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DELION

in Englishmen for My Money, or A Woman Will Have Her Will — Haughton, William

Metadata

PlayEnglishmen for My Money, or A Woman Will Have Her Will
AuthorHaughton, William
Year (catalogued)1616
First performance1598
Decade1610s
GenreComedy
Play typeAdult Professional
CompanyAdmiral's (Nottingham's) Men
Speech prefix(es)Delio. | Delio | Deli. | Delia. | Delo. | Delion.
Words531
Characters2778
Typicality0.31 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA02800
BritDrama no.1120
ClusterCluster 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.

macke you out de Houis so late? Certes me dincke de mine depeteta de little And gloise, de me Matresse Pisaro is un net, un becues, un From, et un tendra Damosella. Signor Alvaro, give him de ting quickly sal make hem die, autremant you sal loose de fine Wensh. Monsieur Gentle-home, I prey parley one, too, tree, before, words vore
Monsieur Pisaro, mon peer, mon Vadere, O de grand joy you give me (oconte) me sal go home to your House, sal eat your Bacon, sal eat your Beef, and shall tack de Wench, de fine Damoysella. Warrent you Monsieur, he sal parley wen you sal stand
Wench, de fine Damoysella. Warrent you Monsieur, he sal parley wen you sal stand out the dour. Non Dam Monsieur, and he be so granda amorous open de Damosella, he sal have Mawdlyn de wit Wenshe in de Kichine by matter Pisaros leave. Monsieur, Vous estes tresbien venum, de quell pais estes vous. Monsieur, Vous n'entens pass, J
estes tresbien venum, de quell pais estes vous. Monsieur, Vous n'entens pass, J ne demand puit, vostre nom? Madame, my Sho met de square toe, what be that? That me sal do tres beien, but de bellam Madonna de june Gentlewoman do monster some sing of amour to speak lot me, epurce monsieur, me sal say but two tree four five word
should lovam me. But so tincke esh oder Damosellas. Madama attendez, Madama: is she all? do she mockque de novus in such sort? O de brave de galliard devise: me sal come by de nite and contier fair de L'anglois Gentlehomes dictenous ainsi monsieur Pisaro. By my trot me do so much tincke of dit Gentlewoman de fine Wenshe, that

Full speech

Monsieur Pisaro, mon peer, mon Vadere, O de grand joy you give me (oconte) me sal go home to your House, sal eat your Bacon, sal eat your Beef, and shall tack de Wench, de fine Damoysella. Warrent you Monsieur, he sal parley wen you sal stand out the dour. Non Dam Monsieur, and he be so granda amorous open de Damosella, he sal have Mawdlyn de wit Wenshe in de Kichine by matter Pisaros leave. Monsieur, Vous estes tresbien venum, de quell pais estes vous. Monsieur, Vous n'entens pass, J ne demand puit, vostre nom? Madame, my Sho met de square toe, what be that? That me sal do tres beien, but de bellam Madonna de june Gentlewoman do monster some sing of amour to speak lot me, epurce monsieur, me sal say but two tree four five word to di francois: or sus Monsieur Le mouche en quelle party de France esties vous ne? Is that and offence to be amorous di one belle Gen tleawoman. Par may foy Madame, she does tincke dare is no Wench so dure as you: for de Fillee was cree dulce, tender, and amorous for me to love his; now me tincke that I being such a fine man, you should lovam me. But so tincke esh oder Damosellas. Madama attendez, Madama: is she all? do she mockque de novus in such sort? O de brave de galliard devise: me sal come by de nite and contier fair de L'anglois Gentlehomes dictenous ainsi monsieur Pisaro. By my trot me do so much tincke of dit Gentlewoman de fine Wenshe, that me tincke esh hover ten day, and esh day ten year, till I come to her: Here be de huise of sin vader, shall all and knock. He knocks. Glasses, what Glasses? Prey is monsieur Pisaro to de mayson? Yes but dit is the houis of mester Pisaro. Do no de fine Gentlewoman matresse Mathea dwell in worser to Plash? I be deceu dis dark neight; here be no Wenshe, I be no in de right plash: I prey Monsieur, what be name dis Street, and wish be de way to Croshe-friers? Ʋ anshe, street, how shaunce me come to Vanshe street? well monsieur, me must all to Croche-friers. Me all, end all & can no come to Croche-friers. Who be der? who all der? Amiss? Who parley der, in what plash, in what street be you? Io be here in Lede-hall. I that me sal monsieur Gentle-home, and give you tanks. What do you smell? Dats good: but watt be dis Post? Ho Wesmistere, how come we tol Wesmistere? What, Monsieur Frisco? Ouy monsieur Frisco. Monsieur de Mowche, what macke you out de Houis so late? Certes me dincke de mine depeteta de little And gloise, de me Matresse Pisaro is un net, un becues, un From, et un tendra Damosella. Signor Alvaro, give him de ting quickly sal make hem die, autremant you sal loose de fine Wensh. Monsieur Gentle-home, I prey parley one, too, tree, before, words vore us to dis oull man. Sordiche ; Oh dio, dear be some nautie tinge, some Spirit do lead us. Pardon moi Madame.

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