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)
Ʋ and. | Vanda. | Vand. | Ʋ anda. | Ʋ an.
Words
727
Characters
3634
Typicality
0.34 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A02800
BritDrama no.
1120
Cluster
Cluster 18 — Chronicle statesmen & prelates
Important excerpts
Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 18 (salic, caius, flewellen, coronel, mamon, crimes…). Matches are highlighted.
Frisco. Ick shall seg v Vader, Ick quame here to your Huise and spreake tol de Dochterken. O de Diabolo, de mal-fortune: is matresse Laurentia gaen awech? Ventre, salic go to de see, and be de see, and over de see and in de see voer my sweet Low. Salic climb up tot you? sal ick fly up tot you? salic, what segdy? No, no; no word:
Full speech
Seeker Mester Pisaro, me do so groterly dank you, that you macke me so sure of de Wench, datt ic can neit dank you genough. Maer hortens ; if he & ic & monsieur Delion be de Crab, we sal kash de Foul well genough, I warrent you. Dan sal your sistree do gainst her vaders will, or your vader segt that ick sal heb har warrant mine wife. O de pestilence, no if datick can neite dese En glese spreake vel, it shall his Fader seg how dit is to pass gecomen. Mester Pisaro, de Dochter maistris Laurentia call me de Dyel, den Ass, for that ic can neit englesh spreken. Wear be you mester Frisco. Ick be so groterly hight, datt ick sweat, O wen sal we come dare. Dare here, dare, 'tis so Dark ey can neit see. O de skellam Frisco, ic weit neit waer that ic be, ic go and hit my nose open dit post, and ic go and hit my nose open danden post; O de villain: Well, waer been ic now? Haw laet syen is dut neit croshe urier, ya seeker so is't and dit M. Pisaros huis: O de good shaunce, well ic shall now have de Wenshe Laurentia, mestris Laurentia. Ya my Low, here be mester Heigham your groot Friend. O my leif Mesken, de love tol v be so groot, that het bring me out my bed voor you. That sal ick my Lovam. Is dit no well counterfett I speak so Like mester Heigham as 'tis possible. Do you moc que me seger seger, I sal seg your vader. Hort you Daughter, hort you gods see ker kin? will you no let me come tot you? ick bid you let me come tot you watt sal ick done, ick would neit warrant un hundred pound Alvaro & Delion, should see me open dit manner, well what sal ick done, ick mout neit call: warrant de Wenshes will cut de rope and break my neck; ick sal here bleauen till de morning, & dan ick sal call to mester Pisaro, & make him shafe & shite his dauctors: O de skellum Frisco, O des cruel Hores. Gods sekerlin, dats vn-fra meskin, Monsieur Delion dare de Groat freisler, dare wode ic zene, 'tis vn-fra Daughter, dare heb ic so long loud, dare Heb my desire so long gewest. Slacked up den tromele, van ick shall come Up to de camerken, won my new Wincken Slacked up den tromele, van ick shall come. I shall v seg vader, Ick shall tesh your Daughrer such a ting, make her laugh too. Mar hortens vader, ick veite neite de wecke to your houis, hort ens shall master Frisco your manneken come to call de me, and bring me to v house. Mester Frisco, mester Frisco, what sal you no speak; make you de Fool? Why mester Frisco ; O de skellum, he be Gam met de Cloak, me sal seg his mester, han mester Frisco, waer sidy mester Frisco. Ick shall seg v Vader, Ick quame here to your Huise and spreake tol de Dochterken. O de Diabolo, de mal-fortune: is matresse Laurentia gaen awech? Ventre, salic go to de see, and be de see, and over de see and in de see voer my sweet Low. Salic climb up tot you? sal ick fly up tot you? salic, what segdy? No, no; no word: O de feet Wenshe, Ick come, Ick come. In ick my soot Lady. Neit, neit, dare be no man. Neit, neit. My soot Lady I be nunc neit up, pull me totv. O Vadere, Vadere, here be sush cruel Dochter kens, ick been also weary, also weary, also cold; for be in dit little Basket: lo prey help dene. Ick prey Vader that you help de me, Ick prey Goddie Vader. O skellum, you run away from me. Hort you brother, will you let den ander heb your Wive? nempt haer, nempt haer your self? Would, would, would. Han seg you Dochtor, warrant what cause, voer why bede also much grooterlie strange, Ic seg you what, if datt ghy speak to me, is datt ghy love me. Datts waer matresse, for it is untrue saying, day wint he taught day verleift lie scrat sin gatt. Macke no doubt de signor Alva. sal do vel enough
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