Dekker, Thomas / Webster, John · published 1607 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) comedy · Children of Paul's (second) unassigned nearest T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy · 492 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
An uproar! will you make the Townsmen think, that Londoners never come hither but upon Saint Thomas's night? Say you should rattle up the Constable: thrash all the Country together, hedge in the house with Flails, Pike-staffs, and Pitchforks, take your wives napping, these Western Smelts nibbling, and that like so many Vulcans; every Smith should discover his Venus dancing with Mars, in a net? would this plaster cure the headache. ay, it wood. Nay it should. Nego, Nego, no no, it shall be proved unto you, your heads would ache worse: when women are proclaimed to be light, they strive to be more light, for who dare disprove a Proclamation. ay but when light Wives make heavy husbands, let these husbands play mad Hamlet; and cry revenge, come, and we le do so. Pray stay, be not so heady at my entreaty. My wife entreats you, and I entreat you to have mercy on your selves, though you have none over the women. I'll tell you a tale: this last Christmas a Citizen and his wife (as it might be one of you) were invited to the Revels one night at one of the inns a Court: the husband (having business) trusts his wife thither to take up a room for him before: she did so: but before she went; doubts a rising, what blocks her husband would stumble at, to hinder his entrance, It was consulted upon, by what token, by what trick, by what banner, or brooch he should be known to be he when he wrapped at the Gate: Very good. The crowd he was told would be greater, their clamours greater, and able to drown the throats of a shoule of fish wives: he himself therefore devises an excellent watchword, and the sign at which he would hang out himself, should be a horn: he would wind his horn, and that should give 'em warning that he was come. So. The torchmen and whifflers had an Item to receive him: he comes, rings out his horn with an alarum, enters with a shout, all the house rises (thinking some sowgelder priest in) his wife blushed, the company jested, the simple man like a beggar going to the stocks laughed, as not being sensible of his own disgrace, & hereupon the punies set down this decree that no man shall hereafter come to laugh at their revels (if his wife be entered before him) unless he carry his horn about him I'll not trouble them. So if you trumpet a broad and preach at the market cross, you wives shame, 'tis your own shame. What shall we do then! Take my council, I'll ask no fee sort: bar our host: banish mine hosts, beat a way the chamberlain, let the ostlers walk, enter you the chambers peaceably, lock the doors gingerly, look upon your wives woefully, but upon the evildoers, most wickedly. What shall we reap by this.
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An vprore will you make the Townemen think, that Londoners neuer come hither but vpon Saint night? Say you should rattle vp the Constable: thrash all the Countrey together, hedge in the house with Flayles, Pike-staues, and Pitch-forkes, take your wiues napping, these Westerne Smelts nibling, and that like so many ; euery Smith should discouer his Venus dancing with Mars, this plaster cure the head-ake. I, it wood. Nay it shud. Nego, Nego, no no, it shall bee prou'd vnto you, your heads would ake worse: when women are proclaymed to bee light, they striue to be more ight, for who dare disproue a Proclamation. I but when light Wiues make heauy husbands, let these husbands play mad Hamlet; and crie reuenge, come, and do so. Pray stay, be not so heady at my intreaty. My wife you, and I intreat you to haue mercy on your , though you haue none ouer the women. Ile tell you a tale: this last Christmas a Cittizen and his wife (as it might be one of you) were inuited to the Reuells one night at one of the a Court: the husband (hauing businesse) trusts his wife thither to take vp a roome for him before: shee did so: but before shee went; doubts a rising, what blockes her husband would stumble at, to hinder his entrance, It was consulted vpon, by what token, by what trick,, by what banner, or brooch he should bee knowne to bee hee when hee wrapt at the Gate: Very good. The croud he was told would be greater, their clamors greater, and able to droune the throats of a shoule of fish wiues: he himselfe therefore an excellent watch-word, and the sigue at which he would hang out himselfe, should be a horne: he would wind his horne, and that should giue 'hem warning that he was come. So. The torchmen and had an Item to receaiue him: he comes, ringes out his horne with an allarum, enters with a showte, all the house rises (thinking some sowgelder prest in) his wife blusht, the company Iested, the simple man like a begger going to the stocks laught, as not being sencible of his own disgrace, & hereupon the punyes set downe this decre that no man shall hereafter come to laugh at their reuells (if his wife be entred before him) vnles he cary his horne about him Ile not trouble them. So if you trompet a broad and preach at the market crosse, you wiues shame, tis your owne shame. What shall we doe then! Take my councell, Ile aske no fee sort: bar out host: banish mine hostes, beate a way the Chamberlin, let the osters walke, enter you the chmbers peaceably, locke the dores gingerly, looke vpon your wiues wofully, but vpon the euill-doers, most wickedly. What shall wee reap by this.