Chapman, George · published 1606 · first performed or written 1602 [Sep 18] (Annals) comedy · Children of the Chapel (second) T27 Uncles, nephews and cousins: kinship and typicality 0.86 · 493 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T27: uncle, niece, nephew, gentlemen, faith, cousin, wife, house, gentleman, money.
O uncle you have wounded yourself in charging me that I should shun judgement as a monster, if it would not weep; I place the poor felicity of this world in a worthy friend, and to see him so unworthily revolted, I shed not the tears of my Brain, but the tears of my soul. And if ever nature made tears the effects of any worthy cause, I am sure I now shed them worthily. Her sensual powers are up i'faith, I have thrust her soul quite from her Tribunal. This is her Sedes vacans when her subjects are privileged to libel against her, and her friends. But weeps my kind Niece for the wounds of my friendship? and I touched in friendship for wishing my friend doubled in her singular happiness? How am I doubled? when my honour, and good name, two essential parts of me; would be less, and lost? In whose judgement? In the judgement of the world. Which is a fools boult. Nihil a vertute nec a viritate remotius quam Vulgaris opinto: But my dear Niece, it is most true that your honour and good name tendered as they are the species of truth are worthily two essential parts of you; But as they consist only in airy titles and corruptible blood (whose bitterness sanitas et non nobilitas efficit) and care not how many base and execrable acts they commit, they touch you no more than they touch eternity. And yet shall no nobility you have in either, be impaired neither. Not to marry a poor gentleman? Respect him not so; for as he is a gentleman he is noble; as he is wealthily furnished with true knowledge, he is rich and therein adorned with the exactest compliments belonging to everlasting nobleness. Which yet will not maintain him a week: Such kind of nobleness gives no coats of honour nor can scarce get a coat for necessity Then is it not substantial knowledge (as it is in him) but verbal and fantastical for Omnia in illa ille. complexu tenet. Why seeks he me then? To make you joint partners with him in all things, and there is but a little partial difference betwixt you, that hinders that universal jointure: The bigness of this circle held too near our eye keeps it from the whole Sphere of the Sun but; could we sustain it indifferently betwixt us and it, it would then without check of one beam appear in his fullness. Good Uncle be content for now shall I never dream of contentment. I have more than done Lady, and had rather have suffered an alteration of my being then of your judgement; but (dear niece) for your own honour's sake repair it instantly. See here comes the Ladies; make an April day one dear love and be suddenly cheerful God save you more than fair Ladies, I am glad you're come, for my business will have me gone presently.
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O vnckle you haue wounded your selfe in charging me that I should shun Iudgement as a monster, if it woulde not weepe; I place the poore felicitie of this worlde in a woorthie friende, and to see him so vnworthely reuolted, I shedd not the teares of my Brayne, but the teares of my soule. And if euer nature made teares theffects of any worthie cause, I am sue I now shedde them worthelie. Her sensuall powers are vp yfaith, I haue thrust her soule quite from her Tribunall. This is her Sedes vacans when her subects are priueledged to libell against her, and her friends. But weeps my kind Neece for the wounds of my friendshippe? and I toucht in friendship for wishing my friende doubled in her singular happinesse? How am I doubl'd? when my honour, and good name, two essentiall parts of mee; woulde bee lesse, and lost? In whose Iudgment? In the iudgment of the world. Which is a fooles boult. Nihil a vertute nec a viritate remotius quam Vulgaris opi: But my deare Neece, it is most true that your honour and good name tendred they are the species of truth are worthilie two essentiall parts of you; But as they consist only in ayrie titles and corrupteble blood (whose bitternes sanitas et non nobilitas efficit) and care not how many base and exe crable acts they commit, they touch you no more then they touch nitie. And yet shal no nobilitie you haue in either, be impaired neither. Not to marrie a poore gentleman? Respect him not so; for as he is a gentleman he is noble; as he is welthilie furnished with true knowledge, he is rich and therein adorn'd with the exatest complements belonging to euerlasting noblenesse. Which yet will not maintaine him a weeke: Such kinde of noblenesse giues no cotes of honour nor can scarse gette a cote for necessitie Then is it not substantiall knoweledge (as it is in him) but verball and fantasticall for Oma in illa ▪ille. complexutenet. VVhy seekes he me then? To make you ioynt partners with him in all thinges, and there is but a little partiall difference betwixt you, that hinders that vniuersall ioynture: The bignesse of this cicle held too neer our eye keepes it frō the whole Spheare of he Sunne but; could we sustaine it indifferently betwixt and it, it would then without checke of one beame appeare in his fulnes. Good Vnckle be content for now shall I neuer dreame of contentment. I haue more then done Ladie, and had rather haue suffer'd an alteration of my being then of your Iudgement; but (deere neece) for your owne honour sake repaire it instantly. See heere comes the Ladies; make an Aprill day one dear loue and be sodainely cheerefull God saue you more then faire Ladies, I am glad your come, for my busines will haue me gone presently.