Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1605 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy typicality 0.91 · 497 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
ay but will you do it faithfully? As I respect your acquaintance I shall do it. Tell me then I beseech you, do not you think this minx is some naughty pack whom my husband hath fallen in love with, and means to keep under my nose at his garden house. No upon my life is she not, O I cannot believe it, I know by her eyes she is not honest, why should my husband proffer them such kindness? that have abused him and me; so intolerable: and will not suffer me to speak; there's the hell on't not suffer me to speak. Fie fie, he doth that like a usurer, that will use a man with all kindness, that he may be careless of paying his money, upon his day, and afterwards take the extremity of the forfeiture; your jealousy is Idle: say this were true, it lies in the bosom of a sweet wife to draw her husband from any loose imperfection, from wenching, from jealousy, from covetousness from crabbedness, which is the old man's common disease, by her politic yielding. She may do it from crabbedness, for example I have known as tough blades as any are in England broke upon a featherbed,— come to dinner, I'll be ruled by you Sir, for you are very like mine uncle. Suspicion works more mischief grows more strong, To sever chaste beds then apparent wrongs. Come my little Punk with thy two Compositors to this unlawful painting house, thy pounders a my old poetical dad willbe here presently, take up thy State in this chair, and bear thyself as if thou wert talking to thy pothecary after the receipt of a purgation: look scurvily upon him: sometimes be merry and stand upon thy pantofles like a new elected scavenger. And by and by melancholic like a Tilter that hath broke his staves foul before his Mistress. Right, for he takes thee to be a woman of a great count: hark upon my life he's come. See who knocks: thou shalt see me make a fool of a Poet, that hath made five hundred fools. Please your new Ladyship he's come. Is he? I should for the more state let him walk some two hours in an utter room: if I did owe him money, 'twere not much out of fashion; but come enter him: Stay, when we are in private conference send in my Tailor. Look you my lady's asleep, she'll wake presently. I come not to teach a Starling sir, Good-bye. Nay, in truth Sir, if my Lady should but dream you had been hear. Who's that keeps such a prating? 'Tis I Madam. I'll have you preferred to be a Crier: you have an exc'llent throat for't: pox a the Poet is he not come yet? he's here Madam. Cry you mercy: I ha' cursed my Monkey for shrewd turns a hundred times, and yet I love it never the worse I protest.
nodes 465–487 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 18 of 42 in this edition
Length
497 words · 647 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T23 — Husbands, wives and jealousycross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.914 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T26 · seed 44: T28 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
I but will you doe it faithfully? As I respect your acquaintance I shall doe it. Tell me then I beseech you, doe not you thinke this minx is some noughty packe whome my husband hath fallen in loue with, and meanes to keepe vnder my nose at his garden house. No vpon my life is she not, O I cannot beleeue it, I know by her eies she is not honest, why should my husband proffer them such kindnes? that haue abused him and me; so intollerable: and will not luffer me to speake; theres the hellont not suffer me to speake. Fie fie, he doth that like a vserer, that will vfe a man with all kindnes, that he may be carelesse of paying his mony, vpon his day, and after-wards take the extremitie of the forfature; your iealousie is Idle: say this were true, it lies in the bosome of a sweete wife to draw her husband from any loose imperfection, from wenching, from Iealosie, from couituousnes from crabbednes, which is the old mans common disease, by her politicke yealding. She maye doe it from crabednes, for example I haue knowne as tough blades as any are in England broke vpon a fetherbed,—come to diner, Ile be ruled by you Sir, for you are very like mine vncle. Suspition workes more mischiefe growes more strong, To seuer chst beds then aparant wrongs. Come my little Punke with thy two Compositors to this vnlawfull painting house, thy pounders a my old poeicall dad wilbe here presently, ake vp thy State in this chayre, and beare thy selfe as if thou wert talking to thy pottecary after the receipt of a purgation: looke scuruily vpon him: sometimes be merrie and stand vppon thy pantoffles like a new elected scauinger. And by and by melancholicke like a Tilter that hath broake his staues foule before his Mistrisse. Right, for hee takes thee to bee a woman of a great count: harke vpon my life hee's come. See who knocks: thou shalt see mee make a foole of a Poet, that hath made fiue hundred fooles. Please your new Lady-ship hee's come. Is hee? I should for the more state let him walke some two houres in an vtter roome: if I did owe him money, 'twere not much out of fashion; but come enter him: Stay, when we are in priuate conference send in my Tayler. Looke you my Ladie's a sleepe, heele wake presently. I come not to teach a Starling sir, God-boy-you. Nay, in trueth Sir, if my Lady should but dreame you had beene heare. Who's that keepes such a prating? 'Tis I Madam. Ile haue you preferd to be a Cryer: you haue an exlent throate for't: pox a the Poet is he not come yet? Hee's here Madam. Crie you mercy: I ha curst my Monkey for shrewd turnes a hundred times, and yet I loue it neuer the worse I protest.