Day, John · published 1606 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma · 503 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
Your reason for that, Sir? Because travelers and lovers, are soon weary of goodness. Goodly ones in deed: but leaving this highway of circumstance; I sent you for Manasses. The learned Scribe attends you. Will you fall off, Sir? Like an Apple at Michaelmas, without shaking. Welcome Manassas: I have present employment for thee, in which I must borrow Pardon me madam, I learned of my Lord, to lend nothing without security and pawns. 'tis not money (Manasses) but counsel and furtherance that we desire. Good counsel is worth good money, madam. Thou shalt be well considered; there's twenty Crowns in earnest. Nay madam, this hand's like a fellow, it takes every thing in jest; if you be in earnest, let me feel it here: So Lady, now betwixt earnest and jest, if your Will be ready drawn, before your friend delivered as your deed, and put me in trust to execute it. take't, in a word this honest Shepherd, and thy lords daughter madam Mopsa, are man and wife. Man, an woman perhaps; but not man and wife: for though most women have a will to be Ladies, like my Lords wife; yet every Lady have not wit to be a wife, as my lords Daughter. But what good can I do in this? O very much: for though they be man and wife by oath and protestation, the chiefest ceremony of all; namely Marriage, is yet unperformed, and hearing that you have ta'en orders. That I have: I have ta'en order for the making away of a hundred Maidenheads in my time, and not so few: but I am in in the mind of you now, these two Beagles, Dorus and Mopsa, have run themselves breathless in the chase of love, you would ha' me couple ''em up in the leases of Matrimony. You are in the right. And you in the wrong, I'll keep your jest, but in any case take back again your earnest: i'll not purchase my Lords displeasure with your gold. Thy Lord shall never know't. Oh sir! though my M. hath but bad eyes, he hath exceeding long ears: and though a foreigner may play with a citizen's wooden Dagger, I would not wish any to jest with a courtier's steeled Sword; 'tis seldom drawn but it draws blood. Tush man, be not so timorous, my credit shall countenance thee: be not an Ass, make use of thy time: thy masters service is no heritage; the world knows he gets under the Duke, thou art a fool, and thou wilt lose under him: there's a hundred Crowns for thee; tush man, thy betters will strain curtsy with allegiance for a bribe. Madam, could you to every one of these Crowns give me a Kingdom, What then? I should ha' more ground than half the Kings in Christendom: here's my hand, I'll do't: my M. is my M. & I love him; but my gold's my God, and I honour it: I'll do't; the time & place?
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Your reaſon for that, Sir? Becauſe trauellers and louers, are ſoone wearie of goodnes. Goodlie ones in deed: but leauing this high-way of circumſtaunce; I ſent you for Manaſſes. The learned Scribe attendes you. Will you fall off, Sir? Like an Apple at Michaelmas, without ſhaking. Welcome Manaſſas: I haue preſent imployment for thee, in which I muſt borrow Pardon mee Madame, I learned of my Lord, to lende nothing without ſecuritie and pawnes. T'is not monie (Manaſses) but counſell and furtherance that we deſire. Good counſell is worth good monie, Madame. Thou ſhalt be well conſidered; there's twentie Crownes in earneſt. Nay Madame, this hand's like a fellow, it takes euerie thing in ieſt; if you be in earneſt, let me feele it heere: So Ladie, now betwixt earneſt and ieſt, if your Will be readie drawne, before your friend deliuer'd as your deed, and put me in truſt to execute it. Tak't, in a word this honeſt Shepheard, and thy Lordes daughter Madame Mopſa, are man and wife. Man, an woman perhaps; but not man and wife: for though moſt women haue a wil to be Ladies, like my Lords wife; yet euerie Ladie haue not witte to be a wife, as my Lordes Daughter. But what good can I doe in this? O verie much: for though they be man and wife by oath and proteſtation, the chiefeſt ceremonie of all; namelie Mariadge, is yet vnperformed, and hearing that you haue tane orders. That I haue: I haue tane order for the making away of a hundred Maidenheads in my time, and not ſo few: but I am in in the minde of you now, theſe two Beagles, Dorus and Mopſ, haue run themſelues breathleſſe in the chaſe of loue, you would ha me couple'm vp in the leaſes of Matrimonie. You are in the right. And you in the wrong, Ile keepe your ieaſt, but in any caſe take backe againe your earneſt: ile not purchaſe my Lords diſpleaſure with your gold. Thy Lord ſhall neuer know't. Oh ſir! though my M. hath but bad eyes, he hath exceeding long eares: and though a Forrayner may play with a Citizens wooden Dagger, I would not wiſh any to ieſt with a Courtiers ſteeld Sword; tis ſeldome drawne but it drawes blood. Tuſh man, be not ſo timerous, my credit ſhall countenance thee: bee not an Aſſe, make vſe of thy time: thy Maiſters ſeruice is no heritage; the world knowes he gettes vnder the Duke, thou art a foole, and thou wilt looſe vnder him: there's a hundred Crownes for thee; tuſh man, thy betters will ſtraine curtſey with aleagence for a bribe. Madam, could you to euery one of theſe Crownes giue me a Kingdome, What then? I ſhould ha more ground then halfe the Kinges in Chriſtendom: here's my hand, Ile do't: my M. is my M. & I loue him; but my gold's my God, and I honor it: Ile do't; the time & place?