Anonymous · published 1609 · first performed or written 1607 [1599-1608] (Annals) comedy · Children of the King's Revels unassigned nearest T56 Magic, spells and conjuring · 471 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T56: magic, faustus, charms, charm, conjure, spirits, skill, ho, power, spells.
Then make me of thy counsel, and take my advice, for i'll take no denial, I'll not leave thee till the next new Almanacs be out of date: let him threaten the sharpest weather he can, in Saint Swithin week, or it snow on our Lady's face, i'll not budge, i'll be thy midwife till thou be'st delivered of this passion. Partake then, and give me the belief: thinkest thou or know'st thou any of this opinion, that, that moving marish element, that swells and swages as it please the moon, to be in bigness equal to that solide lump that brings us up? I was sure thou wert beyond the Antipodes: faith I am of that faith I was brought up in, I have heard my Father say, and i'm sure his Records came from his Father, that the Land and Sea are in nature thus much alike; the own grows by the Sun, the other by the Moon, both by God's blessing; and the Sea rather the greater, and so think I. Good: there we have a farther scope, and hold the sea, can (as a looking glass) answer with a mere smile any moving shape upon the earth. Nay, that's most certain, I have heard of Sea-horses, sea-calves, and Sea-monsters. Oh, they are monstrous mad, merry wenches, and they are monsters Graccus, they call them Sea-maids or Mermaids singing sweetelye, but none dares trust them, and are very like our Land-wenches, devouring Serpents from the middle downward. Thou hast even given me satisfaction: but hast thou this by proof? Not by my travels (so God help me) marry i'll bring ye forty Sailors will swear they have seen them. In truth! In truth or otherwise. Faith they are not unlike our land monsters, else why should this Maximilian Lord, for whom these shoots and noises befits thus, forsake his honours, to sing a Lullabye? These seeming Saints, alluring evils, That make earth Erebus, and mortals devils. Come, thou art seasick, and will not be well at ease till thou hast ta'en a vomit, up with't. Why i'faith I must, I can not sooth the world With velvet words, and oily flatteries, And kiss the sweaty feet of magnitude, To purchase smiles, or a dead man's office, I cannot hold to see a rib of man A moiety of itself, command the whole Bafful, and bend to muliebrity Of female scandals; observe, do but observe, Hear one walks o'ergrown in weeds of pride, The earth wants shape, to apply a simile, A body prisoned up with walls of wire, With bones of whales, somewhat allied to fish But from the waist declining, more lose doth hang, Then her wanton dangling lascivious lock That's whirled and blown with every lustful breath. Her neck in chains, all naked lies her breast,
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Then make me of thy counſell, and take my aduice, for ile take no denyall, Ile not leaue thee til the next new Almanackes be out of date: let him threaten the ſharpeſt weather he can, in Saint Swithin week, or it ſnow on our Ladies face, ile not budge, ile be thy mid-wife til thou beeſt deliuered of this paſſion. Partake then, and giue me the beleefe: thinkſt thou or knowſt thou any of this opinion, that, that moouing mariſh element, that ſwels and ſwages as it pleaſe the moone, to be in bignes equall to that ſolide lump that brings vs vp? I was ſure thou wert beyond the Antipodes: faith I am of that faith I was brought vp in, I haue heard my Father ſay, and i'me ſure his Recordes came from his Father, that the Land and Sea are in nature thus much alike; the owne growes by the Sunne, the other by the Moone, both by Gods bleſſing; and the Sea rather the greater, and ſo thinke I. Good: there we haue a farther ſcope, and holde the ſea, can (as a looking glaſſe) anſwere with a meere ſmile any moouing ſhape vppon the earth. Nay, that's moſt certaine, I haue heard of Sea-horſes, Sea-calues, and Sea-monſters. Oh, they are monſtrous madde, merrie wenches, and they are monſters Graccus, they call them Sea-maides or Mermaides ſinging ſweetelye, but none dares truſt them, and are verie like our Land-wenches, deuouring Serpents from the middle downeward. Thou haſt euen giuen me ſatisfaction: but haſt thou this by proofe? Not by my trauels (ſo God helpe me) marrie ile bring ye fortie Saylers will ſweare they haue ſeene them. In truth! In truth or otherwiſe. Faith they are not vnlike our land monſters, elſe why ſhould this Maximilian Lord, for whom theſe ſhoots and noyſes befits thus, forſake his honours, to ſing a Lullabye? Theſe ſeeming Saints, alluring euils, That make earth Erebus, and mortals deuils. Come, thou art Sea-ſicke, and will not be well at eaſe til thou haſt tane a vomit, vp with't. Why ifaith I muſt, I can not ſoothe the world With veluet words, and oyly flatteries, And kiſſe the ſweatie feete of magnitude, To purchaſe ſmiles, or a deade mans office, I cannot holde to ſee a rib of man A moytie of it ſelfe, commaund the whole Bafful, and bend to muliebritie Of female ſcandals; obſerue, doe but obſerue, Heere one walks ore-growne in weeds of pride, The earth wants ſhape, to apply a ſimile, A body priſoned vp with walles of wyer, With bones of whales, ſomewhat allyed to fiſh But from the waſt declining, more looſe doth hang, Then her wanton dangling laſciuious locke Thats whirld and blowne with euerie luſtfull breath. Her necke in chaines, all naked lyes her breſt,