1 The Honest Whore (1 The Converted Courtesan) (The Patient Man and the Honest Whore) · chunk 26 of 48
Dekker, Thomas / Middleton, Thomas · published 1604 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) comedy · Prince Henry's Men unassigned nearest T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy · 482 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
If it be my vocation to swear, every man in his vocation: I hope my betters swear and damn themselves, and why should not I? Roger, you cheat kind gentlemen? The more gulls they. Slave, I cashier thee. And you do cashier him, he shallbe entertained. Shall I? then blurt a your service. As hell would have it, entertained by you! I dare the devil himself to match those two. Mary gup, are you grown so holy, so pure, so honest with a pox? Scurvy honest Punk! But stay Madonna, how must our agreement be now? for you know I am to have all the comings in at the hall door, & you at the chamber door. True Rog. except my vails. Vails, what vails? Why as thus, if a couple come in a Coach, & light to lie down a little, than Roger, that's my fee, & you may walk abroad; for the Coach man himself is their Pandar. Is a so? in truth I have almost forgot, for want of exercise: But how if I fetch this Citizens wife to that Gull, & that Madonna to that Gallant, how then? Why then, Roger, you are to have sixpence a lane, so many lanes, so many sixpences. Is't so? then I see we two shall agree and live together. I Roger, so long as there be any Taverns and bawdy houses in Milan. THe courtier's flattering jewels, (Temptations only fuels) The lawyer's ill-got moneys, That suck up poor Bees Honeys: The Citizens son's riot, The gallant costly diet: Silks and Velvets, Pearls and Ambers, Shall not draw me to their Chambers. Silks and Velvets, &c. Oh, 'tis in vain to write: it will not please, Ink on this paper would ha' but presented The foul black spots that stick upon my soul, And rather make me loathsomer, then wrought My loves impression in Hipolito's thought. No, I must turn the chaste leaves of my breast, And pick out some sweet means to breed my rest. Hipolito, believe me I will be As true unto thy heart, as thy heart to thee, And hate all men, their gifts and company. You, goody Punk, subandi Cockatrice, O you're a sweet whore of your promise, are you not think you? how well you came to supper to us last night: mew, a whore & break her word! nay you may blush, & hold down your head at it well enough: 'sfoot, ask these gallants if we stayed not till we were as hungry as Sergeants. ay, and their Yeoman too. Nay faith Acquaintance, let me tell you, you forgot yourself too much: we had excellent cheer, rare vintage, and were drunk after supper. And when we were in our Woodcocks (sweet Rogue) a brace of gulls, dwelling here in the City, came in & paid all the shot. Pox on her, let her alone.
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If it be my vocation to sweare, euery man in his vocation: I hope my betters sweare and dam themselues, and why should not I? Roger, you cheat kind gentlemen▪ The more gulls they. Slaue, I casheere thee. And you do casheere him, he shalbe entertaynd. Shall I? then blurt a your seruice. As hell would haue it, entertaynd by you! I dare the deuill himselfe to match those two. May gup, are you growne so holy, so pure, so honest with a pox? Scuruy honest Punck! But stay Madona, how must our agreement be now? for you know I am to haue all the commings in at the hall dore, & you at the chamber dore. True Rog. except my vailes. Vailes, what vailes? Why as thus, if a couple come in a Coach, & light to lie down a little, then Roger, thats my fee, & you may walk abroad; for the Coach man himselfe is their Pandar. Is a so? in truth I haue almost forgot, for want of exercise: But how if I fetch this Citizens wife to that Gull, & that Madona to that Gallant, how then? Why then, Roger, you are to haue sixpence a lane, so many lanes, so many sixpences. Ist so? thē I see we two shall agree and liue together. I Roger, so long as there be any Tauernes and bawdy houses in Millain. THe Courtiers flattring Iewels, (Temptations onely fewels) The Lawyers ill-got monyes, That sucke vp poore Bees Honyes: The Citizens sonne's ryot, The gallant costly dyet: Silks and Veluets, Pearles and Ambers, Shall not draw me to their Chambers. Silks and Veluets, &c. Oh, tis in vayne to write: it will not please, Inke on this paper would ha but presented The foule blacke spots that sticke vpon my soule, And rather make me lothsomer, then wrought My loues impression in Hipolitoes thought. No, I must turne the chaste leaues of my brest, And pick out some sweet meanes to breed my rest. Hipolito, beleeue me I will be As true vnto thy heart, as thy heart to thee, And hate all men, their gifts and company. You, goody Punck, subandi Cockatrice, O yare a sweet whore of your promise, are you not think you? how wel you came to supper to vs last night: mew, a whore & breake her word! nay you may blush, & hold downe your head at it wel ynough: Sfoot, aske these gallants if we staid not till we were as hungry as Seriants. I, and their Yeoman too. Nay fayth Acquaintance, let me tell you, you forgat your selfe too much: we had excellēt cheere, rare vintage, and were drunke after supper. And when wee were in our Woodcocks (sweete Rogue) a brace of Gulles, dwelling here in the City, came in & payd all the shot. Pox on her, let her alone.