Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) unassigned nearest T41 Household service: masters, doors and po · 508 words
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Little Moll, send away the fellow? Phill. Philip. Here forsooth. Go into Bucklersbury and fetch me two ounces of preserved melons, look there be no Tobacco taken in the shop when he weighs it. I forsooth. What do you eat preserved melons for Moll? Introth for the shaking of the heart, I have here sometime such a shaking, and downwards such a kind of earthquake (as it were.) Do you hear, let your man carry home my money to the ordinary, and lay it in my Chamber, but let him not tell my host that it is money: I owe him but forty pound, and the Rogue is hasty, he will follow me when he thinks I have money, and pry into me as crows perch upon Carrion, and when he hath found it out, prey upon me as Heralds do upon Funerals. Come, come, you owe much money in Town: when you have forfeited your bond, I shall near see you more? You are a Monkey, I'll pay him for's day: I'll see you tomorrow to. By my troth I love you very honestly, you were never the gentleman offered any uncivility to me, which is strange methinks in one that comes from beyond Seas, would I had given a Thousand pound I could not love thee so. Do you hear, you shall feign some scurvy disease or other, and go to the Bath next spring, I'll meet you there. By your leave sweet mistress Tenterhook. O, how dost partner? Gentlewomen I stayed for a most happy wind, and now the breath from your sweet, sweet lips, should set me going: good mistress Honisuckle; good mistress Wafer, good mistress Tenterhook, I will pray for you, that neither rivalship in loves, pureness of painting, or riding out of town, not acquainting each other withit, be a cause your sweet beauties do fall out, and rail one upon another. Rail sir, we do not use to rail. Why mistress, railing is your mother tongue as well as lying. But, do you think we can fall out? In troth beauties (as one spoke seriously) that there was no inheritance in the amity of Princes, so think I of Women, too often interviews amongst women, as amongst Princes, breeds envy oft to other's fortune, there is only in the amity of women an estate for will, and every puny knows that is no certain inheritance. You are merry sir. So may I leave you most fortunate gentlewoman. Love shoots hear. Tenterhooke, what Gentleman is that gone out, is he a man? O God and an excellent Trumpeter, He came lately from the university, and loves City dames only for their victuals, he hath an excellent trick to keep Lobsters and Crabs sweet in summer, and calls it a device to prolong the days of shellfish, for which I do suspect he hath been clerk to some Nobleman's kitchen. I have heard he never loves any Wench, tell she be as stale as Frenchmen eat their wild foul, I shall anger her.
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Little Moll, send away the fellow? Phill. Phillip. Heere forsooth. Go into Bucklers-bury and fetch me two ounces of preserued Melounes, looke there be no Tobacco taken in the shoppe when he weighes it. I forsooth. What doe you eate preserued Melonnes for Moll? Introth for the shaking of the hart, I haue heere sometime such a shaking, and downwards such a kind of earth-quake (as it were.) Doe you heare, let your man carry home my mony to the ordinary, and lay it in my Chamber, but let him not tell my host that it is mony: I owe him but forty pound, and the Rogue is hasty, he will follow me when he thinks I haue mony, and pry into me as Crowes perch vpon Carion, and when he hath found it out, prey vpon me as Heraldes do vpon Funerals. Come, come, you owe much mony in Towne: when you haue forfeited your bond, I shall neare see you more? You are a Monky, Ile pay him for's day: Ile see you tomorrow to. By my troth I loue you very honestly, you were neuer the gentleman offred any vnciuility to me, which is strange methinks in one that comes from beyond Seas, would I had giuen a Thousand pound I could not loue thee so. Do you heare, you shall faine some scuruy dysease or other, and go to the Bath next spring, Ile meete you there. By your leaue sweet mistris Tenterhooke. O, how dost partner? Gentlewomen I stayed for a most happy wind, and now the your sweet, sweet lips, should set me going: good mistris Honisuckle; good mistris Wafer, good mistris Tenterhooke, I will pray for you, that neither riuallshippe in loues, purenesse of painting, or riding out of town, not acquainting each other withit, be a cause your sweet beautyes do fall out, and raile one vpon another. Raile sir, we do not vse to raile. Why mistris, railing is your mother tongue as well as lying. But, do you thinke we can fall out? In troth beauties (as one spake seriously) that there was no inheritance in the amity of Princes, so thinke I of Women, too often interviewes amongst women, as amongst Princes, breeds enuy oft to others fortune, there is only in the amity of women an estate for will, and euery puny knowes that is no certaine inheritance. You are merry sir. So may I leaue you most fortunat gentlewoman. Loue shoots heare. Tenterhooke, what Gentleman is that gon out, is he a man? O God and an excellent Trumpetter, He came lately from the vniuersity, and loues Citty dames only for their victuals, he hath an excellent trick to keepe Lobsters and Crabs sweet in summer, and cals it a deuise to prolong the dayes of shel-fish, for which I do suspect he hath beene Clarke to some Noblemans kitchen. I haue heard he neuer loues any Wench, tell shee bee as stale as Frenchmen eate their wilde foule, I shall anger her.