Technogamia, or The Marriages of the Arts · chunk 45 of 64
Holyday, Barten · published 1618 · first performed or written 1618 [Feb 13] (Annals) comedy · at University unassigned nearest T35 Fools, wit and railing · 481 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T35: fool, wit, aristippus, achilles, wise, fools, patroclus, thersites, master, men.
Work. (Choler drinks) Physiognomus, will you taste this liquour? Play off: (Cheiromantes drinks) Well then, I am last, I'll drink to you all; I'll leave ne'er a jot: (He drinks) there, Musica, there's thy bottle. Sanguis and Choler shake hands; are you friends? With all my heart. With all my heart. Cheiromantes, they say, you can tell fortunes; is it true? Try me. Let's know all our fortunes then. Come on, let me see your hand, sweet Musica: you shall be beloved of two, a Courtier and a Scholar; you shall love the Courtier more; but the Scholar shall have you; and it shall so come to pass, that the Courtier shall afterward be your servant: your husband shall be exceeding melancholy: you shall have three sons; the first shall be called by his father's name (but I know not what that shall be) and he shall be extreme discontent and solitary; and if he prevent a consumption, he may live till forty; for longer he cannot, being of a cold and dry constitution: the second shall be called Timido, and he'll be endanger of being bit with a mad dog; which if he scape, he may live till fifty: the third shall be called jucundo; the other two took after their father; but he'll take after his mother; he will be exceedingly given to good cheer, music, and women: he will be in danger of a Surfeit; and of Fire; and if he scape these two, especially burning, he may live to be an old man. Tell me mine next. You, Phlegmatico; 'twill be long ere you can get you a wife; yet you'll have one, and one daughter; the child will die very young, of the black jaundice, and your wife of the dropsy. Sirrah, I saw you steal before, and now I hear you lie, you rogue. Tell me mine next. I'll tell you yours in your ear. Thanks, dear Cheiromantes. Nay, and fortunes be so good that are told in ones ear; I'll have mine told in my care too. Thus 'tis then. Pish, this is no such fine fortune. Tell me mine openly. Why, this 'tis: You, Choler, shall be somewhat happy in your wife: her name shall be Poenitentia; you shall have two children; and one shall take only after you, his name shall be Furioso. He shall die in his young age, in an Alehouse, of a stab in at the mouth, which shall pass thorough his tongue, and brains. The other child shall be a daughter; she shall take after her mother; her name shall be Lacryma, a modest sober girl, and one that shall be well beloved by wise men. Well, this is a pretty mixed fortune; now, what's thine own fortune and thy fellows? Oh, stark nought, stark nought; I'll conceal them. Then fare you well; I can stay no longer.
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Worke. (Choler drinks) Phyſiognomus, will you taſte this liquor? Play off: (Cheiromantes drinks) Well then, I am laſt, Ile drinke to you all; Ile leaue ne'r a jot: (Hee drinks) there, Muſica, there's thy bottle. Sanguis and Choler ſhake hands; are you friends? With all my heart. With all my heart. Cheiromantes, they ſay, you can tell fortunes; is it true? Trie me. Let's know all our fortunes then. Come on, let me ſee your hand, ſweet Muſica: you ſhall be belou'd of two, a Courtier and a Scholer; you ſhall loue the Courtier more; but the Scholer ſhall haue you; and it ſhall ſo come to paſſe, that the Courtier ſhall afterward be your ſeruant: your husband ſhall be exceeding melancholy: you ſhall haue three ſonnes; the firſt ſhall be call'd by his fathers name (but I know not what that ſhall be) and hee ſhall be extreme diſcontent and ſolitarie; and if he preuent a conſumption, he may liue till fortie; for longer he cannot, being of a cold and drie conſtitution: the ſecond ſhall be called Timido, and hee'll be indanger of being bit with a mad dogge; which if he ſcape, he may liue till fiftie: the third ſhall be called Iucundo; the other two tooke after their father; but hee'll take after his mother; hee will be exceedingly giuen to good cheere, muſike, and women: he will be in danger of a Surfet; and of Fire; and if he ſcape theſe two, eſpecially burning, he may liue to be an old man. Tell me mine next. You, Phlegmatico; 'twill be long ere you can get you a wife; yet you'll haue one, and one daughter; the child will die very young, of the blacke Iaundice, and your wife of the dropſie. Sirrah, I ſaw you ſteale before, and now I heare you lie, you rogue. Tell me mine next. Ile tell you yours in your eare. Thanks, deare Cheiromantes. Nay, and fortunes be ſo good that are told in ones eare; Ile haue mine told in my care too. Thus 'tis then. Piſh, this is no ſuch fine fortune. Tell me mine openly. Why, this 'tis: You, Choler, ſhall be ſomewhat happy in your wife: her name ſhall be Poenitentia; you ſhall haue two children; and one ſhall take only after you, his name ſhall be Furioſo. He ſhal die in his young age, in an Ale-houſe, of a ſtab in at the mouth, which ſhal paſſe thorow his tongue, and braines. The other child ſhall be a daughter; ſhee ſhall take after her mother; her name ſhall be Lacryma, a modeſt ſober girle, and one that ſhall be well beloued by wiſe men. Well, this is a prettie mixt fortune; now, what's thine owne fortune and thy fellowes? Oh, ſtarke naught, ſtarke naught; Ile conceale them. Then fare you well; I can ſtay no longer.