Markham, Gervase / Machin, Lewis · published 1608 · first performed or written 1608 [1607-1608] (Annals) tragicomedy · Children of the King's Revels T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy typicality 0.71 · 485 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
You have a pretty ruff, how deep is it? Nay this is but shallow, marry I have a ruff is a quarter deep, measured by the yard. Indeed, by the yard? By the standard I assure you: you have a pretty set too, how big is the steel you set with? As big as a reasonable sufficient; pity of my life, I have forgot myself, if my husband should rise from his study, and miss me, we should have such a coil. A coil, why what coil? if he were my husband and did but thwart me, I would ring him so many alarms, sound him so many brass trumpets, beat him so many drums to his confusion, and thunder him such a peal of great shot, that I would turn his brain in the pan, and make him mad with an eternal silence. O Mistress Coloquintida, but my husband's anger is the worst favouredst without all conscience of any man's in all Sicily, he is even as peevish as a sick monkey, and as waspish as an ill pleased bride the second morning. Let your wrath be reciprocal, and pay him at his own weapon: but to the purpose for which I came, the party you wot of, commends him to you in this diamond, he that met the party you know, and said the party's party was a party of a partly pretty understanding. O the Lord, Alphonso. The very same believe it, he loves you, and swears he so loves you, that if you do not credit him you are worse than an infidel. Indeed Mistress Coloquintida, he hath the right garb for apparel, the true touch with the tongue in the kiss, and he dances well but falls heavily: but my husband woman, my husband, if we could put out his cats eyes, there were something to be said but they are ever peeping & prying that they are able to pierce through a millstone: beside: I may say to you, he is a little jealous too, and see where he comes, we shall have a coil now. Begin you to pont first, for that's a woman's prevention. What Lollia I say, where are you my house looks you, my men lack you, I seek you, and a whole quest of inquiry cannot find you, fie, fie, fie, fie, idleness is the whip of thrift, a good housewife should ever be occupied? Indeed I have much joy to be occupied in any body's company. Why, what's the matter? Why Orators wives shortly will be known like images on water stairs, ever in one weather-beaten suit, as if none wore hoods but monks and Ladies, nor feathers but fore-horses and waiting gentlewomen, nor chains but prisoners and Lords officers, nor periwigs but players and hot brains, but the weakest must to the walls still. Go to, you shall have what you will.
nodes 171–187 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 4 of 37 in this edition
Length
485 words · 613 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T23 — Husbands, wives and jealousycross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.707 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T26 · seed 44: T28 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
You haue a pretty ruffe, how deep is it? Nay this is but shallow, marry I haue a ruffe is a quarter deep, measured by the yeard. Indeed, by the yeard? By the standard I assure you: you haue a pretty set too, how big is the steele you set with? As big as a reasonable sufficient; pitty of my life, I haue forgot my selfe, if my husband should rise from his study, and misse me, wee should haue such a coile. A coyle, why what coyle? if he were my husband and did but thwart mee, I would ring him so many alarums, sound him so many brasse trumpets, beate him so many drums to his confusion, and thunder him such a peale of great shot, that I would turne his brain in the panne, and make him madde with an eternall silence. O mistresse Coloquintida, but my husbands anger is the worst fauouredst without all conscience of any mans in all Sicilie, he is euen as peeuish as a sick munkie, and as waspish as an ill pleasd bride the second morning. Let your wrath be reciprocall, and pay him at his owne weapon: but to the purpose for which I came, the party you wote of, commends him to you in this diamond, hee that met the party you know, and said the parties partie was a party of a partly pretty vnderstanding. O the Lord, Alphonso. The very same beleeue it, he loues you, and sweares he so loues you, that if you doe not credit him you are worse then an infidell. Indeede mistresse Coloquintida, he hath the right garbe for apparell, the true touch with the tongue in the kisse, and he dances well but falles heauily: but my husband woman, my husband, if we could put out his cattes eies, there were something to be said but they are euer peeping & prying that they are able to pierce through a milstone: besides: I may say to you, he is a little iealous too, and see where hee comes, wee shall haue a coyle now. Begin you to pout first, for thats a womans preuention. What Lollia I say, where are you my house lookes you, my men lack you, I seeke you, and a whole quest of inquiry cannot finde you, fy, fy, fy, fy, Idlenes is the whip of thrift, a good huswife should euer be occupied? Indeede I haue much ioy to bee occupied in any bodies company. Why, whats the matter? Why Orators wiues shortly will bee knowne like images on water staires, euer in one wetherbeaten suite, as if none wore hoodes but Monkes and Ladies, nor feathers but fore-horses and waiting gentlewomen, nor chaines but prisoners and Lords officers, nor perriwigs but players and hotte braines, but the weakest must to the walles still. Go to, you shall haue what you will.