Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T33: daughter, marriage, father, love, davus, matter, son, chremes, wife, mother.
O heavy accident, but see you grieve too much, Being your daughter's found, for th'other loss; Since 'tis the will of heaven to give and take, Value it as nothing, you have yet sufficient To live in blessed content, had you no more But my small mortgage for your daughter here; Whom I have ever loved in dearest affection, If so you please so much to favour me, I will accept her spite of poverty, And make her jointure of some store of land, Which by the loss of a good aged friend Late fell to me, what be't a match or no. It is. Then I'll have witness on't, my lord and gent. Please you draw near, to be here witnesses To a wished contract, twixt this maid and I. We all are willing. Then in the presence of you all, I give my daughter freely to this gent. as wife, and to show how much I stand affected to him for dowry with her, I do back restore his mortgaged lands, and for their loves I vow, ever hereafter to detest, renounce, loath and abhor all slavish avarice: Which doth ascend from hell, sent by the devil, To be 'mongst men the actor of all evil. A blessed conversion. A good far unexpected, and now gentlemen, I do invite you all to feast with me This happy day, that we may altogether Applaud his good success, and let this day be spent, In sports and shows with gladsome merriment: Come blessed converted man we'll lead the way, As unto heaven I hope we shall. Heaven grant we may. Come my Maria and repentent friend, we three have tasted worst of misery, Which now add joy to our felicity. We three are happy we have gained much wealth, And though we have done it by a trick of stealth, Yet all I trust are pleased, and will our ill acquit, Since it hath saved a soul was hells by right. To follow after then, our lot doth fall, Now rhyme it Peter. A good night to all. NOW expectation hath at full received What we late promised, if in ought we have pleased, 'tis all we sought to accomplish, and much more Than our weak merit dares to attribute Unto itself, till you vouchsafe to deign In your kind censure, so to gratify Our trivial labours:— If it hath pleased the judicial ear, we have our Authors wish, and void of fear Dare ignorant men, to show their worst of hate. It not detracts, but adds unto that state Where desert flourisheth. we'll rest applauded in their derogation, Though with an hiss they crown that confirmation: For this our Author saith, if't prove distasteful, He only grieves you spent two hours so wasteful: But if it like, and you affect his pen, You may command it when you please again.
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O heauy accident, but ſee you grieue too much, Being your daughter's found, for th'other loſſe; Since tis the will of heauen to giue and take, Value it as nothing, you haue yet ſufficient To liue in bleſt content, had you no more But my ſmall mortgage for your daughter here; Whom I haue euer lov'd in deer'ſt affection, If ſo you pleaſe ſo much to fauour me, I will accept her ſpight of pouerty, And make her iointure of ſome ſtore of land, Which by the loſſe of a good aged friend Late fell to me, what iſt a match or no. It is. Then Ile haue witneſſe on't, my lord and gent. Pleaſe you draw neere, to be here witneſſes To a wiſht contract, twixt this maid and I. We all are willing. Then in the preſence of you all, I giue my daughter freely to this gent. as wife, and to ſhew how much I ſtand affected to him for dowry with her, I doe backe reſtore his mortgag'd lands, and for their loues I vowe, euer hereafter to deteſt, renounce, loath and abhorre all ſlauiſh auarice: Which doth aſcend from hell, ſent by the diuell, To be 'mongſt men the actor of all euill. A bleſt conuerſion. A good far vnexpected, and now gentlemen, I do enuite you all to feaſt with me This happy day, that we may altogether Applaud his good ſucceſſe, and let this day be ſpent, In ſports and ſhewes with gladſome merriment: Come bleſt conuerted man wcele lead the way, As vnto heauen I hope we ſhall. Heauen graunt we may. Come my Maria and repentnt friend, Wee three haue taſted worſt of miſery, Which now adde ioy to our felicity. We three are happy wee haue gain'd much wealth, And though we haue done it by a tricke of ſtealth, Yet all I truſt are pleas'd, and will our ill acquite, Since it hath ſau'd a ſoule was hells by right. To follow after then, our lot doth fall, Now rime it Peter. A good night to all. NOW expectation hath at full receiued What we late promiſed, if in ought we haue pleaſed, Tis all vve ſought to accompliſh, and much more Then our vveake merrit dares to attribute Vnto it ſelfe, till you vouchſafe to dayne In your kinde cenſure, ſo to gratifie Our triuiall labours: — If it hath pleaſed the iudiciall eare, Wee haue our Authors wiſh, and void of feare Dare ignorant men, to ſhew their worſt of hate. It not detracts, but adds vnto that ſtate Where deſert floriſheth. Weele reſt applouded in their derogation, Though with an hiſſe they crowne that confirmation: For this our Author ſaith, ift proue diſtaſtfull, He onely grieues you ſpent two houres ſo waſt-full: But if it like, and you affect his pen, You may commaund it when you pleaſe agen.