Marston, John · published 1606 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.63 · 491 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T0: duke, lord, duchess, love, court, madam, prince, honour, grace, lady.
I know Dimensions and the termini Of all existens: Sir I know what shapes Appetite forms; but policy and states Have more elected ends: your father's suit Is with all public grace received, and private love Embraced, as for our daughters bent of mind She must seem somewhat nice, 'tis virgin's kind To hold long Out, if yet she chance deny, Ascribe it to her decent modesty: we have been a philosopher and spoke With much applause; but now age makes us wise, And draws our eyes to search the heart of things, And leave vain seemings, therefore you must know, I would be loath the gaudy shape of youth Should one provoke, and not allowed of heat Or hinder, or— for sir I know, and so, Therefore before us time and place affords Free speech, else not: wise heads use but few words In short breath, know the Court of Urbin holds Your presence and your embassage so dear, That we want means once to oppress our heart But with our heart: plain meaning shuneth art, You are most welcome (Lord Granuff a trick, A figure, note) we use no Rhetoric. Did not Tiberio call his father fool? No, he said years had weakened his youthful quickness. He swore he was bald. No; but not thick haired. By this light, I'll swear he said his father had the hipgout, the strangury, the fistula in ano, and a most unabidable breath, no teeth, less eyes, great fingers, little legs, an eternal flux, and an everlasting cough of the lungs. Fie, fie, by this light he did not. By this light he should ha' done then: home on him, three score and five, to have and to hold, a Lady of fifteen. O Mezentius a tyranny equal if not above thy torturing; thou didst bind the living and the dead bodies together, and forced them so to pine and rot, but this cruelty, binds breast to breast, not only different bodies, but if it were possible most unequal minds together, with an enforcement even scandalous to Nature. Now the jail deliver me, an intelligencer, be good to me ye Cloisters of bondage, of whence art thou? Of Ferrara. A Ferrares what to me, camest thou in with the Prince Tiberio? With the Prince Tiberio, what to that, you will not rail at me will you? Who I? I rail at one of Ferrara, a Ferazes, Noah? didst thou ride? No. Hast thou worn socks? No. Then blessed be the most happy gravel betwixt thy toes I do prophesy thy tyrannizing itch shall be honourable, and thy right worshipful, Love shall appear in full presence; art thou an officer to the Prince? I am, what a that? My cap, what officer? Yeoman of his bottles, what to that? My lip, thy name good yeoman of the bottles? Fawnus. Fawnus? an old Courtier, I wonder thou art in no better clothes and place Fawnus?
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I know Dimensions and the termini Of all existens: Sir I know what shapes Appetite formes; but pollice and states Haue more elected ends: your fathers sute Is with all publique grace receiued, and priuat loue Imbraced, as for our daughters bent of mind She must seeme somewhat nice, tis virgins kind To hold long Out, if yet she chance denie, Ascribe it to her decent modestie: Wee haue beene a philosopher and spoke With much applause; but now age makes vs wise, And drawes our eyes to search the heart of thinges, And leaue vaine seemings, therefore you must know, I would be loath the gaudie shape of youth Should one prouoke, and not allowd of heate Or hinder, or — for sir I know, and so, Therefore before vs time and place affords Free speech, else not: wise heads vse but few words In short breath, know the Court of Vrbin holds Your presence and your embassage so deere, That wee want meanes once to oppresse our heart But with our heart: plaine meaning shunneth art, You are most welcome (Lord Granuff a tricke, A figure, note) we vse no Rethorick. Did not Tiberio call his father foole? No, he said yeares had weakned his youthfull quicknes. He swore he was bald. No; but not thicke hayr'd. By this light, Ile sweare he said his father had the hipgout, the strangury, the fistula in ano, and a most vnabydable breath, no teeth, lesse eyes, great fingers, little legges, an eternall fluxe, and an euerlasting cough of the longues. Fie, fie, by this light he did not. By this light he should ha done then: home on him, three score ann fiue, to haue and to hold, a Ladie of fifteene. O a tirannie equall if not aboue thy torturing; thou didst bind the liuing and the dead bodies togeather, and forced them so to pine and rott, but this crueltie, binds brest to brest, not onely different bodies, but if it were possible most vnequall minds togeather, with an inforcement euen scandalous to Nature. Now the layle deliuer me, an intelligencer, be good to mee ye Cloysters of bondage, of whence art thou? Of Ferrara. A Ferrares what to mee, camest thou in with the Prince Tiberio? With the Prince Tiberio, what to that, you will not rayle at me will you? Who I? I rayle at one of Ferrara, a Ferazes, noe? didst thou ride? No. Hast thou worne socks? No. Then blessed be the most happy grauel betwixt thy toes I doe prophesie thy tirannising ytch shall be honorable, and thy right worshipfull, Loue shall appeare in full presence; art thou an officer to the Prince? I am, what a that? My cap, what officer? Yeoman of his bottles, what to that? My lippe, thy name good yeoman of the bottles? Fawnus. Fawnus? an old Courtier, I wonder thou art in no better clothes and place Fawnus?