Barry, Lording · published 1608 · first performed or written 1603 [c.1603-1607] (Annals) comedy · Children of the King's Revels T3 Sickness, physic and doctors typicality 0.69 · 495 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T3: doctor, master, cure, disease, pray, physic, physician, mr, sick, lady.
Place it here my honest Club, well done: and how does thy mistress. was she at the Family today,— spit not good Club, I can not abide it. Not today forsooth, she hath overcharged herself and her memory, she means to use a moderation, and take no more than she can make use of. And I pray thee Club what kind of creatures are these Familists, thou art conversant with them. What are they? With reverence be it spoken, they are the most accomplished Creatures under heaven, in them is all perfection. As how good Club? Omitting their outward graces, I'll show you only one instance which includes all other: they love their neighbours better than themselves. Not than themselves Club. Yes better than themselves, for they love them better than their husbands, and husband and wife are all one; therefore better than themselves. This is logic. But tell me doth she not endeavour to bring my Doctor of her side and Fraternity. Let him resolve that himself for here he comes. O: hast thou brought the Trunk honest Club, I commend thy honest care, here's for thy pains. I thank you master Doctor, you are free and liberal still, you'll command me nothing back? Nothing but commendations, farewell: your sweet heart Gerardine is by this time cold of his hope to enjoy thee: he's gone, and a more equal and able husband shall my care ere long provide thee: what clients have been here in my absence wife? Faith Mouse none that I know, more than an old woman that had lost her Cat, and came to you for a Spell in the recovery. I think egregious ignorance will go near to save this age, their blindness takes me for a conjuror: yesterday a justice of peace salutes me, with proffer of a brace of Angels to help him to his foot-cloth, some 3. days before stolen, and was feign to use his man's cloak in stead on't. here's a gentleman craves speech with you sir. Go in sweet wife, and give my Niece good counsel: His name. He will not tell it me. His countenance. I can see nothing but his eyes; the rest of him is so rapt in cloak, that it suffers no view. Admit him, what should he be for a man: what Master Lipsalve is't you? why thus obscured, what discontent overshadows you. A discontent indeed Master Doctor, which to shake off, I must have you extend your Art to the utmost bounds: you Physicians are as good as false doors behind hangings to Ladies necessary uses: you know the very hour in which they have neither will to deny, nor wit to mistrust: faith now by the way, when are women most apt. Shall I unbutton myself unto you; after the receipt of a purgation. for then are their pores most open: but what creature of a Courtier is it, hath drawn your head into the woodcock's noose.
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Length
495 words · 620 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T3 — Sickness, physic and doctorscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.693 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T3 · seed 44: T4 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Place it here my honeſt Club, well done: and how does thy miſtriſſe▪ was ſhe at the Family to day,— ſpit not good Club, J can not abide it. Not to day forſooth, ſhe hath ouercharged her ſelfe and her memory, ſhe meanes to vſe a moderation, and take no more then ſhe can make vſe of. And I pre thee Club what kind of creatures are theſe Familiſts, thou art conuerſant with them. What are they? With reuerence be it ſpoken, they are the moſt accompliſht Creatures vnder heauen, in them is all perfection. As how good Club? Omitting their outward graces, Ile ſhow you only one inſtāce which includes all other: they loue their neighbors better then themſelues. Not then themſelues Club. Yes better then themſelues, for they loue them beter then their huſbands, and huſband and wife are all one; therefore better then themſelues. This is logick. But tell me doth ſhe not endeauor to bring my Doctor of her ſide and Fraternity. Let him reſolue that himſelfe for here he comes. O: haſt thou brought the Trunk honeſt Club, I commend thy honeſt care, heer's for thy paines. J thank you maſter Doctor, you are free and liberall ſtill, you'l command me nothing back? Nothing but commendations, farewell: your ſweet hart Gerardine is by this time cold of his hope to enioy thee: he'es gone, and a more equall and able huſband ſhall my care ere long prouide thee: what clyents haue bin here in my abſence wife? Faith Mouſe none that I know, more then an old woman that had loſt her Cat, and came to you for a Spell in the recouery. I thinke egregious ignorance will goe neere to ſaue this age, their blindnes takes me for a coniurer: yeſterday a Iuſtice of peace ſalutes me, with profer of a brace of Angells to helpe him to his footcloth, ſome 3. dayes before ſtoln, and was faine to vſe his mans cloake in ſtead on't. Heers a gentleman craues ſpeech with you ſir. Go in ſweet wife, and giue my Neece good counſel: His name. He will not tell it me. His countenance. I can ſee nothing but his eies; the reſt of him is ſo rapt in cloake, that it ſuffers no view. Admit him, what ſhould he be for a man: what Maſter Lipſalue is't you? why thus obſcur'd, what diſcontent ouerſhadowes you. A diſcontent indeed Maſter Doctor, which to ſhake off, J muſt haue you extend your Art to the vtmoſt bounds: you Phyſitiās are as good as falſe dores behind hangings to Ladies neceſſary vſes: you know the very hower in which they haue neither will to deny, nor wit to miſtruſt: faith now by the way, when are women moſt apt. Shall I vnbutton my ſelfe vnto you; after the receipt of a purgation▪ for then are their pores moſt open: but what creature of a Courtier is it, hath drawne your head into the woodcocks nooſe.