Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

Wily Beguiled · chunk 26 of 40

Anonymous · published 1606 · first performed or written 1602 [1601-1602] (Annals)
comedy · Unknown
T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma typicality 0.84 · 508 words

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Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.

Let him alone Peter, I'll temper him well enough. Sa, I heare say you must be married shortly, I'll make you pay a sweet fine for your house, for this. Ha? sirrah am not I your Landlord? Yes, for fault of a better, but you get neither sweet fine, nor sour fine of me. My masters, I pray you bear witness: I do discharge him then. My masters, I pray you bear witness, My Landlord has given me a general discharge, I'll be married presently, my fines paid: I have a discharge for it. Nay prithee stay. No I'll not stay, I'll go call the clerk, I'll be cried out upon i'th' Church presently, What ho? What Clerk I say? where are you? Who calls me? what would you with me? Marry Sir, I would have you to make proclamation, that if any manner of man, oath Town, or oath Country, can lay any claim to Peg Pudding, let him bring word to the Crier, or else William Cricket will wipe his nose of her. You mean you would be asked i'th' Church? I that's it: a bot's on't, I cannot hit of these marrying terms yet. And I'll desire my Landlord here and his son, to be at the Celebravation of my marriage too: I'faith Peter, you shall cram your guts full of Cheesecakes and Custards there. And sirrah Clerk, if thou wilt say Amen stoutly: I'faith my powder beef slave, Ile haue a rumpe of beefe for thee, shal make thy mouth de. When would you have it done? Marry e'en as soon as may be: let me see: I will be asked i'th' Church of Sunday at morning prayer, and again at Evening prayer: & the next holiday that comes I will be asked i'th' forenoon, and married i'th' afternoon: For (do you mark) I am none of these sneaking fellows that will stand thrumming of Caps, and studying upon a matter, as long as Hunkes with the great head has been about to show his little wit in the second part of his paltry poetry: but if I begin with wooing, I'll end with wedding. And therefore good Clerk, let me have it done with all speed: for I promise you, I am very sharp set. Faith you may be asked i'th' Church on Sunday at morning prayer, but Sir Iohn cannot tend to do it at Evening prayer: For there comes a Company of Players tuth Town, on Sunday i'th' afternoon; and Sir Iohn is so good a fellow, that I know he'll scarce leave their company, to say Evening prayer. For (though I say it) he's a very painful man, and takes so great delight in that faculty, that he'll take as great pain about building of a Stage or so, as the basest fellow among them. Nay, if he have so lawful an excuse, I am content to defer it one day the longer: And Landlord, I hope, you and your son Peter will make bold with us, and trouble us.
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Metadata, position in the edition, topic in the other seeds
PlayWily Beguiled
AuthorAnonymous
Publication year (edition)1606
First performance / composition (Annals)1602 [1601-1602]
First performance (BritDrama)1602 [1601-1606]
Company (BritDrama)Unknown
Genre (British Drama)comedy
Play typeBoys Professional;Professional
Edition / TCP / DEEPedition 548 · TCP A15549 · DEEP 434
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
Positionnodes 1169–1199 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 26 of 40 in this edition
Length508 words · 675 tokens
Topic (seed 42)T28 — Marriage-making: weddings, brides and matches cross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.835 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seedsseed 43: T6 · seed 44: T7 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Let him alone Peter, Ile temper him well ynough. Sa, I heare ſay you muſt be married ſhortly, Ile make you pay a ſweete fine for your houſe, for this. Ha? ſirra am not I your Landlord? Yes, for fault of a better, but you get neither ſweet fine, nor ſower fine of me. My maſters, I pray you beare witneſſe I do diſcharge him then. My maſters, I pray you beare witneſſe, My Landlord has giuen me a general diſcharge, Ile be married preſently, my fines paied: I haue a diſcharge for it. Nay prithee ſtay. No Ile not ſtay, Ile goe call the clearke, Ile be cried out vpon ith Church preſently, What ho? What Clearke I ſay? where are you? Who cals me? what would you with me? Marrie Sir, I would haue you to make proclamation, that if any manner of man, oth Towne, or oth Country, can lay any claime to Pegge Pudding, let him bring worde to the Crier, or elſe William Cricket will wipe his noſe of her. You meane you would be askt ith Church? I thats it: a bots ont, I cannot hit of theſe marrying tearmes yet. And Ile deſire my Landlord here and his ſonne, to be at the Celebrauation of my marriage too: Yfaith Peter, you ſhal cramme your guts ful of Cheeſecakes and Cuſtards there. And ſirra Clearke, if thou wilt ſay Amen ſtoutly: Yfaith my powder beefe ſlaue, Ile haue a rumpe of beefe for thee, ſhal make thy mouth de. When would you haue it done? Marrie eene as ſoone as may be: let me ſee: I wil be askt ith Church of Sunday at morning prayer, and againe at Euening prayer: & the next holiday that comes I will be askt ith forenoone, and married ith afternoone: For (do you marke) I am none of theſe ſneaking fellowes that wil ſtand thrumming of Caps, and ſtudying vppon a matter, as long as Hunkes with the great head has beene about to ſhow his little wit in the ſecond part of his paultrie poetrie: but if I begin with wooing, Ile ende with wedding. And therefore good Clearke, let me haue it done with all ſpeede: for I promiſe you, I am verie ſharpe ſet. Faith you may be askt ith Church on Sunday at morning prayer, but Sir Iohn cannot tend to do it at Euening prayer: For there comes a Company of Players tuth Towne, on Sunday ith after noone; and Sir Iohn is ſo good a fellow, that I know heele ſcarce leaue their companie, to ſay Euening prayer. For (though I ſay it) hees a verie paineful man, and takes ſo great delight in that facultie, that heele take as great paine about building of a Stage or ſo, as the baſeſtfellow among them. Nay, if he haue ſo lawfull an excuſe, I am content to deferre it one day the longer: And Landlord, I hope, you and your ſonne Peter wil make bold with vs, and trouble vs.