Your Five Gallants (The Five Witty Gallants) · chunk 8 of 40
Middleton, Thomas · published 1608 · first performed or written 1607 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T62 The courtier as a type: fashion, affecta · 486 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T62: courtier, shrug, face, court, italian, monsieur, scholar, fashion, french, courtiers.
To fools, and strangers these are Gentlewomen of sort, and worship: Knights heirs, great in portions, Boarded here for their Music, And often time 'tas been so cunningly carried, That I have had two stolen away at once, And married at Savoy and proved honest shopkeepers; And I may safely swear they practised Music: Their natural at pricksong, a small mist Will dazzle a fools eye, and that's the world, So I can thump my hand upon the table, With a Austere grace and cry 1 2 and 3, Fret, stamp and curse, foh 'twill pass well for me? How now sirrah? They're coming in sir,& strangers in their company, Tune apace Ladies, be ready for the Song sirrah? Nay I beseech you gallants be more inward with this, Gentleman his parts deserve it, Whence come he sir? Piping hot from the University, he smells of buttered loaves yet, a excellent scholar, but the arrantest Ass, for this our Solicitor, he's a rare fellow five and forty mile hence, believe that: his friends are of the old fashion, all in their graves, and now has he the leisure to fallow all fashions, ply the Brothels, Practice salutes and Cringes. Oh! Now dear acquaintance, I'll bring you to see fashions. What house its this sir? Oh of great name here music its professed, Here sometimes Ladies practise, and the meanest, Daughters to men of worship, Whom Gentlemen, such as ourselves may visit, Court, clip and exercise our wits upon, It its a professed courtesy. A pretty recreation i'faith. I seldom saw so few here, you shall have'em sometimes in every corner of the house, with their Viols betwixt their legs, and play the sweetest strokes 'twould e'en filch your soul almost out of your bosom. Pax on't: we spoil ourselves for want of these things at University? You have no such natural happiness, let's draw near, Gentlemen you are all most respectively welcome: We are bold and insatiate Suitors sir to the breath of your music, & the dear sight of those Ladies. And what our poor skill can invite you to, You are kindly welcome: you must pardon 'em Gentlemen, Virgins and bashful, besides new beginners, 'tis not a whole month since they were first entered. seven year in my knowledge. They blush at their very lessons, they will not endure, To hear of a Stop, a Prick, or a Semiquaver, O out upon you: La I tell you, you'll bear me witness Gentlemen, If their complaints come to their parents ears, Their words of Art, I teach 'em nought but Art. Why 'tis most certain. For all Scholars know, that Musica est Ars. O beastly word? Look to the Ladies, Gentlemen; Kiss again? Come another? this a good Interim? what have you done sir? why? what have I done, Saw you their stomachs queasy, and come with such gross meat! Why is't not lattin sir,
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To fooles, and ſtrangers theſe are Gentlewomen of ſort, and worſhip: Knights heires, great in portions, Boorded here for their Muſicke, And often time 'tas beene ſo cunningly carried, That I haue had two ſtolne away at once, And married at Sauoy and prou'd honeſt ſhop-keepers; And I may ſafely ſweare they practiſ'd Muſicke: Their naturall at prick-ſong, a ſmall miſt Will dazle a fooles eye, and thats the world, So I can thump my hand vpon the table, With an Auſtere grace and cry 1 2 and 3, Fret, ſtamp and curſſe, foh twill paſſe well for me? How now ſirrah? They'r comming in ſir, & ſtrangers in their company, Tune apace Ladies, be ready for the Song ſirrah? Nay I beſeech you gallants be more inward with this, Gentleman his parts deſerue it, Whence come he ſir? Piping hotte from the Vniuerſity, hee ſmells of buttered loaues yet, an excellent ſcholler, but the arranteſt Aſſe, for this our Soliciter, hee's a rare fellow fiue and fortie myle hence, beleeue that: his friends are of the olde faſhion, all in their graues, and now has hee the leyſure to follow all faſhions, plye the Brothels, Practiſe ſalutes and Cringes. Oh! Now deere acquaintance, Ile bring you to ſee faſhions. What houſe is this ſir? Oh of great name here muſick is profeſt, Here ſome-times Ladies practiſe, and the meaneſt, Daughters to men of worſhip, Whom Gentlemen, ſuch as our ſelues may viſit, Court, clip and exerciſe our wits vpon, It is a profeſt curteſie. A prety recreation yfaith. I ſeldome ſaw ſo few here, you ſhall haue'em ſometimes in euery corner of the houſe, with their Violls betwixt their legs, and play the ſweeteſt ſtroaks twould een filch your ſoule allmoſt out of your boſome. Pax on't: we ſpoile our ſelues for want of theſe things at Vniuerſity? You haue no ſuch natural happines, let's draw neere, Gentlemen you are all moſt reſpectiuely welcome: We are bold and inſatiate Suiters ſir to the breath of your muſicke, & the deere ſight of thoſe Ladies. And what our poore skill can inuite you to, You are kindly welcome: you muſt pardon 'em Gentlemen, Virgins and baſhfull, beſides new beginners, Tis not a whole moneth ſince they were firſt entred. Seauen yeare in my knowledg▪ They bluſh at their very leſſons, they will not indure, To heare of a Stop, a Pricke, or a Semy-quauer, O out vpon you: La I tell you, youle beare me witnes Gentlemen, If their complaints come to their parents eares, Their words of Art, I teach 'em nought but Art. Why tis moſt certaine. For all Schollers know, that Muſica eſt Ars. O beaſtly word? Looke to the Ladies, Gentlemen; Kiſſe agen? Come an other? this a good Interim? what haue you done ſir? why? what haue I done, Saw you their ſtomacks queaſie, and come with ſuch groſſe meate! Why iſt not lattin ſir,