Heywood, John · published 1544 · first performed or written 1520 [c.1520-1522] (Annals) not in BritDrama unassigned nearest T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim · 510 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
Why dost thou not know that every pedled In every tryfull must be a meddler specially in women's tryflynges Those use we chief above all things Which things to see if ye be disposed Behold what ware here is disclosed This gear showeth itself in such beauty That each man thinketh it saith come buy me Look were yourself can like to be chooser Yourself shall make price though I be loser Is here nothing for my father Palmer Have ye not a want on in a corner For your walking to holy places By cryste I have herd of as strange cases Who liveth in love or love would win Even at this pack he must begin Where is right many a proper token Of which by name part shall be spoken Gloves, pins, combs, glasses unspotted Pomanders, hooks, and lasses knotted broaches, rings, and all manner beads Lace round and flat for women's heads Nedyls, thread thymbell, shers, and all such knacks Where lovers be no such things lacks Sypers swathbondes rybandes and sleeve lace's Gyrdyls, knives, purses, and pyncases. Do women buy their pyncases of you. Ye that they do I make god a vow So mote I thrive then for my part I be shrew thy knaves naked heart For making my wife is pyncase so wide The pins fall out they can not abide Great pins must she have one or other If she lose one she will find an other Wherein I find cause to complain New pins to her pleasure and my pain Sir ye seem well seen in women's causes I pray you tell me what causeth this That women after their arising Be so long in their appareling Forsooth women have many lets And they be masked in many nets As frontlettes, fyllettes, parlettes, and barcelettes And then their bonnets and their poynettes By these lets and nets the let is such That speed is small when haste is much. An other cause why they come not forward Which maketh them daily to draw backward And yet is a thing they can not forbear The trimming and pynning up their gear specially their fydling with the tail pin And when they would have it prick in If it chance to double in the cloth Then be they wode and sweareth an oath Till it stand right they will not forsake it Thus though it may not yet would they make it But be ye sure they do but defer it For when they would make it oft times mar it But prick them and pin them as nyche, as ye will And yet will they look for pynning still So that I durst hold you a joint Ye shall never have them at a fall point Let women's matters pass and mark mine What ever their points be, these points be fine Wherefore if ye be willing to buy Ley down money, come of quickly. Nay by my troth we be like friars We are but beggars we be no buyers
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¶Why doſt thou nat knowe that euery pedled In euery tryfull muſt be a medler Specyally in womens tryflynges Thoſe vſe we chefe aboue all thynges Whiche thynges to ſe yf ye be diſpoſed Beholde what ware here is diſcloſed Thys gere ſheweth it ſelfe in ſuche bewte That eche man thynketh it ſayth come bye me Loke were your ſelfe can lyke to be chooſer Your ſelfe ſhall make pryce though I be looſer Is here nothynge for my father Palmer Haue ye nat a want on in a corner For your walkyng to holy places By cryſte I haue herde of as ſtraunge caſes Who lyueth in loue or loue wolde wynne Euen at this packe he muſt begynne Where is ryght many a proper token Of whiche by name parte ſhall be ſpoken Gloues, pynnes, combes, glaſſes vnſpottyd Pomanders, hookes, and laſſes knotted Broches, rynges, and all maner bedes Lace rounde and flat for womens hedes Nedyls, threde thymbell, ſhers, and all ſuche knackes Where louers be no ſuche thynges lackes Sypers ſwathbondes rybandes and ſleue laces Gyrdyls, knyues, purſes, and pyncaſes. ¶Do women bye theyr pyncaſes of you. ¶Ye that they do I make god a vow ¶So mot I thryue then for my parte I be ſhrewe thy knaues nakyd herte For makynge my wyfe ys pyncaſe ſo wyde The pynnes fall out they can nat abyde Great pynnes muſt ſhe haue one or other Yf ſhe leſe one ſhe wyll fynde an other Wherin I fynde cauſe to complayne New pynnes to her pleaſure and my payne ¶Syr ye ſeme well ſene in womens cauſes I praye you tell me what cauſeth this That women after theyr ayſynge Be ſo longe in theyr apparelynge ¶Forſoth women haue many And they e maked in many ettes As frontlettes, fyllettes, parlettes, and barcelettes And then theyr bonettes and theyr poynettes By theſe lettes and nettes the lette is ſuche That ſpede is ſmall whan haſte is muche. ¶An other cauſe why they come nat forwarde Whiche maketh them dayly to drawe backwarde And yet is a thynge they can nat forbere The trymmynge and pynnynge vp theyr gere Specyally theyr fydlyng with the tayle pyn And when they wolde haue it prycke in If it chaunce to double in the clothe Then be they wode and ſwereth an othe Tyll it ſtande ryght they wyll nat forſake it Thus though it may nat yet wolde they make it But be ye ſure they do but defarre it For when they wolde make it ofte tymes marre it But prycke them and pynne them as nyche, as ye wyll And yet wyll they loke for pynnynge ſtyll So that I durſte holde you a ioynt Ye ſhall neuer haue them at a fall poynt ⚜Let womens maters paſſe and marke myne What euer theyr poyntes be, theſe poyntes be fyne Wherfore yf ye be wyllynge to bye Ley downe money, come of quyckely. ¶Nay by my trouth we be lyke fryers We are but beggers we be no byers