Shakespeare, William · published 1600 · first performed or written 1597 [c.1597-1598] (Annals) history · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T41 Household service: masters, doors and po · 514 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T41: master, house, door, iohn, old, mistress, basket, lord, gentleman, ick.
He is not his craftsmaster, he doth not do it right; I remember at Mile-end-greene, when I lay at Clement's Inn, I was then sir Dagonet in Arthur's show, there was a little quiver fellow, and a would manage you his piece thus, and a would about and about, and come you in, and come you in, rah, tah, tah, would a say, bounce would a say, and away again would a go, and again would a come: I shall near see such a fellow. These fellows wool do well M. Shallow, God keep you M. Scilens, I will not use many words with you, far you well gentlemen both, I thank you, I must a dozen mile to night: Bardolfe, give the soldiers coats. Sir Iohn, the Lord bless you, God prosper your affairs, God send us peace at your return, visit our house, let our old acquaintance be renewed, peradventure I will with ye to the court. Fore God would you would. Go to, I have spoke at a word, God keep you Far you well gentle gentlemen. On Bardolfe, lead the men away, as I return I will fetch off these justices, I do see the bottom of justice Shallow, Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying, this same starved justice hath done nothing but prate to me, of the wildness of his youth, and the feats he hath done about Turnbull street, and every third word a lie, dewer paid to the hearer than the Turks tribute, I do remember him at Clement's Inn, like a man made after supper of a cheese paring, when a was naked, he was for all the world like a forked radish with a head fantastically carved upon it with a knife, a was so forlorn, that his dimensions to any thick sight were invincible, a was the very genius of famine, yet lecherous as a monkey, & the whores called him mandrake, a came over in the rearward of the fashion, and sung those tunes to the overschutcht housewives, that he heard the Carmen whistle, and swore they were his fancies or his good-nights, and now is this vices dagger become a squire, and talks as familiarly of Iohn a Gaunt, as if he had been sworn brother to him, and i'll be sworn a near saw him but once in the tyltyard, and then he burst his head for crowding among the marshals men, I saw it and told Iohn a Gaunt he beat his own name, for you might have thrust him and all his apparel into an eel-skin, the case of a triple oboe was a mansion for him a Court, and now has he land and beeves. Well▪ I'll be acquainted with him if I return, and 'tshall go hard, but i'll make him a philosophers two stones to me, if the young Dase be a bait for the old Pik●, I see no reason in the law of nature but I may snap at him, till Time shape, and there an end.
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He is not his crafts-master, he doth not do it right; I remember at Mile-end-greene, when I lay at Clements Inne, I was then sir Dagonet in Arthurs show, there was a little quiuer fellow, and a would mannage you his peece thus, and a would about and about, and come you in, and come you in, rah, tah, tah, would a say, bounce would a say, and away again would a go, and againe would a come: I shall nere see such a fellow. These fellowes wooll doe well M. Shallow, God keep you M. Scilens, I will not vse many words with you, fare you wel gentlemen both, I thank you, I must a dosen mile to night: Bardolfe, giue the souldiers coates. Sir Iohn, the Lord blesse you, God prosper your affaires, God send vs peace at your returne, visit our house, let our old acquaintance be renewed, peraduenture I will with ye to the court. Fore God would you would. Go to, I haue spoke at a word, God keep you Fare you well gentle gentlemen. On Bardolfe, leade the men away, as I returne I will fetch off these iustices, I do see the bottome of iustice Shallow, Lord, Lord, how subiect we old men are to this vice of lying, this same staru'd iustice hath done nothing but prate to me, of the wildnesse of his youth, and the feates he hath done about Turne-bull street, and euery third word a lie, dewer paid to the hearr then the Turkes tribute, I doe remember him at Clements Inne, like a man made after supper of a cheese paring, when a was naked, he was for all the worlde like a forkt reddih with a head fantastically carued vpon it with a knife, a was so forlorne, that his demensions to any thicke sight were inuincible, a was the very genius of famine, yet lecherous as a monkie, & the whores cald him mandrake, a came ouer in the rereward of the fashion, and sung those tunes to the ouerschutcht huswiues, that he heard the Car-men whistle, and sware they were his fancies or his good-nights, and nowe is this vices dagger become a squire, and talkes as familiarly of Iohn a Gaunt, as if he had bin sworne brother to him, and ile be sworn a nere saw him but once in the tylt-yard, and then he burst his head for crowding among the Marshalles men, I saw it and told Iohn a Gaunt he beate his owne name, for you might haue thrust him and all his aparell into an eele-skin, the case of a treble hoboy was a mansion for him a Court, and now has he land and beefes. Well▪ ile be acquainted with him if I returne, and t'shal go hard, but ile make him a philosophers two stones to me, if the yong Dase be a baite for the old Pik, I see no reason in the law of nature but I may snap at him, till Time shape, and there an end.