Jonson, Ben · published 1609 · first performed or written 1597 [1597-1598; interpolations later] (Annals) comedy · Pembroke's Men T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma typicality 0.84 · 491 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
Nay stay sweet Angelo, I am disposed A little to be pleasant past my custom, He's gone? he's gone, I have disgraced him shrewdly, Daughters take heed of him, he's a wild youth, Look what he says to you believe him not, He will swear love to every one he sees. Francisco, give them council, good Francisco, I dare trust thee with both, but him with neither. Your Lordship yet may trust both them with him. Well go your ways away; how now Christopher, What news with you? I have an humble suit to your good Lordship. A suit Christopher? what suit I prithee? I would crave pardon at your Lordship's hands, If it seem vain or simple in your sight. I'll pardon all simplicity, Christopher, What is thy suit? Perhaps being now so old a bachelor, I shall seem half unwise, to bend myself In strict affection to a poor young maid. What? is it touching love Christopher? Art thou disposest to marry, why 'tis well. ay, but your Lordship may imagine now That I being steward of your honour's house. If I be married once, will more regard The maintenance of my wife and of my charge, Than the due discharge of my place and office. No, no, Christopher, I know thee honest. Good faith my Lord, your honour may suspect it— but— Then I should wrong thee, thou hast ever been Honest and true, and will be still I know. ay but this marriage altars many men: And you may fear, it will do me my Lord, But ere it do so? I will undergo Ten thousand several deaths. I know it man. Who wouldst thou have I prithee? Rachel de pry, If your good Lordship, grant me your consent. Rachel de pry? what the poor beggars daughter? she's a right handsome maid, how poor soever, And thou hast my consent, with all my heart. I humbly thank your honour. I'll now ask her father. Do so Christofero thou shalt do well. 'tis strange (she being so poor) he should affect her, But this is more strange that myself should love her. I spied her, lately, at her father's door, And if I did not see in her sweet face Gentry and nobleness, near trust me more: But this persuasion, fancy wrought in me, That fancy being created with her looks, For where love is he think his basest object Gentle and noble: I am far in love, And shall be forced to wrong my honest steward, For I must sue, and seek her for myself; How much my duty to my late dead wife, And my own dear renown soe'er it sways, He to her father straight. Love hates delays. Come on i'faith, let's to some exercise or other my hearts: Fetch the hilts fellow juniper, wilt thou play: I cannot resolve you? 'tis as I am fitted with the ingenuity, quantity, or quality of the cudgel.
seed 43: T6 · seed 44: T7 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
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Nay ſtay ſweet Angelo, I am diſpoſed A little to be pleaſant paſt my couſtome, He's gone? he's gone, I haue diſgraſt him ſhrewdly, Daughters take heede of him, he's a wild youth, Looke what he ſayes to you beleeue him not, He will ſweare loue to euery one he ſees. Franciſco, giue them councell, good Franciſco, I dare truſt thee with both, but him with neither. Your Lordſhip yet may truſt both them with him. Well goe your waies away; how now Chriſtopher, What newes with you? I haue an humble ſuit to your good Lordſhip. A ſuit Chriſtopher? what ſuit I prithee? I would craue pardon at your Lordſhips hands, If it ſeeme vaine or ſimple in your ſight. Ile pardon all ſimplicity, Chriſtopher, What is thy ſuit? Perhaps being now ſo old a batcheler, I ſhall ſeeme halfe vnwiſe, to bend my ſelfe In ſtrict affection to a poore yong maide. What? is it touching loue Chriſtopher? Art thou diſpoſt to marry, why tis well. I, but your Lordſhip may imagine now That I being ſteward of your honours houſe. If I be maried once, will more regard The maintenance of my wife and of my charge, Then the due diſcharge of my place and office. No, no, Chriſtopher, I know thee honeſt. Good faith my Lord, your honour may ſuſpect it▪ but— Then I ſhould wrong thee, thou haſt euer been Honeſt and true, and will be ſtill I knowe. I but this marriage alters many men: And you may feare, it will do me my Lord, But ere it do ſo? I will vndergoe Ten thouſand ſeuerall deaths. I know it man. Who wouldſt thou haue I prithee? Rachel de prie, If your good Lordſhip, graunt me your conſent. Rachel de prie? what the poore beggers daughter? Shees a right handſome maide, how poore ſoeuer, And thou haſt my conſent, with all my hart. I humbly thanke your honour. Ile now aſke her father. Do ſo Chriſtofero thou ſhalt do well. Tis ſtrange (ſhe being ſo poore) he ſhould affect her, But this is more ſtrange that my ſelfe ſhould loue her. I ſpide her, lately, at her fathers doore, And if I did not ſee in her ſweet face Gentry and nobleneſſe, nere truſt me more: But this perſwaſion, fancie wrought in me, That fancie being created with her lookes, For where loue is he thinke his baſeſt obiect Gentle and noble: I am farre in loue, And ſhall be forc'd to wrong my honeſt ſteward, For I muſt ſue, and ſeeke her for my ſelfe; How much my duetie to my late dead wife, And my owne deere renowne ſo ere it ſwaies, He to her father ſtraight. Loue hates delays. Come on Ifaith, lets to ſome exerciſe or other my hearts: Fetch the hilts fellow Iuniper, wilt thou play: I cannot reſolue you? tis as I am fitted with the ingenuity, quantity, or quality of the cudgell.