The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina) · chunk 112 of 205
Mabbe, James / Rojas, Fernando de · published 1631 · first performed or written 1631 (Annals) tragicomedy; literary play unassigned nearest T16 Gallantry: ladies, lordships and complim · 478 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
It is the common opinion of all: That thrice in a dinner, is good, honest, competent, and sufficient for any man. And all that do write thereof, do allow you no more. Son, the phrase is corrupted; they have put three time, in stead of thirteen. Aunt, we all like well of your gloss. Let us eat, and talk, and talk and eat: For else we shall not afterwards have time to discourse of the love of our lost Master, and of that fair handsome, and courteous Melibea, lovely gentle Melibea. Get thee out of my sight, thou distasteful companion, thou disturber of my mirth; the Devil choke thee with that thou hast eaten. Thou hast given me my dinner for today; now as I live, I am ready to rid my stomach, and to cast up all that I have in my body, to hear that thou shouldst call her fair and courteous, lovely, and gentle. I pray thee how fair, how lovely, how courteous, how gentle is she? It angers me to the heartblood, to see you have so little shame with you. How gentle, how fair is she, more than other women? Believe me, if she be as thou reportest her; nay, if she have any jot in her of beauty, or any the least gracefulness. But I 〈◊〉 there are some eyes, that make no difference betwixt ●one, and my Lady, and that it is with every one as he likes, as the good man said, when he kissed his Cow. Draff I perceive is good enough for Swine. I will cross myself in pity of thy great ignorance, and want of judgement▪ Who I pray, had any mind to dispute with you, touching her beauty, and her gentleness? Gentle Melibea? Fair Melibea? And is Melibea so gentle, is she so fair as you make her to be? Then it must be so; and then shall both these hit right in her, when two Sundaies come together. All the beauty she hath, may be bought at every Pedlars, or painter's shop for a penny matter, or the like trifle: and believe me, I myself, upon mine own knowledge, know, that in that very street where she dwels, there are four maidens at the least, if not more, to whom Nature hath imparted a greater part of beauty, and other good graces in greater abundance, than she hath on Melibea; and if she have any jot of handsomeness in her, she may thank her good clothes; her neat dressings, and costly jewels, which if they were hung upon a post, thou wouldst as well say by that too, that it were fair and gentle; and by my say (be it spoken without ostentation) I think my penny to be as good silver as hers; and that I am every way as fair as your Melibea.
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It is the common opinion of all: That thrice in a dinner, is good, honest, competent, and sufficient for any man. And all that doe write thereof, doe allow you no more. Sonne, the phrase is corrupted; they haue put three time, in stead of thirteene. Aunt, wee all like well of your glosse. Let vs eate, and talke, and talke and eate: For else wee shall not afterwards haue time to discourse of the loue of our lost Master, and of that faire handsome, and courteous Melibea, louely gentle Melibea. Get thee out of my sight, thou distastefull companion, thou disturber of my mirth; the Diuell choake thee with that thou hast eaten. Thou hast giuen me my dinner for to day; now as I liue, I am ready to rid my stomack, and to cast vp all that I haue in my body, to heare that thou shouldst call her faire and courteous, louely, and gentle. I pray thee how faire, how louely, how courteous, how gentle is she? It angers mee to the heart-bloud, to see you haue so little shame with you. How gentle, how faire is she, more then other women? Beleeue me, if she be as thou reportest her; nay, if she haue any iot in her of beauty, or any the least gracefulnesse. But I there are some eyes, that make o difference betwixt one, and my Lady, and that it is with euery one as hee likes, as the good man said, when he kist his Cow. Draffe I perceiue is good enough for Swine. I will crosse my selfe in pitty of thy great ignorance, and want of iudgement▪ Who I pray, had any minde to dispute with you, touching her beauty, and her gentlenesse? Gentle Melibea? Faire Melibea? And is Melibea so gentle, is shee so faire as you make her to be? Then it must be so; and then shall both these hit right in her, when two Sundaies come together. All the beauty shee hath, may be bought at euery Pedlers, or Painters shop for a penny matter, or the like trifle: and beleeue me, I my selfe, vpon mine owne knowledge, know, that in that very streete where shee wels, there are foure maydens at the least, if not more, to whom Nature hath imparted a greater part of beauty, and other good graces in greater abundance, then she hath on Melibea; and if shee haue any iot of handsomenesse in her, shee may thanke her good clothes; her neate dressings, and costly Iewels, which if they were hung vpon a post, thou wouldst as well say by that too, that it were faire and gentle; and by my say (be it spoken without osentation) I thinke my penny to be as good siluer as hers; and that I am euery way as faire as your Melibea.