Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1609 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels T13 Knights, squires and ladies typicality 0.86 · 504 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T13: knight, raph, lady, knights, george, master, squire, rafe, pray, god.
Admirable creature! I will trouble you no more: I will not sin against so sweet a simplicity. Let me now be bold to print on those divine lips, the seal of being mine. CUTBERD, I give thee the lease of thy house free: thank me not, but with thy leg (—) I know what thou wouldst say, she's poor, and her friends deceased; she has brought a wealthy dowry in her silence, CUTBERD: and in respect of her poverty, CUTBERD, I shall have her more loving, and obedient, CUTBERD. Go thy ways, and get me a minister presently, with a soft-low voice to marry us, and pray him he will not be impertinent, but brief as he can; away: softly, CUTBERD. Sirrah, conduct your mistress into the dining room, your now— mistress. O my felicity! how I shall be revenged on mine insolent kinsman, and his plots, to fright me from marrying! This night I will get an heir, and thrust him out of my blood like a stranger; he would be knighted, forsooth, and thought by that means to reign over me, his title must do it: no kinsman, I will now make you bring me the tenth lords, and the sixteenth lady's letter, kinsman; and it shall do you no good kinsman. Your knighthood itself shall come on its knees, and it shall be rejected; it shall be sued for its fees to execution, and not be redeemed; it shall cheat at the tweluepeny ordinary, it knighthood, for its diet all the term time, and tell tales for it in the vacation, to the hostess: or it knighthood shall do worse; take sanctuary in Coleharbor, and fast. It shall fright all it friends, with borrowing letters; and when one of the fourscore hath brought it knighthood ten shillings, it knighthood shall go to the Cranes, or the Bear at the Bridge-foot, and be drunk in fear: it shall not have money to discharge one tavern reckoning, to invite the old creditors, to forbear it knighthood; or the new, that should be, to trust it knighthood. It shall be the tenth name in the bond, to take up the commodity of pipkins, and stone jugs; and the part thereof shall not furnish it knighthood forth, for the attempting of a bakers widow, a brown bakers widow. It shall give it knighthood's name, for a stallion, to all gamesome citizens wives, and be refused; when the master of a dancing school, or (How do you call him) the worst reveller in the town is taken: it shall want clothes, and by reason of that, wit, to fool to lawyers. It shall not have hope to repair itself by Constantinople, Ireland, or Virginia; but the best, and last fortune to it knighthood shall be, to make DOL TEARSHEET, or KATE COMMON, a lady: and so, it knighthood may eat. ARe you sure he is not gone by? No, I stayed in the shop ever since. But, he may take the other end of the lane.
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Admirable creature! I will trouble you no more: I will not sinne against so sweet a simplicity. Let me now be bold to print on those diuine lips, the seale of being mine. CVTBERD, I giue thee the lease of thy house free: thanke me not, but with thy leg (—) I know what thou woulst say, shee's poore, and her friends deceased; shee has brought a wealthy dowre in her silence, CVTBERD: and in respect of her pouerty, CVTBERD, I shall haue her more louing, and obedient, CVTBERD. Goe thy waies, and get me a minister presently, with a soft-low voice to marry vs, and pray him he will not be impertinent, but briefe as he can; away: softly, CVTBERD. Sirrah, conduct your mistris into the dining roome, your now—mistris. O my felicity! how I shall bee reueng'd on mine insolent kinsman, and his plots, to fright me from marrying! This night I will get an heire, and thrust him out of my bloud like a stranger; he would be knighted, forsooth, and thought by that meanes to raigne ouer me, his title must doe it: no kinsman, I will now make you bring mee the tenth lords, and the sixteenth ladies letter, kinsman; and it shall doe you no good kinsman. Your knighthood it selfe shall come on it's knees, and it shall be reiected; it shall bee sued for it's fees to execution, and not bee redeem'd; it shall cheat at the tweluepeny ordinary, it knighthood, for it's diet all the terme time, and tell tales for it in the vacation, to the hostesse: or it knighthood shall doe worse; take sanctuary in Coleharbor, and fast. It shall fright all it friends, with borrowing letters; and when one of the foure-score hath brought it knighthood ten shillings, it knighthood shall go to the Cranes, or the Beare at the Bridge-foot, and be drunk in feare: it shal not haue money to discharge one tauerne reckoning, to inuite the old creditors, to forbeare it knighthood; or the new, that should be, to trust it knighthood. It shall be the tenth name in the bond, to take vp the commoditie of pipkins, and stone jugs; and the part thereof shall not furnish it knighthood forth, for the attempting of a bakers widdow, a browne bakers widdow. It shall giue it knighthoods name, for a stallion, to all gamesome citizens wiues, and bee refus'd; when the master of a dancing schoole, or (How do you call him) the worst reueller in the towne is taken: it shall want clothes, and by reason of that, wit, to foole to lawyers. It shall not haue hope to repaire it selfe by Constantinople, Ireland, or Virginia; but the best, and last fortune to it knighthood shall be, to make DOL TEARE-SHEET, or KATE COMMON, a lady: and so, it knighthood may eate. ARe you sure he is not gone by? No, I staid in the shop euer since. But, he may take the other end of the lane.