Your Five Gallants (The Five Witty Gallants) · chunk 28 of 40
Middleton, Thomas · published 1608 · first performed or written 1607 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T6 Money, debt and credit · 483 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T6: money, master, pound, law, lawyer, chain, gentleman, gold, pay, pray.
Fie. Nay you shall see a house dressed up i'faith, you must not think to tread ath ground when you come there.— No, how there? Why upon paths made of fig-frails, & white blankets cut out in steaks. Away— I have thought of a device, where shall we meet an hour hence. In Paul's. Agreed. The Broker-Gallant, and the Cheating-Gallant, Now I have found 'em all, I so rejoice, That the redeeming of my cloak I weigh not: I have spied him. Pax here's Boucer. Master Goldstone, my cloak, come where's my cloak sir? Oh you're a sure Gentleman; especially if a man stand in need of you, he may be slain in a morning to breakfast, ere you vouchsafe to peep out of your lodging. How? No less than four Gallants, as I'm a gentleman, drew all upon me at once, and opposed me so spitefully, that I not only lost your cloak i'th' fray. Comes it in there? But my tice Hangers, sirrah, I thinke thou hast seene e. Neuer iah sir. Those with the two Unicorns, all wrought in Pearl and gold pex on't it frets me ten times more than the loss of the platty cloak; prithee and thou lov'st me speak no more on 't, it brings the Unicorns into my mind, and thou wouldst not think how the conceit grieves me: I will not do thee that disgrace i'faith, to offer thee any satisfaction, for in my soul I think thou scorn'st it thou bearest that mind in my conscience▪ I have always said so of thee; fare thee well, when shall I see thee at my chamber, when? Every day shortly. I have fine toys to show thee. You win my heart then: The Devil scarce knew what a portion he gave his children, when he allowed 'em large impudence to live upon, & so turned 'em into th'world, surely he gave away the third part of the riches of his kingdom, revenues are but fools to't; the filed tongue and the undaunted forehead, Are mighty patrimonies, wealthier than those The city-sire, or the Court-father leaves, In these behold it, riches oft like slaves Revolt, they bear their foreheads to their graves, What soonest grasps advancement, me & great suits Trips down rich widows, gains repute and name, Makes way where ere it comes, bewitches all Thou impudence, the minion of our days On whose pale cheeks favour and fortune plays! Call you these your five Gallants, trust me they're rare fellows They live on nothing; many cannot live on something, Here they may take example;— Suspectless virgin! How easy had thy Goodness been beguiled Now only rests, that as to me they're known, So to the world their base Arts may be shown. Art sure thou sawst him receive't boy? Forty pound in gold as I'm a gentleman borne, Thy father gave the Ramshead boy?
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Fie. Nay you ſhall ſee a houſe dreſt v ifaith, you muſt not thinke o tread ath ground when you come there.— No, how ther? Why vpon paths made of fig-frailes, & white blankets cut out in ſteakes. Away—I haue thought of a deuice, where ſhal we meete an houre hence. In Powles. Agreed. The Broker-Gallant, and the Cheating-Gallant, Now I haue found 'em all, I ſo reioyce, That the redeeming of my cloake I wey not: I haue ſpyed him. Pax here's Boucer. Maiſter Goldſtone, my cloake, come wher's my cloake ſir? Oh y'are a ſure Gentleman; eſpecially if a man ſtand in need of you, he may bee ſlaine in a morning to breakfaſt, ere you vouchſafe to peepe out of your lodging. How? No leſſe then foure Gallants, as Ime a gentleman, drew all vpon me at once, and oppoſde mee ſo ſpightfully, that I not onely loſt your cloake ith' fray. Cmes it in there? But my tice Hangers, ſirrah, I thinke thou haſt ſeene e. Neuer iah ſir. Thoſe with the two Vnicornes, all wrought in Pearle and gold pex on't it frets me ten times more then the loſſe of the platty cloake; prethee and thou lou'ſt me ſpeake no more ont, it brings the Vnicornes into my minde, and thou wouldſt not thinke how the conceit greeues me: I will not do thee that diſgrace ifaith, to offer thee any ſatisfaction, for in my ſoule I thinke thou ſcornſt it thou bearſt that minde in my conſcience▪ I haue alwaies ſaid ſo of thee; fare thee well, when ſhall I ſee thee at my chamber, when? Euery day ſhortly. I haue ine toyes to ſhow thee. You win my heart then: The Diuill ſcarce knew what a portion hee gaue his children, when he allowde 'em large impudence to liue vpon, & ſo turnd em into th'world, ſurely he gaue away the third part of the riches of his kingdome, reuenues are but fooles too't; the filed tongue and the vndaunted fore-head, Are mighty patrimonies, wealthier then thoſe The Citty-Sire, or the Court-father leaues, In theſe behold it, riches oft like flaues Reuolt, they beare their fore-heads to their graues, What ſooneſt graſps aduancement, me great ſuites Trips downe rich widowes, gaines repute and name, Makes way where ere it comes, bewitches all Thou impudence, the minion of our dayes On whoſe pale cheekes fauor and fortune playes! Call you theſe your fiue Gallants, truſt me they'r rare fellowes They liue on nothing; many cannot liue on ſomething, Heere they may take example;—Suſpectleſſe virgin! How eaſie had thy Goodneſſe bene beguilde Now onely reſts, that as to me they'r knowne, So to the world their baſe Arts may be ſhowne. Art ſure thou ſaw'ſt him receiu't boy? Forty pound in gold as Im'e a gentleman borne, Thy father gaue the Rams-head boy?