Your Five Gallants (The Five Witty Gallants) · chunk 2 of 40
Middleton, Thomas · published 1608 · first performed or written 1607 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim · 515 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
Stay, this petticoat has been turned? Often turned up and down & you will, but never turned sir. Cry you mercy indeed: A fine white Beaver, pearl-band; 3. falls, iha' known her have more in her days. Alas and she be but a Gentlewoman of any count or charge, 3. faults are nothing, in these daies-Know that; tut the worlds changed, gentlewoman's faults stand upright now, no sin but has a Bolster, that it may lie at ease: Well what do you borrow of these sir? twelve pound and you will sir. How? They were not hers for twenty. Why so: our pawn is ever thrice the value of our money unless in plate and jewels, how should the months be restored and the use else? we must cast it for the twelvemonth, so many pounds, so many months, so many eighteen pences, than the use of these eighteen pences, than the want of the return of those pounds, all these must be laid together, which well considered, the valuation of the pawn had need to sound treble: Can six pound pleasure the Gentlewoman. It may please her, but like a man of threescore in the Limbrest degree. I have but one word more to say in't, twenty nobles is all and the utmost that I will hazard upon't. she must be content with't, the less borrowed the better paid, come. Arthur? At hand sir. Tell out twenty nobles, and take her name in a Bill? I'm satisfied sir? Welcome: good Saint Martin's in the field, welcome, welcome, I know no other name? What so hard at your prayers? A little sir, summing up my pawns here: what Master Primero? is it you sir Gallant; and how does all the pretty sweet Ladies, those plump, kind, delicate blisses; ha? whom I kiss in my very thoughts: how do they Gallant? Why Gallant? if they should not do well in my house, where should it be done boy, have I not a glorious Situation? Oh a Gallant Receipt, Violet air, curious garden, quaint walks, fantastical Arbours, three backdoors and a Coachgate, nay thou'rt admirably seated, little furniture will serve thee, thou'rt never without movables. I praise my Stars; ah the goodly virginities that have been cut up in my house, and the goodly patrimonies that have lain like sops in the gravy, and when those sops were eaten, yet the meat was kept whole for another, and another, and another, for as in one pie twenty may dip their sippits, so upon one woman forty may consume their patrimonies. Excellent, master Primero? Well, i'll pray for women while I live, they're the profitablest fools, i'll say that for 'em, a man can keep about his house the prettiest kind fowl, so tame, so gentle e en to strangers, hands, So soon familiar, suffer to be touched, Of those they near saw twice: the Doves not like 'em. Most certain, for that's honest; but I have a suit to you? And so have I to you. That happens well, Grant mine and i'll grant yours? A match.
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Stay, this petticoate has bene turnd? Often turnd vp and down & you wil, but neuer turnd ſir. Cry you mercy indeed: A fine white Beuer, pearle-band; 3. falls, Iha knowne her haue more in her daies. Alaſſe and ſhe bee but a Gentlewoman of any count or charge, 3. faules are nothing, in theſe daies-Know that; tut the worlds chang'd, gentlewomans faules ſtand vpright now, no ſinne but has a Bolſter, that it may lye at eaſe: Well what do you borrow of theſe ſir? Twelue pound and you will ſir. How? They were not hers for twenty. Why ſo: our pawne is euer thrice the value of our mony vnles in plate and Iewells, how ſhould the moneths bee reſtor'd and the vſe elſe? we muſt caſt it for the twelue moneth, ſo many pounds, ſo many moneths, ſo many eighteene pences, then the vſe of theſe eighteene pences, then the want of the returne of thoſe pounds, all theſe muſt bee laid togither, which well conſidered, the valuation of the pawne had need to ſound treble: Can ſix pound pleaſure the Gentlewoman. It may pleaſe her, but like a man of threeſcore in the Limbreſt degree. I haue but one word more to ſay in't, twenty nobles is all and the vtmoſt that I will haxard vppon't. ſhe muſt be content with't, the leſſe borrowed the better paid, come. Arthur? At hand ſir. Tell out twenty nobles, and take her name in a Bill? Im e ſatisfied ſir? Welcome: good Saint Martins in the field, welcome, welcome, I know no other name? What ſo hard at your praiers? A litle ſir, ſumming vp my pawnes here: what Maiſter Primero? is it you ſir Gallant; and how does all the prety ſweete Ladies, thoſe plumpe, kinde, delicate bliſſes; ha? whom I kiſſe in my very thoughts: how do they Gallant? Why Gallant? if they ſhould not doe well in my houſe, where ſhould it be done boy, haue I not a glorious Sctuation? Oh a Gallant Receit, Violet ayre, curious garden, quaint walkes, fantaſticall Arbors, three back-doores and a Coachgate, nay tha'rt admirably ſeated, little furniture will ſerue thee, tha'rt neuer without moueables. I praiſe my Starres; ah the goodly virginities that haue beene cut vp in my houſe, and the goodly patrimonies that haue laine like ſops in the grauie, and when thoſe ſops were eaten, yet the meate was kept whole for another, and another, and another, for as in one pie twenty may dip their ſippits, ſo vpon one woman forty may conſume their patrimonies. Excellent, maſter Primero? Wel, ile pray for women while I liue, the're the profitableſt fooles, ile ſay that for em, a mā can keepe about his houſe the pretieſt kinde fowle, ſo tame, ſo gentle e en to ſtrangers, hands, So ſoone familiar, ſuffer to be toucht, Of thoſe they nere ſaw twice: the Doues not like em. Moſt certaine, for thats honeſt; but I haue a ſuite to you? And ſo haue I to you. That happens well, Grant mine and ile grant yours? A match.