Jonson, Ben · published 1620 · first performed or written 1609 (Annals) comedy · Children of the Queen's Revels unassigned nearest T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim · 469 words · other edition — not in the analysis
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
No faith, I'll confess before, Sir. The Gentlewomen play with me, and throw me o' the bed; and carry me into my Lady; and she kisses me with her oiled face; and puts a peruke o' my head; and asks me an I will wear her Gown; and I say, no: and then she hits me a blow o' the ear, and calls me Innocent, and lets me go. No marvel, if the door be kept shut against your Master, when the entrance is so easy to you— well Sir, you shall go there no more, lest I be fain to seek your voice in my lady's Rushes, a fortnight hence, Sing, Sir. Why, here's the man that can melt away his time, and never feels it! what, between his Mistress abroad, and his ingle at home, high Fare, soft Lodging, fine Clothes, and his Fiddle; he thinks the hours ha'no wings, or the day no Post-horse. Well, Sir Gallant, were you struck with the Plague this minute, or condemned to any capital punishment tomorrow, you would begin then to think, and value every Article o' your time, esteem it at the true rate, and give all for't. Why, what should a man do? Why, nothing: or that, which when 'tis done, is as idle. Harken after the next Horse-race, or Hunting-match; lay Wagers, praise Puppy, or Peppercorn, Whitefoot, Franklin; swear upon White-maine's party; spend aloud, that my Lords may hear you; visit my Ladies at night, and be able to give 'em the Character of every Bowler, or Better o' the Green. These be the things, wherein your fashionable men exercise themselves, and I for company. Nay, if I have thy authority, I'll not leave yet. Come, the other are considerations, when we come to have grey heads, and weak hams, moist eyes, and shrunk members. we think she sleeps: nor, when the doors are shut, should men be inquiring, all is sacred within, then. Is it for us to see their perukes put on, their false Teeth, their Complexion, their Eyebrows, their Nails? you see guilders will not work, but enclosed. They must not discover, how little serve, with the help of art, to adorn a great deal. How long did the Canvas hang afore Aldgate? were the people suffered to see the City's Love, and Charity, while they were rude stone, before they were painted, and burnished? No. No more should Servants approach their Mistresses, but when they are complete, and finished. Well said, my True-wit. And a wise Lady will keep a guard always upon the place, that she may do things securely. I once followed a rude fellow into a Chamber, where the poor madam, for haste, and troubled, snatched at her peruke, to cover her baldness: and put it on, the wrong way.
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No faith, I'll confeſſe before, Sir. The Gentlewomen play with me, and throw me o' the bed; and carry me into my Lady; and ſhee kiſſes me with her oyl'd face; and puts a Perruke o' my head; and askes mee an I will weare her Gowne; and I ſay, no: and then ſhee hits mee a blow o' the eare, and cals me Innocent, and lets me goe. No maruell, if the doore bee kept ſhut againſt your Maſter, when the entrance is ſo eaſie to you—well Sir, you ſhall goe there no more, leſt I bee faine to ſeeke your voice in my Ladies Ruſhes, a fortnight hence, Sing, Sir. Why, here's the man that can melt away his time, and neuer feeles it! what, betweene his Miſtris abroad, and his Engle at home, high Fare, ſoft Lodging, fine Clothes, and his Fiddle; he thinkes the houres ha'no wings, or the day no Poſt-horſe. Well, Sir Gallant, were you ſtrooke with the Plague this minute, or condemn'd to any capitall puniſhment to morrow, you would beginne then to thinke, and value euery Article o' your time, eſteeme it at the true rate, and giue all for't. Why, what ſhould a man doe? Why, nothing: or that, which when 'tis done, is as idle. Harken after the next Horſe-race, or Hunting-match; lay Wagers, prayſe Puppy, or Pepper-corne, White-foot, Franklin; ſwere vpon White-maynes party; ſpnd aloud, that my Lords may heare you; viſit my Ladies at night, and bee able to giue 'hem the Character of euery Bowler, or Better o' the Greene. Theſe be the things, wherein your faſhionable men exerciſe themſelues, and I for company. Nay, if I haue thy authority, I'le not leaue yet. Come, the other are conſiderations, when wee come to haue gray heads, and weake hammes, moiſt eyes, and ſhrunke members. we thinke ſhee ſleepes: nor, when the doores are ſhut, ſhould men be inquiring, all is ſacred within, then. Is it for vs to ſee their Perrukes put on, their falſe Teeth, their Complexion, their Eye-browes, their Nailes? you ſee guilders will not worke, but inclos'd. They muſt not diſcouer, how little ſerue, with the helpe of arte, to adorne a great deale. How long did the Canuas hang afore Ald-gate? were the people ſuffer'd to ſee the Cities Loue, and Charitie, while they were rude ſtone, before they were painted, and burniſh'd? No. No more ſhould Seruants approch their Miſtreſſes, but when they are compleat, and finiſh'd. Well ſaid, my True-wit. And a wiſe Ladie will keepe a guard alwayes vpon the place, that ſhe may doe things ſecurely. I once followed a rude fellow into a Chamber, where the poore Madame, for haſte, and troubled, ſnatch'd at her Perruke, to couer her baldneſſe: and put it on, the wrong way.