Medwall, Henry · published 1530 · first performed or written c.1496 (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy · 478 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Meet/ yes I had some without it were on fasting days Than he withdrew my supper always and gave me never a crumb No force hardly why would ye than favour him as ye did like a madman ye look now as it were a ghost Had ye dwelled with him till this day ye had been pined even away as ye be now almost your flesh is gone every dell A vengeance on the morsel That is left thereon Now talk of the remedy now 〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 safe ye there none ye but where ye the m●…te now 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ye are ●…yng hasty be ne d●… frist must ye go where as prover spon thereof ye made Let ve go thither and re shallbe had But what to the marsiers of the in A wedded woman or a virgin Nerther of both I joys No/ but for a maiden she goth ye forgod that she doth But yet she ye none by jye No/ no/ what than I weigh I not/ but as men clater They say she ye innupta matter Hardly an holy woman Well thither we will/ go we hens Sir ye will give me licence To sport me for a season yes for a while ye well I now but go not out of the way I charge you for hither will come anon All my company as I suppose Keep them together for I purpose to come again anon and show them my mind what I will do Marry I shall do what I can thereto and yet it ye hard for me to keep them together any while But I shall tell you what I had sever keep as many flese Or wild hares in an open lose as undertake that Wherebe these knaves that make this array Marry they be gone that other way tell me whom ye mean I trow thou scornyst Nay certainly How so be it if I should not lie at the first blush I ensure you faithfully I f●…nd forgot you 〈◊〉 ye be thus defensybly arrayed at that are ye afraid who fiath you grieved Nay I fear no man that beareth an he I sever that I were deed than that should be proved By my faith ye are wont to be as bold as it were a lion of cottyswold but now to my question what meaneth all this defensible array Marry sloth warned us two this same day Even sith it was none that our moister and Reason should make a stay and therefore he had us without delay to await on our captain A now I know the matter right well But what shall come thereof I can not tell It passeth my brain Our master willed that we twain Should tarry here till he come again
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¶ Mete / yes I had som wythout yt were on fastyng dayes Than he wythdrew my supper alwayes and gaue me neuer a crom ¶ No force hardely why wold ye than fauor hym as ye dyd lyke a madman ye loke now as yt were a gost Had ye dwelt wyth hym tyll thys day ye had bene pyned euen away as ye be now almost your fleshe ys gon euery dell A vengeaunce on the morsell That ys left theron ¶ Now talk of the remedy ¶ now the and safe ye there none ¶ ye bu where ye the mte now ¶ ye are yng hasty be ne d frist must ye go where as prouer spon therof ye made Let ve go thyder and re shalbe had ¶ But what to the marsiers of the in A weddyd woman or a vyrgyn ¶ Nerther of both I ioys No / but for a mayden she goth ¶ ye forgod that she doth But yet she ye none by Iye ¶ No / no / what than ¶ I wye I not / but as men clater They say she ye innupta mater Hardely an holy woman ¶ Well thyder we wyll / go we hens ¶ Syr ye wyll gyue me lycence To sport me for a season ¶ yes for a whyle ye well I now but go not out of the way I charge you for hyder wyll come anone All my cumpany as I suppose Kepe theym together for I purpose to come agayn anone and shew theym my mynde what I wyll do ¶ Mary I shall do what I can thereto and yet yt ye hard for me to kepe theym together any whyle But I shall tell you what I had seuer kepe as many flese Or wyld hares in an opyn lese as vndertake that ¶ Wherebe these knaues that make thys aray ¶ Mary they be gon that other way tell me whome ye meane ¶ I trow thou scornyst ¶ Nay certaynly How so be yt yf I shuld not ly at the fyrst blushe I ensure you faythfully I fnd forgot you ye be thus defensybly arayd at that are ye affrayd who fiath you greued ¶ Nay I fere no man that bereth an hee I seuer that I were dede than that shuld be preued ¶ By my fayth ye are wont to be as bold as yt were a lyon of cottyswold but now to my questyon what meaneth all thys defensyble aray ¶ Mary slouth warned vs two thys same day Euen syth yt was none that our moyster and Reason shuld make a stay and therfore he had vs wythout delay to awayt on our capytayn ¶ A now I know the mater ryght well But what shall com therof I can not tell It passeth my brayn Our mayster wylled that we twayn Shuld tary here tyll he com agayn