Carlell, Lodowick · published 1629 · first performed or written 1629 [c.1622-1629] (Annals) tragicomedy · King's Men · before the Court unassigned nearest T49 Wooing a mistress: suitors, go-betweens · 509 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T49: mistress, gentleman, love, lady, woman, pray, gentlewoman, hear, honest, way.
I hope she will Sir, she doth hear me speak. How hear you speak? Of love I mean Sir. Fie, passionate man. Why Sir, do you not think him happy Whom she will vouchsafe to hear? You know my love hath made you what you are Out of an opinion that you deserved it; Not for that you were my Kinsman. I never yet denied What you would ask, relying on your judgement And your virtue. Should you have asked my Sister, For your Wife, I sooner should have given consent And taxed your judgement less, than I do now For doting on this Lady. Call back for shame then That judgement which had wont to govern all Your actions, and make me once more proud That I have such a Kinsman, whose judgement Can control his strongest passions, even love itself, When it is prejudicial to his honour. Sir, You have always been a Father to me, And studied that which hath been for my good, Better than I could think. I know your Majesty's Intent in this, is to persuade me from that Which you believe is prejudicial to me: But since without her love gained the fair way Of service, not by threatenings I can take joy, In nothing this world can afford me; Pardon me Sir, if I desire you to spare Your Counsel, since I am capable of none, Except you persuade me to love more. Well Sir, I will leave you to your amorous passions, See me no more till I send for you. The King is moved; Should he take from me all that he hath given me, Yet it were a happiness, if for her sake I lost it. My noble Lord. Friend, what is your suit to me? If it be reasonable, it shall not be denied For your young lady's sake. My Lord, the business I have to deliver, Concerns your Grace. How! me; what is it? speak. My Lord, it is a secret, and doth concern Clarinda, And therefore send your people off, That with more freedom I may speak with you. Wait me without, now speak. What thinks your Lordship is the cause That moves Clarinda to neglect your Love? The knowledge of her own worth and my unworthiness, Which defect I hope in time my faithful service Shall make good, and she will love me. Never, my Lord. Why, is her vow of Chastity already past? she vow Chastity! Why villain dost thou smile at that, Thinkest thou Diana's self is Chaster? Great Sir, mistake me not. I smile to think How she deceives your Grace, telling you She never means to marry, when I dare Pawn my life she is already contracted. Traitor to my best hopes; Thou hast kindled in my breast a jealous fire That will consume me; fiends take thee for thy news; Would thou hadst been borne dumb: betrothed; it cannot be: Who durst presume, knowing I loved her once, To think of Love, much less to name it to her?
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I hope ſhe will Sir, ſhe doth heare me ſpeake. How heare you ſpeake? Of loue I meane Sir. Fye, paſſionate man. Why Sir, doe you not thinke him happie Whom ſhe will vouchſafe to heare? You know my loue hath made you what you are Out of an opinion that you deſerud it; Not for that you were my Kinſman. I neuer yet deny'd What you would aske, relying on your iudgement And your vertue. Should you haue ask'd my Siſter, For your Wife, I ſooner ſhould haue giuen conſent And taxt your iudgement leſſe, then I doe now For doting on this Lady. Call backe for ſhame then That iudgement which had wont to gouerne all Your actions, and make me once more proud That I haue ſuch a Kinſman, whoſe iudgement Can controule his ſtrongeſt paſſions, euen loue it ſelfe, When it is preiudiciall to his honor. Sir, You haue alwayes beene a Father to me, And ſtudyed that which hath beene for my good, Better then I could thinke. I know your Maieſties Intent in this, is to perſwade me from that Which you belieue is preiudiciall to me: But ſince without her loue gain'd the faire way Of ſeruice, not by threatnings I can take ioy, In nothing this world can afford me; Pardon me Sir, if I deſire you to ſpare Your Counſell, ſince I am capable of none, Except you perſwade me to loue more. Well Sir, I will leaue you to your amorous paſſions, See me no more till I ſend for you. The King is mou'd; Should he take from me all that he hath giu'n me, Yet it were a happineſſe, if for her ſake I loſt it. My noble Lord. Friend, what is your ſuit to me? If it be reaſonable, it ſhall not bee deny'd For your young Ladies ſake. My Lord, the buſineſſe I haue to deliuer, Concernes your Grace. How! me; what is it? ſpeake. My Lord, it is a ſecret, and doth concerne Clarinda, And therefore ſend your people off, That with more freedome I may ſpeake with you. Waite me without, now ſpeake. What thinks your Lordſhip is the cauſe That moues Clarinda to neglect your Loue? The knowledge of her own worth and my vnworthines, Which defect I hope in time my faithfull ſeruice Shall make good, and ſhe will loue me. Neuer, my Lord. Why, is her vow of Chaſtity already paſt? Shee vow Chaſtitie! Why villaine doſt thou ſmile at that, Think'ſt thou Diana's ſelfe is Chaſter? Great Sir, miſtake me not. I ſmile to thinke How ſhe deceiues your Grace, telling you She neuer meanes to marrie, when I dare Pawne my life ſhe is already contracted. Traitor to my beſt hopes; Thou haſt kindled in my breſt a iealous fire That will conſume me; fiends take thee for thy newes; Would thou hadſt beene borne dumbe: betrothd; it cannot be: Who durſt preſume, knowing I lou'd her once, To thinke of Loue, much leſſe to name it to her?