The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina) · chunk 115 of 205
Mabbe, James / Rojas, Fernando de · published 1631 · first performed or written 1631 (Annals) tragicomedy; literary play unassigned nearest T37 Riches, poverty and covetousness · 416 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T37: wealth, riches, money, god, rich, poverty, men, learning, poor, ic.
Let it come when it will come, it shall be welcome, whene'er it comes. A cassock is good wear after winter. And sleeves are good after Easter: Every thing makes the heart merry that is gotten with ease, and without any labour, especially coming from thence, where it leaves so small a gap, and from a man of that wealth and substance, who with the very bran and scraps of his house, would make me of a beggar, to become rich: such is the surplus and store of his goods; and such as he, it never grieves them what they spend, considering the cause wherefore they give: For they feel it not; when they are in the heat and passion of their love, it pains them not; they neither see, nor hear; which I judge to be true by others, that I have known to be less passionate, and less scorched in the fiery flames of love, than Calisto is; in so much, that I have seen them neither eat nor drink; neither laughed nor weep; neither sleep nor wake; neither speak nor hold their peace; neither live in pain, nor yet find ease; neither be contented, nor yet complain of discontentment, answerable to the perplexity of that sweet and cruel wound of their hearts. And if natural necessity forceth them to any one of these, they are so wholly forgetful of themselves, and struck into such sudden senselessness of their present being and condition, that eating, their hands forget to carry their meat to their mouths: Besides, if you talk with them, they never answer you directly. Their bodies are there with you, but where they love, there are their hearts, and their senses. Great is the force of love. His power doth not only reach over the earth, but passeth also over the seas. He holds an equal command over all mankind. He breaks thorough all kind of difficulties; and dangers whatsoever. It is a tormentful thing, full of fear, and of care. His eye rolls every way; nothing can escape him. And if any of you that be here, ing perhaps 100. stripes upon them, and afterwards thrust them out of doors, with their hair about their cares, and their farthels at their backs, rating them in most vile manner, crying, Out of my doors, you thief, you whore, you strumpet: this is no place for such paltry baggages. Thou shalt not spoil my house, I will not be thus dishonoured by thee.
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Let it come when it will come, it shall be welcome, when e're it comes. A cassocke is good weare after winter. And sleeues are good after Easter: Euery thing makes the heart merry that is gotten with ease, and without any labour, especially comming from thence, where it leaues so small a gap, and from a man of that wealth and substance, who with the very branne and scraps of his house, would make me of a begget, to become rich: such is the surplus and store of his goods; and such as hee, it neuer grieues them what they spend, considering the cause wherefore they giue: For they feele it not; when they are in the heat and passion of their loue, it paines them not; they neither see, nor heare; which I iudge to be true by others, that I haue knowne to be lesse passionate, and lesse scorched in the fiery flames of loue, then Calisto is; in so much, that I haue seen them neither eat nor drink; neither laught nor weep; neither sleep nor wake; neither speake nor hold their peace; neither liue in paine, nor yet finde ease; neither be contented, nor yet complaine of discontentment, answerable to the perplexity of that sweet and cruell wound of their hearts. And if naturall necessity forceth them to any one of these, they are so wholly forgetfull of themselues, and strucke into such sudden senslesnesse of their present being and condition, that eating, their hands forget to carry their meat to their mouthes: Besides, if you talke with them, they neuer answer you directly. Their bodies are there with you, but where they loue, there are their hearts, and their senses. Great is the force of loue. His power doth not only reach ouer the earth, but passeth also ouer the seas. He holds an equall command ouer all mankinde. He breaks thorow all kinde of difficulties; and dangers whatsoeuer. It is a tormentfull thing, full of feare, and of care. His eye roles euery way; nothing can escape him. And if any of you that be heere, ing perhaps 100. stripes vpon them, and afterwards thrust them out of dores, with their haire about their cares, and their fardles at their backs, rating them in most vile manner, crying, Out of my doors, you thiefe, you whore, you strumpet: this is no place for such paltry baggages. Thou shalt not spoyle my house, I will not be thus dishonoured by thee.