Jonson, Ben · published 1616 · first performed or written 1609 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels unassigned nearest T33 Fathers, daughters and marriage negotiat · 486 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T33: daughter, marriage, father, love, davus, matter, son, chremes, wife, mother.
'Tis true, sir, we'll go to the matter then. Gentlemen, master Doctor, and master Pastor, I have acquainted you sufficiently with the business, for which you are come hither. And you are not now to inform yourselves in the state of the question, I know. This is the gentleman, who expects your resolution, and therefore, when you please, begin. Please you, master Doctor. Please you, good master Parson. I would hear the Canon-law speak first. It must give place to positive Divinity, sir. Nay, good gentlemen, do not throw me into circumstances. Let your comforts arrive quickly at me, those that are. Be swift in affording me my peace, if so I shall hope any. I love not your disputations, or your court-tumults. And that it be not strange to you, I will tell you. My father, in my education, was wont to advise me, that I should always collect, and contain my mind, not suffering it to flow loosely; that I should look to what things were necessary to the carriage of my life, and what not: embracing the one and eschewing the other. In short, that I should endear myself to rest, and avoid turmoil: which now is grown to be another nature to me. So that I come not to your public pleadings, or your places of noise; not that I neglect those things, that make for the dignity of the commonwealth: but for the mere avoiding of clamours, & impertinencies of Orators, that know not how to be silent. And for the cause of noise, am I now a suitor to you. You do not know in what a misery I have been exercised this day, what a torrent of evil! My very house turns round with the tumult! I dwell in a windmill! The perpetual motion is here, and not at Eltham. Well, good master Doctor, will you break the ice? master Parson will wade after. Sir, though unworthy, and the weaker, I will presume. 'Tis no presumption, domine Doctor. Yet again! Your question is, for how many causes a man may have divortium legitimum, a lawful divorce. First, you must understand the nature of the word divorce, à divertendo— No excursions upon words, good Doctor, to the question briefly. I answer then, the Canon-law affords divorce but in few cases, and the principal is in the common case, the adulterous case. But there are duodecim impedimenta, twelve impediments (as we call 'em) all which do not dirimere contractum, but irritum reddere matrimonium, as we say in the Canon-law, not take away the bond, but cause a nullity therein. I understood you, before: good sir, avoid your impertinency of translation. He cannot open this too much, sir, by your favour. Yet more! O, you must give the learned men leave, sir. To your impediments, master Doctor. The first is impedimentum erroris. Of which there are several species. I, as error personae.
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'Tis true, sir, wee'll goe to the matter then. Gentlemen, master Doctor, and master Pastor, I haue acquainted you sufficiently with the busines, for which you are come hether. And you are not now to enforme your selues in the state of the question, I know. This is the gentleman, who expects your resolution, and therefore, when you please, beginne. Please you, master Doctor. Please you, good master Parson. I would heare the Canon-law speake first. It must giue place to positiue Diuinitie, sir. Nay, good gentlemen, doe not throw me into circumstances. Let your comforts arriue quickly at me, those that are. Be swift in affoording me my peace, if so I shall hope any. I loue not your disputations, or your court-tumults. And that it be not strange to you, I will tell you. My father, in my education, was wont to aduise mee, that I should alwayes collect, and contayne my mind, not suffring it to low loosely; that I should looke to what things were necessary to the carriage of my life, and what not: embracing the one and eschewing the other. In short, that I should endeare my selfe to rest, and auoid turmoile: which now is growne to be another nature to me. So that I come not to your publike pleadings, or your places of noise; not that I neglect those things, that make for the dignitie of the common-wealth: but for the meere auoiding of clamors, & impertinencies of Orators, that know not how to be silent. And for the cause of noise, am I now a sutor to you. You doe not know in what a miserie I haue beene exercis'd this day, what a torrent of euill! My very house turnes round with the tumult! I dwell in a wind-mill! The perpetuall motion is here, and not at Eltham. Well, good master Doctor, will you breake the ice? master Parson will wade after. Sir, though vnworthy, and the weaker, I will presume. 'Tis no presumption, domine Doctor. Yet againe! Your question is, for how many causes a man may haue diuortium legitimum, a lawfull diuorce. First, you must vnderstand the nature of the word diuorce, à diuertendo— No excursions vpon words, good Doctor, to the question briefly. I answere then, the Canon-law affords diuorce but in few cases, and the principall is in the common case, the adulterous case. But there are duodecim impedimenta, twelue impediments (as we call 'hem) all which doe not dirimere contractum, but irritum reddere matrimonium, as wee say in the Canon-law, not take away the bond, but cause a nullitie therein. I vnderstood you, before: good sir, auoid your impertinencie of translation. He cannot open this too much, sir, by your fauour. Yet more! O, you must giue the learned men leaue, sir. To your impediments, master Doctor. The first is impedimentum erroris. Of which there are seuerall species. I, as error personae.