Cynthia's Revels, or The Fountain of Self-Love · chunk 18 of 66
Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1600 [1600-1601] (Annals) satire · Children of the Chapel (second) unassigned nearest T35 Fools, wit and railing · 460 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T35: fool, wit, aristippus, achilles, wise, fools, patroclus, thersites, master, men.
O, for some excellent painter, to have ta'en the copy of all these faces! PROSAITES. Fie, I premonished you of that: In the court, boy, lackey, or sirrah. Master, Lupus in— O, 'tis PROSAITES. Sirrah prepare my casting-bottle, I think I must be enforced to purchase me another page, you see how at hand COS waits, here. So will he too, in time. What's he, MERCVRIE? A notable smelled. One, that hath newly entertained the beggar to follow him, but cannot get him to wait near enough. 'tis ASOTUS, the heir of PHILARGYRUS; but first I'll give ye the others character, which may make his the clearer. He that is with him, is AMORPHUS, a travailer, one so made out of the mixture and shreds of forms, that himself is truly deformed. He walks most commonly with a clove, or picktooth in his mouth, he is the very mint of complement, all his behaviours are printed, his face is another volume of essays; and his beard an Aristarchus. He speaks all cream, skimmed, and more affected than a dozen of waiting women. He is his own promoter in every place. The wife of the ordinary gives him his diet, to maintain her table in discourse, which (indeed) is a mere tyranny over her other guests, for he will usurp all the talk: ten constables are not so tedious. He is no great shifter, once a year his apparel is ready to revolt. He doth use much to arbitrate quarrels, and fights himself, exceeding well (out at a window.) He will lie cheaper than any beggar, and louder than most clocks: for which he is right properly accommodated to the whetstone, his page. The other gallant is his zany, and doth most of these tricks after him; sweats to imitate him in every thing (to a hair) except a beard, which is not yet extant. He doth learn to make strange sauces, to eat anchovies, maccaroni, bovoli, fagioli, and caviar, because he loves 'em; speaks as he speaks, looks, walks, goes so in clothes, and fashion: is in all, as if he were moulded of him. marry (before they met) he had other very pretty sufficiencies, which yet he retains some light impression of: as frequenting a dancing school, and grievously torturing strangers, with inquisition after his grace in his galliard. He buys a fresh acquaintance at any rate. His eye and his raiment confer much together as he goes in the street. He treads nicely, like the fellow that walks upon ropes; especially the first sunday of his silk-stockings: and when he is most neat, and new, you shall strip him with commendations. Here comes another. ay, but one of another strain, CUPID: This fellow weighs somewhat. His name, HERMES?
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O, for some excellent painter, to haue tane the copy of all these faces! PROSAITES. Fye, I premonisht you of that: In the court, boy, lacquay, or sirrah. Master, Lupus in— O, t'is PROSAITES. Sirrha prepare my casting-bottle, I thinke I must be enforc'd to purchase me another page, you see how at hand COS waits, here. So will he too, in time. What's he, MERCVRIE? A notable smelt. One, that hath newly entertain'd the begger to follow him, but cannot get him to wait neere enough. T'is ASOTVS, the heire of PHILARGYRVS; but first I'le giue yee the others character, which may make his the cleerer. He that is with him, is AMORPHVS, a trauailer, one so made out of the mixture and shreds of formes, that himselfe is truly deformd. He walkes most commonly with a cloue, or pick-tooth in his mouth, hee is the very mint of complement, all his behauiours are printed, his face is another volume of essayes; and his beard an Aristarchus. He speakes all creame, skimd, and more affected then a dozen of waiting women. He is his owne promoter in euery place. The wife of the ordinarie giues him his diet, to maintaine her table in discourse, which (indeed) is a meere tyrannie ouer her other guests, for hee will vsurpe all the talke: ten constables are not so tedious. He is no great shifter, once a yeere his apparell is readie to reuolt. He doth vse much to arbitrate quarrels, and fights himselfe, exceeding well (out at a window.) He will lye cheaper then any begger, and lowder then most clockes: for which he is right properly accommodated to the whetstone, his page. The other gallant is his Zani, and doth most of these trickes after him; sweates to imitate him in euery thing (to a haire) except a beard, which is not yet extant. He doth learne to make strange sauces, to eat aenchouies, maccaroni, bouoli, fagioli, and cauiare, because hee loues 'hem; speakes as hee speakes, lookes, walkes, goes so in clothes, and fashion: is in all, as if he were moulded of him. Mary (before they met) he had other verie prettie sufficiencies, which yet he retaines some light impression of: as frequenting a dancing schoole, and grieuously torturing strangers, with inquisition after his grace in his galliard. He buyes a fresh acquaintance at any rate. His eye and his rayment confer much together as he goes in the street. He treades nicely, like the fellow that walkes vpon ropes; especially the first sunday of his silke-stockings: and when he is most neat, and new, you shall strip him with commendations. Here comes another. I, but one of another straine, CVPID: This fellow weighs somewhat. His name, HERMES?