Your Five Gallants (The Five Witty Gallants) · chunk 37 of 40
Middleton, Thomas · published 1608 · first performed or written 1607 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T41 Household service: masters, doors and po · 478 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T41: master, house, door, iohn, old, mistress, basket, lord, gentleman, ick.
What shall we suffer a changeable forepart to out-tongue us, take that. Murder, murder— How now? why Ladies, a retreat, come, you have shown your spirits sufficiently, you're all land captains, and so they shall find that come in your quarters, but have you the law free now to fight and scratch among yourselves and let your Gallants run away with us. How? Good. Sweet master Bowser. Another? Why then I perceive you know nothing: why they are in the way of marriage: A knight's daughter here in town makes her election among 'em this night. This night? This very night, and they all present themselves in a mask before her, know you not this? O traitor Master Goldstone. perjured Master Taylbee: Without soul? She will chase him. You have more cause to join, and play the grounds of friendship 'mongst yourselves, then rashly run divisional could tell you a means to pleasure you: Good master Bowser. But that you're women and are hardly secret. We vow it seriously? You should be all there in presence▪ See all, hear all, and yet not they perceive you. So that— Sweet master Bowser,— I I can stand you in stead, For I frame the device,— If ever— Will you do't— hark you— Content. And i'll make one. And I another, we'll mar the match, When that good news came of my husband's death, Goldstone promised me marriage. and Swear to me. I'll bring his oaths in question. So will Agree among yourselves, for shame. Are we resolved? In this who would not feign, Friends all for my part, here's my lip for thine. Round let it go, All wrath thus quenched, And I conclude it so. How all events strike even with my wishes, Their own invention damns them,— now Gentlemen? stands your assistance firm? Why 'tis our own case, I'm sorry you should doubt. we'll furnish you? Are these our Gallants? Are our Gallants these? Here be five shields sir? Finished already, that's well? I'll see thy master shortly. I'm satisfied. Prithee let's see master Fitsgrave, I have blazed them, What's this; Fooh, you should be a gallant too, for you're no university Scholar? Look this is Pursuit:, the device, a purse wide open, and the mouth downward. The wood, Alienis ecce crumenis. What's that? One that lives out of other men's pockets, That's right? here's Goldstone's three silver dice, They run high, two sinks and a quater? They're high men fit for his purposes— The word, Nay he will cheat his own brother, nay his own father i'faith? So much the word imports— Master Primero, Pox what says he now? The device, an unvalued pearl, hid in a cave. The word, Occulos vendit honores, What's that. One that sells maidenheads by wholesale; Excellently proper? Master Frip? That pythagorical rascal, in a gentleman's suit today, in a knight's tomorrow:
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What ſhall wee ſuffer a changeable forepart to outtongue vs, take that. Murder, murder— How now? why Ladies, a retreate, come, you haue ſhowne your ſpirits ſufficiently, y are all land captaines, and ſo they ſhall finde that come in your quarters, but haue you the law free now to fight and ſcrath among your ſelues and let your Gallants run away with vs. How? Good. Sweete maiſter Bowſer. Another? Why then I perceiue you know nothing: why they are in the way of marriage: A knights daughter here in towne makes her election among em this night. This night? This very night, and they all preſent themſelues in a maske before her, know you not this? O traitor Maiſter Goldſtone. Periurde Maiſter Tayleer Without ſoule? She will chaſe him. You haue more cauſe to ioyne, and play the grounds of friendſhip mongſt your ſelues, then raſhly run diuiſional could tell you a meanes to pleaſure you: Good maiſter Bowſer. But that y'are women and are hardly ſecret. We vow it ſeriouſly? You ſhould be all there in preſence▪ See all, heare all, and yet not they percieue you. So that— Sweete maiſter Bowſer,—I I can ſtand you in ſtead, For I frame the deuice,— If euer— Will you do't—harke you— Content. And ile make one. And I another, Weele marre the match, When that good newes came of my husbands death, Goldſtone promiſt me marriage. and Sweare to me. Ile bring his oths in queſtion▪ So will: Agree among your ſelues, for ſhame. Are we reſolude? In this who would not faine, Friends all for my part, Heer's my lip for thine▪ Round let it go, All wrath thus quencht, And I conclude it ſo. How all euents ſtrike euen with my wiſhes, Their owne inuention damnes them,—now Gentlemen? ſtands your aſſiſtance firme? Why 'tis our owne caſe, Ime ſorry you ſhould doubt. Weele furniſh you? Are theſe our Gallants? Are our Gallants theſe? Heere be fiue ſhields sir? Finiſht already, thats well? Ile ſee thy maiſter ſhortly▪ Ime ſatisfied. Prithee lets ſee maiſter Fitſgraue, I haue blaz'd them, Whats this; Fooh, you ſhould be a gallant too, for you'r no vniuerſity Scholler? Looke this is Purſuit:, the deuice, a purſe wide open, and the mouth downeward. The wood, Alienis ee rnis. Whats that? One that liues out of other mens pockets, Thats right? Heer's Goldſtones three ſiluer dice, They run hye, two ſincks and a quater? They'r hye men fit for his purpoſes—The word, Nay he will cheat his owne brother, nay his owne father ifaith? So much the word imports—Maiſter Primero, Pox what ſaies he now? The deuice, an vnuallued pearle, hid in a caue. The word, Occulos vendit honores, Whats that▪ One that ſells maidenheads by whole-ſale; Excellently proper? Maiſter Frip? That pythagoricall raskall, in a gentlemans ſuite to day, in a knights to morrow: