Barry, Lording · published 1608 · first performed or written 1603 [c.1603-1607] (Annals) comedy · Children of the King's Revels T52 Prodigals, portions and poor kin typicality 0.74 · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T52: brother, father, uncle, cousin, son, poor, bread, old, given, master.
Nay I can tell you I am or will be of the right stamp. A pox o'your Stamp. Then learn the word for your admittance, and you will be much made on by the Congregation. I the word good Mistress Purge. A Brother in the Family. Enough I have my lesson. So have I mine, A Brother in the family, I must be a familist today. I'll follow this gear while 'tis on foot i'fath. Then shore up your eyes, and lead the way to the goodliest people that ever turned up the white o'th' eye, give me my book Club, put out thy Link, and come behind us. Who's there? Two brothers and a Sister in the Family— Let in. Who's there? A Familiar brother. here's no room for you nor your familiarity. How? no room for me nor my familiarity? why what's the difference between a familiar brother, and a brother in the Family? O I know: I made eclipses of in, in this place where it should have been expressed, so that the want of in, put me clean out; or let me see: may it not be some mystery drawn from Arithmetic? For my life these Familists love no substraction, take nothing away, but put in and ad as much as you will, and after addition follows multiplication of a most Pharasithipocritical crew. Well for my part I like not this family, nor indeed some kind of private lecturing that women use: look to't, you that have such gadders to your wives: self willed they are as children, and i'faith capable of not much more than they peevish by custom, naturally fools. I remember a pretty wooden sentence in a preamble to an exercise, where the Reader prayed: that men of his Coat might grow up like Cedars to make good wainscot in the house of sincerity, would not this wainscot phrase be writ in Brass, to publish him that spoke it for an Animal: why, such wooden pellets out of earthen Trunks, do strike these females into admiration, hits 'em home, sometimes (perhaps) in at one ear, and out at tother, and then they depart in opinion, wiser than their neighbours, fraught with matter, able to take down and mortify their husbands. Well i'll home now, and bring the true word next time: I shall expect my wife anon red hot with zeal, and big with melting tears; and this night do I expect, (as her manner is) she will weep me a whole Chamberpot full, Loquor Lapides? do I cast pills abroad? 'tis no matter what I say, I talk like a pothecary (as I am) I have only purged myself of a little choler and passion, and am now armed with a patient resolution, but how? to put my Horns in my Pocket? no: What wise men bear is not for me to scorn, 'tis a honourable thing to wear the horn.
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Nay I can tell you I am or will be of the right ſtampe. A pox o'your Stampe. Then learne the word for your admittaunce, and you will be much made on by the Congregation. I the worde good Miſtreſſe Purge. A Brother in the Family. Ynough J haue my leſſon. So haue I myne, A Brother in the family, I muſt be a familiſt to day. Ile follow this geare while tis on foote yfayth. Then ſhoare vp your eyes, and lead the way to the goodlieſt people that euer turnd vp the white o'th eye, giue me my booke Club, put out thy Linke, and come behind vs. Who's there? Two brothers and a Siſter in the Family—Let in. Who's there? A Familiar brother. Heers no roome for you nor your familiarity. How? no roome for me nor my familiarity? why whats the difference between a familiar brother, and a brother in the Family? O I know: J made eclipſes of in, in this place where it ſhould haue bin expreſt, ſo that the want of in, put me cleane out; or let me ſee: may it not be ſome myſterie drawne from Arithmetick? For my life theſe Familiſts loue no ſubſtraction, take nothing away, but put in and ad as much as you will, and after addition followes multiplication of a moſt Pharaſithipocriticall crue. VVell for my part I like not this family, nor indeed ſome kind of priuate lecturing that weomen vſe: looke toot, you that haue ſuch gadders to your wiues: ſelf willd they are as children, and yfaith capable of not much more then they peeuiſh by cuſtome, naturally fooles. J remember a prety wodden ſentence in a preamble to an exerciſe, where the Reader prayed: that men of his Coate might grow vp like Cedars to make good waynſcot in the houſe of ſincerity, would not this waynſcot phraſe be writ in Braſſe, to publiſh him that ſpake it for an Animall: why, ſuch wodden pellets out of earthen Trunks, doe ſtrike theſe females into admiration, hits 'hem home, ſometimes (perhaps) in at one eare, and out at tother, and then they depart in opinion, wiſer then their neighbours, fraught with matter, able to take down and mortifie their huſbands. VVell ile home now, and bring the true word next time: I ſhall expect my wife anon red hot with zeale, and big with melting teares; and this night do I expect, (as her manner is) ſhe will weepe me a whole Chamberpot full, Loquor Lapides? do J caſt pills abroad? tis no matter what I ſay, J talke like a Pothicary (as I am) I haue onely purgd my ſelfe of a little choller and paſſion, and am now armd with a patient reſolucion, but how? to put my Hornes in my Pocket? no: VVhat wiſe men beare is not for me to ſcorne, Tis a hornorable thing to weare the horne.