Marston, John · published 1604 · first performed or written 1604 [1602-1604] (Annals) tragicomedy · Children of the Chapel (second) T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.79 · 517 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T0: duke, lord, duchess, love, court, madam, prince, honour, grace, lady.
Now good Elysium, what a delicious heaven is it for a man to be in a PRINCE's favour? o sweet God, o pleasure! o Fortune! o all thou best of life? what should I think? what say? what do? to be a favourite? a minion? to have a general timorous respect, observe a man, a stateful silence in his presence: solitariness in his absence, a confused ham and busy murmur of obsequious suitors training him; the cloth held up, and way proclaimed before him; Petitionary vassals licking the pavement with their slavish knees, whilst some odd palace Lampreeles that engender with Snakes, and are full of eyes on both sides with a kind of insinuating humbleness fix all their lights upon his brow: O blessed state what a ravishing prospect doth the Olympus of favour yield; Death, I cornute the Duke: sweet women, most sweet Ladies, nay Angels; by heaven he is more accursed than a Devil that hates you, or is hated by you, and happier than a God that loves you, or is beloved by you; you preservers of mankind, life blood of society, who would live, nay who can live without you? O Paradise, how majestical is your austerer presence? how imperiously chaste is your more modest face? but O! how full of ravishing attraction is your pretty, petulant, languishing, lasciviously-composed countenance: these amorous smiles, those soul-warming sparkling glances; ardent as those flames that singed the world by heedless Phaeton; in body how delicate, in soul how witty, in discourse how pregnant, in life how wary, in favours how judicious, in day how sociable, and in night how? O pleasure unutterable, indeed it is most certain, one man cannot deserve only to enjoy a beauteous woman: but a Duchess? in despite of Phoebus I'll write a Sonnet instantly in praise of her. And is't possible? Mendozo slight me, possible? Possible? what can be strange in him that's drunk with favour, grows insolent with grace, speak Maquerelle, speak. To speak feelingly, more, more richly in solid sense then worthless words, give me those jewels of your ears to receive my enforced duty, as for my part 'tis well known I can put up any thing; can bear patiently with any man: But when I heard he wronged your precious sweetness, I was enforced to take deep offence; 'tis most certain he loves Emillia with high appetite; and as she told me (as you know we women impart our secrets one to another) when she repulsed his suit, in that he was possessed with your endeared grace: Mendozo most ingratefully renounced all faith to you. Nay, called you, speak Maquerelle, speak. By heaven witch? dried biscuit, and contested blushlessly he loved you but for a spurt or so. For maintenance. Advancement and regard. O villain? O impudent Mendozo. Nay he is the rustiest jawed, the foulest mouthed knave in railing against our sex: he will rail again women. How? how? I am ashamed to speak't, I. I love to hate him, speak. Why when Emillia scorned his base unsteadiness the black throated rascal scolded, and said.
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Now good Elizium, what a delicious heauen is it for a mā to be in a Princes fauour? ô sweet God, ô pleasure! ô Fottune! ô all thou best of life? what should I thinke? what say? what do? to be a fauorite? a minion? to haue a generall timerous respect▪ obserue a man, a statefull scilence in his presence: solitarinesse in his absence, a confused ham and busie murmure of obsequious suters training him; the cloth held vp, and waye proclaimd before him; Petitionarie vassailes licking the pauement with their slauish knees, whilst some odde pallace Lampreeles that ingender with Snakes, and are full of eyes on both sides with a kinde of insinuating humblenesse fixe all their lights vpon his browe: O blessed state what a rauishing prospect doth the Olympus of fauor yeeld; Death, I cornute the Duke: sweete women, most sweet Ladies, nay Angels; by heauen he is more accursed then a Diuell that hates you, or is hated by you, and happier then a God that loues you, or is beloued by you; you preseruers of mankind, life blood of society, who would liue, nay who can liue without you? O Paradice, how maiesticall is your austerer presence? how imperiouslie chaste is your more modest face? but O! how full of rauishing attraction is your pretty, petulant, languishing, laciuiously-composed countenance: these amarous smiles, those soule-warming sparkling glances; ardent as those flames that sing'd the world by heedlesse Phaeton; in body how delicate, in soule how witty, in discourse how pregnant, in life how wary, in fauours how iudious, in day how sociable, and in night how? O pleasure vntterable, indeed it is most certaine, one man cannot deserue onely to inioy a beautious woman: but a Dutches? in dispight of Phoebus Ile write a Sonnet instantly in praise of her. And ist possible? Mendozo slight me, possible? Possible? what can be strange in him thats drunke with fauour, Groes insolent with grace, speake Maquerelle, speake. To speake feelingly, more, more richely in sollid sence then worthlesse words, giue me those Iewels of your eares to receiue my inforced dutie, as for my part tis well knowne I can put vp any thing; can beare patiently with any man: But when I heard hee wronged your pretious sweetnesse, I was inforced to take deepe offence; Tis most certaine he loues Emillia with high appetite; and as she told me (as you knowe we woemen impart our secrets one to another) when she repulsed his suite, in that he was possessed with your indeered grace: Mendozo most ingratfully renounced all fayth to you. Nay, cald you, speake Maquerelle, speake. By heauen witch? dride bisquet, and contested blushlesly hee lou'd you but for a spurt or soe. For maintenance. Aduancement and regarde. O villaine? O impudent Mendozo. Nay he is the rustiest iawde, the fowlest mouthd knaue in rayling against our sex: he will rayle agen women. How? how? I am asham'd to speakt, I. I loue to hate him, speake. Why when Emillia scornde his base vnsteddines the blacke throated rascall scoulded, and sedd.