Marston, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1607 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) (?) unassigned nearest T62 The courtier as a type: fashion, affecta · 484 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T62: courtier, shrug, face, court, italian, monsieur, scholar, fashion, french, courtiers.
ourself will give them their charge, Now let me stroke my beard and I had it, & speak wisely if I knew how: most unconscionable, honest little, or little honest good subjects, inform our person of your several qualities and of the prejudice that is foisted upon you that ourself may pursue, prevent, and preoccupy the pustulent dangers incident to all your cases. Here is a petition exhibited of the particular grievances of each sort of pages. We will vouchsafe in this our public session to peruse them, pleaseth your excellent wagship to be informed that the division of pages is tripartite (tripartite) or three fold, of pages, some be Court pages, others Ordinary gallants pages, & the third-apple squires, basket-bearers or pages of the placket, with the last we will proceed first, stand forth page of the placket, what is your mistress? A kind of Puritan. How live you? Miserably complaining to your crack-ship though we have light Mistresses we are made the Children and servants of darkness, what profane use we are put to, all these gallants more feelingly know then we can lively express, it is to be commiserated and by your royal insight only to be prevented that a male monkey and the diminutive of a man should be Synonima & no sense. Though we are the dross of your subjects, yet being a kind of page, let us find your Celsitude kind and respective of our time-fortunes and births abuse, and so in the name of our whole tribe of empty basket-bearers, I kiss your little hands. Your case is dangerous and almost desperate stand forth ordinary gallants page, what is the nature of your Master? He eats well and right slovenly, and when the dice favour him goes in good clothes, and scours his pink colour silk stockings: when he hath any money he bears his crowns, when he hath none I carry his purse, he cheats well, swears better, but swaggers in a wantons Chamber admirably, he loves his boy and the rump of a crammed Capon, and this summer hath a passing thrifty humour to bottle ale: as contemptuous as Lucifer, as arrogant as ignorance can make him, as libidinous as Priapus, he keeps me as his adamant to draw metal after to his lodging, I curl his periwig, paint his cheeks, perfume his breath, I am his frotterer or rubber in a Hothouse, the prop of his lies, the bearer of his false dice, and yet for all this like the Persian Louse that eats biting, and biting eats, so I say sithing and sithing say my end is to paste up a Si quis my Master's fortunes are forced to cashier me and so six to one I fall to be a Pippin squire. Hic finis priami, this is the end of pickpockets. Stand forth Court-page, thou lookest pale and wan. Most ridiculous Emperor.
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Our selfe will giue them their charge, Now let mee stroake my beard and I had it, & speake wisely if I knew how: most vnconsionable, honest little, or little honest good subiects, informe our person of your seuerall qualities and of the preiudice that is foisted vppon you that our selfe may peruew, preuent, and preoccupie the pustulent dangers incident to all your cases. Here is a petition exhibited of the particuler greeuances of each sort of pages. We will vouchsafe in this our publike session to peruse them, pleaseth your excellent wagship to bee informed that the deuision of pages is tripartite (tripartite) or three fold, of pages, some be Court pages, others Ordinary gallants pages, & the third-apple squiers, basket-bearers or pages of the placket, with the last we will proceede first, stand forth page of the placket, what is your mistres? A kinde of puritane. How liue you? Miserably cōplayning to your crack-ship though we haue light Mistresses we are made the Children and seruants of darknes, what prophane vse we are put to, al these gallants more feelingly know then we can liuely expresse, it is to be comiserated and by your royall insight onely to bee preuented that a male Mounkey and the diminutiue of a man should bee Synonima & no scence. Though wee are the drosse of your subiects, yet being a kinde of page, let vs finde your Celsitude kind and respectiue of our time-fortunes and birthes abuse, and so in the name of our whole tribe of emptie basket-bearers, I kisse your little hands. Your case is dangerous and almost desperat stand forth ordinary gallants page, what is the nature of your Master? He eates well and right slouenly, and when the dice fauor him goes in good cloathes, and scowers his pinke collour silk stockings: whē he hath any mony he beares his crownes, whē he hath none I carry his purse, he cheates well, sweares better, but swaggers in a wantons Chamber admirably, hee loues his boy and the rump of a cram'd Capon, and this summer hath a passing thrifty humor to bottle ale: as contemptuous as Lucifer, as arrogant as ignorāce can make him, as libidinous as Priapus, hee keepes mee as his adamant to draw mettell after to his lodging, I curle his perriwig, painte his cheekes, perfume his breath, I am his froterer or rubber in a Hot-house, the prop of his lies, the bearer of his fals dice, and yet for all this like the Persian Louse that eates byting, and byting eates, so I say sithing and sithing say my end is to paste vp a Si quis my Masters fortunes are forc'd to cashere me and so six to one I fall to be a Pippin squire. Hic finis priami, this is the end of pick pockets. Stand forth Court-page, thou lokest pale and wan. Most ridiculous Emperor.