Whetstone, George · published 1578 · first performed or written 1578 [1576-1579] (Annals) comedy · Unacted unassigned nearest T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy · 490 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Tear not my clothes my friends, they cost more than you are a ware, Tush, soon you shall have a blue gown. for these take you no care If she took thy offer poor knave, thy wife would starve with cold: Well sir, whipping shall keep you warm. What means these knaves to scold. Master Phallax, we find you in good time, A Woman here, we have brought afore you: One to be charged with many a wanton crime. Which trial will, with proof enough find true: A knave of hers, we have stayed likewise, Both to be used, as you shall us advise. What call you her name? Lamia. Fair Dame, hereto what do you say? Worshipful Sir, myself I happy reek, With patience that my answer you will hear: These naughty men, these words on malice speak, And for this cause, ill will to me they bear. I scorned to keep, their minds with money play, I mean to keep, my life from open shame, Yea, if I lived, as lewdly as they say: But I that knew, myself unworthy shame: Shrunk not, to come unto my trial now. My tale is told, conceive as liketh you. My friends, what proof have you against this dame? Speak on sure ground, lest that you reap the shame: The wrong is great, and craves great recompense. To touch her honest name, without offence. All Iulio Sir doth ring of her lewd life: In deed she is known for an idle housewife. He lies, she is occupied day and night. To swear against her is there any wight? Not, not present, but if you do detain her. There willbe found by oath, some that will stain her, I see she is then on suspicion stayed: Whose faults to search, upon my charge is laid, From charge of her I therefore will set you free, Myself will search her faults if any be, A God's name you may departed. Good bye Syr. In such shares as this, henceforth I will begin, For all is his, in his claws, that cometh in. Fair Lamia, since that we are alone, I plainly will discourse to you my mind, I think you not to be so chaste a one, As that your life, this favour aught to find: Not force, for that, since that you scot free go, Unpunished, whose life is judged ill: Yet think (through love) this grace the judge doth show, And love with love aught to be answered still. Indeed I grant (although I could reprove, Their lewd Complaints, with goodness of my life) Your courtesy, your debtor doth me prove, In that you took▪ my honest fame in strife,) My answer for discharge of their report: For which good turn, I at your pleasure rest, To work amendss, in any honest sort: Away with honesty your answer then in sooth, Fits me as jump as a pudding a Friar's mouth,
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Teare not my clothes my friends, they coſt more thē you are a ware, Tuſh, ſoon you ſhal haue a blew gown. for theſe take you no care If ſhe tooke thy offer poore knaue, thy wife would ſtarue we cold: Well ſyr, whipping ſhall kéepe you warme. What meanes theſe knaues to ſcolde. Maiſter Phallax, we finde you in good time, A VVoman here, we haue brought afore you: One to be chargde with many a wanton crime. Which tryall will, with proofe inough finde true: A knaue of hirs, we haue ſtayed likewiſe, Both to be vſ'd, as you ſhall vs aduiſe. What call you hir name? Lamia. Faire Dame, hereto what do you ſaye? Worſhipfull Sir, my ſelfe I happy reake, VVith patience that my aunſwer you will heare: Theſe naughtie men, theſe wordes on mallice ſpeake, And for this cauſe, yll wyll to me they beare. I ſcornde to kéepe, their mindes with money playe, I meane to kéepe, my life from open ſhame, Yea, if I lyu'd, as lewdlie as they ſaye: But I that knewe, my ſelfe vnworthy ſhame: Shrunk not, to come vnto my triall nowe. My tale is tolde, conceyue as lyketh you. My friends, what proofe haue you againſt this dame? Speake on ſure ground, leaſt that you reape the ſhame: The wrong is great, and craues great recompence. To touch her honeſt name, without offence. All Iulio Syr doth ryng of her lewd lyfe: In deede ſhe is knowne for an ydle huſwife. He lyes, ſhe is occupied day and night. To ſweare againſt her is there any wight? No, not preſent, but if you do detayne her. There wilbe found by oth, ſome that wyll ſtayne her, I ſee ſhe is then on ſuſpition ſtayde: Whoſe fawltes to ſearch, vpon my charge is layde, From charge of her I therfore will ſet you frée, My ſelfe will ſearch her faultes if any be, A Gods name you may depart. God bwy Syr. In ſuch ſhares as this, henceforth I will begin, For all is his, in his clawes, that commeth in. Fayre Lamia, ſince that we are alone, I plainely wyll diſcourſe to you my minde, I thinke you not to be ſo chaſt a one, As that your lyfe, this fauor ought to fynde: No force, for that, ſince that you ſcot free goe, Vnpuniſhed, whoſe life is iudged yll: Yet thinke (through loue) this grace the Iudge doth ſhow, And loue with loue ought to be anſwered ſtyll. Indeede I graunt (although I could reproue, Their lewde Complayntes, with goodneſſe of my lyfe) Your curteſy, your detter doth me proue, In that you tooke▪ my honeſt fame in ſtryfe,) My aunſwere for diſcharge of their report: For which good turne, I at your pleaſure reſt, To worke amends, in any honeſt ſort: Away with honeſty your anſweare then in ſooth, Fyts me as iumpe as a pudding a Friars mouth,