Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1605 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy typicality 0.78 · 465 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Fetherstone. See the hawk that first stooped, my pheasant is killed by the Spaniel that first sprang all of our side wife. 'twas a pretty wit of you sir, to have had him rod into Puckridge with a horn before him; ha: wast not; Good. Or where a Citizen keeps his house, you know 'tis not as a Gentleman keeps his Chamber for debt, but as you said even now very wisely, lest his horns should usher him. Very good Fetherstone he comes. Luke Greenshield Master Maybery, old Poet: Moll and Kate, most happily encountered, udslife how came you heather, by my life the man looks pale. You are a villain, and I'll make't good upon you, I am no servingman, to feed upon your reversion. Go to the ordinary then. This is his ordinary fit & in this she is like a London ordinary: her best getting comes by the box. You are a damned villain. O by no means. No, udslife, I'll go instantly take a purse, be apprehended and hanged for't, better than be a Cuckold. Best first make your confession sirrah. 'tis this thou hast not used me like a Gentleman. A Gentleman: thou a gentleman: thou art a tailor. Ware peaching. No sirrah if you will confess aught, tell how thou hast wronged that virtuous Gentlewoman: how thou layest at her two year together to make her dishonest: how thou wouldest send me thither with letters, how duly thou wouldst watch the citizens wives vacation, which is twice a day; namely the exchange time, twelve at noon and six at night, and where she refused thy importunity, and vowed to tell her husband: thou wouldest fall down upon thy knees, and entreat her for the love of Heaven, if not to ease thy violent affection, at least to conceal it, to which her pity and simple virtue consented, how thou tookest her wedding ring from her, Met these two Gentlemen at Ware: feigned a quarrel, and the rest is apparent, this only remains what wrong the poor Gentlewoman hath since received by our intolerable lie; I am most heartily sorry for, and to thy bosom will maintain all I have said to be honest. Victory wise thou art quit by proclamation. Sir you are an honest man, I have known an arrant thief for preaching made an officer, give me your hand Sir. O filthy abominable husband did you all this? Certainly he is no Captain he blushes. Speak Sir did you ever know me answer your wishes. You are honest, very virtuously honest. I will then no longer be a loose woman, I have at my husband's pleasure ta'en upon me this habit of jealousy: I'm sorry for you, virtue glories not in the spoil but in the victory.
nodes 955–979 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 38 of 42 in this edition
Length
465 words · 614 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T23 — Husbands, wives and jealousycross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.777 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T26 · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Fetherstone. See the hawke that first stoopt, my phesant is kild by the Spaniell that first sprang all of our side wife. Twas a pretty wit of you sir, to haue had him rod into Puckeridge with a horne before him; ha: wast not; Good. Or where a Cittizen keepes his house, you know tis not as a Gentleman keepes his Chamher for debt, but as you sayd euen now very wisely, least his hornes should vsher him. Very good Fetherstone he comes. Luke Greeneshield Maister Maybery, old Poet: Mol and Kate, most hapily incounterd, vdslife how came you heather, by my life the man lookes pale. You are a villaine, and Ile mak't good vpon you, I am no seruingman, to feede vpon your reuersion. Go to the ordinary then. This is his ordinary sit & in this she is like a London ordinary: her best getting comes by the box. You are a dambd villaine. O by no meanes. No, vdslife, Ile go instantly take a purse, be apprehended and hang'd for't, better then be a Cockold. Best first make your confession sirra. Tis this thou hast not vsed me like a Gentleman. A Gentleman: thou a gentleman: thou art a Taylor. Ware peaching. No sirra if you will confesse ought, tell how thou hast wronged that vertuous Gentlewoman: how thou laiest at her two yeare together to make her dishonest: how thou wouldest send me thether with letters, how duely thou woudst watch the cittizens wiues vacation, which is twice a day; namely the exchainge time, twelue at noone and six at night, and where she refused thy importunity, and vowed to tell her husband: thou wouldest fall downe vpon thy knees, and intreat her for the loue of Heauen, if not to ease thy violent affection, at least to conceale it, to which her pitty and simple vertue consented, how thou tookest her wedding ring from her, Met these two Gentlemen at Ware: fained a quarell, and the rest is apparant, this onely remaines what wrong the poore Gentlewoman hath since receaued by our intollerable lye; I am most hartely sorry for, and to thy bosome will maintaine all I haue said to bee honest. Victorie wise thou art quit by proclamation. Sir you are an honest man, I haue knowne an arrant theefe for peaching made an officer, giue me your hand Sir. O ffilthy abhominable husband did you all this? Certainely he is no Captaine he blushes. Speake Sir did you euer know me answere your wishes. You are honest, very vertuously honest. I wil then no longer be a loose woman, I haue at my husbands pleasure tane vpon me this habit of iealousie: Ime sorry for you, vertue glories not in the spoyle but in the victory.