The Woman Hater (The Hungry Courtier) · chunk 37 of 46
Beaumont, Francis / Fletcher, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) unassigned nearest T41 Household service: masters, doors and po · 475 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T41: master, house, door, iohn, old, mistress, basket, lord, gentleman, ick.
My Lord. Suffer not your modesty to excuse it, in short and in private I desire your direction, I take my study already to be furnished after a grave and wise method. What will this Lord do? My book-strings are suitable & of a reaching colour. How's this? My Standish of Wood strange and sweet, and my fore-flap hangs in the right place, and as near Machiauels, as can be gathered by tradition. Are there such men as will say nothing abroad. and play the fools in their lodgings? this Lord must be followed: and hath your Lordship some new made words to scatter in your speeches in public, to gain note, that the hearers may carry them away, and dispute of them at dinner? I have Sir: and besides my several gowns and caps agreeable to my several occasions. 'Tis well, and you have learned to write a bad hand, that the Readers may take pains for it. Yes sir: and I give out I have the palsy. Good, 'twere better though, if you had it, your Lo. hath a Secretary, that can write fair, when you purpose to be understood. Faith sir I have one, there he stands, he hath been my secretary this 7. years, but he hath forgotten to write. If he can make a writing face, it is not amiss, so he keep his own counsel: your Lo. hath no hope of the gout? Vh, little sir, since the pain in my right foot left me. 'Twill be some scandal to your wisdom, though I see your Lo. knows enough in public business. I am not employed (though to my desert) in occasion foreign, nor frequented for matters domestical. Not frequented? what course takes your Lordship? The readiest way, my door stands wide, my Secretary knows I am not denied to any. In this (give me leave) your Lordship is out of the way: make a back door to let out Intelligencers; seem to be ever busy, and put your door under keepers, and you shall have a troup of clients sweating to come at you. I have a backdoor already, I will henceforth be busy, secretary run and keep the door. This will fetch am? I hope so. My Lord, there are some require access to you about weighty affairs of state. All ready. I told you so. How weighty is the business. Treason my Lord. Sir, my debts to you for this are great. I will leave your Lordship now. Sir my death must be sudden, if I requite you not; at the back door good Sir. I will be your Lordship's intelligencer for once. My Lord. Let'em in, and say I am at my study. Where is your Lord? At his study, but he will have you brought in. Why Gentlemen, what will you charge me withal?
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My Lord. Suffer not your modesty to excuse it, in short and in priuat I desire your direction, I take my studie already to be furnisht after a graue and wise methode. What will this Lord do? My book-strings are sutable & of a reaching colour. How's this? My Standish of Wood strange and sweete, and my fore-flap hangs in the right place, and as neare Machiauels, as can be gathered by tradition. Are there such men as will say nothing abroad. and play the fooles in their lodgings? this Lord must be followed: and hath your Lordship some new made words to scatter in your speeches in publicke, to gaine note, that the hearers may carry them away, and dispute of them at dinner? I haue Sir: and besides my seueral gownes and caps agreeable to my seuerall occasions. 'Tis wel, and you haue learn'd to write a bad hand, that the Readers may take paines for it. Yes sir: and I giue out I haue the palsie. Good, 'twere better though, if you had it, your Lo. hath a Secretary, that can write fayre, when you purpose to be vnderstood. Faith sir I haue one, there he stands, he hath bin my secretary this 7. yeares, but he hath forgotten to write. If he can make a writing face, it is not amisse, so he keep his own counsell: your Lo. hath no hope of the gout? Vh, little sir, since the paine in my right foote left me. 'Twill be some scandale to your wisdome, though I see your Lo. knowes ynough in publike businesse. I am not imploy'de (though to my desert) in occasion forraine, nor frequented for matters domesticall. Not frequented? what course takes your Lordship? The readiest way, my dore stands wide, my Secretary knowes I am not denied to any. In this (giue me leaue) your Lordship is out of the way: make a backe dore to let out Intelligencers; seeme to be euer busie, and put your dore vnder keepers, and you shall haue a troope of clients sweating to come at you. I haue a back-dore already, I will henceforth be busie, secretary run and keepe the dore. This will fetch am? I hope so. My Lord, there are some require accesse to you about weightie affaires of state. All readie. I told you so. How waightie is the busines. Treason my Lord. Sir, my debts to you for this are great. I will leaue your Lordship now. Sir my death must be sudaine, if I requite you not; at the backe dore good Sir. I will be your Lordships intelligencer for once. My Lord. Let'am in, and say I am at my studie. Where is your Lord? At his studie, but he will haue you brought in. Why Gentlemen, what will you charge mee withall?