S., S. · published 1616 · first performed or written 1615 [c.1614-1615] (Annals) comedy · Queen Anne's Men unassigned nearest T45 Widows, wooing and remarriage · 501 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T45: widow, widows, hoord, master, gentlemen, wife, randalls, wit, mistress, married.
Pull down that counterfeit, proud, arrogant, puff: Could your intrusion not content itself T'usurp my office, but you must abuse The king's deputed judge? Down with him, down with him. jailor, receive him to your custody, Till our just censure give him punishment. fox, I shall hunt you out. Do't with a pox. The goose sometimes must sit and judge the Fox. Proceed; the day hastens. Marian Sorrow widow, yield thy body, and save thy bail. Sir, she is dead: her felony is answered Before a higher Court. That is the woman that Gripe is suspected to have poisoned. Godfrey Gripe stand to the Bar. You are indicted for the murder of Marian Sorrow widow: guilty or not? Not guilty, my Lord: let all the world testify of my honest carriage. I have lived all my days in good name and fame. Stand not upon your credit and good deeds. Your harvest would be small, if like your seeds. If all that know thee stood about this place, And had free liberty to speak their thoughts, Round echoing curses would amaze thy soul, And with hell's damned crew thy name enroll. But when the Widow, Orphan call for plagues On thy black life, thou highest unto thy bags; There dost applaud and hug thy wretched self: As solace 'gainst all woes lay in thy pelf. Thou hast no god but gold: that Deity Thou shouldst adore, and would still succour thee, Is quite rejected. And that Idol, money, Which bears away thy confidence and heart, When thou art plagued, aggravates thy smart. Thou art the devils Executioner. His rankest plague on earth's an Usurer. Spirits in hell whip souls: extorting slaves Torment poor bodies so before their graves. Thou art a gulf, poor men's estates to drink. A quagmire; none pass o'er thee, but they sink. Unless Strepsiades-like, men could devise To pluck the Moon by Sorcery from the skies; Thy month and gain will come. Like some at sea, (Yet dangerless of shipwreck more than they) Thou slumberest in a base lethargic swoon. Let others toil, thy journey's done as soon. Will not this move him? Nature in all inferior things hath set A pitch or term, when they no more shall get Increase and offspring. Unrepaired houses Fall to decay: old Cattle cease to breed. And sapless trees deny more fruit or seed. The earth would heartless and infertile be, If it should never have a jubilee. Only the usurers money genders still: The longer, lustier: Age this doth not kill. He lives to see his money's moneys money, Even to a hundred generations reach. He, whiles his interest money in does troll, Cares not to lose the principal, his Soul. He like a cleanly Alchemist can soak And draw much silver, yet waste none in smoke. Thou lendest, like water poured on seacoal fire, Or on a load of Lime a shower of rain. It seems to cool heat, but doth more inflame. His conscience has deaf ears.
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Pull downe that counterfeit, proud, arrogant, puffe: Could your intruſion not content it ſelfe T'vſurpe my office, but you muſt abuſe The Kings deputed Iudge? Downe with him, downe with him. Iaylor, receiue him to your cuſtodie, Till our iuſt cenſure giue him puniſhment. Foxe, I ſhall hunt you out. Do't with a poxe. The gooſe ſometimes muſt ſit and iudge the Fox. Proceed; the day haſtens. Marian Sorrow widow, yeeld thy body, and ſaue thy baile. Sir, ſhee is dead: her felonie is anſwer'd Before a higher Court. That is the woman that Gripe is ſuſpected to haue poyſon'd. Godfrey Gripe ſtand to the Barre. You are indited for the murther of Marian Sorrow widdow: guilty or not? Not guilty, my Lord: let all the world teſtifie of my honeſt carriage. I haue liued all my dayes in good name and fame. Stand not vpon your credit and good deeds. Your harueſt would be ſmall, if like your ſeeds. If all that know thee ſtood about this place, And had free liberty to ſpeake their thoughts, Round ecchoing curſes would amaze thy ſoule, And with hells damned crue thy name enroule. But when the Widdow, Orphane call for plagues On thy blacke life, thou hy'ſt vnto thy bagges; There doſt applaud and hugge thy wretched ſelfe: As ſolace 'gainſt all woes lay in thy pelfe. Thou haſt no god but gold: that Deitie Thou ſhouldſt adore, and would ſtill ſuccour thee, Is quite reiected. And that Idol, money, Which beares away thy confidence and heart, When thou art plagued, aggrauates thy ſmart. Thou art the Deuils Executioner. His rankeſt plague on earth's an Vſurer. Spirits in hell whip ſoules: extorting ſlaues Torment poore bodies ſo before their graues. Thou art a gulfe, poore mens eſtates to drinke. A quagmire; none paſſe ore thee, but they ſinke. Vnleſſe Strepſiades-like, men could deuiſe To plucke the Moone by Sorcerie from the skies; Thy moneth and gaine will come. Like ſome at ſea, (Yet dangerleſſe of ſhipwracke more then they) Thou ſlumbreſt in a baſe lethargicke ſwoone. Let others toyle, thy iournye's done as ſoone. Will not this moue him? Nature in all inferiour things hath ſet A pitch or terme, when they no more ſhall get Increaſe and off-ſpring. Vnrepayred houſes Fall to decay: old Cattell ceaſe to breed. And ſappeleſſe trees deny more fruite or ſeed. The earth would hart-leſſe and infertile be, If it ſhould neuer haue a Iubile. Only the Vſurers money genders ſtill: The longer, luſtier: Age this doth not kill. He liues to ſee his moneys moneys money, Euen to a hundred generations reach. He, whiles his intereſt money in do's troule, Cares not to loſe the principall, his Soule. He like a cleanly Alchymiſt can ſoke And draw much ſiluer, yet waſte none in ſmoke. Thou lendſt, like water powr'd on ſea-cole fire, Or on a lode of Lime a ſhowre of rayne. It ſeemes to coole heate, but doth more enflame. His conſcience has deafe eares.