Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1601 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Chapel (second) unassigned nearest T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy · 498 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
O my TIBULLUS, Let us not blame him: for, against such chances, The heartiest strife of virtue is not proof. We may read constancy, and fortitude, To other souls: but had ourselves been struck With the like planet, had our loves (like his) Been ravished from us, by injurious death, And in the height, and heat of our best days, It would have cracked our sinews, shrunk our veins, And made our very heartstrings jar, like his. Come, let's go take him forth, and prove, if mirth Or company will but abate his passion. Content, and I implore the gods, it may. MAster CRISPINUS, you are welcome: Pray, use a stool, sir. Your cousin CYTHERIS will come down presently. we are so busy for the receiving of these courtiers here, that I can scarce be a minute with myself, for thinking of them: Pray you sit, sir, Pray you sit, sir. I am very well, sir. ne'er trust me, but you are most delicately seated here, full of sweet delight and blandishment! an excellent air, an excellent air! ay, sir, 'tis pretty air. These courtiers run in my mind still; I must look out: for Jupiter's sake, sit, sir. Or please you walk into the garden? There's a garden on the backside. I am most strenuously well, I thank you, sir. Much good do you, sir. Come, bring those perfumes forward a little, and strew some roses, and violets here; Fie, here be rooms savour the most pitifully rank that ever I felt: I cry the God's mercy, my husband's in the wind of us. Why, this is good, excellent, excellent: well said, my sweet CHLOE. Trim up your house most obsequiously. For Vulcanus sake, breath somewhere else: in troth you overcome our perfumes exceedingly, you are too predominant. Hear but my opinion, sweet wife. A pin for your opinion. In sincerity, if you be thus fulsome to me in every thing, I'll be divorced; God's my body? you know what you were, before I married you; I was a gentlewoman borne, I; I lost all my friends to be a citizen's wife; because I heard indeed, they kept their wives as fine as ladies; and that we might rule our husbands, like ladies; and do what we listed: do you think I would have married you, else? I acknowledge, sweet wife, she speaks the best of any woman in Italy, and moves as mightily: which makes me, I had rather she should make bumps on my head, as big as my two singers, than I would offend her. But sweet wife— Yet again? is't not grace enough for you, that I call you husband, and you call me wife: but you must still be poking me, against my will, to things? But you know, wife; here are the greatest ladies, and gallantest gentlemen of ROME, to be entertained in our house now: and I would feign advise thee, to entertain them in the best sort, i'faith wife.
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O my TIBVLLVS, Let vs not blame him: for, against such chances, The heartiest strife of vertue is not proofe. We may read constancie, and fortitude, To other soules: but had our selues beene strooke With the like planet, had our loues (like his) Beene rauisht from vs, by injurious death, And in the height, and heat of our best dayes, It would haue crackt our sinnewes, shrunke our veines, And made our verie heart-strings iarre, like his. Come, let's goe take him foorth, and prooue, if mirth Or companie will but abate his passion. Content, and I implore the gods, it may. MAster CRISPINVS, you are welcome: Pray', vse a stoole, sir. Your cousin CYTHERIS will come downe presently. Wee are so busie for the receiuing of these courtiers here, that I can scarce be a minute with my selfe, for thinking of them: Pray you sit, sir, Pray you sit, sir. I am verie well, sir. Ne're trust me, but you are most delicately seated here, full of sweet delight and blandishment! an excellent ayre, an excellent ayre! I, sir, 'tis prettie ayre. These courtiers runne in my minde still; I must looke out: for IVPITERS sake, sit, sir. Or please you walke into the garden? There's a garden on the back-side. I am most strenuously well, I thanke you, sir. Much good doe you, sir. Come, bring those perfumes forward a little, and strew some roses, and violets here; Fye, here bee roomes sauour the most pittifully ranke that euer I felt: I crie the gods mercie, my husband's in the winde of vs. Why, this is good, excellent, excellent: well said, my sweet CHLOE. Trimme vp your house most obsequiously. For VVLCANVS sake, breathe somewhere else: in troth you ouercome our perfumes exceedingly, you are too predominant. Heare but my opinion, sweet wife. A pinne for your pinnion. In sinceritie, if you be▪ thus fulsome to me in euerie thing, I'le bee diuore't; Gods my bodie? you know what you were, before I married you; I was a gentlewoman borne, I; I lost all my friends to be a citizens wife; because I heard indeed, they kept their wiues as fine as ladies; and that wee might rule our husbands, like ladies; and doe what wee listed: doe you thinke I would haue married you, else? I acknowledge, sweet wife, she speakes the best of any woman in Italy, and mooues as mightily: which makes me, I had rather she should make bumpes on my head, as big as my two singers, then I would offend her. But sweet wife— Yet againe? I'st not grace inough for you, that I call you husband, and you call me wife: but you must still bee poking mee, against my will, to things? But you know, wife; here are the greatest ladies, and gallantest gentlemen of ROME, to bee entertain'd in our house now: and I would faine aduise thee, to entertaine them in the best sort, yfaith wife.