Sharpham, Edward · published 1607 · first performed or written 1607 (Annals) comedy · Children of the King's Revels T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy typicality 0.70 · 483 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Yesterday, why dost ask? Because, like a young married woman that's poisoned before she is bawd, I begin to long already. For what I pray thee? Faith to be a-bed with my husband. alas woman, those that are past child bearing, use to long for that too. Nay, but my longing yet methinks stretches a great deal longer, for I long to be a Widow, that I might have a new Husband: yet not for any concupiscent desires, that I have in the world. No, I think so too, but only a desire thou hast to try the difference of men, and therefore I think thou wert best next to marry an old man with a white head, because thou mayest sleep quiet & not be troubled a-nights. By this light I had as live marry a Saint Dauis leek, no, no, take this of me, wherever thou seest the Snow lie on the Mountains, be assured there's no great heat in the valley. Let me see, I would be a— A priests wife I warrant ye, because thou wouldest fare costly, and live lazily. No Nan, then marry a Londoner, for then thou shalt live a life & 'twere a Lady, wear thy gold necklace, and go in thy Velvet cap every day. True, and then when thy husband is a broad in traffic for commodities, in other countries, why thou mayst deal at home for ready money No not a Londoner by no means. No, why? Why if they have but a plague amongst them one week they all cry out of a dead time straight, beside, if they receive but a little loss at sea, they break straight, and where the husband breaks, you know the wife can no longer hold out, she must down too for want of maintenance. Nay then marry a Soldier, for questionless most of them will use their wives well, for they love their punks exceedingly. O but they have a vile salt too, for they always beget their children by day, and then they be squint eyed, for when the Father looks one way, and the mother another, to see if anybody come the whilst, how can the child look right? What sayst thou by a Civilian Nan. O no, by no means, for most of their posterity have ill luck, for what their fathers get by bawdy courts, they commonly spend it all again in bawdy houses, No and ever I marry again, i'll marry an Irish Merchant, because they all speak latin, and indeed are most of them Philosophers by fortune: Omnia mea mecum porto, for they carry all their ware in their breech: but come, let us make haste away, I fear out lovers do our coming stay. You see master Venture, the greatest comfort that is left me now, is only in my neighbour's loves, where are these knaves there?
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Length
483 words · 608 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T23 — Husbands, wives and jealousycross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.700 (cosine to the topic centroid)
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Yesterday, why doost aske? Because, like a young marryed woman that's poisoned before shee is baud, I begin to long alreadie. For what I pray thee? Faith to be a bed with my husband. alas woman, those that are past childe bearing, vse to long for that too. Nay, but my longing yet me thinkes stetches a great deale longer, for I long to be a Widdow, that I might haue a new Husband: yet not for any concupisent desires, that I haue in the world. No, I thinke so too, but onely a desire thou hast to trie the difference of men, and therfore I thinke thou wert best next to marrie an olde man with a white head, because thou maiest sleep quiet & not be troubld a nights. By this light I had as liue mare a Saint Dauis Leeke, no, no, take this of me, where euer thou seest the Snowe lye on the Mountaines, be assured there's no great heate in the vallie. Let me see, I would be a— A Priestes wife I warant ye, because thou wouldest fare costly, and liue lasily. No Nan, then marrie a Londoner, for then thou shalt liue a life & twere a Lady, weare thy golde necklace, and goe in thy Veluet cap euerie day. True, and then when thy husband is a broad in trafficke for commodities, in other countries, why thou maist deale at home for ready money No not a Londoner by no meanes. No, why? Why if they haue but a plague amongst them one weeke they all crie out of a dead time streight, besides, if they receiue but a little losse at sea, they breake streight, and where the husband breakes, you knowe the wife can no longer hold out, she must downe too for want of maintenance. Nay then marrie a Souldier, for questionlesse most of them will vse their wiues wel, for they loue their punkes exceedingly. O but they haue a vile sault too, for they alwaies beget their children by day, and then they be squint eyed, for when the Father lookes one way, and the mother another, o see if any body come the whilst, how can the childe look right? What saist thou by a Ciuilian Nan. O no, by no meanes, for moste of their posteritie haue ill lucke, for what their fathers get by baudie courts, they commonly spend it all againe in baudie houses, No and euer marry againe, ile marrie an Irish Marchant, because they all speake latine, and indeed are moste of them Philosophers by fortune: Omnia mea mecum porto, for they carry all their ware in their breech: but come, let vs make hast away, I feare out louers doe our comming stay. You see maister Venter, the greatest comfort that is left me now, is onely in my neighbours loues, where are these knaues there?