Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T9: play, stage, poet, prologue, author, wit, plays, muse, scene, players.
NOctem peccatis, & fraudibus obiice nubem. There is no such fine time to play the knave in, as the night. I am a Goose or a Ghost at least; for what with turmoil of getting my fools apparel, and care of being perfect, I am sure I have not yet supped tonight. Will Summer's Ghost I should be, come to present you with Summer's last will, and Testament. Be it so, if my cousin Ned will lend me his Chain and his Fiddle. Other stately paced Prologues use to attire themselves within: I that have a toy in my head, more than ordinary, and use to go without money, without garters, without girdle, without a hatband, without points to my hose, without a knife to my dinner, and make so much use of this word without, in every thing, will here dress me without. Dick Huntley cries, Begin, begin: and all the whole house, For shame come away; when I had my things but now brought me out of the laundry. God forgive me, I did not see my Lord before. I'll set a good face on it, as though what I had talked idly all this while, were my part. So it is, boni viri, that one fool presents another; and I a fool by nature, and by art, do speak to you in the person of the Idiot our Playmaker. He like a Fop & an Ass, must be making himself a public laughing stock, & have no thank for his labour; where other Magisterij, whose invention is far more exquisite, are content to sit still, and do nothing. I'll show you what a scurvy Prologue he had made me in an old vain of similitudes: if you be good fellows, give it the hearing, that you may judge of him thereafter.
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Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
NOctem peccatis, & fraudibus obiice nubem. There is no such fine time to play the knaue in, as the night. I am a Goose or a Ghost at least; for what with turmoyle of getting my fooles apparell, and care of being perfit, I am sure I haue not yet supt to night. Will Summers Ghost I should be, come to present you with Summers last will, and Testament. Be it so, if my cousin Ned will lend me his Chayne and his Fiddle. Other stately pac't Prologues vse to attire themselues within: I that haue a toy in my head, more then ordinary, and vse to goe without money, without garters, without girdle, without a hat-band, without poynts to my hose, without a knife to my dinner, and make so much vse of this word without, in euery thing, will here dresse me without. Dick Huntley cryes, Begin, begin: and all the whole house, For shame come away; when I had my things but now brought me out of the Lawndry. God forgiue me, I did not see my Lord before. Ile set a good face on it, as though what I had talkt idly all this while, were my part. So it is, boni viri, that one foole presents another; and I a foole by nature, and by arte, do speake to you in the person of the Idiot our Playmaker. He like a Foppe & an Asse, must be making himselfe a publike laughing stock, & haue no thanke for his labor; where other Magisterij, whose inuention is farre more exquisite, are content to sit still, and doe nothing. Ile shewe you what a scuruy Prologue he had made me in an old vayne of similitudes: if you bee good fellowes, giue it the hearing, that you may iudge of him thereafter.