Lingua, or The Combat of the Tongue and the Five Senses for Superiority · chunk 8 of 51
Tomkis, Thomas · published 1607 · first performed or written 1607 [1602-1607] (Annals) comedy; allegory T53 The crown: kingship claimed, resigned an typicality 0.77 · 485 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T53: crown, king, state, life, lord, lords, live, queen, tullia, prince.
Go make my Tomb, provide my funerals, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Excellent Asses thus to be deluded, Bewail his death and cruel destinies, That lives, and laughs your fooleries to scorn, But where's my Crown, oh here: I well deserve, Thus to be crowned for two great victories▪ ha', ha, ha, Visus take care my corpse be well interred: Go make my tomb, and write upon the stone. Here lies the Sense, that lying gulled them all, With a false plague, and feigned Urinal. Tactus, Tactus. O Iupiter, 'tis Auditus all's marred, I doubt the sly knave here's so far, but yet I'll grope him: how now Eares, what make you here, ha? Nay, what make you here, I pray what were you talking even now, of an Ass, & a Crown, & an Urinal & a plague? A plague on you what I? Oh, what you. O I had well nigh forgot nothing, but I say— What? That if a man (do you mark sir) being sick of the plague (do you see sir) had a a, a, him, him, (this cold troubles me, It makes me cough sometimes extremely,) had a French Crown, (sir you understand me) lying by him, and (come hither, come hither) & would not bestow 2. pence (do you hear) to buy an urinal (do you mark me) to carry his water to the Physician, (him) What of all this? I say such a one was a very Ass, this was all I use to speak to myself, when I am alone; but Auditus, when shall we hear a new set of singing-books, or th'viols, or the consort of Instruments. This was not all, for I heard mention of a tomb, & an epitaph. True, true, I made myself merry with this Epitaph, upon such a fools tomb thus a, thus, thus, plague brought this man, (foh I have forgotten) o thus, plague brought this man (so, so, so) unto his burial, because, because, because, (him, him) because he would not buy an urinal, come, come Auditus shall we here thee play, the Lyeroway, or the Lut●-wa● shall we, or the Cornet, or any Music, I am greatly revived when I hear. Tactus, Tactus, this will not serve, I heard all, you have not found a Crown: you, no, you have not. Peace, peace, faith peace, come hither, hark thee good now. I cannot hold I must needs tell, O do not, do not, do not, come hither, will you be a fool? Had he not wings upon his feet and shoulders? Yes, yes and a fine wand in his hand, Curiously wrapped with a pair of snakes. Will half content you, pish 'twil near be known. My life, 'twas Mercury. I do not know his name but this I am sure his hat had wings vp'ont. Doubtless 'twas he, but say my Boy what did he?
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Go make my Tombe, prouide my funerals, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Excellent Asses thus to be deluded, Bewaile his death and cruell destinies, That liues, and laughes your fooleries to scorne, But wher's my Crowne, oh here: I well deserue, Thus to be crowned for two great victories▪ ha, ha, ha, Visus take care my corps be well interr'd: Go make my tombe, and write vpon the stone. Here lyes the Sense, that lying guld them all, With a false plague, and fained Vrinall. Tactus, Tactus. O Iupiter, 'tis Auditus all's mard, I doubt the slie knaue heres so farre, but yet Ile grope him: how now Eaes, what make you here, ha? Nay, what make you here, I pray what were you talking euen now, of an Asse, & a Crowne, & an Vrinall & a plague? A plague on you what I? Oh, what you. O I had well nigh forgot nothing, but I say— What? That if a man (do you marke sir) being sick of the plague (do you see sir) had a a, a, hem, hem, (this cold troubles me, It makes me cough somtimes extreamly,) had a French Crowne, (sir you vnderstand me) lying by him, and (come hither, come hither) & would not bestow 2. pence (do you heare) to buy an vrinall (do you marke me) to cary his water to the Phisitiā, (hem) What of all this? I say such a one was a very Asse, this was al I vse to speak to my selfe, whē I am alone; but Auditus, when shall wee heare a new set of singing-books, or th'viols, or the cō ort of Instrumēts. This was not al, for I heard mētiō of a tombe, & an epitaph. True, true, I made my selfe mery with this Epitaph, vpon such a fooles tombe thus a, thus, thus, plague brought this man, (foh I haue forgotten) ô thus, plague brought this man (so, so, so) vnto his buriall, because, because, because, (hem, hem) because he would not buy an vrinall, come, come Auditus shall we here thee play, the Lyeroway, or the Lut-wa shall we, or the Cornet, or any Musicke, I am greatly reuiued when I heare. Tactus, Tactus, this will not serue, I heard all, you haue not found a Crowne: you, no, you haue not. Peace, peace, faith peace, come hether, harke thee good nowe. I cannot hold I must needes tell, O do not, do not, do not, come hether, will you bee a foole? Had he not wings vpon his feete and shoulders? Yes, yes and a fine wand in his hand, Curiously wrapped with a paire of snakes. Will halfe content you, pish twil nere be knowne. My life, twas Mercury. I do not knowe his name but this I am sure his hat had wings vp'ont. Doubtles twas he, but say my Boy what did he?