The Puritan, or The Widow of Watling Street (The Puritan Widow) · chunk 36 of 37
Middleton, Thomas · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) unassigned nearest T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim · 450 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
And I'll maintain it Knight, if she'll be true. How now fellow. May it please you Sir, my Lord is newly lighted from his coach. Is my Lord come already; his honour's early, You see he loves me well up before seven, Trust me I have found him night-capped at eleven, there's good hope yet; come I'll relate all to him. there meets them a Noble man, Sir Oliver Muckil, and Sir Andrew Tipstaff. By your leave Lady. My Lord your honour is most chastened welcome, Madam though I came now from court, I come not to flatter you: upon whom can I justly cast this blot, but upon your own forehead, that know not ink from milk such is the blind besotting in the state of an unheaded woman that's a widow. For it is the property of all you that are widows (a hand full excepted) to hate those that honestly and carefully love you, to the maintenance of credit state and posterity, and strongly to dote on those, that only love you to undo you who regard you least are best regarded, who hate you most are best beloved, And if there be but one man amongst ten thousand millions of men that is accursed disastrous and evilly planeted whom Fortune beats most, whom God hates most, and all Societies esteem least, that man is sure to be a husband— Such is the peevish Moon that rules your bloods. An Impudent fellow best wooes you, a flattering lip best wins you, or in a mirth who talks roughliest is most sweetest, nor can you distinguish truth, from forgeries, mists from Simplicity, witness those two deceitful monsters that you have entertained for bridegrooms. Deceitful. All will out. 'sfoot who has blabbed George? that foolish Nicholas. For what they have besotted your easy blood withal, wear nought but forgeries, the fortune telling for husbands, the conjuring for the chain, Sir Godfrey heard the falsehood of all: nothing but mere knavery deceit and cozenage. O wonderful, indeed I wondered that my husband with all his craft could nor keep himself out of purgatory. And I more wondered that my chain should be gone and my tailor had none of it. And I wondered most of all that I, should be tied from marriage having such a mind to't, come S. Iohn Pennydub, fair wether on our side the moon has changed since yesternight. The Sting of every evil is within me. And that you may perceive I feign not with you, behold their fellow actor in those forgeries who full of Spleen and envy at their so sudden advancements revealed all their plot in anger. Base Soldier to reveal us.
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And Ile maintaine it Knight, if sheele be true. How now fellow. May it please you Sir, my Lord is newly lighted from his Coache. Is my Lord come already; his honnours early, You see he loues me well vp before seauen, Trust me I haue found him night capt at a eleuen, Ther's good hope yet; come Iee relate all to him. there meetes them a Noble man, Sir Oliuer Muckil, d Sir Andrew Tip-staffe. By your leaue Lady. My Lord your honour is most chastly welcome, Madam tho I came now from court, I come not to flatter you: vpon whom can I iustly cast this blot, but vpon your owne fore-head, that know not inke from milke such is the blind besotting in the state of an vnheaded woman thats a widdow. For it is the property of all you that are widdowes (a hand full excepted) to hate those that honestly and carefully loue you, to the maintenance of credit state and posterity, and strongly to doat on those, that only loue you to vndo you who regard you least are best regarded, who hate you most are best beloued, And if there be but one man amongst tenne thousand millions of men that is accurst disastrous and euilly planeted whome Fortune beates most, whome God hates most, and all Societies esteeme least, that man is suere to be a husband — Such is the peeuish Moone that rules you bloods. An Impudent fellow best woes you, a flattering lip best wins you, or in a mirth who talkes roughliest is most sweetest, nor can you distinguish truth, from forgeries, mistes from Simplisity, witnes those two deceitfull monsters that you haue entertaind for bride-groomes. Deceitfull. All will out. Sfoote who has blabd George? that foolish Nicholas. For what they haue besotted you easie blood withall, weare nought but forgeries, the fortune telling for husbands, the coniuring for the chaine, Sir Godfrey heard the falshod of al: nothing but meere knauery deceit and eoozenage. O wonderfull, indeed I wondred that my husband with all his crast could nor keepe himselfe out of purgatory. And I more wonder that my chaine should be gon and my Taylor had none of it. And I wondred most of all that I, should be tyed from marriage hauing such a mind too't, come S. Iohn Pennydub, faire wether on our side the moone has chaingd since yester night. The Sting of euery euill is with-in mee. And that you may perceaue I faine not with you, behould their fellow actor in those forgeries who full of Spleene and enuy at their so suddaine aduancements reueled all there plot in anger. Base Souldier to reueall vs.