Middleton, Thomas · published 1625 · first performed or written 1624 [licensed for stage, Jun 12] (Annals) comedy · King's Men · Globe T28 Marriage-making: weddings, brides and ma typicality 0.83 · 498 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T28: married, marriage, wedding, day, bride, father, wife, luce, love, husband.
Tender eyed modesty, how it grieves at this, I'm as far off for all this, strange imposture, As at first interview, where lies our game now? You know I cannot marry by my order. I know you cannot (sir) yet you May venture on a contract. Hah! Sure you may (sir,) Without all question so far, without danger Or any stain to your vow, and that make take her: Nay do't with speed, she'll think you Mean the better too. Be not so lavish of that blessed spring, You've wasted that upon a cold occasion now, Would wash a sinful soul white by our love joys, That motion shall ne'er light upon my tongue more, Till we're contracted, than I hope your mine. In all just duty ever. Then do you question it? Pish, then you're man and wife, All but Church Ceremonies: Pray let's see it done first, She shall do reason then: Now i'll enjoy the sport, and cousen you both, My blood's game is the wages I have Worked for. Pawn, I have spoke to the Fat bishop for thee, I'll get thy absolution from his own mouth: Reach me my Chair of ease, my Chair of cozenage seven thousand pounds in women, reach me that I love a life to sit upon a bank Of Heretic gold: Oh soft and gentle (sirrah) there's a foul flaw i'th' bottom of my bum (pawn) I ne'er shall make sound soldier, but sound treacher With any he in Europe, how now? quality Thou hast the paltrest fool that ere I met with, It cannot bear one suckling villain: Mine can digest a monster without credit, A fin as weighty as an Elephant, And never wamble for't. ay, you have been used to't (sir) That's a great help, the swallow of my conscience Has but a narrow passage, you must think yet It lies i'th' penitent pipe, and will not down, If I had got seven thousand pounds by Offices And gulled down you, the boar would have been bigger. Nay, an thou provest factious, I shall hug thee, Can a poore-pocht-soft rear iniquity So rude upon thy conscience, I'm ashamed of thee, Hadst thou betrayed the witness to the black, beggared a Kingdom by dissimulation, Unjointed the fair frame of peace, and traffic Poisoned allegiance, set faith back and wrought Women's soft souls even up to the masculine malice, To pursue truth to death if the cause roused 'em, That stairs and parets as first taught to curse thee: All these and ten times troubled has this brain been parent too, they are my offsprings all. A goodly brood. Yet I can jest as lightly, Laugh and tell strange stories to Court Madames, (Daughters of my seducements) with alacrity, As high and heartily, as youth's time of innocence That never knew a sin, to shape a sorrow by; I feel no tempest, not a leaf wind stirring, To shake a fault, my conscience is be calmed rather,
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Tender ey'd modeſty, how it grieues at this, I'me as farre off for all this, ſtrange impoſture, As at firſt enter-view, where lies our game now? You know I cannot marry by my order. I know you cannot (ſir) yet you May venture on a contract. Hah! Sure you may (ſir,) Without all queſtion ſo farre, without danger Or any ſtaine to your vow, and that make take her: Nay do't with ſpeede, ſheele thinke you Meane the better too. Be not ſo lauiſh of that bleſſed ſpring, You'ue waſted that vpon a cold occaſion now, Would waſh a ſinfull ſoule white by our loue ioyes, That motion ſhall neere light vpon my tongue more, Till we're contracted, then I hope your mine. In all iuſt duty euer. Then doe you queſtion it? Piſh, then you're man and wife, All but Church Ceremonies: Pray let's ſee it done firſt, She ſhall do reaſon then: Now ile enioy the ſport, and couſen you both, My bloods game is the wages I haue Workt for. Pawne, I haue ſpoke to the Fat biſhop for thee, Ile get thy abſolution from his owne mouth: Reach me my Chayre of eaſe, my Chaire of couſonage Seauen thouſand pounds in women, reach me that I loue a life to ſit vppon a banke Of Heretique gold: Oh ſoft and gentle (ſirrah) Ther's a foule flaw i'th bottom of my bum (pawne) I neere ſhall make ſound ſouldier, but ſound treacher With any hee in Europe, how now? quality Thou haſt the paultreſt foole that ere I met with, It cannot beare one ſuckling villaine: Mine can digeſt a monſter without credit, A finne as weighty as an Elephant, And neuer wamble for't. I, you haue beene vſ'd to't (ſir) That's a great helpe, the ſwallow of my conſcience Has but a narrow paſſage, you muſt thinke yet It lyes i'th paenitent pipe, and will not downe, If I had got ſeauen thouſand pounds by Offices And guld downe you, the bore would haue bin bigger. Nay, an thou prou'ſt factious, I ſhall hug thee, Can a poore-pocht-ſoft reare iniquity So rude vpon thy conſcience, I'me aſham'd of thee, Hadſt thou betrayed the witneſſe to the blacke, Beggard a Kingdome by diſſimulation, Vnioynted the faire frame of peace, and trafficke Poyſon'd alleagance, ſet faith backe and wrought Weomens ſoft ſoules euen vp to the maſculine malice, To purſue truth to death if the cauſe rowz'd em, That ſtaires and parets as firſt taught to curſe thee: All theſe and ten times troubled has this braine Bin parent too, they are my off-ſprings all. A goodly broode. Yet I can jeſt as lightly, Laugh and tell ſtrange ſtories to Court Madames, (Daughters of myſeducements) with alacrity, As high and heartily, as youths time of innocence That neuer knew a ſinne, to ſhapea ſorrow by; I feele no tempeſt, not a leafe winde ſtirring, To ſhake a fault, my conſcience is be calm'd rather,