Technogamia, or The Marriages of the Arts · chunk 58 of 64
Holyday, Barten · published 1618 · first performed or written 1618 [Feb 13] (Annals) comedy · at University unassigned nearest T1 Death, grief and revenge · 449 words
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Yes I will attend upon their joy and mine own grief: I have made a mask aforehand; for I foresaw long ago Geographus should have her; I have kept my promise; but 'tis but short, as my discontent would give me leave: and the boys that are to act it, have learned it at once reading over, and Melancholico has dressed them by this time I think. Come, let's in: I hope ere long to come to your wedding and Historia's. Mine? alas! I'll resolve now to live and die a maid: Historia shall register me up among her examples of virginity. ay, and thy verse make her immortal: come, let's go, but thou mak'st me laugh, a Poet die a maid? I never knew any of the brood yet, so chaste. NAy Causidicus, your state cannot be worse than mine; for I'm in a terrible quandary, more shaking than an Ague: 't had been better I had taken the poison myself, for so I might have took a Vomit, and peradventure got it up again; but I shall never be able to Purge myself of this infamy. i'faith Medicus, and I think no man's case can be likely worse than mine own: for it had been better for me if I had pleaded ne'er a cause, rather than two. Well, I fear by this double fee, I shall purchase the feesimple of a knave, as long as I live. Indeed I do not well see how you will be ever able to plead again now your tongue's cloven; and yet I remember there was a famous Lawyer, that riding to plead two or three causes (just as you would have done now) unhappily fell off his horse, and falling on his chin, his tongue by chance doubling in his mouth, he bit it quite thorough, and yet by good luck I cured him. Nay, for my tongue, that will do well enough: but 'tis my ears that I fear: I would I had but a Lease of mine own life for them. i'faith, witty great crimes are like a consumption, they are easily to be cured when they begin, but hardly discovered; and easily discovered when they are ripe, but hardly cured: and therefore I fear we shall be both cut off as desperate Members. Well, yet let's keep possession of our states as long as we can; and that must be by this means. If we be called to our accounts, not presently to confess, for the veriest thief will at the first plead, Not Guilty: and yet we will not too-stiffly stand in our innocency, that so there may be a way left for our pardon.
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Yes I wil attend vpon their ioy and mine owne griefe: I haue made a maske aforehand; for I foreſavv long agoe Geographus ſhould haue her; I haue kept my promiſe; but 'tis but ſhort, as my diſcontent vvould giue me leaue: and the boyes that are to acte it, haue learned it at once reading ouer, and Melancholico has dreſt them by this time I thinke. Come, let's in: I hope ere long to come to your wedding and Hiſtoria's. Mine? alas! I'le reſolue now to liue and die a maide: Hiſtoria ſhall regiſter me vp among her examples of virginitie. I, and thy verſe make her immortall: come, let's goe, but thou mak'ſt me laugh, a Poet die a maide? I neuer knew any of the brood yet, ſo chaſte. NAy Cauſidicus, your ſtate cannot be worſe then mine; for I'm in a terrible quandarie, more ſhaking then an Ague: 't had bin better I had taken the poyſon my ſelfe, for ſo I might haue tooke a Vomit, and peraduenture got it vp againe; but I ſhall neuer be able to Purge my ſelfe of this infamy. 'Faith Medicus, and I thinke no mans caſe can be likely worſe then mine owne: for it had bene better for mee if I had pleaded ne'r a cauſe, rather then two. Well, I feare by this double fee, I ſhall purchaſe the fee-ſimple of a knaue, as long as I liue. Indeed I doe not well ſee how you will be euer able to plead againe now your tongue's clouen; and yet I remember there was a famous Lawyer, that riding to plead two or three cauſes (iuſt as you would haue done now) vnhappily fell off his horſe, and falling on his chinne, his tongue by chance doubling in his mouth, he bit it quite thorow, and yet by good lucke I cur'd him. Nay, for my tongue, that will doe well enough: but 'tis my eares that I feare: I would I had but a Leaſe of mine owne life for them. 'Faith, witty great crimes are like a conſumption, they are eaſily to be cur'd when they begin, but hardly diſcouer'd; and eaſily diſcouered when they are ripe, but hardly cur'd: and therefore I feare we ſhall be both cut off as deſperate Members. Well, yet let's keepe poſſeſſion of our ſtates as long as we can; and that muſt be by this meanes. If we be call'd to our accounts, not preſently to confeſſe, for the verieſt thief will at the firſt plead, Not Guiltie: and yet wee will not too-ſtiffely ſtand in our innocency, that ſo there may be a way left for our pardon.