Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1609 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim typicality 0.90 · 467 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
judge you, forsooth. What say you, lady? speak out, I beseech you. judge you, forsooth. O'my judgement, a divine softness! but can you naturally, lady, as I enjoin these by doctrine & industry, refer yourself to the search of my judgement, and (not taking pleasure in your tongue, which is a woman's chiefest pleasure) think it plausible, to answer me by silent gestures, so long as my speeches jump right, with what you conceive? (—) Excellent! divine! if it were possible she should hold out thus! Peace CUTBRD, thou art made for ever, as thou hast made me, if this felicity have lasting: but I will try her further. Dear lady, I am courtly, I tell you, and I must have mine ears banqueted with pleasant, and witty conferences, pretty girds, scoffs, and dalliance in her, that I mean to choose for my bedpheere. The ladies in court, think it a most desperate impair to their quickness of wit, and good carriage, if they cannot give occasion for a man to court 'em; and, when an amorous discourse is set on foot, minister as good matter to continue it, as himself: and do you alone so much differ from all them, that, what they (with so much circumstance) affect, and toil for, to seem learned, to seem judicious, to seem sharp, and conceited, you can bury in yourself, with silence? and rather trust your graces to the fair conscience of virtue, then to the worlds, or your own proclamation? I should be sorry else. What say you, lady? good lady, speak out. I should be sorry, else That sorrow doth fill me with gladness! O MOROSE! thou art happy above mankind! pray that thou mayest contain thyself. I will only put her to it once more, and it shall be with the utmost touch, and test of their sex. But hear me, fair lady, I do also love to see her, whom I shall choose for my heifer, to be the first and principal in all fashions; precede all the dames at court, by a fortnight; have her counsel of tailors, lineners, lace-women, embroiderers, and sit with 'em sometimes twice a day, upon French intelligences; and then come forth, varied like Nature, or oftener than she, and better, by the help of Art, her emulous servant. This do I affect. And how will you be able, lady, with this frugality of speech, to give the manifold (but necessary) instructions, for that bodies, these sleeves, those skirts, this cut, that stitch, this embroidery, that lace, this wire, those knots, that ruff, those roses, this girdle, that fan, the other scarf, these gloves? ha! what say you, lady. I'll leave it to you, sir. How lady? pray you, rise a note. I leave it to wisdom, and you sir.
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Iudge you, forsooth. What say you, lady? speake out, I beseech you. Iudge you, forsooth. O'my iudgement, a diuine softnes! but can you naturally, lady, as I enioyne these by doctrine & industry, referre your self to the search of my iudgement, and (not taking pleasure in your tougue, which is a womans chiefest pleasure) thinke it plausible, to answer me by silent gestures, so long as my speeches iumpe right, with what you conceiue? (—) Excellent! diuine! if it were possible she should hold out thus! Peace CVTBRD, thou art made for euer, as thou hast made mee, if this felicitie haue lasting: but I will trie her further. Deare lady, I am courtly, I tell you, and I must haue mine eares banqueted with pleasant, and wittie conferences, pretty girds, scoffes, and daliance in her, that I meane to choose for my bedpheere. The ladies in court, thinke it a most desperate impaire to their quickenesse of wit, and good carriage, if they cannot giue occasion for a man to court 'hem; and, when an amorous discourse is set on foot, minister as good matter to continue it, as himselfe: and doe you alone so much differ from all them, that, what they (with so much circumstance) affect, and toile for, to seeme learn'd, to seeme iudicious, to seeme sharpe, and conceited, you can bury in your selfe, with silence? and rather trust your graces to the faire conscience of vertue, then to the worlds, or your owne proclamation? I should be sorry else. What say you, ladie? good ladie, speake out. I should be sorrie, else That sorrow doth fill me with gladnesse! O MOROSE! thou art happie aboue mankinde! pray that thou maiest containe thy selfe. I will onely put her to it once more, and it shall be with the vtmost touch, and test of their sexe. But heare me, faire lady, I doe also loue to see her, whom I shall choose for my heicfar, to be the first and principall in all fashions; praecede all the dames at court, by a fortnight; haue her counsell of taylors, linneners, lace-women, embroyderers, and sit with 'hem sometimes twise a day, vpon French intelligences; and then come foorth, varied like Nature, or oftner then she, and better, by the helpe of Art, her aemulous seruant. This doe I affect. And how will you be able, lady, with this frugalitie of speech, to giue the manifold (but necessarie) instructions, for that bodies, these sleeues, those skirts, this cut, that stitch, this embroyderie, that lace, this wire, those knots, that ruffe, those roses, this girdle, that fanne, the tother skarfe, these gloues? ha! what say you, ladie. I'll leaue it to you, sir. How lady? pray you, rise a note. I leaue it to wisdome, and you sir.