Anonymous · published 1605 · first performed or written 1604 [1603-1604] (Annals) tragicomedy · King's Men · before the Court unassigned nearest T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma · 499 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
Come douse. Now we have time and place as They say, I prithee use me with no delay, But still say, do not say you will not have me, Now because I am none of your burghers, But Douce as I am hasty yet I am not the hastiest, And though I am resty, Yet I am not lousy, And of one that cannot talk much, So I love to speak little, for as that Worthy Philosopher Hector says, the words Of the wise do offend the foolish, so Douce in few words and in tedious talk, Tell me when is this day. What day Frog. What day Frog? dost thou ask what day, why Douce this day of wedlock Douce, This day of going together Douce, This day of wearing out sheeets and Throwing down blanckets Douce. I saith Frog you know I have little, And for your own part your as poor as Iob, But not so scabed I thank God Douse, Well, I see you regard not the wisdom But the wealth, not the man: but the money, O Dowse, Dowse, much hast thou to answer for. Besides I think you do not love me. Not love thee, why I cannot dress my masters Horses for thinking of thee: I cannot dream ●or Sleeping of thee: but for a certainty, I love thee indeed, when 〈◊〉 go to bed And pluck of my shoes, there you may smell Love out of me: and then 〈◊〉 sigh and then I pause, And say that Dowce is the only cause. Well Frog, I have but jested all this while Y faith Frog haddest thou been ruled by me, Thou haddest not been Froging out of the well So long: but Frog 'twas thy fault. The more is to come Dowce, than you will Have me, we shall to this gear? I sweet heart, name you the time, The sooner the better. So say I dowse, for as the old saying is, He that hath a good dinner, knows better the way To supper: but ●ows●, we will be married a sunday, And that we will be spoken to be liberal, we'll give ten groats to the poor: with this Provisso, that if we need it, we'll have our ten groats again. but afterwards will you not prove unkind? How dowse unkind? When tinkers leave to drink good ale, And Soldiers of their weapons fail, When peddlers go without there pack, And water is more dear than sack, When Shoemakers drinks that is small, And Lawyers have no tongues at all, When Fencers leave of giving knocks, And young men hate fair Maidens smocks, When drunkards scorn a copar nose, And Butchers near mend lousy hose, Or when the cat shall hate a mouse. then Frog shall prove unkind to Dowse, and so sweet heart let's go and wed, and after to dinner and then to bed. Go Sirrah at the back door, Bring mistress Anabel, make haste away.
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Come douſe. Now we haue time and place as They ſay, I prethée ve me with no delay, But ſtill ſay, do not ay you will not haue me, Now becauſe I am none of your burgers, But Douce as I am haſtie yet I am not the haſtieſt, And though I am reſty, Yet I am not lowſie, And of one that cannot talke much, So I loue to ſpeake little, for as that Worthy Philoſopher Hector ſes, the words Of the wiſe do offend the fooliſh, ſo Douce in few words and in tedious talke, Tell me when is this day. What day Frog. What day Frog? doſt thou aſke what day, why Douce this day of wedlock Douce, This day of going together Douce, This day of wearing out ſhéetes and Throwing downe blanckets Douce. I ſaith Frog you know I haue little, And for your owne part your as poore as Iob, But not ſo ſcabed I thank God Douſe, Well, I ſée you regard not the wiſdome But the wealth, not the man: but the mony, O Dowſe, Dowſe, much haſt thou to anſwere for. Beſids I think you do not loue me. Not loue thee, why I cannot dreſſe my maiſters Horſes for thinking o thee: I cannot dream or Sleeping o thee: but for a certainty, I loue thee indeed, when goe to bed And pluck o my ſhooes, there you may ſmell Loue out of me: and then ſigh and then I pauſe, And ay that Dowce is the onely caue. Well Frog, I haue but ieſted all this while Y ſaith Frog hadeſt thou bin ruled by me, Thou hadeſt not bin Froging out of the well So long: but Frog twas thy fault. The more is to come Dowce, then you will Haue me, we ſhall to this geere? I ſweet hart, name you the time, The ooner the better. So ſay I dowſe, for as the old aying is, He that hath a good dinner, knowes better the way To upper: but owſ, we will be married a ſunday, And that we will be poken to be liberall, Weele giue ten grotes to the poore: with this Prouiſſo, that if we neede it, weele haue our ten groats agin. but afterwards will you not proue vnkind? How dowſe vnkind? When tinkers leaue to drinke good ale, And Souldiers of their weapons faile, When pedlers go without there pack, And water is more deare then ſack, When Shomakers drinks that is ſmall, And Lawiers haue no tongues at all, When Fencers leaue of giuing knocks, And youngmen hate faire Maidens ſmocks, When drunkerds ſcorne a copar noſe, And Botchers nere mende lowſie hoſe, Or when the cat ſhall hate a mouſ. then Frog ſhall proue vnkind to Dowſe, and ſo ſweet hart lets goe and wed, and after to dinner and then to bed. Go Sirrha at the back doore, Bring miſtris Anabel, make haſt away.