The Beauty and Good Properties of Women (Calisto and Melebea) (Celestina) · chunk 8 of 18
Rastell, John · published 1525 · first performed or written 1527 [c.1527-1530] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T48 Addressing a lady: love, desire and inti · 511 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T48: lady, love, heart, fair, eyes, la, lord, tears, fie, face.
O notable woman O ancient virtue O'gloryous hope of my desired intent Thend of my delectable hope to renew My regeneration to this life present Resurrection from death/ so excellent Thou art above other/ I desire humbly To kiss thy hands wherein lieth my remedy But mine unworthiness maketh resistance yet worship I the ground that thou ghost on Beseeching the good woman with most reverens On my pain with thy pity to look upon without thy comfort my life is gone To revive my deed sprite thou mayst prefer me with the words of thy mouth to make or mar me Sempronio can I life with these bones That thy master gyffyth me here for to eat words are but wind therefore attons Bid him close his mouth and to his purse get For money maketh merchant that must jet I have herd his words but where be his deeds For with out money with me no thing spedies what saith she sewpronio alas my heart bledes That I with you good woman mistrust should be sir she thinketh that money all thing fedies Than come on sempronio I pray the with me And ta●… here mother a while I pray the For where of mistrust ye have me appealed have here my cloak till your doubt be assoylid Now do ye well for weed among corn Nor suspicious with friend did never well Or faithfulness of word turned to a scorn maketh mind doubtful good reason doth tell Lome on sempronio thou gyffyst me good counsel Go ye before & I shall wait you upon Farewell mother we will come again anon How say ye my lords se ye not this smoke In my masters eyes that they do cast The one hath his chain the other his cloak And I am sure they will have all at last Ensample may be by this the is past How servants be dissaytfull in their masters folly Nothing but for lucre is all their bawdry It pleaseth me parmeno that we together May speak whereby thou mayst see I love the yet undeserved now thou commyst hydyr whereof I care not but virtue warnyth me To flee temptation & follow charity To do good against ill & so I read the Sempronio & I will help thy necessity And in token now that it shall so be I pray the among us let us have a ●…ong For where armony is there is amity what a old woman sing/ why not among I pray the no longer the time prolong Go to when thou wilt I am ready Shall I begin/ ye but take not to high/ & cantan●… How say ye now by this little young fool For the third part sempronio we must get After that thy master shall come to skole To sing the fourth part that his purse shall sweat For I so craftily the song can set Though thy master be horse his purse shall sing clear And taught to solf that woman's flesh is dear
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¶ O notable woman O auncyent vertew O'gloryous hope of my desyryd intent Thende of my delectable hope to renew My regeneracion to this lyfe present Resurreccon from deth / so excellent Thou art aboue other / I desyre humbly To kys thy handes wherin lyeth my remedy ¶ But myne vnworthines makyth resystence yet worship I the ground that thou gost on Beseching the good woman with most reuerens On my payn with thy pyte to loke vppon without thy comfort my lyfe is gone To revyue my dede spryte thou mayst preferr me with the wordes of thy mouth to make or marr me ¶ Sempronio can I lyff with these bonys That thy master gyffyth me here for to ete wordes are but wynd therfore attons Byd hym close his mouth and to his purs get For money makyth marchaunt that must Iet I haue herd his wordes but where be his dedes For wt out money wt me no thyng spedys ¶ what seyth she sewpronio alas my hart bledes That I wyth you good woman mystrust shuld be syr she thynkyth that money all thyng fedys Then come on sempronio I pray the wyth me And ta here moder a whyle I pray the For where of mystrust ye haue me appelyd haue here my cloke tyll your dout be assoylid ¶ Now do ye well for wede among corn Nor suspecious wt frynde dyd neuer well Or faythfulnes of worde tornyd to a skorn Makyth mynde doutfull good reason doth tell Lome on sempronio thou gyffyst me good counsell Go ye before & I shall wayt you vppon Farewell mother we wyll come agayn anon ¶ How sey ye my lordis se ye not this smoke In my maisters eyes yt they do cast The one hath his chayn the other his cloke And I am sure they wyll haue all at last Ensample may be by this ye is past How seruaūtis be dissaytfull in theyr maisters foly Nothyng but for lucre is all theyr bawdry ¶ It pleasyth me parmeno that we to gedyr May speke wherby thou maist se I loue the yet vndeseruyd now thou cōmyst hydyr wherof I care not but vertew warnyth me To fle temptacyon & folow charyte To do good agayns yll & so I rede the Sempronio & I wyll helpe thy necessyte ¶ And in tokyn now that it shall so be I pray the among vs let vs haue a ong For where armony is ther is amyte what a old woman syng / why not among I pray the no lenger the tyme prolong Go to when thou wylt I am redy Shall I begyn / ye but take not to hye / & cantan ¶ How sey ye now by this lytyll yong fole For the thyrd parte sempronio we must get After that thy maister shall come to skole To syng the fourth parte yt his purs shall swet For I so craftely the song can set Though thy maister be hors his purs shal syng clere And taught to solf that womans flesh is dere