Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1609 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels unassigned nearest T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma · 462 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
It is a post from the court— Out rogue, and must thou blow thy horn, too? Alas, it is a post from the court, sir, that says, he must speak with you, pain of death— Pain of thy life, be silent. BY your leave, sir (I am a stranger here) is your name, master MOROSE? is your name, master MOROSE? fishes! Pythagoreans all! this is strange! What say you, sir, nothing? Has HARPOCRATES been here, with his club, among you? well sir, I will believe you to be the man, at this time: I will venture upon you, sir. Your friends at court commend 'em to you, sir— O men! Ô manners! was there ever such an impudence?) And are extremely solicitous for you, sir. Whose knave are you! Mine own knave, and your compear, sir. Fetch me my sword— You shall taste the one half of my dagger, if you do (groom) and you, the other, if you stir, sir: be patient, I charge you, in the king's name, and hear me without insurrection. They say, you are to marry? to marry! do you mark, sir? How then, rude companion! Marry, your friends do wonder, sir, the Thames being so near, wherein you may drown so handsomely; or London-bridge, at a low fall, with a fine leap, to hurry you down the stream; or, such a delicate steeple, i'the town, as Bow, to vault from; or, a braver height, as Paul's, or, if you affected to do it nearer home, and a shorter way, an excellent garret window, into the street; or, a beam, in the said garret, with this halter; which they have sent, and desire, that you would sooner commit your grave head to this knot, then to the wedlock noose; or, take a little sublimate, and go out of the world, like a rat; or a fly (as one said) with a straw i' your arse: any way, rather, then to follow this goblin matrimony. Alas, sir, do you ever think to find a chaste wife, in these times? now? when there are so many masks, plays, puritane preachings, mad-folks, and other strange sights to be seen daily, private and public? if you had lived in king ETHELDRED'S time, sir, or EDWARD the Confessors, you might, perhaps, have found in some cold country-hamlet, then, a dull frosty wench, would have been contented with one man: now, they will as soon be pleased with one leg, or one eye. I'll tell you, sir, the monstrous hazards you shall run with a wife. Good sir! have I ever cozened any friends of yours of their land? bought their possessions? taken forfeit of their mortgage? begged a reversion from 'em? bastarded their issue? what have I done, that may deserve this?
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It is a post from the court— Out rogue, and must thou blow thy horne, too? Alas, it is a post from the court, sir, that sayes, hee must speake with you, paine of death— Paine of thy life, be silent. BY your leaue, sir (I am a stranger here) is your name, master MOROSE? is your name, master MOROSE? fishes! Pythagoreans all! this is strange! What say you, sir, nothing? Has HARPOCRATES beene here, with his club, among you? well sir, I will beleeue you to bee the man, at this time: I will venter vpon you, sir. Your friends at court commend 'hem to you, sir— O men! Ô manners! was there euer such an impudence?) And are extremely sollicitous for you, sir. Whose knaue are you! Mine owne knaue, and your compere, sir. Fetch me my sword— You shall taste the one halfe of my dagger, if you do (groome) and you, the other, if you stirre, sir: be patient, I charge you, in the kings name, and heare mee without insurrection. They say, you are to marry? to marry! doe you marke, sir? How then, rude companion! Mary, your friends doe wonder, sir, the Thames being so neere, wherein you may drowne so handsomely; or London-bridge, at a low fall, with a fine leape, to hurry you downe the streame; or, such a delicate steeple, i'the towne, as Bow, to vault from; or, a brauer height, as Pauls, or, if you affected to doe it neerer home, and a shorter way, an excellent garret windore, into the street; or, a beame, in the said garret, with this halter; which they haue sent, and desire, that you would sooner commit your graue head to this knot, then to the wed-lock nooze; or, take a little sublimate, and goe out of the world, like a rat; or a flie (as one said) with a straw i' your arse: any way, rather, then to follow this goblin matrimony. Alas, sir, doe you euer thinke to find a chaste wife, in these times? now? when there are so many masques, plaies, puritane preachings, mad-folkes, and other strange sights to be seene daily, priuate and publique? if you had liu'd in king ETHELDRED'S time, sir, or EDWARD the Confessors, you might, perhaps, haue found in some cold countrey-hamlet, then, a dull frostie wench, would haue beene contented with one man: now, they will as soone be pleas'd with one leg, or one eye. I'le tell you, sir, the monstrous hazards you shall runne with a wife. Good sir! haue I euer cosen'd any friends of yours of their land? bought their possessions? taken forfeit of their morgage? begg'd a reuersion from 'hem? bastarded their issue? what haue I done, that may deserue this?