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 0.84 · 492 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T0: duke, lord, duchess, love, court, madam, prince, honour, grace, lady.
I may be in better place sir, and with you of more regard if this match of our Duke's intermarriage with the heir of Urbin proceed, the Duke of Urbin dying, and our Lord coming in his lady's right of title to your dukedom. Why then shalt thou oh yeoman of the bottles become a maker of magnificoes, thou shalt beg some odd suit, and change thy old shirt, pare thy beard, cleanse thy teeth, and eat Apricots, marry a rich widow, or a cracked Lady, whose case thou shalt make good. Then my Pythagoras shall thou and I make a transmigration of souls, thou shalt marry my daughter, or my wife shall be thy gracious mistress. seventeen punks shall be thy proportion. Thou shalt beg to thy comfort of clean linen, eat no more fresh beef at supper, or save the broth for next days porridge, but the flesh pots of Egypt shall fatten thee, and the grasshopper shall flourish in thy summer. And what dost thou think of the Duke's overture of marriage? What do you think? May I speak boldly as at Alleppo? Speak till thy lungs ache, talk out thy teeth, here are none of those cankers, these mischiefs of society, intelligencers, or informers, that will cast rumor into the teeth of some Lalius Baldus, a man cruelly eloquent and bloodily learned, no, what sayest thou Fawnus? With an undoubted breast thus, I may speak boldly, By this night i'll speak broadly first and thou wilt man, our Duke of Urbin is a man very happily mad, for he thinks himself right perfectly wise, and most demonstratively learned; nay more. No more, I'll on, methinks the young Lord our Prince of Ferrara so bounteously adorned with all, of grace, feature and best shaped proportion, fair use of speech, full opportunity, & that which makes the sympathy of all equality, of heat, of years, of blood, methinks these Loadstones should attract the metal of the young Princes rather to the son than to the noisome, cold, and most weak side of his half rotten father. thou'rt ours, thou'rt ours now dare we speak as boldly as if Adam had not fallen, and made us all slaves, hark ye, the Duke is an arrant doting Ass, an Ass, and in the knowledge of my very sense, will turn a foolish animal, for his son will prove like one of Balls priests, have all the flesh presented to the Idol his father, but he in the night will feed on't, will devour it, he will yeoman of the bottles, he will. Now gentlemen, I am sure the lust of speech hath equally drenched us all, know I am no servant to this Prince Tiberio. Not? Not, but one to him out of some private urging most vowed, one that pursues him but for opportunity of safe satisfaction, now if ye can prefer my service to him, I shall rest yours wholly.
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I may be in better place sir, and with you of more regard if this match of our Dukes intermarriage with the heire of Vrbin proceed, the Duke of Vrbin dying, and our Lorde comming in his Ladies right of title to your dukedome. Why then shalt thou oh yeoman of the bottels become a maker of Magnificees, thou shalt begge some od suit, and change thy old shert, pare thy beard, clense thy teeth, and eate Apricocks, marrie a rich widdow, or a crackt Ladie, whose case thou shalt make good. Then my Pythagoras shall thou and I make a transmigration of soules, thou shalt marrie my daughter, or my wife shall be thy gratious mistris. Seuenteene puncks shall be thy proporcion. Thou shalt begge to thy comfort of cleane lynnen, eate no more fresh beefe at supper, or saue the broth for next daies porredge, but the flesh potts of Egypt shall fatten thee, and the Grasehopper shall flourish in thy sommer. And what dost thou thinke of the Dukes ouerture of marriage? What doe you thinke? May I speake boldly as at Alleppo? Speake till thy lungs ake, talke out thy teeth, here are none of those cankers, these mischiefes of societie, intelligencers, or informers, that wil cast rumor into the teeth of some Lalius Baldus, a man cruelly eloquent and bluddily learned, no, what sayest thou Fawnus? With an vndoubted brest thus, I may speake boldly, By this night ile speake broadly first and thou wilt man, our Duke of Vrbin is a man very happily madd, for he thinkes himselfe right perfectly wise, and most demonstratiuely learned; nay more. No more, Ile on, me thinkes the younge Lord our Prince of Ferrara so bounteously adorned with all, of grace, feature and best shaped proportion, faire vse of speech, full opportunitie, & that which makes the sympothie of all equalitie, of heate, of yeares, of bloud, mee thinkes these Loadstones should attract the mettall of the young Princes rather to the sonne than to the noysome, cold, and most weake side of his halfe rotten father. Tha'rt ours, tha'rt ours now dare we speake as boldly as if Adam had not fallen, and made vs all slaues, harke ye, the Duke is an arrant doting Asse, an Asse, and in the knowledge of my verie sence, will turne a foolish animall, for his sonne will proue like one of Balles priests, haue all the flesh presented to the Idoll his father, but he in the night will feede on't, will deuoure it, he will yeoman of the bottels, he will. Now gentlemen, I am sure the lust of speech hath equally drenched vs all, know I am no seruant to this Prince Tiberio. Not? Not, but one to him out of some priuate vrging most vowed, one that pursues him but for opportunity of safe satisfaction, now if ye can preferre my seruice to him, I shall rest yours wholy.