Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T49: mistress, gentleman, love, lady, woman, pray, gentlewoman, hear, honest, way.
If I were fit to receive one of your sort, how could you serve me and the king too? can you serve two masters? No. but one master and a mistress may both be served without breach of fidelity, and with great facility. Very hardly, respecting the person's inequality: but if I should be so minded, what can you do? All, that is not done before I come. Can you, and will you do whatsoever I entreat or command you without grudging? Yes, with all readiness and alacrity, & without exception. Then I request and command you to let me alone, and never hereafter speak to me. That's an unreasonable request, and injust commandment. There aught to be justice and possibility in every commandment; but this hath neither of them. I will prove it hath both, or else I release your word. Prove that, and I'll perform your will: for I have vowed to serve you, and it is injustice to break it. And I am in love, and it is impossible to limit it. I thought so. draff was your errant, but drink you would have. you seek a service, but you mean to be master: this trick will fail you: for I have vowed beforehand, and I am bound to keep it. You can make no vow contrary to mine, because you never knew my intention, nor person before this day. Yes, contrary enough, as white is to black. And to hold you no longer in suspense, my vow and purpose is to be a Nun. A Nun? There was never Nun with such attire, and in such a Cloister. O Sir, I can quickly cast off this attire, and get a nun's habit. If the mind be changed, the apparel will soon be altered. Of what order (if you speak in earnest) that I may visit your Cloister? for love hath gotten such dominion. that I cannot so part with you. And yet to this cross I know not what to say: for it takes from me all liberty to move further. What will it avail you to know my Cloister, and walk without the wall? for there, all access & intercourse is barred. Let my love yet be so far requited, as to know your name and order you enter into. It will ease my mind, that none other enjoys you. O, this love is like a quartern ague, and a suit in Law! A good day, and a bad: now hope. then despair. tonight comfort, tomorrow morning all dashed. Sir I must crave respite to answer you directly to these questions: for I must have my friend's advice before I resolve. And so for this time I take leave. Now, let us go seal these bonds in the mean space, and by that time perhaps she will come again.
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If I were fit to receiue one of your sort, how could you serue me and the king too? can you serue two masters? No. but one master and a mistresse may both bee serued without breach of fidelitie, and with great facilitie. Verie hardly, respecting the persons inequalitie: but if I should be so minded, what can you doe? All, that is not done before I come. Can you, and will you doe whatsoever I enteate or command you without grudging? Yes, with all readines and alacritie, & without exception. Then I request and command you to let me alone, and neuer heereafter speake to me. That's an vnreasonable request, and iniust commandement. There ought to bee iustice and possibilitie in euerie commandement; but this hath neither of them. I will proue it hath both, or els I release your word. Proue that, and Ile performe your will: for I haue vowed to serue you, and it is iniustice to breake it. And I am in loue, and it is impossible to limite it. I thought so. draffe was your errant▪ but drinke you would haue. you seeke a seruice, but you meane to be master: this tricke will faile you: for I haue vowed before-hand, and I am bound to keepe it. You can make no vow contrarie to mine, because you neuer knew my intention, nor person before this day. Yes, contrarie enough, as white is to blacke. And to hold you no longer in suspence, my vow and purpose is to be a Nun. A Nun? There was neuer Nun with such attire, and in such a Cloister. O Sir, I can quicklie cast off this attire, and get a Nuns habite. If the mind be changed, the apparel will soone be altered. Of what order (if you speake in earnest) that I may visit your Cloister? for loue hath gotten such dominion. that I cannot so part with you. And yet to this crosse I know not what to say: for it takes from me all libertie to mooue further. What will it availe you to know my Cloister, and walke without the wall? for there, all accesse & entercourse is barred. Let my loue yet bee so farre requited, as to know your name and orer you enter into. It will ease my minde, that none other inioies you. O, this loue is like a quarterne ague, and a suite iu Law! A good day, and a bad: now hope. hen despair. To night cō ort, tomorow morning al dash'd. Sir I must craue respite to answere you directlie to these questions: for I must haue my friends advice before I resolue. And so for this tme I take leaue. Now, let vs goe seale these bondes in the meane space, and by that time perhaps she will come againe.