heare you saucy woman, And as you are my wife command your absence, And know your duty, tis the crowne of modesty. Your wife? Yes good my Lord, I am her husband, And pray take notice that I claime that honour, And will maintaine it. If thou beest her husband, I am determin'd thou shall be my Cuckold, Ile be thy faithfull friend. Peace durt and dunghill, I will not loose my anger on a rascall, Provoke me more, ile beat thy blowne body Till thou reboundst agen like a Tennis ball. This is miraculous. Is this the fellow That had the patience to become a foole, A flurted foole, and on a sudden break, As if he would hew a wonder to the world Both into bravery, and fortune too, I much admire the man, J am astonisht. Ile be divorced immediatly You shall not. You shall not have so much will to be wicked. I am more tender of your honour Lady, And of your age, you took me for a shadow. You took me to glosse over your discrdit, To be your foole, you had thought you had found a coxcomb; I am innocent of any foule dishonour I meane to ye, Only I will be knowne to be your Lord now, And be a faire one too, or I will fall for't. I doe command ye from me thou poore fellow, Thou cozen'd foole. Thou cozen'd foole, tis not so, I will not be commanded: I am above ye: You may divorce me from your favour Lady, But from your state you never shall, ile hold that, And hold it to my use, the law allowes it, And then maintaine your wantonnesse Ile wink at it. Am I braved thus in mine own house. Tis mine Madam, You are deceav'd I am Lord of it, I rule it and all that's in't, You have nothing to doe here Madam, But as a servant to sweep clean the lodgings, And at my farther will to doe me service, And so ile keep it. As you love mee give way. It shall be better, I will give none Madame, I stand upon the ground of mine own honour And will maintaine it, you shall know me now, To be an understanding feeling man, And sensible of what a woman aimes at, A young proude woman that has will to saile with, An itching woman, that her blood provokes too, I cast my cloude off and appeare my selfe, The master of this litle peece of mischiefe, And I will put a spell about your feet Lady, They shall not wander but where I give way now.