Marston, John · published 1606 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T48 Addressing a lady: love, desire and inti · 496 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T48: lady, love, heart, fair, eyes, la, lord, tears, fie, face.
If your relenting Lady will have pity on you, the fault against our Deity be pardoned. Madam if ever I have found favour in your eyes, if ever you have thought me a reasonable handsome fellow, as I am sure before I had a beard, you might. O be merciful! Well, upon your apparent repentance, that all modest spectators may witness, I have for a short time only thus feignedly hated you, that you might ever after truly love me, upon these cautions I reaccept you: first you shall vow. I do vow, as heaven bless me, I will do. What? whate'er it be, say on I beseech you. You shall vow. Yes. That you shall never. Never. Feign love to my waiting woman or chamber maid. No Never promise them such a farm to their marriage. No. If she'll discover but whom I affect. Never. Or if they know none that they'll but take a false oath; I do, only to be rid of me. I swear I will not, I will not only not counterfeitly love your women, but I will truly hate them an't be possible, so far from maintaining them that I will beggar them, I will never pick their trunks for letters, search their pockets, ruffle their bosoms, or tear their foul smocks, never, never. That if I chance to have a humour to be in a mask, you shall not grow jealous. Never. Or grudge at the expense. Never, I will eat mine own arms first. That you shall not search, if my chamber door hinges be oiled to avoid creaking. As I am a sensible creature— Nor ever suspect the reason why my bedchamber floor is double matted. Not as I have blood in me. You shall vow to wear clean linen, and feed wholesomely. I and highly, I will take no more Tobacco, or come to your sheets drunk, or get wenches, I will ever feed on fried frogs, broiled snails, and boiled lambstones, I will adore thee more than a mortal, observe and serve you as more than a Mistress, do all duties of a husband, all offices of a man, all services of thy creature, and ever live in thy pleasure, or die in thy service. Then here my quarrel ends, thus cease all strife. Until they lose, men know not what's a wife, We sleight and dully view the lamp of heaven, Because we daily seeet, which but bereaved, And held one little week from darkened eyes, With greedy wonder, we should all admire, Opinion of command, puts out loves fire. An Act against mummers, false seemers, that abuse ladies with counterfeit faces, courting only by signs; & seeming wise only by silence. The penalty. To be urged to speak, & then if inward ability answer not outward seeming, to be committed instantly to the ship of fools, during great Cupid's pleasure. My Lord Granuffo to the bar, speak, speak, is not this law just?
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If your relenting Lady wil haue pittie on you, the fault against our Deity be pardoned. Madam if euer I haue found fauour in your eyes, if euer you haue thought me a reasonable handsome fellow, as I am sure before I had a beard, you might. O be mercifull! Well, vpon your apparant repentance, that all modest spectators may witnes, I haue for a short time onely thus faynedly hated you, that you might euer after truely loue me, vppon these cautions I reaccept you: first you shall vow. I doe vow, as heauen blesse me, I will doe. What? What ere it be, say on I beseech you. You shall vow. Yes. That you shall neuer. Neuer. Faine loue to my waiting woman or chamber maide. No Neuer promise them such a farme to their mariadge. No. If sheele discouer but whom I affect. Neuer. Or if they know none that theil but take a false oath; I do, onely to be ridde of mee. I sweare I wil not, I will not onelie not counterfetlie loue your women, but I will truelie hate them an't be possible, so far from maintaining them that I will begger them, I wil neuer picke their trunkes for letters, search their pockets, ruffle their bosoms, or tear their foule smocks, neuer, neuer. That if I chance to haue a humor to be in a maske, you shall not grow Iealous. Neuer. Or grudge at the expence. Neuer, I wil eate mine own armes first. That you shall not search, if my chamber dore hinges be oyld to auoid creaking. As I am a sensible creature— Nor euer suspect the reason why my bedde-chamber floore is double matted. Not as I haue bloud in mee. You shall vowe to weare cleane linnen, and feede wholsomelie. I and highly, I will take no more Tobacco, or come to your sheetes drunke, or get wenches, I wil euer feed on fried frogs, broild snayles, and boilde Lamstones, I will adore thee more then a mortall, obserue and serue you as more then a Mistresse, doe all duties of a husband, all offices of a man, all seruices of thy creature, and euer liue in thy pleasure, or die in thy seruice. Then here my quarrell endes, thus cease all strife. Vntil they loose, men know not whats a vvife, We sleight and dully vievv the lampe of heauen, Because vve daylie seet, vvhich but bereaued, And held one little vveeke from darkened eyes, With greedy vvonder, vve should all admire, Opinion of command, puts out loues fire. An Act against mummers, false seemers, that abuse ladies with counterfeit faces, courting only by signes; & seeming wise onely by silence. The penalty. To be vrged to speake, & thē if inward ability answer not outward seeming, to be committed instantly to the shippe of fooles, during great Cupids pleasure. My Lord Granuffo to the barre, speake, speake, is not this law iust?