Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1599 (Annals) history · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim · 506 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.
Dat is as it shall please de Roy mon pere. Nay, it will please him well, Kate; it shall please him, Kate. Den it fall also content me. Upon that I kiss your Hand, and I call you my Queen. Laisse mon Seigneur, laisse, laisse, may foy: je ne veus point que vous abbaisse vostre grandeus, en baisant le main d'une nostre Seigneur indignie seruiteur excuse moy. je vous supplie mon tres-puissant Seigneur. Then I will kiss your Lips, Kate. Les Dames & Damoisels pour estre baisee devant leur nopcese il net pas le costume de France. Madame, my Interpreter, what says she? Dat it is not be de fashion pour le Ladies of France; I cannot tell what is buisse en Anglish. To kiss. Your majesty entendre bettre que moy. It is not a fashion for the Maids in France to kiss before they are married, would she say? Ouy verayment. O Kate, nice Customs curtsy to great Kings. Dear Kate, you and I cannot be confined within the weak List of a Country's fashion: we are the makers of Manners, Kate; and the liberty that follows our Places, stops the mouth of all finde-faults, as I will do yours, for upholding the nice fashion of your Country, in denying me a Kiss: therefore patiently, and yielding. You have Witchcraft in your Lips, Kate: there is more eloquence in a Sugar touch of them, then in the Tongues of the French Council; and they should sooner persuade Harry of England, than a general Petition of Monarches. here comes your Father. God save your Majesty, my Royal Cousin, teach you our Princess English? I would have her learn, my fair Cousin, how perfectly I love her, and that is good English. Is she not apt? Our Tongue is rough, Cousin, and my Condition is not smooth: so that having neither the Voice nor the Heart of Flattery about me, I cannot so conjure up the Spirit of Love in her, that he will appear in his true likeness. Pardon the frankness of my mirth, if I answer you for that. If you would conjure in her, you must make a Circle: if conjure up Love in her in his true likeness, he must appear naked, and blind. Can you blame her then, being a Maid, yet rosed over with the Virgin Crimson of Modesty, if she deny the appearance of a naked blind Boy in her naked seeing self? It were (my Lord) a hard Condition for a Maid to consign to. Yet they do wink and yield, as Love is blind and enforces. They are then excused, my Lord, when they see not what they do. Then good my Lord, teach your Cousin to consent winking. I will wink on her to consent, my Lord, if you will teach her to know my meaning: for Maids well Summered, and warm kept, are like Flies at Bartholomew-tyde, blind, though they have their eyes, and then they will endure handling, which before would not abide looking on.
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Dat is as it ſhall pleaſe de Roy mon pere. Nay, it will pleaſe him well, Kate; it ſhall pleaſe him, Kate. Den it fall alſo content me. Vpon that I kiſſe your Hand, and I call you my Queene. Laiſſe mon Seigneur, laiſſe, laiſſe, may foy: Ie ne veus point que vous abbaiſſe voſtre grandeus, en baiſant le main d'une nostre Seigneur indignie ſeruiteur excuſe moy. Ie vous ſupplie mon treſ-puiſſant Seigneur. Then I will kiſſe your Lippes, Kate. Les Dames & Damoiſels pour eſtre baiſee deuant leur nopceſe il net pas le coſtume de Fraunce. Madame, my Interpreter, what ſayes ſhee? Dat it is not be de faſhon pour le Ladies of Fraunce; I cannot tell wat is buiſſe en Angliſh. To kiſſe. Your Maieſtee entendre bettre que moy. It is not a faſhion for the Maids in Fraunce to kiſſe before they are marryed, would ſhe ſay? Ouy verayment. O Kate, nice Cuſtomes curſie to great Kings. Deare Kate, you and I cannot bee confin'd within the weake Lyſt of a Countreyes faſhion: wee are the makers of Manners, Kate; and the libertie that followes our Places, ſtoppes the mouth of all finde-faults, as I will doe yours, for vpholding the nice faſhion of your Countrey, in denying me a Kiſſe: therefore patiently, and yeelding. You haue Witch-craft in your Lippes, Kate: there is more eloquence in a Sugar touch of them, then in the Tongues of the French Councell; and they ſhould ſooner perſwade Harry of England, then a generall Petition of Monarchs. Heere comes your Father. God ſaue your Maieſtie, my Royall Couſin, teach you our Princeſſe Engliſh? I would haue her learne, my faire Couſin, how perfectly I loue her, and that is good Engliſh. Is ſhee not apt? Our Tongue is rough, Coze, and my Condition is not ſmooth: ſo that hauing neyther the Voyce nor the Heart of Flatterie about me, I cannot ſo coniure vp the Spirit of Loue in her, that hee will appeare in his true likeneſſe. Pardon the frankneſſe of my mirth, if I anſwer you for that. If you would coniure in her, you muſt make a Circle: if coniure vp Loue in her in his true likeneſſe, hee muſt appeare naked, and blinde. Can you blame her then, being a Maid, yet ros'd ouer with the Virgin Crimſon of Modeſtie, if ſhee deny the apparance of a naked blinde Boy in her naked ſeeing ſelfe? It were (my Lord) a hard Condition for a Maid to conſigne to. Yet they doe winke and yeeld, as Loue is blind and enforces. They are then excus'd, my Lord, when they ſee not what they doe. Then good my Lord, teach your Couſin to conſent winking. I will winke on her to conſent, my Lord, if you will teach her to know my meaning: for Maides well Summer'd, and warme kept, are like Flyes at Bartholomew-tyde, blinde, though they haue their eyes, and then they will endure handling, which before would not abide looking on.