Shakespeare, William · published 1623 · first performed or written 1597 [Apr 23] (Annals) comedy · Lord Chamberlain's (Hunsdon's) Men unassigned nearest T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy · 492 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Nay, good sweet husband, good Gentlemen, let him strike the old woman. Come mother Prat, Come give me your hand. I'll Prat-her: Out of my door, you Witch, you Rag, you Baggage, you Poulcat, you Runnion, out, out: I'll conjure you, I'll fortune-tell you. Are you not ashamed? I think you have killed the poor woman. Nay he will do it, 'tis a goodly credit for you. Hang her witch. By yea, and no, I think the o' man is a witch indeed: I like not when a o' man has a great beard; I spy a great beard under his muffler. Will you follow Gentlemen, I beseech you follow: see but the issue of my jealousy: If I cry out thus upon no trail, never trust me when I open again. Let's obey his humour a little further: Come Gentlemen. Trust me he beat him most pitifully. Nay by th' Mass that he did not: he beat him most unpittifully, me thought. I'll have the cudgel hallowed, and hung over the Altar, it hath done meritorious service. What think you? May we with the warrant of woman hood, and the witness of a good conscience, pursue him with any further revenge? The spirit of wantonness is sure scared out of him, if the devil have him not in fee-simple, with fine and recovery, he will never (I think) in the way of waste, attempt us again. Shall we tell our husbands how we have served him? Yes, by all means: if it be but to scrape the figures out of your husband's brains: if they can find in their hearts, the poor unuertuous fat Knight shall be any further afflicted, we two will still be the ministers. I'll warrant, they'll have him publicly shamed, and me thinks there would be no period to the jest, should he not be publicly shamed. Come, to the Forge with it, then shape it: I would not have things cool. Sir, the german desires to have three of your horses: the Duke himself will be to morrow at Court, and they are going to meet him. What Duke should that be comes so secretly? I hear not of him in the Court: let me speak with the Gentlemen, they speak English? I Sir? I'll call him to you. They shall have my horses, but I'll make them pay: I'll sauce them, they have had my houses a week at command: I have turned away my other guests, they must come off, I'll sauce them, come. 'Tis one of the best discretions of a o' man as ever I did look upon. And did he send you both these Letters at an instant? Within a quarter of an hour. Pardon me (wife) henceforth do what thou wilt: I rather will suspect the Sun with gold, Then thee with wantonness: Now doth thy honour stand (In him that was of late an Heretic) As firm as faith.
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Nay, good ſweet husband, good Gentlemen, let him ſtrike the old woman. Come mother Prat, Come giue me your hand. Ile Prat-her: Out of my doore, you Witch, you Ragge, you Baggage, you Poulcat, you Runnion, out, out: Ile coniure you, Ile fortune-tell you. Are you not aſham'd? I thinke you haue kill'd the poore woman. Nay he will do it, 'tis a goodly credite for you. Hang her witch. By yea, and no, I thinke the o' man is a witch indeede: I like not when a o' man has a great peard; I ſpie a great peard vnder his muffler. Will you follow Gentlemen, I beſeech you follow: ſee but the iſſue of my iealouſie: If I cry out thus vpon no traile, neuer truſt me when I open againe. Let's obey his humour a little further: Come Gentlemen. Truſt me he beate him moſt pittifully. Nay by th' Maſſe that he did not: he beate him moſt vnpittifully, me thought. Ile haue the cudgell hallow'd, and hung ore the Altar, it hath done meritorious ſeruice. What thinke you? May we with the warrant of woman hood, and the witneſſe of a good conſcience, purſue him with any further reuenge? The ſpirit of wantonneſſe is ſure ſcar'd out of him, if the diuell haue him not in fee-ſimple, with fine and recouery, he will neuer (I thinke) in the way of waſte, attempt vs againe. Shall we tell our husbands how wee haue ſeru'd him? Yes, by all meanes: if it be but to ſcrape the figures out of your husbands braines: if they can find in their hearts, the poore vnuertuous fat Knight ſhall be any further afflicted, wee two will ſtill bee the miniſters. Ile warrant, they'l haue him publiquely ſham'd, and me thinkes there would be no period to the ieſt, ſhould he not be publikely ſham'd. Come, to the Forge with it, then ſhape it: I would not haue things coole. Sir, the Germane deſires to haue three of your horſes: the Duke himſelfe will be to morrow at Court, and they are going to meet him. What Duke ſhould that be comes ſo ſecretly? I heare not of him in the Court: let mee ſpeake with the Gentlemen, they ſpeake Engliſh? I Sir? Ile call him to you. They ſhall haue my horſes, but Ile make them pay: Ile ſauce them, they haue had my houſes a week at commaund: I haue turn'd away my other gueſts, they muſt come off, Ile ſawce them, come. 'Tis one of the beſt diſcretions of a o' man as euer I did looke vpon. And did he ſend you both theſe Letters at an inſtant? VVithin a quarter of an houre. Pardon me (wife) henceforth do what yu wilt: I rather will ſuſpect the Sunne with gold, Then thee with wantonnes: Now doth thy honor ſtand (In him that was of late an Heretike) As firme as faith.