Heywood, John · published 1534 · first performed or written 1534 [1533-1534] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy · 476 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
A torde to his nose ye in good faith, whereto the case is this That her spytfull presence absent never is Of these two cases if chance should drive you To choose one, which would ye choose tell troth now what ye study Tarry ye be to greedy Men be not like women always ready In good sooth to tell truth of these cases twain which case is the worst is to me uncertain first case of these twain I put for your part And by the last case appeareth mine own smart If they proceed with this first case of ours Then is our matter undoubtedly yours And if judgement pass with this last case in fine Then is the matter asewredly mine sins by these cases our parts so do seem That which is most painful yourself can not deem. If ye now will all circumstance eschew Make this question in these cases our issue And the pain of these men to abrevyate Set all our other matter as frustrate Agreed Then further to abridge your pain sins this our issue appeareth thus plain As folk not doubting your consciens nor cunning we shall in the same let pass all reasoning yielding to your judgement the hole of my part And I likewise my with will and good heart So lo make you low curtsy to me now And straight I will make as low curtsy to you Nay stand ye near the upper end I pray ye For the neither end is good enough for me your cases which include your grief each whit Shall dwell in this head And in mine but yet Or that we herein our judgement publish I shall desire you that we twain may finish As far in our matter toward judgement As ye have done in yours to the intent That we our parts brought together thither May come to judgement fro thence to gythes By'r lady sir and I desire the same I would ye began Begin then in god's name Shall I begin sins I look but for winning give me the end and take you the beginning who shall win the end, the end at end shall try For my part whereof now thus begin I I am as I said a beloved lover And he no lover nor beloved neither In which two cases he maketh his avaunt Of both our parts to prove his most pleasant But be ye assured by aught I yet see In his estate no manner pleasure can be yes two manner pleasures ye must needs confess first I have the pleasure of quietness And the second is I am contented That second pleasure now secondly invented To compare with pleasure by contentashyon Is a very second ymagynashyon Then show your wit for proof of this in hand
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A torde to his noſe ye in good fayth, wherto the caſe is this That her ſpytfull preſens abſent neuer is Of theſe two caſes if chaunce ſhulde dryue you To choſe one, which wolde ye chuſe tell trouth now what ye ſtudy Tary ye be to gredy Men be not lyke women alway redy In good ſoth to tell treuth of theſe caſes twayne which caſe is the wurſt is to me vncertayne Fyrſt caſe of theſe twayne I put for your parte And by the laſt caſe apereth myne owne ſmarte If they proced with this fyrſt caſe of ours Then is our mater vndoubtedly yours And if iudgement paſſe with this laſt caſe in fyne Then is the mater aſewredly myne Syns by theſe caſes our partes ſo do ſeme That which is moſt paynefull your ſelfe can not deme. If ye nowe wyll all circumſtaunce eſchew Make this queſtion in theſe caſes our yſſew And the payne of theſe men to abreuyate Set all our other mater as fruſtrate Agreed Then further to abredge your payne Syns this our yſſew apereth thus playne As folke not doubtyng your conſciens nor connyng we ſhall in the ſame let paſſe all reſonyng yeldyng to your iudgement the hole of my parte And I lykewyſe myne with wyll and good harte So lo make you low curtſy to me now And ſtreyght I wyll make as lowe curtſy to you Nay ſtande ye nere the vpper ende I pray ye For the neyther ende is good ynough for me your caſes which enclude your grefe eche whyt Shall dwell in this hed And in myne but yet Or that we herein our iudgement publyſh I ſhall deſyre you that we twayne may fynyſh As farre in our mater towarde iudgement As ye haue done in yours to the entent That we our partes brought together thyther May come to iudgement fro thens to gythes Byr lady ſyr and I deſyre the ſame I wolde ye began Begyn then in goddes name Shall I begyn Syns I loke but for wynnyng Gyue me the ende and take you the begynnyng who ſhall wynne the ende, the ende at ende ſhall try For my parte wherof nowe thus begyn I I am as I ſayd a beloued louer And he no louer nor beloued nother In which two caſes he maketh his auaunt Of both our partes to proue his moſt pleaſaunt But be ye aſſuered by ought I yet ſe In his eſtate no maner pleaſure can be yes two maner pleaſures ye muſt nedes confe Fyrſt I haue the pleaſure of quyetnes And the ſecounde is I am contented That ſeconde pleaſure now ſecondly inuented To compare with pleaſure by contentaſhyon Is a very ſeconde ymagynaſhyon Then ſhewe your wyt for profe of this in hande