Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) unassigned nearest T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
Prithee good mistress Tenterhooke, I'll ha' done in a trice. Do you long to have me swoon? I'll use but half a pipe in troth. Do you long to see me lie at your feet! Smell to't: 'T perfumed. Oh God? Oh God? you anger me: you stir my blood: you move me: you make me spoil a good face with frowning at you: this was ever your fashion, so to smoke my Husband when you come home, that I could not abide him in mine eye: he was a moat in it methought a month after: pray spawle in another room: fie, fie, fie. Well, well, come, we'll for once feed her humour. Get two rooms off at least if you love us. Three, three, master Lynstocke three. 'sfoot we'll dance to Norwich, and take it there, if you'll stay till we return again? here's a stir, you'll ill abide a fiery face, that cannot endure a smoky nose. Come let's satisfy our appetite. And that will be hard for us, but we'll do our best. So: are they departed? What string may we three think that these three gallants harp upon, by bringing us to this sinful town of Brainford? ha? I know what string they would harp upon, if they could put us into the right tune. I know what one of 'em buzzed in mine ear, till like a These in a Candle, he made mine ears burn, but I swore to say nothing. I know as verily they hope, and brag one to another, that this night they'll row westward in our husband's whirries, as we hope to be rowed to London to morrow morning in a pair of oars. But wenches let's be wise, and make Rooks of them that I warrant are now setting pursenets to coney-catch us. Content. They shall know that Citizens wives have wit enough to out strip twenty such gulls; though we are merry, let's not be mad: be as wanton as new married wives, as fantastic and light headed to the eye, as feather-makers, but as pure about the heart, as if we dwelled amongst 'em in Black Friars. we'll eat and drink with 'em. Oh yes: eat with 'em as hungerly as soldiers: drink▪ as if we were Froes: talk as freely as Jesters, but do as little as misers. Who (like dry Nurses) have great breasts but give no milk. It were better we should laugh at their popinjays, then live in fear of their prating tongues: though we lie all night out of the City, they shall not find country wenches of us: but since we ha' brought 'em thus far into a fools Paradise, leave 'em in't: the jest shall be a stock to maintain us and our pew-fellows in laughing at christenings, cryings out, and upsittings this 12. month: how say you wenches, have I set the Saddle on the right horse.
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Prethee good mist , Ile ha done in a trice. Do you long to hae me swoune? Ile vse but halfe a pipe introth. Do you long to see me lie at your feet! Smell toot: i perfum'd. Oh God? Oh God? you anger me: you stir my bloud: you moue me: you make me spoile a good face with frowning at you: this was euer your fashion, so to smoake my Husband when you come home, that I could not abide him in mine eye: hee was a moate in it me thought a month after: pray spawle in another roome: fie, fie, fie. Well, well, come, weele for once feed hir humor. Get two roomes off at least if you loue vs. Three, three, maier Lynstocke three. Sfoote weele dance to Norwich, and take it there, if youle stay till we returne agen? Heeres a stir, youle ill abide a fiery face, that cannot endure a smoaky nose. Come lets satisfie our appetite. And that wil be hard for vs, but weele do our best. So: are they departed? What string may wee three thinke that these three gallants harp vppon, by bringing vs to this sinfull towne of Brainford? ha? I know what string they would harpe vppon, if they could put vs into the righ tune. I know what one of em buz'd in mine eare, till like a Theese in a Candle, he made mine eares burne, but I swore to say nothing. I know as verily they hope, and brag one to another, that this night theile row westward in our husbands whirries, as wee hope to bee rowd to London to morrowe morning in a paire of oares. But wenches lets bee wise, and make Rookes of them that I warrant are now setting pursenets to conycatch vs. Content. They shall know that Citizens wies haue wit enough to out strip twenty such guls; tho we are mey, lets not be mad: be as wanton as new married wiues, as fantasticke and light headed to the eye, as fether-makers, but as pure about the heart, as if we dwelt amongst em in Black Fryers. Weele eate and drinke with em. Oh yes: eate with em as hungetly as souldiers: drinke▪ as if we were Froes: talke as freely as Iestors, but doe as little as misers. Who (like dry Nurses) haue great breastes but giue no milke. It were better we should laugh at their popin-ayes, then liue in feare of their prating tongues: tho we lye all night out of the Citty, they shall not find country wenches of vs: but since we ha brought em thus far into a fooles Paradice, leaue em int: the Iest shal be a stock to maintain vs and our pewfellowes in laughing at christnings, cryings out, and vpsittings this 12. month: how say you wenches, haue I set the Sadle on the right horse.