Your Five Gallants (The Five Witty Gallants) · chunk 40 of 40
Middleton, Thomas · published 1608 · first performed or written 1607 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma · 492 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
Peamont and the rest. Where's Boucer? Here. we are all betrayed. Betrayed▪ y' are new forth to betrayed, you have not so much worth: nay struggle not with the net, you are caught for this world. Would we were out. 'Twas I framed your device: do you see 'twas I; The whole assembly has took notice of it, That you are a gallant cheater, So much the pawning of my cloak contains▪ You a base thief, think of Coome-park and tell me that your a hired smockster, here's her letter. In which we are certified that you are a Bawd. The broker has confessed it. So has the boy. That boy willbe hanged, he stole the chain at first and has thus long maintained his masters Gallantry. All which we here present like captive slaves, Waiting that doom which their presumption craves. How easily may our suspectless sex, With fair appearing shadows be deluded: Dear sir, you have the work so well begun, That took from you small glory would be won. Since 'tis your pleasure to refer to me, The doom of these; I have provided so: They shall not altogether lose their cost; See I have brought wives for 'em. Heart, the strumpets— out, Having assumed out of their impudence, The shape of shield-boys. To heapful confusion. Rather confine us to strict chastity▪ A mere impossible task then to wed these: Whom we loathe worse than the foulest disease. O grant 'em their requests. The doom is past, So since your aim was marriage: Either embrace it in these Courtesans, Or have your base acts, and felonious lives Proclaimed to the indignation of the law, Which will provide a public punishment: As for the boy, and that infectious Bawd, We put forth those to whipping. Whipping? you find not that in the statute to whip satin. Away with him. Since all our shifts are discovered, as far as I can see 'tis our best course to marry 'em: we'll make them get our livings. He says true. You see how we are threatened, by my troth wenches be ruled by me, let's many 'em and it be but to plague 'em; for when we have husbands we are under covert-baron, and may lie with whom we list; I have tried that in my other husband's days. A match. I'll be no more deferred▪ come, when do you join: These forced marriages do never come to good. How can they, when the come to such as you? The often prove the ruin of great houses, Nor Virgin do I in this seek to entice: All glory to myself; these Gentlemen, To whom I am bound to love for kind assistance, Had great affinity in the plot with me. To them I give my thanks: myself to thee, Thrice worthy Fitsgrave. I hasell my wishes. And I presume there's none but those can frown, Whose envies like the rushes we tread down.
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Peamot and the reſt. Where's Boucer? Heere. Wee are all betraide. Betrayde▪ e new forth to betrayde, you haue not ſo much worth: nay ſtruggle not with the net, you are caught for this world. Would we were out. 'Twas I fram'd your deuiſe: do you ſee 'twas I; The whole aſſembly has tooke notice of it, That you are a gallant cheator, So much the pawning of my cloake containes▪ You a baſe theefe, thinke of Coome-parke and tell me that your a hired Smokſter, heres her letter. In which we are certified that you are a Bawde. The broker has confeſt it. So has the boy. That boy wilbe hangd, he ſtole the chaine at firſt and has thus long maintainde his maiſters Gallantry. All which we here preſent like captiue ſlaues, Waiting that doome which their preſumption craues. How eaſily may our ſuſpectleſſe ſexe, With faire appeering ſhadowes be deluded: Deare ſir, you haue the worke ſo well begun, That tooke from you ſmall glory would be wonne. Since tis your pleaſure to refer to me, The doome of theſe; I haue prouided ſo: They ſhall not altogither looſe their coſt; See I haue brought wiues for em. Heart, the ſtrumpets—out, out▪ Hauing aſſum'd out of their impudence, The ſhape of ſheeld-boyes. To heapefull confuſion. Rather confine vs to ſtrikt chaſtity▪ A meere impoſſible taske then to wed theſe: Whom we loth worſe then the ful'ſt deſeaſe. O grant em their requeſtes. The doome is paſt, So ſince your aime was mariage: Either imbrace it in theſe Curtizans, Or haue your baſe acts, and felloous liue Proclaimd to the indignation of the law, Which will prouide a publike puniſhment: As for the boy, and that infectious Bawde, We put forth thoſe to whipping. Whipping? you finde not that in the ſtatute to whip ſattin. Away with him. Since all our ſhifts are diſcouered, as farre as I can ſee tis our beſt courſe to marry em: weele make them get our liuings. He ſaies true. You ſee how we are threatened, by my troth wenches be rul'd by me, lets many em and it bee but to plauge em; for when we haue husbands we are vnder couert-baron, and may lie with whom wee liſt; I haue tri'd that in my tother husbands daies. A match. Ile be no more deerd▪ come, when do you ioyne: Theſe forc'd marriages do neuer come to good. How can they, when the come to ſuch as you? The often prooue the ruine of great houſes, Nor Virgin do I in this ſeeke to entice: All glory to my ſelfe; theſe Gentlemen, To whome I am bound to loue for kinde aſſiſtance, Had great affinity in the plot with me. To them I giue my thankes: my ſelfe to thee, Thrice worthy Fitſgraue. I ha ll my wiſhes. And I preſume ther's none but thoſe can frowne, Whoſe nus like the ruſhes we tread downe.