Randolph, Thomas · published 1632 · first performed or written 1632 [Mar 20] (Annals) comedy · before the Court unassigned nearest T23 Husbands, wives and jealousy · 480 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of the nearest topic T23: wife, husband, cuckold, jealousy, woman, jealous, mistress, love, house, honest.
Th' Almutes, or the Lord of the Ascendant, I find with Luna corporally joined To the Almutes of the seventh house, Which is the matrimonial family: And therefore I conclude the nuptials hold. And yet th' Aspect is not in Trine, or Sextile, But in the Quartile radiation, Or Tetragon, which shows an inclination Averse, and yet admitting of reception. It will, although encountered with impediment, At last succeed. Ha? What bold impediment Is so audacious to encounter me? Be he Almutes of what house he please; Let his Aspect be Sextile, Trine, or Quartile; I do not fear him with his radiations, His Tetragons, and inclinations: If he provoke my spleen, I'll have him know I soldiers feed shall mince him, and my Poets Shall with a Satire steeped in gall and vinegar, Rhyme 'em to death, as they do rats in Ireland. Good words. There's no resistance to the laws of Fate. This sublunary world must yield obedience To the celestial virtues. One thing more I would desire to know: Whether my spouse That shall be, be immaculate. I'd be loath To marry an advowson that has had Other incumbents. I'll resolve you instantly. The Dragons-tail stands where the head should be: A shrewd suspicion,— she has been strongly tempted. The Dragons-tail puts me in a horrible fear. I feel a kind of a sting in my head already. And Mars being landlord of th'eleventh house, Placed in the Ram and Scorpion, plainly signifies The maid has been in love; but the Aspect Being without reception, lays no guilt Of act upon her. I shall be jealous presently: For the Ram is but an ill sign in the head; And you know what Scorpio aims at in the Almanac. But when I see th' Ascendent and his Lord, With the good Moon in angles and fixed signs, I do conclude her virgin pure and spotless. I thank th' Ascendent, and his noble Lord; He shall be welcome to my house at any time, And so shall mistress Moon, with all her angles, And her sixth signs. But how come you to know All this for certain? Sir, the learned Cabalists, And all the Chaldees do conclude it lawful: As Asla, Baruch, and Abobali, Caucaph, Toz, Arcaphan, and Albuas, Gafar, with Hali, Hippocras, and Lancao, With Ben, Benesaphan, and Albubetes. Are Asla, Baruch, and Abobali, With all the rest o'th' Jury, men of credit? Their words shall go as far i'th' Zodiac, Sir, As another's bond. Asot. I am beholding to 'em. Another scruple yet,— I would have children too, Children to dote on, Sir, when I grow old, Such as will spend when I am dead and gone, And make me have such fine dreams in my grave. Sir, y'are a happy man. I do not see In all your horoscope one sign masculine, For such portend sterility.
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Th' Almutes, or the Lord of the Ascendeut, I finde with Luna corporally joyn'd To the Almutes of the seventh house, Which is the matrimoniall family: And therefore I conclude the nuptialls hold. And yet th' Aspect is not in Trine, or Sextile, But in the Quartile radiation, Or Tetragon, which showes an inclination Averse, and yet admitting of reception. It will, although encountred with impediment, At last succeed. Ha? What bold impediment Is so audacious to encounter me? Be he Almutes of what house he please; Let his Aspect be Sextile, Trine, or Quartile; I do not fear him with his radiations, His Tetragons, and inclinations: If he provoke my spleen, I'le have him know I souldiers feed shall mince him, and my Poets Shall with a Satyre steep'd in gall and vineger, Rime 'um to death, as they do rats in Ireland. Good words. There's no resistance to the laws of Fate. This sublunary world must yeeld obedience To the celestiall vertues. One thing more I would desire to know: Whether my spouse That shall be, be immaculate. I'de be loth To marry an Advowsion that has had Other incumbents. I'le resolve you instantly. The Dragons-tail stands where the head should be: A shrew'd suspicion, —she has been strongly tempted. The Dragons-tail puts me in a horrible fear. I feel a kinde of a sting in my head already. And Mars being landlord of th'eleventh house, Plac'd in the Ram and Scorpion, plainly signifies The maid has been in love; but the Aspect Being without reception, layes no guilt Of act upon her. I shall be jealous presently: For the Ram is but an ill signe in the head; And you know what Scorpio aims at in the Almanack. But when I see th' Ascendent and his Lord, With the good Moon in angles and fixt signes, I do conclude her virgin pure and spotlesse. I thank th' Ascendent, and his noble Lord; He shall be welcome to my house at any time, And so shall mistresse Moon, with all her angles, And her sixt signes. But how come you to know All this for certain? Sir, the learned Cabalists, And all the Chaldees do conclude it lawfull: As Asla, Baruch, and Abobali, Caucaph, Toz, Arcaphan, and Albuas, Gafar, with Hali, Hippocras, and Lancao, With Ben, Benesaphan, and Albubetes. Are Asla, Baruch, and Abobali, With all the rest o'th' Jury, men of credit? Their words shall go as farre i'th' Zodiack, Sir, As anothers bond. Asot. I am beholding to 'um. Another scruple yet,—I would have children too, Children to dote on, Sir, when I grow old, Such as will spend when I am dead and gone, And make me have such fine dreams in my grave. Sir, y'are a happy man. I do not see In all your horoscope one signe masculine, For such portend sterility.