Marston, John / Machin, Lewis / Barkstead, William · published 1613 · first performed or written 1607 [c.1607-1608; revised 1609-1613] (Annals) tragedy · Children of the Queen's Revels (?); Children of the King's Revels (?) · Whitefriars T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy typicality 0.80 · 500 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Peace, seducer, I am branded in the forehead With your star-mark. May the stars drop upon thee, And with their sulphur vapours choke thee, ere thou Come at the gallows. Stretch not my patience Mahomet. Termagant that will stretch thy patience. Had I known this I would have poisoned thee in the Chalice, This morning, when we received the Sacrament. Slave, know'st thou this? 'tis an Appendix to the Letter, But the greater temptation is hidden within. I will scour thy gorge like a Hawk: thou shalt swallow thine own stone in this letter, Sealed and delivered in the presence of. Keep them asunder, list to us, we command. O violent villain, is not thy hand hereto? And writ in blood to show thy raging lust? Spice of a new halter, when you go a ranging thus like Devils, would you might burn for't as they do. Thus 'tis to lie with another man's wife: He shallbe sure to hear on't again. But we are friends, sweet duck, And this shall be my maxim all my life, MAN never happy is till in a wife. Here sunk our hate lower than any whirlpool. And this chaste kiss I give thee for thy care. That fame of women full as wise as fair. You have saved us a labour in your love. But Gentlemen, why stood you so preposterously? Would you have headlong run to Infamy, In so defamed a death? O my Liege, I had rather roar to death with Phaleris Bull, then Darius-like, to have one of my wings extend to Atlas, the other to Europa. What is a Cuckold learn of me, Few can tell his pedigree, Nor his subtle nature construe, Borne a man, but dies a monster. Yet great Antiquaries say, They spring from our Methusala, Who after Noah's flood was found, To have his Crest with branches crowned. God in Eden's happy shade, This same creature made. Then to cut off all mistaking, Cuckolds are of women's making. From whose snares, good Lord deliver us. Amen, Amen. Before I would prove a Cuckold, I would endure a winter's Pilgrimage in the Frozen Zone, Go stark naked through Muscovia, where the Climate is degrees colder than Ice. And thus much to all married men. Now I see great reason why Love should marry jealousy: Since man's best of life is fame, He had need preserve the same. When 'tis in a woman's keeping, Let not Argos eyes be sleeping. The pox is unto Panders given By the better powers of heaven. That contains pure chastity, And each Virgin sovereignty, wanton she oped and lost: Gift whereof, a God might boast. Therefore shouldst thou Diana wed, Yet be jealous of her bed. Night, like a mask, is entered heavens great hall, With thousand Torches ushering the way: To Risus will we consecrate this Evening, Like Missermis cheating of the brack. we'll make this night the day. Fair joys befall Us and our Actions. Are you pleased all?
Marston, John / Machin, Lewis / Barkstead, William
Publication year (edition)
1613
First performance / composition (Annals)
1607 [c.1607-1608; revised 1609-1613]
First performance (BritDrama)
1610 [1608-1613]
Company (BritDrama)
Children of the Queen's Revels (?); Children of the King's Revels (?)
Theater
Whitefriars;Indoor Professional
Genre (British Drama)
tragedy
Play type
Boys Professional;Professional
Edition / TCP / DEEP
edition 721 · TCP A07067 · DEEP 599
Edition role
Representative edition — used in the analysis
Position
nodes 2181–2252 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 40 of 40 in this edition
Length
500 words · 674 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T23 — Husbands, wives and jealousycross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.800 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T26 · seed 44: T28 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Peace, seducer, I am branded in the forehead With your starre-marke. May the starres drop vpon thee▪ And with their sulphure vapours choake thee, ere thou Come at the gallowes. Stretch not my patience Mahomet. Termagant that will stretch thy patience. Had I knowne this I would haue poison'd thee in the Chalice, This morning, when we receaued the Sacrament. Slaue, knowst thou this? tis an Appendix to the Letter, But the greater temptation is hidden within. I will scowre thy gorge like a Hawke: thou shalt swallow thine owne stone in this letter, Seal'd and deliuered in the presence of. Keepe them asunder, list to vs, we command. O violent villayne, is not thy hand hereto? And writ in bloud to shew thy raging lust? Spice of a new halter, when you go a ranging thus like Deuills, would you might burne for't as they doe. Thus tis to lye with another mans wife: He shalbe sure to heare on't againe. But we are friends, sweet ducke, And this shall be my maxime all my life, MAN neuer happy is till in a wife. Here sunke our hate lower then any whirlepoole. And this chaste kisse I giue thee for thy care. That fame of women full as wise as faire. You haue saued vs a labour in your loue. But Gentlemen, why stood you so prepostrously? Would you haue headlong runne to Infamy, In so defam'd a death? O my Liege, I had rather rore to death with Phaleris Bull, then Darius-like, to haue one of my wings extend to Atlas, the other to Europa. What is a Cuckold learne of me, Few can tell his pedigree, Nor his subtill nature conster, Borne a man, but dyes a monster. Yet great Antiquaryes say, They spring from our Methusala, Who after Noahs flood was found, To haue his Crest with branches crown'd. God in Edens happy shade, This same creature made. Then to cut off all mistaking, Cuckolds are of womens making. From whose snares, good Lord deliuer vs. Amen, Amen. Before I would proue a Cuckold, I would indure a winters Pilgrimage in the Frozen Zone, Goe starke naked through Muscouia, where the Climate is degrees colder then Ice. And thus much to all marryed men. Now I see great reason why Loue should mary ielousie: Since mans best of life is fame, He had neede preserue the same. When tis in a womans keeping, Let not Argos eyes be sleeping. The poxe is vnto Panders giuen By the better powers of heauen. That contaynes pure chastity, And each Virgin soueraignety, Wantonly she op't and lost: Gift whereof, a God might boast. Therefore shouldst thou Diana wed, Yet be iealous of her bed. Night, like a Masque, is entred heauens great hall, With thousand Torches vshering the way: To Risus will wee consecrate this Euening, Like Missermis cheating of the brack. Weele make this night the day. Faire ioyes befall Vs and our Actions. Are you pleased all?