Shakespeare, William / Middleton, Thomas · published 1623 · first performed or written 1604 (Annals) tragicomedy · King's Men T15 Friars and holy orders in plot typicality 0.76 · 510 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T15: friar, lord, holy, friars, robin, peggy, lacie, angelo, love, nun.
Go to kennel (Pompey) go: What news Friar of the Duke? I know none: can you tell me of any? Some say he is with the Emperor of Russia: other some, he is in Rome: but where is he think you? I know not where: but wheresoever, I wish him well. It was a mad fantastical trick of him to steal from the State, and usurp the beggary he was never borne to: Lord Angelo Dukes it well in his absence: he puts transgression too't. He does well in't. A little more lenity to Lechery would do no harm in him: Something too crabbed that way, Friar. It is too general a vice, and severity must cure it. Yes in good sooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is well allied, but it is impossible to extirp it quite, Friar, till eating and drinking be put down. They say this Angelo was not made by Man and Woman, after this downright way of Creation: is it true, think you? How should he be made then? Some report, a Sea-maid spawned him. Some, that he was begot between two Stock-fish. But it is certain, that when he makes water, his Urine is congealed ice, that I know to be true: and he is a motion generative, that's infallible. You are pleasant sir, and speak apace. Why, what a ruthless thing is this in him, for the rebellion of a Codpiece, to take away the life of a man? Would the Duke that is absent have done this? Ere he would have hanged a man for the getting a hundred Bastards, he would have paid for the Nursing a thousand. He had some feeling of the sport; he knew the service, and that instructed him to mercy. I never heard the absent Duke much detected for Women, he was not inclined that way. Oh Sir, you are deceived. 'Tis not possible. Who, not the Duke? Yes, your beggar of fifty: and his use was, to put a ducat in her Clack-dish; the Duke had Crotchets in him. He would be drunk too, that let me inform you. You do him wrong, surely. Sir, I was an inward of his: a shy fellow was the Duke, and I believe I know the cause of his withdrawing. What (I prithee) might be the cause? No, pardon: 'Tis a secret must be look within the teeth and the lips: but this I can let you understand, the greater file of the subject held the Duke to be wise. Wise? Why no question but he was. A very superficial, ignorant, unweighing fellow Either this is Envy in you, Folly, or mistaking: The very stream of his life, and the business he hath helmed, must upon a warranted need, give him a better proclamation. Let him be but testimonied in his own bringings forth, and he shall appear to the envious, a Scholar, a Statesman, and a Soldier: therefore you speak unskilfully: or, if your knowledge be more, it is much darkened in your malice.
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Goe to kennell (Pompey) goe: What newes Frier of the Duke? I know none: can you tell me of any? Some ſay he is with the Emperor of Ruſſia: other ſome, he is in Rome: but where is he thinke you? I know not where: but whereſoeuer, I wiſh him well. It was a mad fantaſticall tricke of him to ſteale from the State, and vſurpe the beggerie hee was neuer borne to: Lord Angelo Dukes it well in his abſence: he puts tranſgreſſion too't. He do's well in't. A little more lenitie to Lecherie would doe no harme in him: Something too crabbed that way, Frier. It is too general a vice, and ſeueritie muſt cure it. Yes in good ſooth, the vice is of a great kindred; it is vvell allied, but it is impoſſible to extirpe it quite, Frier, till eating and drinking be put downe. They ſay this Angelo vvas not made by Man and Woman, after this downe-right vvay of Creation: is it true, thinke you? How ſhould he be made then? Some report, a Sea-maid ſpawn'd him. Some, that he vvas begot betweene two Stock-fiſhes. But it is certaine, that when he makes water, his Vrine is congeal'd ice, that I know to bee true: and he is a motion generatiue, that's infallible. You are pleaſant ſir, and ſpeake apace. Why, what a ruthleſſe thing is this in him, for the rebellion of a Cod-peece, to take away the life of a man? Would the Duke that is abſent haue done this? Ere he vvould haue hang'd a man for the getting a hundred Baſtards, he vvould haue paide for the Nurſing a thouſand. He had ſome feeling of the ſport; hee knew the ſeruice, and that inſtructed him to mercie. I neuer heard the abſent Duke much detected for Women, he was not enclin'd that vvay. Oh Sir, you are deceiu'd. 'Tis not poſſible. Who, not the Duke? Yes, your beggar of fifty: and his vſe was, to put a ducket in her Clack-diſh; the Duke had Crochets in him. Hee would be drunke too, that let me informe you. You do him wrong, ſurely. Sir, I vvas an inward of his: a ſhie fellow vvas the Duke, and I beleeue I know the cauſe of his vvithdrawing. What (I prethee) might be the cauſe? No, pardon: 'Tis a ſecret muſt bee looke within the teeth and the lippes: but this I can let you vnderſtand, the greater file of the ſubiect held the Duke to be vviſe. Wiſe? Why no queſtion but he was. A very ſuperficiall, ignorant, vnweighing fellow Either this is Enuie in you, Folly, or miſtaking: The very ſtreame of his life, and the buſineſſe he hath helmed, muſt vppon a warranted neede, giue him a better proclamation. Let him be but teſtimonied in his owne bringings forth, and hee ſhall appeare to the enuious, a Scholler, a Stateſman, and a Soldier: therefore you ſpeake vnskilfully: or, if your knowledge bee more, it is much darkned in your malice.