Chapman, George · published 1611 · first performed or written 1602 [1601-1602] (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels · Blackfriars T27 Uncles, nephews and cousins: kinship and typicality 0.80 · 495 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T27: uncle, niece, nephew, gentlemen, faith, cousin, wife, house, gentleman, money.
Well Nephew, well; will you never leave this your haunt of fornication? I school him, and do all I can, but all is lost. Good Uncle give me leave to answer my other accuser, and then I'll descend, and speak of your fornication, as the last branch of my division. Very well, be brief. I will sir; The ground upon which this man builds his false imagination, is his sight of me at Honorio's back gate, since dinner, where muffled in my cloak, kind Madam Temperance, the attendant of Lucretia, from the terrace, wafted me to her with her hand; taking me (as now I understand) for this honest Gentleman, I not knowing what use she had to put me to, obeyed the attraction of her signal, as gingerly as she bade me. (A plague upon her gingerly) till she locked me into Lucretia's chamber, where Lucretia lying asleep on her bed, I thought it rudeness to wake her; and (imagining when she waked she had something to say to me) attended her leisure at my ease, and lay down softly by her; when (having chaster and simpler thoughts than Leonoro imagines) because he measures my waste by his own) in the very coldness and dullness of my spirit, I fell suddenly asleep. In which my fancy presented me with the strangest dream, that ever yet possessed me. Pray God you did but dream Nephew. You shall know that by knowing the event of it. Go to, pray let us hear it. methought Lucretia and I were at maw, a game Uncle that you can well skill of. Well sir I can so. You will the more muse at my fortune; or my oversights. For my game stood, methought, upon my last two tricks, when I made sure of the set, and yet lost it, having the varlet and the five finger to make two tricks. How had that been possible? That had been no misfortune sure but plain oversight. But what was the reason you thought you lost it sir? You shall hear; she had in her hand the Ace of Hearts, methought, and a Coat-card, she led the board with her coat, I played the varlet, and took up her coat, and meaning to lay my five finger upon her Ace of hearts, up start a quite contrary card; up she rises withal, takes me a dash a the mouth, drew a rapier he had lie by him, and out of doors we went together by the ears. A rapier he had lie by him? What a she turned to a he? dost thou not dream all this while Nephew. No nor that time neither, though I pretended it; let him be fetched, I warrant you he will show as good cards as the best on you, to prove him an heir Male, if he be the eldest child of his father. This is exceeding strange: go Angelo, fetch her and her handmaid.
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VVell Nephew, well; will you neuer leaue this your haunt of fornication? I schoole him, and doe all I can, but all is lost. Good Vnkle giue me leaue to answere my other accuser, and then Ile descend, and speake of your fornication, as the last branch of my diuision. Very well, be briefe. I will sir; The ground vpon which this man builds his false imagination, is his sight of me at Honorios backe gate, since dinner, where muffled in my cloke, kinde Madam Temperance, the attendant of Lucretia, from the Tarrasse, wated me to her with her hand; taking me (as now I vnderstand) for this honest Gentleman, I not knowing what vse shee had to put me to, obaid the attraction of her signall, as gingerly as shee bad me. (A plague vpon her gingerly) till shee lockt me into Lucretias chamber, where Lucretia lying asleepe on her bed, I thought it rudenesse to wake her; and (imagining when shee wak't shee had something to say to me) attended her leasure at my ease, and lay downe softly by her; when (hauing chaster and simpler thoughts then Leonoro imagines) because he measures my wast by his owne) in the very coldnesse and dulnesse of my spirit, I fell sodainly a-sleepe. In which my fancy presented me with the strangest dreame, that euer yet possest me. Pray God you did but dreame Nephew. You shall know that by knowing the euent of it. Goe to, pray let vs heare it. Me thought Lucretia and I were at mawe, a game Vnkle that you can well skill of. Well sir I can so. You will the more muse at my fortune; or my ouersights. For my game stood, me thought, vpon my last two tricks, when I made sure of the set, and yet lost it, hauing the varlet and the fiue finger to make two tricks. How had that beene possible? That had beene no misfortune sure but plaine ouersight. But what was the reason you thought you lost it sir? You shall heare; shee had in her hand the Ace of Hearts, me thought, and a Coate-carde, shee led the bord with her coate, I plaid the varlet, and tooke vp her coate, and meaning to lay my fiue finger vpon her Ace of hearts, vp start a quite contrary card; vp shee rises withall, takes me a dash a the mouth, drew a rapier he had lay by him, and out of dores we went together by the eares. A tapier he had lay by him? What a shee turned to a he? do'st thou not dreame all this while Nephew. No nor that time neither, though I pretended it; let him be fetcht, I warrant you he will show as good cards as the best on you, to proue him an heir Male, if he be the eldest child of his father. This is exceeding strange: goe Angelo, fetch her and her hand-maide.