Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

BULLAKER

in Sir Giles Goosecap — Chapman, George

Metadata

PlaySir Giles Goosecap
AuthorChapman, George
Year (catalogued)1606
First performance1602
Decade1600s
GenreComedy
Play typeBoys Professional
CompanyChildren of the Chapel (second)
Speech prefix(es)Bul. | Bul ▪ | Bullaker. | Bul | Bul: | Bvl | Bull
Words680
Characters3408
Typicality0.49 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA01911
BritDrama no.1340
ClusterCluster 9 — Boon companions & bluff banter

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Full speech

I will come to your Sir, I'll Jack you a my word, I'll Jack you. Out you m pede monkeys can ye not know a man from a Marmasett, in These Frenchified days of ours? nam isle Iackefie you alittle better yet. Bièn iè vous remercy, the pardon pour vous Sir now. I am now the great French Traualers page Hight Captain Fouleweather, alias Comenda tions; whose valours within here at super with the Cou ̄ es Eugenia, whose proper eaters I take you two to be. I Sir right, but if he had not said right, my Cap taine should have taken no wrong at his hands, nor yours neither I can tell you. One of their names Sir, is, Sir Gyles Goosecap, the others Sir Cut. Rudseby. I that he is at least if he be not a noble man, and his chief house is in Essex. Yes that they did Sir, the best Gosecappes in England, comes out of London I assure you. A Northern man, or a Westernma ̄ I take him, but my Captain is the Emphatical man; and by that pretty word Emphatical ou shall partly know him; for 'tis a very forcible word in troth, & yet he forces it too much by his favour; marry no more then he does all the rest of his words; with whose multiplicity often times he travails himself out of all good company. Sir Gyles Goosecap has always a death's head (as it were) in his mouth, or his only one reason for very thing is, because we are all mortal; and therefore he is generally called the mortal knight; then hath he anon there pretty phrase too, and that is he will tickle the vam nitie ant still in every thing and this is your Summa totam lis of both their virtues. The third person and second knight blunt Sir Cut. Rudesby, is indeed blunt at a sharp wit, and sharp at a blun wit a good bustling Gall ant talks well at Rovers; he is two parts soldier; as slovenly as a Swit zer, and somewhat Like one in face too; for he wears a bush beard will dead a Cannon shot better then a wool pack: he will come in oh the presence Like yor French man n foul boots and dares eat garlik as a prep a tiue to his Cour ship; you shall know more e of him h re after; but good wags let me win you now, for the Geographical parts of your Ladies in requital. For Gods sake whats that? Thats strange indeed, but what is your fair Lady Sir? Strange tale to tell; how canst thou make this good my good Assumpsit. Oh Lord Sir, I devour you quick; and now Sir I beseech you open unto me your tother Lady, what is she? Pardon moi mounsieur. In Captain if I might advise you, you should tarry, and take the morning afore you. I Sir. So I do Sir. No good monsieurs. Remercy de bon ceur m nsieurs. Indeed page if you were in France, you wood be broken upon a wheel for it, there is not the b st Dukes son in France dares say I protest, till h e be one and thirty year old at least, for the inheritance of that word is not to be possessed before. I'll let them alone a while. Pardon us, out you homebred peasants, plain eng lish, pardon us, if you had parled, & not spoken, but said pardon moi I wood have pardoned you, but since you speak, and not parley, I will cudgel you better yet. TO His is the Countess Eugenias house I think, I can never hit of These same English City houses, though I were born here: if I were in City in France, I could find any house there at midnight. Can she so? How canst thou know that? J vous remercy de-bon Ceur. Why young gentlemen, utter your anger with your fists. Whats that I pray thee? Port bien vous remercy.

Plot summary

Plot — Sir Giles Goosecap
The widow Eugenia lives in chastity with two virgins, Hippolyta and Penelope. They entertain three foolish would-be suitors to supper: Sir Giles Goosecap, Sir Cuthbert Rudesby, and Captain Foulweather. A page tells the guests that the ladies plan an early morning visit to Barnet the next day, and encourages them to rendezvous there; in fact, it is to be a wild-goose chase. The pages later meet the suitors on their way back, and tell them that the ladies decided not to go after all, asa test of tolerance. Clarence is also in love with Eugenia, and confides this to his best friend, her uncle, Lord Momford. Disturbed to hear of the supper with the knights, Momford visits his niece and tries to press Clarence’s suit. Relatives of Goosecap and Rudesby likewise sing their in-laws’ praises, albeit rather unconvincingly. Momford brings a love-letter from Clarence and tries to get Eugenia to reply; he agrees to take dictation from her, but writes down her refusal with additional phrases which turn it into an acceptance, then signs her name on her behalf. Momford invites the ladies to supper. Eugenia is persuaded to come only on the assurance that Clarence is too ill to be present. The other suitors are also invited. Momford takes his guests on a tour of the house, during which they overhear Clarence discussing Eugenia with his doctor - an ‘accident’ which was planned by Momford all along. Eugenia suspects that he also intends to arrange a more direct encounter with Clarence, so she hides in the one place they will not expect to find her: Clarence’s bedroom. But Clarence is there, and they agree to marry. Momford is delighted that she has accepted his friend without knowing that the young man is also his heir.