How a Man May Choose a Good Wife from a Bad · chunk 36 of 43
Anonymous · published 1602 · first performed or written 1602 [c.1601-1602] (Annals) comedy · Worcester's Men unassigned nearest T6 Money, debt and credit · 466 words
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Who me? turn me out of doors? is this all the wages I shall have at the years end, to be turned out of doors? you Mistress, you are a. A what? speak, a what? touch her, and touch me; taint her, and taint me, speak, speak, a what? Marry a woman that is kin to the frost. How do you mean that? And you are a kin to the Latin word, to understand. And what's that? Subaudi, subaudi: and sir, do you not use to pink doublets? And why? I took you for a cutter, you are of a great kindred; you are a common cozener, everybody calls you cousen: beside, they say you are a very good Warrener, you have been an old Coney catcher: but if I be turned a-begging, as I know not what I am borne too, and that you ever come to the said Trade, as nothing is unpossible, I'll set all the Commonwealth of beggars on your back, and all the Congregation of vermin shall be put to your keeping, and then if you be not more bitten than all the Company of beggars beside, I'll not have my will: zounds turned out of doors, I'll go and set up my Trade, a dish to drink in that I have within, a wallet that I'll make of an old shirt, than my speech for the lords sake, I beseech your worship, than I must have a lame leg, I'll go to football and break my shins, and I am provided for that. What stands the villain prating, hence you slave. Art thou yet pleased? When I have had my humour. Good friends for manners sake a while withdraw. It is our pleasure sir to stand aside. Mary what cause hast thou to use me thus? From nothing I have raised thee to much wealth, 'twas more than I did owe thee: many a pound, Nay many a hundred pound I spent on thee In my wives time, and once but by my means Thou hadst been in much danger, but in all things My purse and credit ever bore thee out: I did not owe thee this, I had a wife That would have laid herself beneath my feet To do me service, her I set at nought For the entire affection I bore thee. To show that I have loved thee, have I not Above all women made chief choice of thee? An argument sufficient of my love, What reason then hast thou to wrong me thus? It is my humour. O but such humours honest wives should purge: He show thee a far greater instance yet Of the true love that I have borne to thee, Thou knewest my brother's wife, was she not fair? So so.
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Who me? turne me out of doores? is this all the wages I shall haue at the yeares end, to bee turned outof doores? you Mistris, you are a. A what? speake, a what? touch her, and touch me; taint her, and taint me, speake, speake, a what? Marrie a woman that is kin to the frost. How do you meane that? And you are a kin to the Latine word, tovnderstand. And whats that? Subaudi, subaudi: and sir, doo you not vse to pinke doublets? And why? I tooke you for a cutter, you are of a great kindred; you are a common couzener, euerie bodie calls you cousen: besides, they say you are a verie good Warrener, you haue beene an olde Coney catcher: but if I bee turned a begging, as I know not what I am borne too, and that you euer come to the said Trade, as nothing is vnpossible, Ile set all the Common-wealth of beggers on your back, and all the Congregation of vermine shall be put to your keeping, and then if you bee not more bitten then all the Compaine of beggers besides, Ile not haue my will: zounds turnd out of doores, Ile goe and set vp my Trade, a dish to drink in that I haue within, a wallet that Ile make of an old shirt, then my speech for the Lordes sake, I beseech your worship, then I must haue a lame leg, Ile go to footeball and breake my shinnes, and I am prouided for that. What stands the villain prating, hence you slaue. Art thou yet pleasd? When I haue had my humor. Good friends for manners sake a while withdraw. It is our pleasure sir to stand aside. Mary what cause hast thou to vse me thus? From nothing I haue raisd thee to much wealth, Twas more then I did owe thee: many a pound, Nay many a hundred pound I spent on thee In my wiues time, and once but by my meanes Thou hads bin in much danger, but in all things My purse and credit euer bare thee out: I did not owe thee this, I had a wife That would haue laid her selfe beneath my feete To do me seruice, her I set at naught For the intire affection I bare thee. To shew that I haue lou'd thee, haue I not Aboue all wemen made chiefe choyce of thee? An argument sufficient of my loue, What reason then hast thou to wrong me thus? It is my humor. O but such humors honest wiues shuld purge: He shew thee a far greater instance yet Of the true loue that I haue borne to thee, knewest my brothers wife, was she not faire? So so.