Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

2 Nature · chunk 3 of 17

Medwall, Henry · published 1530 · first performed or written c.1496 (Annals)
not in BritDrama
T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma typicality 0.79 · 511 words

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Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.

Be they not wedded as other folk be Wedded quod a no so mote I the They will nottary therefore they can wed themself alone Come kiss me Ihamn gramercy Ione This wed they ever more And it is the more to commend For if the woman hap to offend as it is their guise a man may let her alone with sorrow and wed another whore on the morrow Even of the same wise Forsooth this is a noble religion It stirreth me to great devotion For to see that place Canst thou bring me thither well I now ye and it were mid night I make god avow As dark as ever it was But where is bodily lust now Then cometh in bodily lust with him w. aff. Marry sir I have sitten and sought you This three or. iiii. howries I make god avow ye give shrewd attendance All this. two. days I could not the espy Sir ye know well that ye and I Be never much asunder albe it I be from you among And now me seemeth thou hast tarried to long which is to me great wonder Wonder ye pard for an hour or twain Forth for a passing while and come again Here is a sore matter when was I so long absent as now and yet I was for to seek you at the other side of the water The place that ye wots of pard Understand ye what ye mean ye ye Tell me in mine ere Quid est latinum propter le stews What latin now this of the newies I herd never this ere I trow ye begin to wax shamefast Nay nay hardly that gear is past Many days a gone I am as wanton as ever I was It were alms to hang you else by the mass By the hard neck bon But will ye now go with me to a place and I shall show you the smorterst place That ever ye saw with eyes What thing is it young or old What ever it be it is able to be sold It shall like you on the best wise For my love let us some night be there at a banquet or a rear supper and get us some wanton meet So we may have some dainty thing yet would I spend. xx. shilling where so ever I it get Nay nay will ye spend a coyell of crowns and there shall no gentleman in this. x. towns Be better served than ye Nor be received more honestly As to an house of bawdry For a banquet or ●…nkry For a dish. two. or three yes that will I spend with all mine heart By your leave I will departed To make ready this gear What now in all this hast ye for god sir I am aghast that other knaves will come thither before us and take up all Se there to I pray the So I shall elys fie on all together
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Metadata, position in the edition, topic in the other seeds
Play2 Nature
AuthorMedwall, Henry
Publication year (edition)1530
First performance / composition (Annals)c.1496
First performance (BritDrama)1496 [1490s]
Genre (British Drama)not in BritDrama
Play typeInterlude;Nonprofessional
Edition / TCP / DEEPedition 28 · TCP A07395 · DEEP 5002.02
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
Positionnodes 150–227 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 3 of 17 in this edition
Length511 words · 588 tokens
Topic (seed 42)T28 — Marriage-making: weddings, brides and matches cross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.790 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seedsseed 43: T6 · seed 44: T7 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
¶ Be they not wedded as other folke be ¶ Wedded quod a no so mot I the They wyll nottary therfore they can wed theym selfe alone Com kys me Ihān gramercy Ione Thys wed they euer more And yt ys the more to comend For yf the woman hap to offend as yt ys theyre gyse a man may let her alone wyth sorow and wed another hore on the morow Euen of the same wyse ¶ Forsoth thys ys a noble relygyon It styrreth me to great deuocyon For to se that place Canst thou bryng me thyder well I now ¶ ye and yt were myd nyght I make god auow As dark as euer yt was ¶ But where ys bodely lust now ¶ Then cometh in bodyly lust wyth hym w. aff. ¶ Mary syr I haue sytten and sought you Thys thre or. iiii. howrys ¶ I make god auow ye gyue shrewd attendaunce All thys. ii. dayes I coulde not the espy ¶ Syr ye know well that ye and I Be neuer myche a sonder albe yt I be from you among ¶ And now me semeth thou hast taryed to long whyche ys to me great wonder ¶ Wonder ye parde for an howr or twayn Forth for a passyng whyle and com agayn Here ys a sore mater whan was I so long absent as now and yet I was for to seke you at the tother syde of the water The place that ye wot of parde Vnderstande ye what ye mene ¶ ye ye ¶ Tell me in myne ere ¶ Quid est latinum propter le stewys ¶ What laten now thys of the newys I herd neuer thys ere I trow ye begyn to waxe shamfast ¶ Nay nay hardely that gere ys past Meny dayes a gon I am as wanton as euer I was ¶ It were almes to hang you ellys by the masse By the hard necke bon But wyll ye now go wyth me to a place and I shall shew you the smorterst place That euer ye saw wyth eyes ¶ What thyng ys yt yong or old ¶ What euer yt be yt ys able to be sold It shall lyke you on the best wyse ¶ For my loue let vs some nyght be there at a banket or a rere supper and get vs some wanton mete So we may haue some deynty thyng yet wold I spende. xx. shyllyng where so euer I yt get ¶ Nay nay wyll ye spende a coyell of crownes and there shall no gentylman in thys. x. townes Be better serued than ye Nor be receyued more honestly As to an house of bawdry For a banket or nkry For a dyshe. ii. or thre ¶ yes that wyll I spend wyth all myne hart ¶ By your leue I wyll depart To make redy thys gere ¶ What now in all thys hast ¶ ye for god syr I am a gast that other knaues wyll come theder byfore vs and take vp all ¶ Se there to I pray the ¶ So I shall Ellys fye on all together