Chapman, George · published 1611 · first performed or written 1602 [1601-1602] (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars unassigned nearest T35 Fools, wit and railing · 518 words
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Aurelio, Occasion is bald, take her by the forelock; so, so. In Hymen's name get you together, here will I stand Sentinel. This is the back gate to Honorio's house, which shall be Aurelio's, if God give him grace to weep for his father's death in time. And in this garden, if I could see the chaste Lucrece, or the affable mistress Temperance, I might (thus wrapped in my cloak) steal a little courtship through the chink of a pale. But indeed I think it safer to sit closer, and so to cloud the sum of my visnomy, that no eye discern it. So be it, that's my resolution. Now to my contemplation, this is no Pandarism, is it? No, for there is neither money nor credit proposed or expected, and beside there is no unlawful act intended, no not this same lasciva actio animi: I think for his part, much less hers: go to, let me do my kinswoman, and her sex right, sit at rest with me then reputation, and conscience, fall asleep with the world, but this same idle attendance is the spite of it, Idleness is accounted with other men a sin, to me 'tis a penance, I was begot in a stirring season, for now hath my soul a thousand fancies in an instant, as what wench dreams on when she lies on her back, when one hen lays an egg and another sits it, whether that hen shall mother that chicken? If my bull leap your cow, is not the calf yours? yes no doubt, for Aedificium cedit solo says the Lawyer: and then to close all comes in a sentence, Non omnia possumus omnes: for some are borne to riches, others to verses, some to be bachelors, others to be cuckolds, some to get crowns, and others to spend ''em, some to get children, and others to keep'em: and all this is but idleness, would to God I had some scurvy poem about me to laugh at, but mark, yonder's a motion to be seen. Yonder he sits i'faith, well done true love, good signor Leonoro, he keeps promise the best, he does not see me yet. 'Tis the staid Madam Temperance, a pretty pinnace she has been in her days, and in her nights too, for her burden, and reasonable good under sail, and see she hath discovered a sail, see, see, she hales him in, ha? 'tis this way to the rewards, slight 'tis this way: I hope the bawd knows not me, and yet I know not, she may be a witch, for a whore she was before I knew her, a bawd I have known her any time this dozen years, the next step to honour then is a witch, because of Nature, for where the whore ends, the bawd begins, and the corruption of a bawd, is the generation of a witch. And Pythagoras holds opinion, that a witch turns to a wild Cat, as an old Ostler turns to an ambling nag. This is the back gate, where Temperance should meet me at this hour.
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Aurelio, Occasion is bald, take her by the forelock; so, so. In Hymens name get you together, heere will I stand Sentinell. This is the backe gate to Honorios house, which shall be Aurelios, if God giue him grace to weepe for his fathers death in time. And in this garden, if I could see the chaste Lucresse, or the affable mistresse Temperance, I might (thus wrapt in my cloake) steale a little courtship through the chinke of a pale. But indeed I thinke it safer to sit closer, and so to cloud the summe of my visnomy, that no eye discerne it. So be it, thats my resolution. Now to my contemplation, this is no Pandarisme, is it? No, for there is neither money nor credit propos'd or expected, and besides there is no vnlawfull act intended, no not this same lasciua actio animi: I thinke for his part, much lesse hers: go to, let me do my kinswoman, and her sex right, sit at rest with me then reputation, and conscience, fall asleepe with the world, but this same idle attendance is the spite of it, Idlenesse is accounted with other men a sinne, to me 'tis a penance, I was begot in a stirring season, for now hath my soule a thousand fancies in an instant, as what wench dreams on when she lies on her backe, when one hen layes an egge and another sits it, whether that hen shall mother that chicken? If my bull leape your cow, is not the calfe yours? yes no doubt, for Aedificium cedit solo saies the Lawyer: and then to close all comes in a sentence, Non omnia possumus omnes: for some are borne to riches, others to verses, some to be bachelers, others to be cuckolds, some to get crownes, and others to spend'm, some to get children, and others to keepe'em: and all this is but idlenesse, would to God I had some scuruy poeme about me to laugh at, but marke, yonders a motion to be seene. Yonder he sits yfaith, well done true loue, good Signior Leonoro, he keepes promise the best, he does not see me yet. 'Tis the stai'd Madam Temperance, a pretty pinnace she has bene in her daies, and in her nights too, for her burthen, and reasonable good vnder sayle, and see she hath discouered a sayle, see, see, she hales him in, ha? tis this way to the rewards, slight 'tis this way: I hope the baud knowes not me, and yet I know not, she may be a witch, for a whore she was before I knew her, a baud I haue knowne her any time this dozen years, the next step to honour then is a witch, because of Nature, for where the whore ends, the baud begins, and the corruption of a baud, is the generation of a witch. And Pythagoras holds opinion, that a witch turnes to a wild Cat, as an old Ostler turnes to an ambling nagge. This is the backe gate, where Temperance should meete me at this howre.