Sharpham, Edward · published 1607 · first performed or written 1606 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma · 510 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
O be not angry, for I protest I cannot but commend the whiteness of your skin. Mary muff, I think a be a Tanner, and means to buy me for my skin. God's me; she's angry, what shall I do now signor? To her again man, do not leave her, the Moon is now upon change, she will turn. I pray you Lady know me by the title of some kindness. Kindness; faith sir you are mistaken in me, you must seek your flurts some other where, and I pray come not to make a fool of me: alas man though I am a waiting-woman, do not think I spend my time in nothing but tempering of colours, working of drawn-work, warming of Smocks, and pinning in of ruffs, faith yes. And you come to her signor you must come to her as country Gentlewomen do into the fashion, that is: in the tail and latter end on't. Faith I, and ye come to begin your knavery on me, i'll take you down: I am none of your young simpering waiting-women, that are ashamed to be counted proud, & therefore suffer every Servingman to use them at their pleasure. Now on my conscience Mistress, my love is honest, and I desire marriage. Indeed if you mean marriage, I am content to bear the more with you: but I pray sir, when shall we be married? by my troth I ask you, because I have been so often deceived, I warrant you I have been promised & dealt upon promises in the way of marriage above an hundred times. At our next meeting we will set down a day for the effecting of it. Gentlemen, we have some small discourse which a little requires secrecy, therefore if it please ye to walk in, and make use of our better rooms, we will not long be absent from you. With all our hearts. Worthy Lord, do not think immodesty in me though contrary to the bashful habit of my sex, I am enforced by loves almighty power, to reveal the secrets of my heart. Your Letters have so much prevailed with me, that in a word I must confess I love you. Worthy Knight, I would my words had but the power so work in you, that which your lines have done in me, then should the happy consolation of my life dwell ever in your loves embracements. Assure ye Lady, your gift of love to me shall be deserved, though nothing but my lives dear breath requite its. And I will rather die a shameful death, then live a hateful life, which I must do unless I find a means that may deserve your love. No we your tongue goes like a well tuned Instrument, and makes my heart within my bosom dance with joy to hear such large requital of my love: but durst you to maintain this your affection, although it were with some danger of your life? Durst I? I vow, even by my soul's eternity, I durst.
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O be not angry, for I protest I cannot but commend the whitenes of your skin. Mary muffe, I thinke a be a Tanner, and meanes to buy me for my skin. Gods mee; shee's angrie, what shall I doe now Signior? To her agen man, doe not leaue her, the Moone is now vpon change, she will turne. I pray you Ladie knowe mee by the title of some kindenes. Kindenes; faith sir you are mistaken in mee, you must seeke your flurts some other where, and I pra'y come not to make a foole of me: alas man though I am a waitingwoman▪ do not think I spend my time in nothing but tempering of colours, working of drawn-worke, warming of Smockes, and pinning in of ruffes, faith yes. And you come to her Signior you must come to her as countrie Gentlewomen doe into the fashion, that is: in the taile and latter end on't. Faith I, and ye come to begin your knauerie on me, ile take you down: I am none of your young simpering waiting-women, that are asham'd to be counted proud, & therefore suffer euerie Seruingman to vse them at their pleasure. Now on my conscience Mistresse, my loue is honest, and I desire marriage. Indeed if you meane mariage, I am content to beare the more with you: but I pra'y sir, when shal we be maried? by my troth I aske you, because I haue beene so often deceiued, I warrant you I haue bin promised & dealt vpon promises in the way of mariage aboue an hundred times. At our next meeting we wil set down a day for the effecting of it. Gentlemen, we haue some small discourse which a little requires secrecie, therefore if it please ye to walke in, and make vse of our better roomes, wee will not long be absent from you. With all our heartes. Worthy Lord, doe not thinke immodestie in mee though contrarie to the bashfull habite of my sexe, I am inforc'd by loues almightie power, to reueale the secretes of my heart. Your Letters haue so much preuailed with mee, that in a worde I must confesse I loue you. Worthie Knight, I would my wordes had but the power so worke in you, that which your lines haue done in me, then should the happie consolation of my life dwell euer in your loues embracements. Assure ye Ladie, your gift of loue to mee shall bee deserued, though nothing but my liues deare breath requite its. And I will rather die a shamefull death, then liue a hatefull life, which I must do vnlesse I find a meanes that may deserue your loue. No we your tongue goes like a well tuned Instrument, and makes my heart within my bosome daunce with ioy to heare such large requitall of my loue: but duist you to maintaine this your affection, although it were with some daunger of your life? Durst I? I vowe, euen by my soules eternitie, I durst.