Hausted, Peter · published 1632 · first performed or written 1632 [Mar 19] (Annals) comedy · before the Court T33 Fathers, daughters and marriage negotiat typicality 0.87 · 491 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T33: daughter, marriage, father, love, davus, matter, son, chremes, wife, mother.
It is strange, Not one about this house that can instruct me What should become of them, I wonder at it; But I am glad that Constantina's flight Is not suspected yet, so well that Boy does personate her. Are they not there Placenta? St; No. O yes your Uncle is at home. It will not yet be dinner time this hour; You may embrace another walk. Content; Endymion, wilt please you t' accompany us? Why so then— What again? You'll leave your blubbering, Minion, come your ways. You set your mind on such a man? yet more? You might as well be in love with that same Sun, And should as soon enjoy it. He speaks high, Pray heavens he does not look so high, for fear He should descry me. Father, I cannot last Out two days longer without Anteros. How's that? now all my stars be merciful! It is a vision sure, this cannot be. Come, you're a foolish girl, he marry you? That day that he does marry you, will I Bring back to life all that were dead before The universal Deluge. Nay, I'll help You with a far better expression, sir, That day that he does marry her, shall you Become an honest man; a harder Province Than to bring all the dead, to life again. There are a hundred reasons (daughter) why You should not hope it, first he hates all women, Next if he did not, you that are deformed, Lame, and misshapen, black, beside, ill mannered.— (He does not see the wallet on her back.) Have the lest cause to hope. But there are (father) six hundred reasons, why I should love him. His manly carriage, his full breasts, his hair, And his fine clothes, his golden breeches, and— His traitorous nose: ay, ay, 'tis that I know, 'Tis like the Ivy-bush unto a Tavern, Which tells us there is Wine within; but I Will take an order with you Sir e'er long, And have you pared. Well I will never leave My crying (that's resolved) until I see him. O! Could I commit a crime ere I was made, 'Gainst nature worthy such a punishment? It is decreed, I will unman myself, immediately. What shall I do? 'tis strange— Well, 't must be so: I will go seek Terpander, And move him to this match: most of his lands I have in mortgage, nay indeed they are Forfeited to me, for the day is passed Wherein he was bound to pay in the money, The advantage of this forfeiture, will I Threaten to take, unless he does compel, His son to take my daughter, to his wife. Nay, rather than I will be disappointed, He for a portion, shall have in his bonds, Come daughter, be of comfort, we will go Directly to Terpander, where I'll use Such arguments, as shall enforce him make His son both love, and marry you.
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It is ſtrange, Not one about this houſe that can inſtruct mee What ſhould become of them, I wonder at it; But I am glad that Conſtantina's flight Is not ſuſpected yet, ſo well that Boy Doe's perſonate her. Are they not there Placenta? St; No. O yes your Vncle is at home. It will not yet bee dinner time this houre; You may embrace another walke. Content; Endymion, wil't pleaſe you t' accompany us? Why ſo then— What againe? You'l leaue your blubbering, Minion, come your waies. You ſet your minde on ſuch a man? yet more? You might as well bee in loue with that ſame Sunne, And ſhould as ſoone enjoy it. He ſpeakes high, Pray heavens hee does not looke ſo high, for feare He ſhould deſcrie me. Father, I cannot laſt Out two dayes longer without Anteros. How's that? now all my ſtarres be mercifull! It is a viſion ſure, this cannot bee. Come, you'r a fooliſh girle, he marry you? That day that hee does marry you, will I Bring backe to life all that were dead before The univerſall Deluge. Nay, Ile helpe You with a farre better expreſſion, ſir, That day that hee does marry her, ſhall you Become an honeſt man; a harder Province Then to bring all the dead, to life againe. There are a hundred reaſons (daughter) why You ſhould not hope it, firſt hee hates all women, Next if he did not, you that are deform'd, Lame, and miſhapen, blacke, beſides, ill manner'd.— (Hee does not ſee the wallet on her back.) Haue the leſt cauſe to hope. But there are (father) Sixe hundred reaſons, why I ſhould loue him. His manly carriage, his full breaſts, his hayre, And his fine cloathes, his golden breeches, and— His traiterous noſe: I, I, 'tis that I know, 'Tis like the Ivy-buſh vnto a Taverne, Which tells vs there is Wine within; but I Will take an order with you Sir e're long, And haue you par'd. Well I will neuer leaue My crying (that's reſolu'd) vntill I ſee him. O! Could I commit a crime e're I was made, 'Gainſt nature worthy ſuch a puniſhment? It is decreed, I will vnman my ſelfe, immediately. What ſhall I doe? tis ſtrange— Well, 't muſt be ſo: I will goe ſeeke Terpander, And mooue him to this match: moſt of his lands I haue in mortgage, nay indeed they are Forfeited to me, for the day is paſt Wherein hee was bound to pay in the money, The' advantage of this forfeiture, will I Threaten to take, vnleſſe hee does compell, His ſonne to take my daughter, to his wife. Nay, rather then I will bee diſappointed, Hee for a portion, ſhall haue in his bonds, Come daughter, bee of comfort, wee will goe Directly to Terpander, where I'le vſe Such arguments, as ſhall enforce him make His ſonne both loue, and marry you.