Hausted, Peter · published 1632 · first performed or written 1632 [Mar 19] (Annals) comedy · before the Court unassigned nearest T62 The courtier as a type: fashion, affecta · 475 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T62: courtier, shrug, face, court, italian, monsieur, scholar, fashion, french, courtiers.
The first of them is a fine spiced gallant, One that has been some three years in coddling At th' Inns o'th' Court, and (as he tells me) intends To lie, and soak a while to make him relish In the rose-water of a Knighthood, strewed o'er with the Sugar of a yearly rent Of some nine hundred— after the old man's death. And all this cookery is to please the palate Of some nice Minion, who to make her weight Drags peradventure some three thousand after her. The thing (to do it right) beside the managing of its rapier, and a pretty competency of play parcels, can salute you, and take its leave of you in French, but so miserably harsh that any one may conclude, he never travailed for his language further than Littleton— He— Is a very ass, no more of him; but what's the other? His kinsman. What he is now he knows not himself, else he would have told me, but he has been a Lawyer; Clerke in's days, his prattle is altogether about the complexions, and he will read you a lecture of simple bawdry for some two hours in your ear if you'll suffer him, and after all this, he feels you by the nose, and cries Mark the end on 't. And is this all? give me thy hand, I have a brace of the like creatures at my service. I will play with thee from a Stiver to a Guilder, from a Guilder to a Doller, from a Doller to a French crown, from a French crown to a pound, from a pound, to a hundred (mark what I say) in the way of friendship, with those two grand coxcombs thou hast all to be worded so. You will, are you so confident? Yes marry am I. Only I will not cloy you with an inventory of your dishes before hand, take this in brief. One of them is a Scholar newly warm in a lambskin, Nephew to old bully Lively, at whose house they are both now, the other is an elder brother, and an heir, and he shall tell you so as soon as he sees you. But stay where shall our Campus Martius be? No place Better than this, but speak the hour. Let me see, 'tis just eight now, some half an hour after nine I will not fail. To bring your champions with you. Or else I'll make good the place myself, which I would be loath to do I tell you. My first work now is for to see my Uncle, And as I hear my melancholy sister. That done through the back door that leads to th' Stables (where they are taking order for their horses.) I will go visit my two creatures and Prepare them for the Combat.
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The firſt of them is a fine ſpiced gallant, One that has beene ſome three yeares in codling At th' Innes o'th' Court, and (as hee tells me) intends To lye, and ſoake a while to make him relliſh In the roſe-water of a Knighthood, ſtrew'd O're with the Sugar of a yearely rent Of ſome nine hundred — after the old mans death. And all this cookery is to pleaſe the pallate Of ſome nice Minion, who to make her weight Drags peraduenture ſome three thouſand after her. The thing (to doe it right) beſide the managing of it's rapier, and a pretty competencie of play parcels, can ſalute you, and take it's leaue of you in French, but ſo miſerably harſh that any one may conclude, hee neuer trauail'd for his language further then Littleton — He — Is a very aſſe, no more of him; but what's the other? His kinsman. What hee is now he knowes not himſelfe, elſe he would haue tolde me, but he has beene a Lawyer; Clerke in's dayes, his prattle is altogether about the complections, and hee will reade you a lecture of ſimple bawdery for ſome two houres in your eare if you'l ſuffer him, and after all this, he feeles you by the noſe, and cryes Marke the end on 't. And is this all? giue me thy hand, I haue a brace of the like creatures at my ſeruice. I will play with thee from a Stiuer to a Guilder, from a Guilder to a Doller, from a Doller to a French crowne, from a French crowne to a pound, from a pound, to a hundred (marke what I ſay) in the way of friendſhip, with thoſe two grand coxcombes thou haſt all to be worded ſo. You will, are you ſo confident? Yes marry am I. Onely I will not cloy you with an inuentory of your diſhes before hand, take this in briefe. One of them is a Scholler newly warme in a lambskin, Nephew to old bully Liuely, at whoſe houſe they are both now, the other is an elder brother, and an heire, and he ſhall tell you ſo as ſoone as he ſees you. But ſtay where ſhall our Campus Martius be? No place Better then this, but ſpeake the houre. Let me ſee, 'tis iuſt eight now, ſome halfe an houre after nine I will not faile. To bring your champions with you. Or elſe I'le make good the place my ſelfe, which I would be loath to doe I tell you. My firſt worke now is for to ſee my Vncle, And as I heare my melancholly ſiſter. That done through the backe doore that leades to th' Stables (where they are taking order for their horſes.) I will goe viſite my two creatures and Prepare them for the Combat.