Barry, Lording · published 1608 · first performed or written 1603 [c.1603-1607] (Annals) comedy · Children of the King's Revels unassigned nearest T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim · 493 words
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I pray let's have no polluted feet nor Rheumatic chaps enter the house, I shall have my flower look more greasy shortly, than one of your Inn of Court dining Tables: and now to you good Niece I bend my speech, let me tell you plainly, you are a fool to be lovesick for any man, longer than he is in your company, are you so ignorant in the rules of Courtship, to think any one man to bear all the prick and praise? I tell thee, be he never so proper, there is another to second him. Let rules of Courtship be authentic still, To such as do pursue variety, But unto those whose modest thoughts do tend. To honoured Nuptials, and a regular life As far from show of niceness, as from that Of impure thoughts, all other objects seem Respectless, of no proportion balanced with esteem Of what their souls affect. No marvel sure you should regard these men with such reverend opinion, there's few good faces, and fewer graces in any of them, if one among a multitude have a good pair of legs, he never leaves riding the ring, till he has quite marred the proportion: nay some (as I have heard) wanting lineaments to their liking, and Calf to support themselves, are fain to use Art, and supply themselves with quilted Calves, which oftentimes in reveling fall about their Ankles, and for their behaviour, wit and discourse (except some few that are traveled) it is as imperfectious and silly, as your Scholars new come from the University, by this light I think we lose part of our happiness when we make these weathercocks our equals. Disgrace not that for which our sect was made, Society in nuptial beds above these joys Which lovers taste, when their conjoined lips Suck forth each others souls, the earth the Air, Yea Gods themselves know none: Elysium's sweet I all that bliss which Poets pens describe Are only known, when soft and amorous folds, Entwine the Corpse of two united lovers, Where what they wish, they have yet still desire, And sweets are known without society. here's Club forsooth and his fellow prentice have brought master Gerardine's Trunk. Let them come in if their feet be clean. So then your best beloved is gone, fair weather after him; all thy passions go with him, recomfort thyself wench in a better choice, his love to thee would have been of no longer continuance than the untrussing of his hose, then why shouldst thou pine for such a one. she's foolish sure, with what imperfect phrase, And shallow wit she answers me. Honest Club welcome, is this master Gerardine's Trunk? he is gone then? I indeed mistress Glister, he is departed this transitory City, but his whole substance is here enclosed, which (by command) we here deliver to your custody, to the use of mistress Maria according to the tenure of the premises.
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J pray lets haue no polluted feete nor Rumatick chaps enter the houſe, I ſhall haue my flowre looke more greſie ſhortly, then one of your Inne of Court dyning Tables: and now to you good Neece I bend my ſpeeche, let me tell you plainly, you are a foole to be loue-ſicke for any man, longer then he is in your company, are you ſo ignorant in the rules of Courtſhip, to thinke any one man to beare all the pricke and praiſe? I tell thee, be he neuer ſo proper, there is an other to ſecond him. Let rules of Courtſhip be authentick ſtill, To ſuch as doe purſue variety, But vnto thoſe whoſe modeſt thoughts do tend. To honord Nuptialls, and a regular life As farre from ſhew of niceneſſe, as from that Of impure thoughts, all other obiects ſeeme Reſpectleſſe, of no proportion ballanſt with eſteeme Of what their ſoules affect. No maruell ſure you ſhould regard theſe men with ſuch reuerend opinion, ther's few good faces, and fewer graces in any of them, if one among a multitude haue a good paire of legs, he neuer leaues iding the ring, till he has quite mar'd the proportion: nay ſome (as I haue heard) wanting lyniaments to their liking, and Calfe to ſupport themſelues, are fayne to vſe Arte, and ſupply themſelues with quilted Calus, which oftentimes in Reuelling fall about their Ancles, and for their behauiour, wit and diſcourſe (except ſome few that are trauelled) it is as imperfectious and ſilly, as your Schollers new come from the Vniuerſity, by this light I thinke we looſe part of our happineſſe when we make theſe weathercocks our equalls. Diſgrace not that for which our ſect was made, Society in nuptiall beds aboue theſe ioyes Which louers taſt, when their conioyned lips Suck forth each others ſoules, the earth the Ayre, Yea Gods themſelues know none: Eliſiums ſweet J all that bliſſe which Poets pens deſcribe Are only known, when ſoft and amorous foulds, Entwine the Corps of two vnited louers, VVhere what they wiſh, they haue yet ſtill deſire, And ſweets are known without ſociety. Heer's Club forſooth and his fellowe prentiſe haue brought maſter Gerardines Trunke. Let them come in if their feete be cleane. So then your beſt beloued is gone, fayre weather after him; all thy paſſions goe with him, recomfort thy ſelfe wench in a better choice, his loue to thee would haue bin of no longer continuāce then the vntruſſing of his hoſe, then why ſholdſt thou pine for ſuch a one. Shee's fooliſh ſure, with what imperfect phraſe, And ſhallow wit ſhe anſwers me. Honeſt Club welcome, is this maſter Gerardines Trunke? he is gone then? I indeed miſtris Gliſter, he is departed this tranſitory Citty, but his whole ſubſtāce is here incloſed, which (by command) we here deliuer to your cuſtody, to the vſe of miſtriſſe Maria according to the tenure of the premiſſes.