Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1599 (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim · 491 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
Do you observe the plunges, that this poor gallant is put to (signor) to purchase the fashion? I, and to be still a fashion behind with the world, that's the sport. Stay: O here they come, from sealed, and delivered. WEll, now my whole venture is forth, I will resolve to depart shortly. Faith, sir PUNTARVOLO, go to the court, and take leave of the ladies first. I care not, if it be this afternoons labour. Where is CARLO? Here he comes. Faith, gallants, I am persuading this gentleman to turn courtier. He is a man of fair revenue, and his estate will bear the charge well. Besides, for his other gifts of the mind, or so, why, they are as nature lent him 'em, pure, simple, without any artificial drug or mixture of these two threadbare beggarly qualities, learning, and knowledge, and therefore the more accommodate, and genuine. Now, for the life itself— O, the most celestial, and full of wonder, and delight, that can be imagined, signor, beyond all thought, and apprehension of pleasure! A man lives there, in that divine rapture, that he will think himself i'the ninth heaven for the time, and lose all sense of mortality whatsoever; when he shall behold such glorious (and almost immortal) beauties, hear such angelical and harmonious voices, discourse with such flowing and ambrosiam spirits, whose wits are as sudden as lightning, and humorous as nectar, Oh: it makes a man all quintessence, and flame, & lifts him up (in a moment) to the very crystal crown of the sky, where (hovering in the strength of his imagination) he shall behold all the delights of the HESPERIDES, the Insulae Fortunatae, ADONIS' gardens, Tempe or what else (condfined within the amplest verge of poesy) to be mere umbrae, and imperfect figures, conferred with the most essential felicity of your court. Well, this Encomion was not extemporal, it came too perfectly off. Besides, sir, you shall never need to go to a hothouse, you shall sweat there with courting your mistress, or losing your money at primero, as well as in all the stones in Sweden. Marry this, sir, you must ever be sure to carry a good strong perfume about you, that your mistress dog may smell you out amongst the rest; and (in making love to her) never fear to be out: for you may have a pipe of tobacco, or a base viol shall hang o'the wall, of purpose, will put you in presently. The tricks your Resolution has taught you in tobacco, (the whiffe, and those sleights) will stand you in very good ornament there? I, to some perhaps: but, and he should come to my mistress with tobacco (this gentleman knows) she'd reply upon him, i'faith. O, (by this bright sun) she has the most acute, ready, and facetious wit, that— tut there's no spirit able to stand her. You can report it, signor, you have seen her?
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Doe you obserue the plunges, that this poore gallant is put to (signior) to purchase the fashion? I, and to bee still a fashion behinde with the world, that's the sport. Stay: O here they come, from seal'd, and deliuer'd. WEll, now my whole venter is forth, I will resolue to depart shortly. Faith, sir PVNTARVOLO, goe to the court, and take leaue of the ladies first. I care not, if it be this afternoones labour. Where is CARLO? Here he comes. Faith, gallants, I am perswading this gentleman to turne courtier. He is a man of faire reuenue, and his estate will beare the charge well. Besides, for his other gifts of the minde, or so, why, they are as nature lent him 'hem, pure, simple, without any artificiall drug or mixture of these two thred-bare beggarly qualities, learning, and knowledge, and therefore the more accommodate, and genuine. Now, for the life it selfe— O, the most celestiall, and full of wonder, and delight, that can be imagin'd, signior, beyond all thought, and apprehension of pleasure! A man liues there, in that diuine rapture, that hee will thinke himselfe i'the ninth heauen for the time, and lose all sense of mortalitie whatsoeuer; when he shall behold such glorious (and almost immortall) beauties, heare such angelicall and harmonious voyces, discourse with such flowing and ambrosiam spirits, whose wits are as suddaine as lightning, and humorous as nectar, Oh: it makes a man al quintessence, and flame, & lifts him vp (in a moment) to the verie christall crowne of the skie, where (houering in the strength of his imagination) he shall behold all the delights of the HESPERIDES, the Insulae Fortunatae, ADONIS gardens, Tempe or what else (condfin'd within the amplest verge of poesie) to bee meere vmbrae, and imperfect figures, conferr'd with the most essentiall felicitie of your court. Well, this Encomion was not extemporall, it came too perfectly off. Besides, sir, you shall neuer need to goe to a hot-house, you shall sweat there with courting your mistresse, or losing your monie at primero, as well as in all the stones in Sweden. Mary this, sir, you must euer be sure to carrie a good strong perfume about you, that your mistresse dogge may smell you out amongst the rest; and (in making loue to her) neuer feare to be out: for you may haue a pipe of tabacco, or a base violl shall hang o'the wall, of purpose, will put you in presently. The trickes your Resolution has taught you in tabacco, (the whisse, and those sleights) will stand you in verie good ornament there? I, to some perhaps: but, and hee should come to my mistresse with tabacco (this gentleman knowes) shee'ld reply vpon him, yfaith. O, (by this bright sunne) shee has the most acute, readie, and facetious wit, that—tut there's no spirit able to stand her. You can report it, signior, you haue seene her?