Sharpham, Edward · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars T13 Knights, squires and ladies typicality 0.79 · 500 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T13: knight, raph, lady, knights, george, master, squire, rafe, pray, god.
You make my soul sweet harmony, come let's about it then. Are we in private? We are? Pray Sister what moving lines of love has your Knight touched your affection with? Faith his style is plain, only a little courtlike silken phrase it has, but I hope your lord hath sent rich words like jewels, for your ears against your nuptial day. Faith a woe's with lines that might persuade another thought, not me, which i'll lend your eyes, upon the like received courtesy from you. With all my heart. What have we here? Lady I know the noblenes of your disposition defends you from the least Sparke of basenesse, wherefore I inuocate euerie particular vertue of yours to be mediators to your best iudgement for my better estimation in your loue, my affection is zealous, my intent honorable, my desire mariage: thus desiring your resolued answere, I rest. Euer at your disposure: lacke Haue-little Knight. Upon my life some friend did pen it for the fool. Let me see what's this? You the vnderstanding spirit of a woman, let the splender of your Beautie, with some heate of your affection shine vpon the creature that adores yee, and with the heauenlye comfort of your loue, melt and thaw dispaire from in dying heart which if it liue, it liues to loue, it dye if it dyes in loue, but howsoeuer, tis your's, twas made for you, liues by you, and dies without you. Yours in the moste affectionate degree of affection. Don Piso De Florence. Sister upon my life this is son and heir to Duke Piso that now is. O would he were! but whosoe'er he be, a must be made a match to give fire to the hell black powder of our revenge, yet your love: the wise Knight and he, are two in one, there are no such friends as they. Then let them march both hand in hand in one way. Then shall be thus: these two being earnest suitors for our loves, we'll grant upon condition, that suddenly they murder Spark and Ruffell, but first to take the Sacrament if ever it be known, as known 'twill be, to keep our names unspotted in the action; this being done, Let them challenge us, we and our loves are won. but say they should reveal us. O none will break a Sacrament to heap up perjury on other sins, when death & hell stands gaping for their souls. But say they rail on us. If they do, 'tis known, we loved Spark, and Russel, and men will think they killed 'em for our loves, since they lived in our favour these in disgrace. I like it well, come let's hasten it, For this is even as true as ere was text, Plots are but dreams until they take effects. O God, I think the path to hell that women tread is broader than the way men go: how they walk by couples to the Devil?
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You make my soule sweet harmony, come lets about it then. Are we in priuate? We are? Pray Sister what moouing lines of loue has your Knight toucht your affection with? Faith his stile is plaine, onely a little courtlike silken phrase it has, but I hope your lord hath sent rich words like iewels, for your eares against your nuptiall day. Faith a woes with lines that might perswade another thought, not mee, which ile lend your eyes, vpon the like receiued curtesie from you. With all my heart. What haue we heere? Lady I know the noblenes of your disposition defends you from the least Sparke of basenesse, wherefore I inuocate euerie particular vertue of yours to be mediators to your best iudgement for my better estimation in your loue, my affection is zealous, my intent honorable, my desire mariage: thus desiring your resolued answere, I rest. Euer at your disposure: lacke Haue-little Knight. Vpon my life some friend did pen it for the foole. Let me see what's this? You the vnderstanding spirit of a woman, let the splender of your Beautie, with some heate of your affection shine vpon the creature that adores yee, and with the heauenlye comfort of your loue, melt and thaw dispaire from in dying heart which if it liue, it liues to loue, it dye if it dyes in loue, but howsoeuer, tis your's, twas made for you, liues by you, and dies without you. Yours in the moste affectionate degree of affection. Don Piso De Florence. Sister vpon my life this is sonne and heire to Duke Piso that now is. O would hee were! but whosoere he bee, a must bee made a match to giue fire to the hell blacke pouder of our reuenge, yet your loue: the wise Knight and he, are two in one, there are no such friendes as they. Then let them march both hand in hand in one way. Then shall be thus: these two being earnest suters for our loues, weele graunt vpon condition, that suddenly they murther Sparke and Ruffell, but first to take the Sacrament if euer it be knowne, os knowne 'twill be, to keep our names vnspotted in the action; this being done, Let them challenge vs, wee and our loues are won. but say they should reueale vs. O none will breake a Sacrament to heape vp periury on other sinnes, when death & hel stands gaping for their soules. But say they raile on vs. If they doe, tis knowne, we lou'd Sparke, and Ruffel, and men will thinke they kild a'm for our loues, since they liu'd in our fauour these in disgrace. I like it well, come lets hasten it, For this is euen as true as er'e was text, Plots are but dreames vntill they take effects. O God, I think the path to hell that women tread is broder then the way men goe: how they walke by couples to the Deuill?