in Englishmen for My Money, or A Woman Will Have Her Will — Haughton, William
Metadata
Play
Englishmen for My Money, or A Woman Will Have Her Will
Author
Haughton, William
Year (catalogued)
1616
First performance
1598
Decade
1610s
Genre
Comedy
Play type
Adult Professional
Company
Admiral's (Nottingham's) Men
Speech prefix(es)
Alua. | Aluar. | Alu.
Words
784
Characters
3904
Typicality
0.24 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A02800
BritDrama no.
1120
Cluster
Cluster 12 — Wooers, gallants & courtly love-talk
Important excerpts
Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 12 (signor, sal, zelmane, handkerchief, absolon, dissemble…). Matches are highlighted.
well come that you sal say, sal be well know perfaytemente. De vsa sal well teash you what that is; and if you sal please, I will teash you to parler Italiano. Signor Pisaro, ne soiat so malcontento de Gentle woman your filigola did parler but a litella to, de gentle homa y our grand amico. Do day so; well let me lone, sal see
did parler but a litella to, de gentle homa y our grand amico. Do day so; well let me lone, sal see me give dem de such grand mock, sal be shame of dem selves. Signor, me thinks you soud no macke de wen she so hardee, so disobedient to de padre as ditt madonna Matt. Den de Lady, what Lady? Me dincke such a piculo man as you be,
Lady, what Lady? Me dincke such a piculo man as you be, sal have no de such grand luck madere. And that we sal no parler, that we sal no havar den for de wive. Signor Pisaro, I prey de gratiam watte maneire sal we have? what will the parler? what bon do you know Signor Pisaro, dicheti noi signor Pisaro. And I shall name me de
Pisaro, I prey de gratiam watte maneire sal we have? what will the parler? what bon do you know Signor Pisaro, dicheti noi signor Pisaro. And I shall name me de signor Harvey, end mon sicur Delion shall be de piculo signor Ned, end when mado nam Laurentia shall say, who be dare? mister Vandalle shall say, O my soot Laid, hire
Bon iurno signeour Padre, why be de malancollie so much, and graven in you a: what News make you look so nought? Signor si, how de Spaniola have almost tack de Ship that go for Turkey: my Pader, hark you me on word, I have receive un lettre from my Factor de Vennise, that after un
Full speech
Bon iurno signeour Padre, why be de malancollie so much, and graven in you a: what News make you look so nought? Signor si, how de Spaniola have almost tack de Ship that go for Turkey: my Pader, hark you me on word, I have receive un lettre from my Factor de Vennise, that after un piculo battalion, for un half hour de come a Wind From de North, & de Sea go tumble here, & tumble dare, that make de Galleys run away for fear be almost drowned. Will you no beleuue me? see dare dan, see de lettre. Ah Ʋ enice, Roma, Italiam Frauncia, Anglitera, nor all dis orb can show so much belliza, veremante de sencundam, Madonade granda beauty. Bellam Madonna, dare is no language so dulce; dulce, that is sweet, as de language, that you shall speak, and de well come that you sal say, sal be well know perfaytemente. De vsa sal well teash you what that is; and if you sal please, I will teash you to parler Italiano. Signor Pisaro, ne soiat so malcontento de Gentle woman your filigola did parler but a litella to, de gentle homa y our grand amico. Do day so; well let me lone, sal see me give dem de such grand mock, sal be shame of dem selves. Signor, me thinks you soud no macke de wen she so hardee, so disobedient to de padre as ditt madonna Matt. Den de Lady, what Lady? Me dincke such a piculo man as you be, sal have no de such grand luck madere. And that we sal no parler, that we sal no havar den for de wive. Signor Pisaro, I prey de gratiam watte maneire sal we have? what will the parler? what bon do you know Signor Pisaro, dicheti noi signor Pisaro. And I shall name me de signor Harvey, end mon sicur Delion shall be de piculo signor Ned, end when mado nam Laurentia shall say, who be dare? mister Vandalle shall say, O my soot Laid, hire be your love Mestro Heigham : Is no dis de brauissime, master Vandalle? What be that Glass? What drunk, what mad? Is dit your House? be you de Signor of dis Cassa? Is this neit the House of mester Pisaro? What be that? I prey de gratiam, what be dis plash? What do you call dit street? Certenemento Leden hall, I hit my head by de way, dare may be de voer Spouts: I prey de gratiam, wish be de weigh to Crochefriers? Signor, adio. I go and turn, and dan I come to dis plash, I can no tell watt, and shall do I can no tell watt, turn by the Pump; I pump it fair. Who parlato daer? Who do der ander? Moi I be here in Vanshe-streete. Monsieur Gentle-home, can you well tesh de weigh to Croshe-frier ? Whaer be de now signor? What be dis? Signor Frisco ? Si signor Frisco. Speak sister Matt, is not my true Love there? Signor Vandalle, what do the go to de wenshe in de Basket? A little farther signor Vandalle, and dan you may put v head into de windo and cash de Wensh. Here you padre, do no loose his Lands, his hun dreaded Pont per anno 'tis wort to havar; let him have de ma tress Marina in de marriage, 'tis but warrant me to attendre d'un day more: if he will no die, I sal give him sush a Drink, sush a Potion sal make him give de Bonos noches to all de world. No, no; tush you be de fool, here be that sal spoil de marriage of hem: you have deceue me of de fine Wensh signor Harvey, but I sal deceue you of de much Land. Oyime I hauesse allhora appressata la mano all mio core, o suen curato ate, I I longo sei tu arriuato, o cieli, o terra. Madonna yet de Belleza of de face beauty deform of all de Corpo may be such datt no perriculo, nor all de mal shaunce, can make him leave his dulce visage. Ne parlate, see here signors de Fader. O de favourable aspect of de heaven, 'tis so ob scure, so dark, so black that no mortal creature can know de me: I pray a Dio I sal have de reight Wench: Ah si I be recht, here be de huis of signor Pisaro, I shall have de madonna Marina, and daruor I shall knock to de door. What be 'tis Crosh-viers? vidite padre dare; tack you that, me fall trouble you no far. Signior si, & de Ship go drite on de Iscola de Candy.
Plot summary
Plot — Englishmen for My Money, or A Woman Will Have Her Will
The usurer Pisaro intends to marry his daughters to three foreigners, while also using them to acquire wealth from their English suitors. Anthony, their tutor, is sacked for acting as a go-between for the Englishmen, but he disguises himself and is hired in as his own replacement. The daughters encourage their suitors to borrow more money from Pisaro, in the expectation that the debt will be cancelled when they marry. Pisaro, distracted by rumours that his ships have been ambushed in the Mediterranean by Spanish pirates, mistakenly invites the English suitors to dinner. They take up the invitation, meet their foreign rivals, and arrange a nocturnal assignation with the sisters. Learning of this, Pisaro plans to substitute the foreigners, but Anthony forewarns the sisters, so that the Englishmen are able to misdirect the foreigners in the darkness. One of them is actually the clown Frisco, who has taken the Dutchman’s place, and who now leads the two foreigners even further astray. The Dutchman himself finds his way to Pisaro’s house, and the sisters trap him in a basket. The lovers arrive, ready to marry and then sleep with the sisters, but Pisaro intervenes. It seems that the daughters are to be married against their will in the morning, but Anthony devises three schemes: Walgrave impersonates a woman and spends the night with Mathea; Laurentia impersonates Anthony and escapes from the house to- marry Heigham; and Harvey pretends to be mortally ill, forcing Pisaro to let him marry Marina rather than lose the mortgage on his lands. ===== PAGE 28 ===== 28 | 1120.A Woman Will Have Her Will