The Spanish Bawd (Calisto and Meliboea) (Celestina) · chunk 116 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 · 489 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T16: lady, madam, gentleman, lordship, ladies, honour, mistress, sweet, court, servant.
So that in stead of expected recompense, they receive nothing but bitter revilements. Where they expect to go preferred out of the house, they go prejudiced out of the house. And where they expect to be well married, they are quite marred in their reputation. And where they expect jewels and wedding apparel, there are they sent out naked, and disgraced: these are their rewards, these their benefits, and these the payments they receive for their service. They are bound to give them husbands, and in lieu thereof, they strip them of their clothes. The greatest grace and honour which they have in their lady's house, is to be employed in walking the streets from one Lady to another, and to deliver their lady's message▪ (As, My Lady hath sent to know how you do? how you did rest tonight? how your physic wrought with you; and how many occasions it gave your Ladyship, & c?) They never hear their own name out of their Ladies mouth. But the best they can call them by, is, Come hither, you whore, Get you gone, you drab, or I'll set you going: Whither gad you now, you mangy harlotry; you pocky slut? what have you done today, you loitering Quean? why did you eat this, you ravening thing, you gorbelly, you greedy cormorant? A you filthy Sow, how clean this frying pan is kept? This pisspot (Minion) it is well scoured, is it not? why you lazy bones, did you not brush my clothes, when I left them off, and make clean my Mantle? Why said you thus and thus, you Sot, you foolish Ass? Who lost the piece of plate, you scattergood, you draggletail? What's become of my handkercher, you purloining thief? you have given it to one of your copesmates, some sweetheart of yours, that must help to make you a whore: Come hither, you foul flaps, say▪ Where is my Hen, my crammed Hen, that I cannot find her? you were best look her me out, and that quickly too, unless you mean I shall make you pay for her, when I come to pay you your wages. And besides all this, her pantofles shall walk about her ears a thousand times a day; pinchings, cudgellings, and scourgings shall be as common to her as her meat and drink. There is not any that knows how to please and content them; not any that can endure their tartness and curstness: their delight is to speak loud; their glory to chide and to brawl, and the better one does, and the more one seeks to please them, the less are they contented. And this (mother) is the reason, why I have rather desires to live free from controlment, and to be mistress in a poor little house of mine own, than to live a slave, and at command in the richest palace of the proudest Lady of them all.
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So that in stead of expected recompence, they receiue nothing but bitter reuilements. Where they expect to goe preferred out of the house, they goe preiudiced out of the house. And where they expect to be well married, they are quite mar'd in their reputation. And where they expect iewels and wedding apparell, there are they sent out naked, and disgraced: these are their rewards, these their benefits, and these the payments they receiue for their seruice. They are bound to giue them husbands, and in liew thereof, they strip them of their clothes. The greatest grace and honour which they haue in their Ladies house, is to be imployed in walking the streetes from one Ladie to another, and to deliuer their Ladies message▪ (As, My Lady hath sent to know how you doe? how you did rest to night? how your physicke wrought with you; and how many occasions it gaue your Ladiship, &c?) They neuer heare their owne name out of their Ladies mouth. But the best they can call them by, is, Come hither, you whore, Get you gone, you drabbe, or I'll set you going: Whither gadde you now, you mangy harlotry; you pockey slut? what haue you done to day, you loytring Queane? why did you eate this, you rauening thing, you gor-belly, you greedy cormorant? A you filthy Sow, how cleane this frying panne is kept? This pispot (Minion) it is well scowr'd, is it not? why you lazy bones, did you not brush my clothes, when I left them off, and make cleane my Mantle? Why said you thus and thus, you Sot, you foolish Asse? Who lost the piece of plate, you scatter-good, you draggle-tayle? Whats become of my handkercher, you purloyning thiefe? you haue giuen it to one of your copes-mates, some sweet-heart of yours, that must helpe to make you a whore: Come hither, you foule flappes, say▪ Where is my Henne, my cramm'd Henne, that I cannot finde her? you were best looke her mee out, and that quickly too, vnlesse you meane I shall make you pay for her, when I come to pay you your wages. And besides all this, her pantofles shall walke about her eares a thousand times a day; pinchings, cudgellings, and scourgings shall be as common to her as her meat and drinke. There is not any that knowes how to please and content them; not any that can indure their tartnesse and curstnesse: their delight is to speake loud; their glory to chide and to brawle, and the better one does, and the more one seeks to please them, the lesse are they contented. And this (mother) is the reason, why I haue rather desires to liue free from controlement, and to be mistresse in a poore little house of mine owne, then to liue a slaue, and at command in the richest palace of the proudest Lady of them all.