Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
If without promise I may mount on high: The bonds of marriage I abhor to choose, And rather would upon such points refuse The noble Queen (if to accomplish it Were possible) then happily enjoy: Seeing nature doth demand variety, Admitting which, with full satiety, Health is impeached, and many men made poor, Who having honest wives will hug a whore. Speak, is she made of wax (solicitor?) Of millstones (my good Lord) for lime & chalk Cannot express the full comparison: Cold Images of Ice, and frozen snow, Had been dissolved with my summer speech Piercing unto the quick, but constant she, Like to some eagle on a cedar's top, Disdaining idle nets, will perch above, In spite of Cupid, and his potent love. I burn the rather, and by rape will quench My lastful famine, were she loves own wench, O do not offer headstrong violence; Delay makes modest women more propense. Death & damnation's plague to boot! how long Must I abstain (you smooth-tongued flatterer) Till doomsday? do not urge my flaming wrath, lest you provoke a Lion to the spoil. By Cupid's Sacraments of lust and love, I will no more delay (thou lazy dog) Dost trifle? speak forbearance, and delay? I do begin to be suspicious Of thy proceedings: tell us of delay? No, as the Falcon doth a Pheasant seize, I will both seize upon her (prating daw) And truss her up in my Imperious claw. (Sirrah) remember, I did give you meat, Clothes, coin, and such good poor commodities, When you were quite blown up with gamester's luck, Rags and foul linen, scabs and scurvy louse, The quick associates of all cheating dice, Did honestly begin to set up house In your old single suit, pray do not make Me a disseisor of frank-tenements, By tortuous dealing with your freeholders, Who had a better Title then myself If you do prove unthankful; so consider. Am I upbraided? noble sir I thank The bounteous alms you lent my bare estate, And I as freely do disclaim desert, As you did freely give them; yet in-faith I was not lousy (Lord) consider well, Though Lords be lousy too sometimes; if hell Heaven, earth, and men, be not so gracious, As to conceal infirmities of state. Say I am lousy sir. Can pox forbid? But I must give him better language now: No (my respected sir) I dare not tax Especial favourites, of louse or pox, 'Mongst whom you are the chief, but milky skin That hath fair outsides, may be foul within. And I again do in despite aver, ' Avoidance of louse from our nativity. Reclaim then that aspersion (Lord) and know I was not lousy, but like midnight snow, Pure, when thyself (now seeking to supplant) Took'st me to rescue from the jaws of want: I was not lousy (Lord) look big and burst, I will maintain my credit, though accursed.
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If without promise I may mount on high: The bonds of marriage I abhorre to chuse, And rather would vpon such points refuse The noble Queene (if to accomplish it Were possible) then happily enioy: Seeing nature doth demand variety, Admitting which, with full saciety, Health is impeach'd, and many men made poore, Who hauing honest wiues will hugge a whoore. Speake, is she made of waxe (solicitor?) Of mil-stones (my good Lord) for lime & chalke Cannot expresse the full comparison: Cold Images of Ice, and frozen snow, Had beene dissolued with my summer speech Piercing vnto the quicke, but constant shee, Like to some Aegle on a Cedars top, Disdaining idle nets, will perch aboue, In spight of Cupid, and his potent loue. I burne the rather, and by rape will quench My lastfull famine, were she loues owne wench, O doe not offer head-strong violence; Delay makes modest women more propense. Death & damnations plague to boot! how long Must I abstaine (you smooth-tongu'd flatterer) Till doomes-day? doe not vrge my flaming wrath, Least you provoke a Lyon to the spoile. By Cupids Sacraments of lust and loue, I will no more delay (thou lazy dogge) Dost trifle? speake forbearance, and delay? I doe begin to be suspitious Of thy proceedings: tell vs of delay? No, as the Faulcon doth a Phesant seize, I will both seize vpon her (prating daw) And trusse her vp in my Imperious claw. (Sirrah) rememer, I did giue you meate, Clothes, coine, and such good poore commodities, When you were quite blowne vp with gamesters lucke, Ragges and fowle linnen, scabbes and sciruy lice, The quicke associates of all cheating dice, Did honestly begin to set vp house In your old single suit, pray do not make Mee a disseisor of francke-tenements, By tortious dealing with your free-holders, Who had a better Title then my selfe If you do proue vn-thankfull; so consider. Am I vp-braided? noble sir I thanke The bounteous almes you lent my bare estate, And I as freely doe desclaime desert, As you did freely giue them; yet in-faith I was not lowsie (Lord) consider well, Though Lords be lowsie too sometimes; if hell Heau'n, earth, and men, be not so gratious, As to conceale infirmities of state. Say I am lowsie sir. Can pox forbid? But I must giue him better language now: No (my respected sir) I dare not taxe Especiall favorites, of lice or poxe, 'Mongst whom you are the chiefe, but milky skin That hath faire out-sides, may be fowle within. And I againe do in despight averre, 'Voidance of lice from our natiuity. Reclaime then that aspersion (Lord) and know I was not lowsie, but like mid-night snow, Pure, when thy selfe (now seeking to supplant) Took'st me to rescue from the iawes of want: I was not lowsie (Lord) looke bigge and burst, I will maintaine my credit, though accurst.