The Two Merry Milkmaids, or The Best Words Wear the Garland · chunk 49 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 0.78 · 513 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T32: ring, ti, gave, finger, jewel, lady, lord, love, invisible, away.
This is the four winds driving of five Devils— This same Ring would fain give Me the slip, I must e'en pocket him, for Fear of the worst. How now sirrah, what make you here? Why, do you see me? See you, yes marry do I: And get you gone quickly, or you shall feel— I see you, go, begone this is no place for such as you. Humh: Am I become a wretch again, and mortal? I am got in again, and have found the trick of it, thanks my dear gem; a man may have an invisible Ring I see, and not know of it; I wondered that I grew palpable, now I perceive how the matter went: thanks my dear gem, I say still, I will not lose this finger that I have my invisible Ring upon, for the best joint at the Bars. Is this all the devices, sports, and delights, the Duke shall have for his money: the Proclamation promised reward for him that could show any varieties, and is't all come to a dull Masque? I'll show his Grace some sport myself, with help of my invisible Ring, which now must off again. By your Majesty's leave, and the rest of the Honourable— How now, what's he? What's he? Why he is the miracle of your Kingdom. How the Miracle! ay, and can do wonders— now you see me you know me. Yes Sir, I do know you. And you know not me, you know nobody. But keep off my Lord. Prithee keep off. You see me you say, Duke I speak to thee. Yes Sir, I see you. And you all see me. We do all see you. Very good, and I do see all you: but what's that to the purpose? Very little to purpose indeed, Shall I demonstrate matter of Art. And have nothing for my pains? Yes marry shall you, does not the Proclamation tell you shall. Proclamations may say what they list, Something in hand doth well. somebody give him something. ay, but nobody hears not on that Ear, yet because I— wonot do Royalty wrong, in suspecting your bounty— You see me you say. Yes we do see you. You do. Who sees me now? Trust me not I, he is invisible to me. And me. To all. I should be sorry else; for, and my invisible Ring should not keep his old virtue, I would hang myself directly. Prithee appear again. I will have Majesty call me first. Why the Duke does call you. Let me hear him vuia voce, Smirke is my name A well beloved subject, once a Painter, But now Esquire of the invisible Ring. Smirke, and our well-beloved subject, once a Painter, but now Esquire of the invisible Ring. I conjure thee to appear again. See here I am, what wouldst thou mighty monarch I do command thee let me see the Ring. By which thou walkst invisible. I do command thee not to command me that, For from my invisible Ring I will not part.
nodes 2424–2473 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 49 of 54 in this edition
Length
513 words · 660 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T32 — Rings and jewels as tokenscross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.782 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: unassigned · seed 44: unassigned — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
This is the foure winds driuing of fiue Diuels—This same Ring wud faine giue Me the slip, I must e'ne pocket him, for Feare of the worst. How now sirrah, what make you here? Why, do you see me? See you, yes marry doe I: And get you gone quickely, or you shall feele—I see you, go, begone this is no place for such as you. Humh: Am I become a wretch againe, and mortall? I am got in againe, and haue found the tricke of it, thankes my deare Iem; a man may haue an inuisible Ring I see, and not know of it; I wonder'd that I grew palpable, now I perceiue how the matter went: thankes my deare Iem, I say still, I will not lose this finger that I haue my inuisible Ring vpon, for the best ioynt at the Barres. Is this all the deuices, sports, and delights, the Duke shall haue for his money: the Proclamation promised reward for him that coud shew any varieties, and ist all come to a dull Masque? Ile shew his Grace some sport my selfe, with helpe of my inuisible Ring, which now must off againe. By your Maiesties leaue, and the rest of the Honorable— How now, what's he? What's he? Why he is the miracle of your Kingdome. How the Miracle! I, and can doe wonders—now you see me you know me. Yes Sir, I do know you. And you know not me, you know no body. But keepe off my Lord. Prythy keepe off. You see me you say, Duke I speake to thee. Yes Sir, I see you. And you all see me. We doe all see you. Verie good, and I doe see all you: but what's that to the purpose? Very little to purpose indeede, Shall I demonstrate matter of Art. And haue nothing for my paines? Yes marrie shall you, does not the Proclamation tell you shall. Proclamations may say what they list, Something in hand doth well. Some body giue him something. I, but no body heares not on that Eare, yet because I—wonnot doe Royaltie wrong, in suspecting your bountie—You see me you say. Yes we do see you. You do. Who sees me now? Trust me not I, he is inuisible to me. And me. To all. I shoud be sorry else; for, and my inuisible Ring shoud not keepe his olde vertue, I wud hang my selfe directly. Prithee appeare againe. I will haue Maiestie call me first. Why the Duke does call you. Let me heare him vuia voce, Smirke is my name A well beloued subiect, once a Painter, But now Esquire of the inuisible Ring. Smirke, and our welbeloued subiect, once a Painter, but now Esquire of the inuisible Ring. I coniure thee to appeare againe. See here I am, what wudst thou mighty monarch I do command thee let me see the Ring. By which thou walkst inuisible. I do command thee not to command me that, For from my inuisible Ring I will not part.