The Two Merry Milkmaids, or The Best Words Wear the Garland · chunk 29 of 54
Cumber, John · published 1620 · first performed or written 1619 [1619-1620] (Annals) comedy · Red Bull (Revels) Company (first) · before the Court T32 Rings and jewels as tokens typicality 0.81 · 503 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T32: ring, ti, gave, finger, jewel, lady, lord, love, invisible, away.
Then I have another, for the crying of small Bear, from six i'the morning, till twelve at noon, for all that are Barnabie. A most necessary one, and had it been propounded when I was a Lord, it should have had my countenance. Nay, it would ha' gone forward, for all your high bloods would ha' countenanced it, yet it was thought there was a rich Milk-woman would ha' crossed it, and have brought it to posset drink i'the winter, and whay i'the Summer, and the Apothecaries would have joined with her, to have clarified it. Not unlikely. But Smirke, what is your purpose? To stay till the good time, and take a whipping, With as much resolution as a man may take a whipping Then you look for the Lash? I do not look for it, because it comes with a back blow, and there is no ward for it but Patience. Why thou sayst right, and it is manly done, Not to run from, but to meet affliction. ay, but when affliction comes like a Fury, with a whip in her hand, 'tis a fore matter. Leave with thy potent charms to tear th'elements And vex the poor inhabitants: here is the Ring Transparent as the day, that makes the wearer Lost to all sight, and walk invisible To euery eye but yours: And when so ere It is your pleasure it shall lose its virtue, Touched but with this herb and it falls in pieces. Thanks my industrious spirit. What else is thy command' Nought else at this time, but on all occasions Thou in a thought be ready to attend. I shall. begone. Dorilus, Bernard come forth, all things are at peace As your hearts shallbe ere I part from you, At least forsake you: Behold this little Ring, Purer than Crystal, full of subtler flame Than that which sparkles i'the Diamond; Of Virtue infinite beyond its Beauty. With this Ring Dorilus thou shalt free the Princess At least endeavour; 'tis certainly reported At her Arraignment, as the hour comes on, She shall have none to plead her cause for her, But her supposed crime laid ope, and urged Withal the mouth of law, and so condemned: Yet thou that ever couldst speak well, without A cause so full of matter and of Truth, Shalt hid to all eyes, by virtue of this Ring, Become an Orator, and plead for her, And make the Court amazed to hear thee speak. You amaze me, first to hear you— But I'll amaze my Pupil Bernard more, When he shall stand by thee and hear thee talk, Yet not have power to see thee: Put on this Ring, Now tell me Bernard where is Dorilus? Into air vanished, or sunk into the earth, For I protest I see no Dorilus. Call to him, try if he hear thee, Dorilus, Dorilus. Why here man, I am here. Here; where? Why here, close by thee, now I touch thee. This is thy hand? Yes.
nodes 1409–1462 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 29 of 54 in this edition
Length
503 words · 668 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T32 — Rings and jewels as tokenscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.811 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T33 · seed 44: T32 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
Then I haue another, for the crying of small Beare, from six i'the morning, till twelue at noone, for all that are Barnab. A most necessary one, and had it bin propounded when I was a Lord, it shud haue had my countenance. Nay, it wud ha gone forward, for all your high bloods wud a countenanc'd it, yet it was thought there was a rich Milke-woman wud a crost it, and haue brought it to posset drinke i'the winter, and whay i'the Summer, and the Apothecaries wud haue ioyn'd with her, to haue clarified it. Not vnlikely. But Smirke, what is your purpose? To stay till the good time, and take a whipping, With as much resolution as a man may take a whipping Then you looke for the Lash? I donnnot looke for it, because it comes with a backe blow, and there is no ward for it but Patience. Why thou saist right, and it is manly done, Not to run from, but to meete affliction. I, but when affliction comes like a Fury, with a whip in her hand, 'tis a fore matter. Leaue with thy potent charms to teare th'elements And vexe the poore inhabitants: here is the Ring Transparant as the day, that makes the wearer Lost to all sight, and walke inuisible To euery eye but yours: And when so ere It is your pleasure it shall loose its vertue, Toucht but with this herbe and it fals in peeces. Thanks my industrious spirit. What else is thy command' Nought else at this time, but on all occasions Thou in a thought be ready to attend. I shall. Begon. Dorilus, Bernard come forth, all things are at peace As your hearts shalbe ere I part from you, At least forsake you: Behold this little Ring, Purer then Christall, full of subtiller flame Then that which sparkles i'the Diamond; Of Vertue infinite beyond its Beautie. With this Ring Dorilus thou shalt free the Princesse At least endeauour; 'tis certainely reported At her Arraignment, as the howre comes on, She shall haue none to pleade her cause for her, But her supposed crime layde ope, and vrg'd Withall the mouth of law, and so condemn'd: Yet thou that euer couldst speake well, without A cause so full of matter and of Truth, Shalt hidde to all eyes, by vertue of this Ring, Become an Orator, and pleade for her, And make the Court amaz'd to heare thee speake. You amaze me, first to heare you— But Ile amaze my Pupill Bernard more, When he shall stand by thee and heare thee talke, Yet not haue powre to see thee: Put on this Ring, Now tell me Bernard where is Dorilus? Into aire vanished, or suncke into the earth, For I protest I see no Dorilus. Call to him, try if he heare thee, Dorilus, Dorilus. Why here man, I am here. Here; where? Why here, close by thee, now I touch thee. This is thy hand? Yes.