Day, John · published 1608 · first performed or written 1608 [1607-1608] (Annals) comedy · Children of the King's Revels T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim typicality 0.75 · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
True moulded honour I admire the temper Of thy mild patience, that not all the wrongs I laid upon thee can enforce thy spleen To foul requital, had thy coming ta'en Any base level, it had cost thy life, But being free and full of honour live, Thy virtues teach me honour freely go, A secret friends worse than an open for: You are too honest for my attendance, farewell sir. And thou too knavish for my employment. But here comes more company. Boy, let your attendance wait further of, Under this shade I mean to take a sleep. And may you madam like a soldier sleep. How boy in alarms. No Lady but in arms, and you had need of them too, for see the enemy comes down, shall I sound a parley? Peace wag. Peace, O coward, offer peace and but two to two of them. Boy dost know what gentleman it is? Gentle madam no, but he is a man. Believe me boy he is a proper man. Man is a proper name to a man, and so he may be a proper man. I love him he's a very proper man. She loves him for his properties, and indeed many women love men only to make properties of them. Pray gentleman if no more, tell me where you were born. Fair virgin if so much, nowhere somewhere anywhere, where you would have me. Faith I would have it. Marry and you shall have it Lady. What shall I have sir. Why a kiss. Nothing else: we Courtiers count them trifles, not worth taking. Why then bestow one of me i'll take it most thankfully. I will not stand with you for a trifle, sir pray where were you borne? In Italy, but never yet in Venice. You may in Venice, gentle sir adieu. Gentle Lady thrice as much to you. Farewell sweet heart. God a mercy bagpudding. You may in Venice gentle sir adieu? this begets wonder. youare not wise then, what do you take her for? Some great woman. Some woman great with child, be ruled, she's a pink board her. But how? the means. Make but a shot of flattery at her broad side, and she'll strike sail presently. Flattery? I flattery, women are like fiddlers, speak them fair they'll play of any instrument. ay, that they can play of, she's a butcher cannot play a little of all. And to common that will play too much of any, but come i'll use means to get her. Nay you must first have means to give her. Why in the course of scholarship, the genitive Case goes before the Dative. The Grammarians are fools that placed them so; for in Rerum Natura, the Dative goes before the genitive, you must always give before you can get, lovers are fools, and fools must be liberal. Will not women respect a man for his good parts?
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True moulded honor I admire the temper Of thy mild patience, that not all the wrongs J layd vpon thee can enforce thy ſpleene To fowle requitall, had thy comming tane Any baſe leuell, it had coſt thy life, But beeing free and full of honour liue, Thy vertues teach me honor freely goe, A ſecret friends worſe then an open for: You are too honeſt for my attendance, farewell ſir. And thou too knauiſh for my employment. But here comes more company. Boy, let your attendance waite further of▪ Vnder this ſhade J meane to take a ſleepe. And may you madam like a ſouldier ſleepe. How boy in alarums. No Ladye but in armes, and you had neede of them too, for ſee the enemy comes downe, ſhall I ſound a parlee▪ Peace wag. Peace, O coward, offer peace and but two to two of them. Boy doſt know what gentleman it is? Gentle madam no, but he is a man. Beleeue me boy he is a proper man. Man is a proper name to a man, and ſo he may be a proper man. I loue him hees a very proper man. She loues him for his properties, and indeede many women loue men only to make properties of them. Pray gentleman if no more, tell mee where you were born. Faire virgine if ſo much, no where ſome where any where, where you would haue me. Faith I would haue it. Marry and you ſhall haue it Ladie. VVhat ſhall J haue ſir. VVhy a kiſſe. Nothing els: we Courtiers▪ count them trifles, not woorth taking. VVhy then beſtow one of mee ile take it moſt thankfully▪ I wil not ſtand with you for a trifle, ſir pray where were you borne? In Italy, but neuer yet in Venice. You may in Venice, gentle ſir adieu. Gentle Lady thrice as much to you. Farewell ſweet heart. God a mercy bagpudding. You may in Venice gentle ſir adieu? this begets wonder. Yare not wiſe then▪ what do you take her for? Some great woman▪ Some woman great with child, be ruld, ſhees a pynk board her. But how▪ the meanes. Make but a ſhotte of flattery at hir broad ſide, and ſheele ſtrike ſaile preſently. Flattery▪ I flattery, women are like fidlers, ſpeake them faire theile play of any inſtrument. I, that they can play of▪ Shees a botcher cannot play a little of all▪ And to common that wil play too much of any, but come ile vſe meanes to get her. Nay you muſt firſt haue meanes to giue her. Why in the courſe of ſchollerſhip, the genitiue Caſe goes before the Datiue. The Grammarians are fooles that plac'de them ſo; for in Rerum Natura, the Datiue goes before the genetiue, you muſt alwayes giue before you can get, louers are fooles, and fooles muſt be liberall. VVill not women reſpect a man for his good parts?