The Woman Hater (The Hungry Courtier) · chunk 4 of 46
Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) T0 Court life: dukes, favour and honour typicality 0.74 · 448 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T0: duke, lord, duchess, love, court, madam, prince, honour, grace, lady.
Your Perseus is come Master, that will destroy him, The very comfort of whole presence shuts The monster hunger from your yelping guts Brief boy, brief, discourse the service of each several Table compendiously. Here's a Bill of all Sir. Give it me. A Bill of all the several services this day appointed for every Table in the Court: ay, this is it on which my hopes rely; Within this paper all my joys are closed: Boy open it, and read it with reverence. For the Captain of the Guards Table, three chines of Beef, and two jowls of Sturgeon. A portly service, but gross, gross, proceed to the Duke's own Table, dear boy to the Duke's own Table. For the Duke's own Table, the head of an Umbrana Is't possible! can Heaven be so propitious to the Duke? Yes, I'll assure you Sir, 'tis possible, Heaven is so propitious to him. Why then he is the richest Prince alive: He were the wealthiest Monarch in all Europe, Had he no other Territories, Dominions, Provinces, Seats, Nor Palaces, but only that Umbrana's head. 'Tis very fresh and sweet sir, the fish was taken but this night, & the head as a rare novelty appointed by special commandment for the Duke's own Table, this dinner. If poor unworthy I may come to eat Of this most sacred dish, I here do vow (If that blind housewife Fortune will bestow But means on me) to keep a sumptuous house, A board groaning under the heavy burden of the beasts that cheweth the cud, and the fowl that cutteth the air: I shall not like the table of a country justice, besprinkled over with all manner of cheap Salads, sliced Beef, Giblets, and Pettitoes, to fill up room, nor should there stand any great, cumbersome, uncut up pies at the neither end filled with moss and stones, partly to make a show with, and partly to keep the lower mess from eating, nor shall my meat come in sneaking like the City-service, one dish a quarter of an hour after one another gone, as if they had appointed to meet there, and had mistook the hour, nor should it like the new Court service come in, in haste, as if it fain would be gone again, all courses at once, like a hunting breakfast, but I would have my several courses, and my dishes well filled, my first course should be brought in after the ancient manner, by a score of old blear-eyed servingmen, in long blue coats, (marry they shall buy silk, facing, and buttons themselves) but that's by the way. Master the time calls on, will you be walking.
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Your Perseus is come Master, that will destroy him, The very comfort of whole presence shuts The monster hunger from your yelping guts Briefe boy, briefe, discourse the seruice of each seuerall Table compendiously. Heres a Bill of all Sir. Giue it mee. A Bill of all the seuerall seruices this day appointed for euery Table in the Court: I, this is it on which my hopes relye; Within this paper all my ioyes are clos'de: Boy open it, and read it with reuerence. For the Captain of the Guards Table, three chynes of Beefe, and two jolls of Sturgeon. A portly seruice, but grosse, grosse, proceed to the Dukes owne Table, deare boy to the Dukes owne Table. For the Dukes owne Table, the head of an Vmbrana Is't possible! can Heauen bee so propitious to the Duke? Yes, Ile assure you Sir, 'tis possible, Heauen is so propitious to him. Why then he is the richest Prince aliue: He were the wealthiest Monarch in all Europe, Had he no other Territories, Dominions, Prouinces, Seats, Nor Pallaces, but only that Vmbranaes head. 'Tis very fresh and sweet sir, the fish was taken but this night, & the head as a rare noueltie appointed by speciall cōmandement for the dukes own Table, this dinner. If poore vnworthy I may come to eat Of this most sacred dish, I here do vow (If that blind huswife Fortune will bestow But meanes on me) to keepe a sumptuous house, A board groning vnder the heauie burden of the beastes that cheweth the cudde, and the Fowle that cutteth the ayre: I shall not like the table of a countrey Iustice, besprinckled ouer with all manner of cheape Sallets, sliced Beefe, Giblets, and Pettitoes, to fill vp roome, nor should there stand any great, combersome, vncut vp pyes at the nether end fill'd with mosse and stones, partly to make a shew with, and partly to keepe the lower messe from eating, nor shall my meat come in sneaking like the Cittie-seruice, one dish a quarter of an houre after one another gone, as if they had appointed to meet there, and had mistooke the houre, nor should it like the new Court seruice come in, in hast, as if it faine would be gone againe, all courses at once, like a hunting breakefast, but I would haue my seuerall courses, and my dishes well fil'd, my first course should bee brought in after the auntient manner, by a score of old bleere-ey'de Seruingmen, in long blewe coates, (marry they shall buy silke, facing, and buttons themselues) but that's by the way. Maister the time call's on, will you be walking.