The Devil's Law Case (When Women Go to Law the Devil Is Full of Business) · chunk 11 of 45
Webster, John · published 1623 · first performed or written 1619 [1617-1621] (Annals) tragicomedy · Queen Anne's Men unassigned nearest T62 The courtier as a type: fashion, affecta · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T62: courtier, shrug, face, court, italian, monsieur, scholar, fashion, french, courtiers.
'tis concluded, you are a fool, a precious one, you are a mere stick of Sugar Candy, a man may look quite thorough you You are a very bold gamester. I can play at chess, & know how to handle a rook. Pray preserve your velvet from the dust. Keep your hat upon the block sir, 'Twill continue fashion the longer. I was never so abused with the hat in the hand In my life. I will put on, why look you, Those lands that were the Clients, are now become The Lawyers; and those tenements that were The Country gentleman's, are now grown To be his Tailors. tailors? Yes, Tailors in France, they grow to great Abominable purchase, and become great officers. How many Ducats think you he has spent Within a twelvemonth, besides his father's allowance? Besides my father's allowance? Why Gentleman, do you think an Auditor begat me? Would you have me make even at years' end? A hundred ducats a month in breaking Venice glasses. He learned that of an English drunkard, And a Knight too, as I take it. This comes of your numerous Wardrobe. ay, and wearing Cutwork, a pound a Pearl. Your dainty embroidered stockings, With overblown Roses, to hide your gouty ankles. And wearing more taffeta for a garter, then would serve the Galley dung-boat for streamers. (strissimi. Your switching up at the horse-race, with the Illum- And studying a puffing arithmetic at the cockpit. Shaking your elbow at the Taule-boord. And resorting to your whore in hired velvet, With a spangled copper fringe at her netherlands. Whereas if you had stayed at Padua, and fed upon Cow trotters, and fresh beef to Supper. How I am baited? Nay, be not you so forward with him neither, for 'tis thought, you'll prove a main part of his undoing. I think this fellow is a witch Who I sir? You have certain rich city Chuffs, that when they have no acres of their own, they will go and blow up fools, and turn them into excellent meadow; besides some Enclosures for the first Cherries in the Spring, And Apricots to pleasure a friend at Court with. You have Pothecaries deal in selling commodities to young Gallants, will put four or five coxcombs into a sieve, and so drum with them upon their Counter; they'll searse them through like Ginny Pepper, they cannot endure to find a man like a pair of Tarriers, they would undo him in a trice. May be there are such. O terrible exactors, fellows with six hands, And three heads. I those are Hell hounds. Take heed of them, they'll rent thee like Tenterhooks. Hark in your ear, there is intelligence upon you; the report goes, there has been gold conveyed beyond the Sea in hollow Anchors. Farewell, you shall know me better, I will do thee more good, than thou art aware of. he's a mad fellow.
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Tis concluded, ou are a foole, a precious one, you are a meere sticke of Sugar Candy, a man may looke quite thorow you You are a very bold gamester. I can play at chesse, & know how to handle a rook. Pray preserue your veluet from the dust. Keepe your hat vpon the blocke sir, 'Twill continue fashion the longer. I was neuer so abused with the hat in the hand In my life. I will put on, why looke you, Those lands that were the Clyents, are now become The Lawyers; and those tenements that were The Countrey Gentlemans, are now growen To be his Taylors. Taylors? Yes, Taylors in France, they grow to great Abominable purchase, and become great officers. How many Duckets thinke you he has spent Within a tweluemonth, besides his fathers allowance? Besides my fathers allowance? Why Gentleman, doe you thinke an Auditor begat me? Would you haue me make euen at yeares end? A hundred duckets a month in breaking Venice glasses. He learnt that of an English drunkard, And a Knight too, as I take it. This comes of your numerous Wardrobe. I, and wearing Cut-worke, a pound a Purle. Your daintie embroydered stockings, With ouerblowne Roses, to hide your gowtie anckles. And wearing more taffaty for a garter, then would serue the Gally dung-boat for streamers. (strissimi. Your switching vp at the horse-race, with the Illu- And studying a pussing Arithmatick at the cockpit. Shaking your elbow at the Taule-boord. And resorting to your whore in hir'd veluet, With a spangled copper fringe at her netherlands. Whereas if you had staid at Padua, and fed vpon Cow trotters, and fresh beefe to Supper. How I am bayted? Nay, be not you so forward with him neither, for tis thought, youle proue a maine part of his vndoing. I thinke this fellow is a witch Who I sir? You haue certaine rich citie Chuffes, that when they haue no acres of their owne, they will goe and plow vp fooles, and turne them into excellent meadow; besides some Inclosures for the first Cherries in the Spring, And Apricocks to pleasure a friend at Court with. You haue Potecaries deal in selling commodities to yong Gallants, will put foure or fiue coxcombs into a sieue, and so drumme with them vpon their Counter; theyle searse them through like Ginny Pepper, they cannot endure to finde a man like a payre of Tarriers, they would vndoe him in a trice. May be there are such. O terrible exactors, fellowes with six hands, And three heads. I those are Hell hounds. Take heed of them, theyle rent thee like Tenterhookes. Hearke in your eare, there is intelligence vpon you; the report goes, there has been gold conueyd beyond the Sea in hollow Aneres. Farewell, you shall know mee better, I will doe thee more good, then thou art aware of. Hee's a mad fellow.