Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1609 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels T58 Gallant talk and courtship: an Epicene-c typicality 0.79 · 498 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T58: jack, john, daw, dauphine, amorous, mistress, trve, ladies, wit, madame.
I assure you, sir JOHN, she did. Nay then, I do with all my heart, and I'll be jovial. Yes, for look you sir, this was the injury to you. LA-FOOLE intended this feast to honour her bridal day, and made you the property to invite the college ladies, and promise to bring her: and then at the time, she should have appeared (as his friend) to have given you the dor. Whereas now, sir DAUPHINE has brought her to a feeling of it, with this kind of satisfaction, that you shall bring all the ladies to the place where she is, and be very jovial; and there, she will have a dinner, which shall be in your name: and so dis-appoint LA-FOOLE, to make you good again, and (as it were) a saver i' the man. As I am a knight, I honour her, and forgive her heartily. About it then presently, TRVE-WIT is gone before to confront the coaches, and to acquaint you with so much, if he meet you. join with him, and 'tis well. See, here comes your Antagonist, but take you no notice, but be very jovial. Are the ladies come, sir JOHN DAW, and your mistress? sir DAUPHINE! you are exceeding welcome, and honest master CLERIMONT. Where's my cousin? did you see no collegiates, gentlemen? Collegiates! Do you not hear, sir AMOROUS, how you are abused? How sir! Will you speak so kindly to sir JOHN DAW, that has done you such an affront? Wherein, gentlemen? let me be a suitor to you to know, I beseech you! Why sir, his mistress is married to day, to sir DAUPHINE'S uncle, your cousin's neighbour, and he has diverted all the ladies, and all your company thither, to frustrate your provision, and stick a disgrace upon you. He was here, now, to have enticed us away from you too: but we told him his own, I think. Has sir JOHN DAW wronged me so inhumanely? He has done it, sir AMOROUS, most maliciously, and treacherously: but if you'll be ruled by us, you shall quit him i' faith. Good gentlemen! I'll make one, believe it. How I pray? Marry sir, get me your pheasants, and your godwits, and your best meat, and dish it in silver dishes of your cousins presently, and say nothing, but clap me a clean towel about you, like a sewer; and bareheaded, march afore it with a good confidence ('tis but over the way, hard by) and we'll second you, where you shall set it o'the board, and bid 'em welcome to't, which shall show 'tis yours, and disgrace his preparation utterly: and, for your cozen, whereas she should be troubled here at home with care of making and giving welcome, she shall transfer all that labour thither, and be a principal guest herself, sit ranked with the college-honours, and be honoured, and have her health drunk as often, as bare, and as loud as the best of 'em.
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I assure you, sir IOHN, she did. Nay then, I doe with all my heart, and I'll be iouiall. Yes, for looke you sir, this was the iniury to you. LA-FOOLE intended this feast to honour her bridale day, and made you the propertie to inuite the colledge ladies, and promise to bring her: and then at the time, shee should haue appear'd (as his friend) to haue giuen you the dor. Whereas now, sir DAVPHINE has brought her to a feeling of it, with this kinde of satisfaction, that you shall bring all the ladies to the place where shee is, and be verie iouiall; and there, shee will haue a dinner, which shall be in your name: and so dis-appoint LA-FOOLE, to make you good againe, and (as it were) a sauer i' the man. As I am a knight, I honour her, and forgiue her hartily. About it then presently, TRVE-WIT is gone before to confront the coaches, and to acquaint you with so much, if hee meet you. Ioyne with him, and 'tis well. See, here comes your Antagonist, but take you no notice, but be verie iouiall. Are the ladies come, sir IOHN DAW, and your mistris? sir DAVPHINE! you are exceeding welcome, and honest master CLERIMONT. Where's my cossen? did you see no collegiats, gentlemen? Collegiats! Doe you not heare, sir AMOROVS, how you are abus'd? How sir! Will you speake so kindly to sir IOHN DAW, that has done you such an affront? Wherein, gentlemen? let me be a sutor to you to know, I beseech you! Why sir, his mistris is married to day, to sir DAVPHINES vncle, your cosens neighbour, and hee has diuerted all the ladies, and all your company thether, to frustrate your provision, and sticke a digrace vpon you. He was here, now, to haue intic'd vs away from you too: but we told him his owne, I thinke. Has sir IOHN DAW wrong'd me so in-humanely? He has done it, sir AMOROVS, most maliciously, and trecherously: but if you'll be rul'd by vs, you shall quit him i' faith. Good gentlemen! I'll make one, beleeue it. How I pray? Mary sir, get me your phesants, and your godwits, and your best meat, and dish it in siluer dishes of your cosens presently, and say nothing, but clap mee a cleane towell about you, like a sewer; and bare-headed, march afore it with a good confidence ('tis but ouer the way, hard by) and we'll second you, where you shal set it o'the boord, and bid 'hem welcome to't, which shall show 'tis yours, and disgrace his preparation vtterly: and, for your cosen, whereas shee should bee troubled here at home with care of making and giuing welcome, shee shall transferre all that labour thether, and bee a principall guest her selfe, sit rank'd with the colledge-Honors, and bee honor'd, and haue her health drunke as often, as bare, and as lowd as the best of 'hem.