Barry, Lording · published 1608 · first performed or written 1603 [c.1603-1607] (Annals) comedy · Children of the King's Revels unassigned nearest T39 Profit, conscience and dishonest dealing · 488 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T39: conscience, lucre, usury, lucar, fraud, dissimulation, simony, london, lady, nemo.
The Organs of the body, as some term them. Organs: fie, fie, they have a most abominable squeaking sound in mine ears, they edify not a whit I detest hem: I hope my body has no Organs. To speak more familiarly Mistress Purge, they are the senses: the sight, hearing, smelling, taste, and feeling. I mary: (Mary said I Lord what a word's that in my mouth) you speak now Master dry-fat: but yet let me tell you where you err too: this feeling I will prove to be neither Organ nor fetter, it is a thing (a sense did you call it? ay, a sense. Why then a sense let it be (I say it is that we cannot be without: for (as I take it) it is a part belonging to understanding; understanding (you know) lifteth up the mind from earth; if the mind be lift up, you know the body goes with it: also it descends into the conscience, and there tickles us with our works and doings: so that we make singular use of feeling. And not of the rest? Not at that time; therefore we hold it not amiss to put out the candles, for the soul sees best i'th' dark. You come to me now Mistress Purge. Nay I will come to you else Master dry-fat: those senses (as you term them) are of much efficacy in carnal mixtures, that is, when we crowd and thrust a man and a woman together. What so close at it: I thought this was one end of your exercise. by’r lady I think there is small profit in this, I'll wink no more for I am now tickled with a conceit that it is a scurvy thing to be a Cuckold. I commend this zeal in you Mistress Purge, I desire much to be of your society. Do you indeed, blessing on your heart: are you upright in your dealings? Yes, I do love to stand to any thing I do, though I lose by it, in truth I deal but too truly for this world: You shall hear how far I am entered in the right way already: first I live in Charity and give small Alms to such as be not of the right Sect. I take under twenty i'th' hundred, nor no forfeiture of Bonds unless the law tell my conscience I may do't, I set no pot on a sundaies, but feed on cold meat dressed a Saturdays, I keep no holy days, nor fasts, but eat most flesh o'Fridays of all days i'the week: I do use to say inspired graces able to starve a wicked man with length, I have Aminadabs and Abrams to my god sons, and I chide them when they ask me blessing: and I do hate the red letter, more than I follow the written verity. here's Clergy. These are the Rudiments indeed Master dry-fat.
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The Organes of the body, as ſome terme them. Organes: fy, fy, they haue a moſt abominable ſqueking ſound in mine eares, they edifie not a whit I deteſt hem: I hope my body has no Organes. To ſpeake more familiarly Miſtris Purge, they are the ſenſes: the ſight, hearing, ſmelling, taſt, and feeling. I mary: (Mary ſaid J Lord what a words that in my mouth) you ſpeake now Maſter Dryfat: but yet let me tell you where you erre too: this feeling I will proue to be neither Organe nor fetter, it is a thing (a ſence did you call it? I, a ſence. VVhy then a ſenſe let it be (I ſay it is that we cannot be without: for (as I take it) it is a part belonging to vnderſtanding; vnderſtanding (you know) lifteth vp the mind from earth; if the mind be lift vp, you know the body goes with it: alſo it deſcends into the conſcience, and there tickles vs with our workes and doings: ſo that we make ſingular vſe of feeling. And not of the reſt? Not at that time; therefore we hold it not amiſſe to put out the candles, for the ſoule ſees beſt it'h darke. You come to me now Miſtris Purge. Nay J will come to you elſe Mayſter Dryfat: thoſe ſenſes (as you terme them) are of much efficacy in carnal mixtures, that is, when we crowde and thruſt a man and a woman together. What ſo cloſe at it: I thought this was one end of your exerciſe. Byrlady I think there is ſmal profite in this, Ile winck no more for I am now tickled with a conceit that it is a ſcuruy thing to be a Cuckold. I commend this zeal in you Miſtris Purge, J deſire much to be of your ſociety. Do you indeede, bleſſing on your heart: are you vpright in your dealings? Yes, J do loue to ſtand to any thing I do, though J loſe by it, in truth J deale but too truely for this worlde: You ſhall heare how farre I am enter'd in the right way already: Firſte I liue in Charity and giue ſmall Almes to ſuch as bee not of the right Sect. J take vnder twenty i'th hunderd, nor no forfeiture of Bonds vnleſſe the law tell my conſcience I may doo't, I ſet no pot on a ſundaies, but feede on cold meate dreſt a Satterdayes, I keepe no holy daies, nor faſts, but eate moſt fleſh o'frydayes of all dayes i'the week: J do vſe to ſay inſpir'd graces able to ſtarue a wicked man with length, I haue Aminadabs and Abrams to my god ſonnes, and I chide them when they aſke me bleſſing: and I doe hate the red letter, more then J follow the written verity. Heer's Clergy. Theſe are the Rudiments indeed Maſter Dryfat.