Renaissance Drama — Topics · seed 42

The Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene · chunk 16 of 38

Wager, Lewis · published 1566 · first performed or written 1558 [c.1550-1566] (Annals)
moral
unassigned nearest T49 Wooing a mistress: suitors, go-betweens · 482 words

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Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T49: mistress, gentleman, love, lady, woman, pray, gentlewoman, hear, honest, way.

Will you be so good as to play us a dance? And we will do you as great pleasure it may chance. Alas we have no such instrument here. I know where you may have all such gear. No instruments nor pastime that you can require, But I can bring you unto it at your desire. Will you take the pain to go before thither? And mistress Mary and we will come together. How say you mistress Mary, are you content? Look what you will do, I will thereto assent. I think it best that we iii departed hence, And let mistress Mary come thither with Prudence. Be it so, than you and I will come alone, I trust that by the way we will make one, Nay M. Marry we must have a song of four parts At your departing to rejoice our merry hearts. The triple you shall master Pleasure sing So freshly that for joy your heart shall spring. Utility can sing the base full clean, And Noble Honour shall sing the mean. Mistress Mary will you help to sing a part? Yea sweet heart with you with all my heart. In faith we will have a song of your name. Come sirs, help I pray you to sing the same. hay dery, dery, with a lusty dery, Hoigh mistress Mary, I pray you be merry. Your pretty person we may compare to Lais, A morsel for princes and noble kings, In beauty you excel the fair lady Thais, You exceed the beautiful Helen in all things, To behold your face who can be weary? Hoigh mistress Mary, I pray you be merry. The hair of your head shineth as the pure gold, Your eyes as grey as glass and right amiable, Your smiling countenance so lovely to behold, all is most pleasant and delectable, Of your commendations who can be weary? Huffa mistress Mary, I pray you be merry. Your lips as ruddy as the red Rose, Your teeth as white as ever was the whales bone, So clean, so sweet, so fair, so good, so fresh, so gay, In all jury truly at this day there is none. With a lusty voice sing we hay dery dery. Huffa mistress Mary, I pray you be merry. Such pleasant companions I have not seen before, Now I pray you let us dwell together evermore. To your heart we are so fast conglutinate, That from thence we shall never be separate. Yet from your sight at this time we will departed, Assuring you to remain still in our heart. We three will go before some thing to prepare, That shallbe to your commodity and welfare. Far you well my hearts joy, pleasure, and bliss. It is good manner at our departing to kiss. I must kiss to, if I tarry still. You shall have kisses enough, even when you will.
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Metadata, position in the edition, topic in the other seeds
PlayThe Life and Repentance of Mary Magdalene
AuthorWager, Lewis
Publication year (edition)1566
First performance / composition (Annals)1558 [c.1550-1566]
First performance (BritDrama)1550 [1547-1553 or 1558-1562]
Genre (British Drama)moral
Play typeInterlude;Nonprofessional
Edition / TCP / DEEPedition 84 · TCP A14625 · DEEP 72
Edition roleRepresentative edition — used in the analysis
Positionnodes 840–895 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 16 of 38 in this edition
Length482 words · 598 tokens
Topic (seed 42)unassigned by HDBSCAN · nearest topic T49 — Wooing a mistress: suitors, go-betweens and letters at 0.657
Other seedsseed 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)
Will you be so good as to play vs a daunce? And we wil do you as great pleasure it may chaunce. Alas we haue no suche instrument here. I knowe where you may haue all suche geare. No instrumentes nor pastime that you can require, But I can bryng you vnto it at your desire. Will you take the payne to go before thither? And mistresse Mary and we will come togither. How say you mistresse Mary, are you content? Looke what you will do, I will therto assent. I thinke it best that we .iii. depart hence, And let mistresse Mary com thither with Prudence. Be it so, then you and I will come alone, I trust that by the way we will make one, Nay M. Mary we must haue a song of .iiii. partes At your departyng to reioyce our mery hartes. The treble you shall maister Pleasure syng So freshly that for ioy your heart shall spryng. Utilitie can syng the base full cleane, And Noble Honor shall syng the meane. Mistresse Mary will you helpe to syng a part? Yea swete heart with you with all my hart. In faith we will haue a song of your name. Come syrs, helpe I pray you to syng the same. Hey dery, dery, with a lusty dery, Hoigh mistresse Mary, I pray you be mery. Your pretie person we may compare to Lais, A morsell for princes and noble kynges, In beautie you excell the fayre lady Thais, You excede the beautifull Helene in all thyngs, To behold your face who can be wearie? Hoigh mystresse Mary, I pray you be merie. The haire of your head shyneth as the pure gold, Your eyes as gray as glasse and right amiable, Your smylyng countenance so louely to behold, all is moste pleasant and delectable, Of your commendations who can be wearie? Huffa mystresse Mary, I pray you be mery. Your lyps as ruddy as the redde Rose, Your teeth as white as euer was the whales bone, So cleane, so swete, so fayre, so good, so freshe, so gay, In all Iurie truely at this day there is none. With a lusty voyce syng we Hey dery dery. Huffa mistresse Mary, I pray you be mery. Suche pleasant cōpanions I haue not sene before, Now I pray you let vs dwell togither euermore. To your heart we are so fast conglutinate, That from thence we shall neuer be separate. Yet from your syght at this tyme we will depart, Assuryng you to remayn styll in our hart. We thre will go before some thyng to prepare, That shalbe to your commoditie and welfare. Fare you well my heartes ioy, pleasure, and blisse. It is good maner at our departing to kisse. I must kisse to, if I tary styll. You shall haue kisses inough, euen when you will.