Marston, John · published 1606 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T35 Fools, wit and railing · 491 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T35: fool, wit, aristippus, achilles, wise, fools, patroclus, thersites, master, men.
O 'twas excellently thronged full, a justice of peace, though he had been one of the most illiterate asses in a Country could hardly ha' got a hanging cabin. O we had first some long fortunate great Politicians that were so sottishly paradised as to think when popular hate seconded PRINCE's displeasure to them, any unmerited violence could seem to the world injustice, some purple fellows whom chance reared, and their own deficiences of spirit hurled down, we had some courtiers that over bought their offices & yet durst fall in love, Priests that forsook their functions to avoid a thwart stroke with a wet finger. But now alas Fawn, now there's space and place. Why/ how got all these forth, was not the warrant strong? Yes, yes, but they got a supersedeas, all of them proved themselves either knaves or mad men, and so were all let go, there's none left now in our ship, but a few Citizens, that let their wives keep their shop books, some philosophers, and a few critics; one of which critics has lost his flesh with fishing at the measure of Plautus verses, another has vowed to get the consumption of the lungs, or to leave to posterity the true orthography and pronunciation of laughing, a third hath melted a great deal a suet, worn out his thumbs with turning, read out his eyes and studied his face out of a sanguine into a meager spawling phlegmy loathsomeness, & all to find but why mentula should be the feminine gender since the rule is Propria quae maribut tribuuntur mascilla dicas. These Philosophers, critics and all the maids we could find at 16. are all our fraught now. O then, your ship of fools is full. True the maids at 17. fill it. Fill it quoth you alas we have very few and these we were feign to take up in the country too. But what Philosophers ha' ye. O very strange fellows one knows nothing, dares not aver, he lives, goes, sees, feels. A most insensible Philosopher. An oher that there is no present time, and that one man today, and to morrow is not the same man, so that he that yesterday owed money today owes none, because he is not the same man. Would that Philosopher would hold good in law. But why has the Duke thus laboured to have all the fools shipped out of his dominions. Marry because he would play the fool himself alone without any rival. Ware your breech fool. I warrant thee old lad 'tis the privilege of poor fools to talk before an intelligencer, mary if I could fool myself into a Lordship as I know some ha fool themselves out of a Lordship were I grown some huge fellow & got the leer of the people upon me if the fates had so decreed it, I should talk treason though I near opened my lips.
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O'twas excellently thronged full, a Iustice of peace, tho he had beene one of the most illiterat asses in a Country could hardly ha got a hanging cabin. O we had first some lōg fortunate greate Politicians that were so sottishlie paradized as to thinke when popular hate seconded Princes displeasure to them, any vnmerited violence could seeme to the world iniustice, some purple fellowes whome chaunce reared, and their owne deficiences of spirit hurled downe, wee had some courtiers that ore bought their offices & yet durst fall in loue, Priests that for-sooke their functions to avoid a thawart stroake with a wet finger. But nowe alas Fawne, now thers space and place. Why / how gat al these forth, was not the warrant strōg? Yes, yes, but they got a supersedeas, al of them proued them selues eyther knaues or madd men, and so were all let go, thers none left nowe in our shippe, but a few Cittizens, that let their wiues keepe their shoppe books, some philosophers, and a few Critiques; one of which Critiques has lost his flesh with fishing at the measure of Plautus verses, another has vowde to get the consumption of the lungues, or to leue to posteritie the true orthography and pronunciation of laughing, a third hath melted a great deale a suet, worne out his thumbs with turning, read out his eyes and studied his face out of a sanguine into a meagre spawling fleamy lothsomenes, & al to finde but why mentula should be the feminine gender since the rule is Propria quae maribut tribuuntur mascilla dicas. These Philosophers, Critiques and all the maides we could find at 16. are all our fraught nowe. O then, your ship of fooles is full. True the maides at 17. fill it. Fill it quoth you alas we haue very fewe and these wee were faine to take vp in the country too. But what Philosophers ha ye. O very strange fellows one knowes nothing, dares not auer, he liues, goes, sees, feeles. A most insensible Philosopher. An oher that there is no present time, and that one man to day, and to morrowe is not the same man, so that he that yesterday owed money to day owes none, because he is not the same man. Would that Philosopher would hold good in law. But why has the Duke thus labord to haue all the fools shipt out of his dominions. Marry because he would play the foole himselfe alone without any riuall. Ware your breech foole. I warrant thee old lad tis the priuiledge of poore fooles to talke before an intelligencer, mary if I could foole my selfe into a Lordship as I knowe some ha foole them selues out of a Lordeship were I grown some huge fellow & got the leer of the people vpon me if the fates had so decreed it, I should talke treason tho I neere opend my lips.