A Looking Glass for London and England · chunk 22 of 39
Lodge, Thomas / Greene, Robert · published 1594 · first performed or written 1588 [1587-1588] (Annals) biblical play; moral · Derby's (Strange's) Men unassigned nearest T39 Profit, conscience and dishonest dealing · 473 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T39: conscience, lucre, usury, lucar, fraud, dissimulation, simony, london, lady, nemo.
The proof is good and philosophical, And more, thy counsel plausible and sweet. Come Lords, though Rasni wants his Radagon, Earth will repay him many Radagons, And Aluida with pleasant looks revive, The heart that droops for want of Radagon. When disobedience reigneth in the child, And Prince's ears by flattery be beguiled. When laws do pass by favour, not by truth, When falsehood swarmeth both in old and youth. When gold is made a god to wrong the poor, And charity exiled from rich men's door. When men by wit do labour to disprove, The plagues for sin, sent down by God above. Where great men's ears are stop to good advice, And apt to hear those tales that feed their vice. Woe to the land, for from the East shall rise, A lamb of peace, the scourge of vanities. The judge of truth, the patron of the just, Who soon will lay presumption in the dust. And give the humble poor their hearts desire, And doom the worldlings to eternal fire. Repent all you that hear, for fear of plagues, O London, this and more doth swarm in thee, Repent, repent, for why the Lord doth see. With trembling prey, and mend what is amiss, The sword of justice drawn already is. Why but hear you mistress, you know a woman's eyes are like a pair of pattens fit to save shooleather in summer, and to keep away the cold in winter, so you may like your husband with the one eye, because you are married, and me with the other, because I am your man. Alas, alas, think mistress what a thing love is, why it is like to an ostry faggot, that once set on fire, is as hardly quenched, as the bird Crocodill driven out of her nest. Thy Adam cannot a woman wink but she must sleep, and can she not love but she must cry it out at the Cross, know Adam, I love thee as myself, now that we are together in secret. Mis. these words of yours are like to a Fox tail placed in a gentle woman's Fan, which as it is light, so it giveth life. Oh these words are as sweet as a lily, whereupon offering a borachio of kisses to your unseemly parsonage, I entertain you upon further acquaintance. Alas my husband comes. Strike up the drum, and say no words but mum. Sirrah you, and you housewife, well taken together, I have long suspected you, and now I am glad I have found you together. Truly sir, and I am glad that I may do you any way pleasure, either in helping you or my mistress. Boy here, and knave you shall know it strait, I will have you both before the Magistrate, and there have you surely punished.
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The proofe is good and philosophicall, And more, thy counsaile plausible and swéete. Come Lords, though Rasni wants his Radagon, Earth will repaie him many Radagons, And Aluida with pleasant lookes reuiue, The heart that droupes for want of Radagon. When disobedience raigneth in the childe, And Princes eares by flattery be beguilde. When lawes do passe by fauour, not by truth, When falshood swarmeth both in old and youth. When gold is made a god to wrong the poore, And charitie exilde from rich mens doore. When men by wit do labour to disproue, The plagues for sinne, sent downe by God aboue. Where great mens eares are stop to good aduice, And apt to heare those tales that feed their vice. Woe to the land, for from the East shall rise, A lambe of peace, the scourge of vanities. The iudge of truth, the patron of the iust, Who soone will laie presumption in the dust. And giue the humble poore their hearts desire, And doome the worldlings to eternall fire. Repent all you that heare, for feare of plagues, O London, this and more doth swarme in thee, Repent, repent, for why the Lord doth see. With trembling pray, and mend what is amisse, The swoord of iustice drawne alreadie is. UUhy but heare you mistresse, you know a womans eies are like a paire of pattens fit to saue shooleather in sommer, and to kéepe away the cold in winter, so you may like your husband with the one eye, because you are married, and me with the other, because I am your man. Alasse, alasse, think mistresse what a thing loue is, why it is like to an ostry fagot, that once set on fire, is as hardly quenched, as the bird Crocodill driuen out of her neast. Thy Adam cannot a woman winke but she must sléep, and can she not loue but she must crie it out at the Crosse, know Adam, I loue thée as my selfe, now that we are together in secret. Mis. these words of yours are like to a Fox taile placed in a gentle womans Fanne, which as it is light, so it giueth life. Oh these words are as swéete as a lilly, wherupon offering a borachio of kisses to your vnséemly personage, I entertaine you vpon further acquaintance. Alasse my husband comes. Strike vp the drum, and say no words but mum. Sirrha you, and you huswife, well taken togither, I haue long suspected you, and now I am glad I haue found you togither. Truly sir, and I am glad that I may do you any way pleasure, either in helping you or my mistresse. Boy here, and knaue you shall know it straight, I wil haue you both before the Magistrate, and there haue you surely punished.