Sir Boniface. | Sir Bonif. | Sir Boniface, | Sir Bon. | Bonif. | Sir 〈◊〉 .
Words
481
Characters
2508
Typicality
0.37 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A03255
BritDrama no.
2037
Cluster
Cluster 7 — Pedants, satyrs & Latin wit
Important excerpts
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Full speech
Venerabilis magistri: Absint vobis capistri. Nec animo, nec cord, nec utroque. Domine currogas: I was student in Brazen nose. Nomnativo hic prediculus, his words are most ridiculous: But tu thou, qui the which, deridest those that be rich, con teruc hanc sententiam, constrne me this sentence. Est modus in rebus sunt certi denique fines: Dij boni boni. Noble sir Harry; Numquam sic possit? I am not the preceptor to a pupil. But can decline it, mark sir Timothy: I am a no, I am and as? Per has meas manus vir, tues insanus, Grammaticam est ars, Nobis ut carmina dicunt. Oh! Propriam quae maribus: Venerabilis vir hom ille est ebrius. Facile and easy more fit for the pupil then the preceptor: whats Latin for this Earth? Tellus. I say Tellus is Latin for the Earth. Quid ais domine Timothy. Who knows not that, why Minos was her Husband. I say that Min S was: Opus est usus; Timothy you abuse us. Is wear by a noun, had I thy hose down, Qui que quod, I would so smoke thee with the rod: Ille Illam Illud, until I fetch blood. But Nobiles valete, remain in Quiet. The dinner's half done, and before I say Grace, and bid the old Knight and his guest proface. A medicine from your trencher, good M. Taber. As good a man as ere was sir Saber: Well think it no shame, men of learning and wit, say stum die gets a stomach, friend Taber a bit. But soft let me ponder: Know you him that comes yonder? Adesdem come near, and taste of your beer. Welcome, sine dole, for puntis to vole, I will enter and set and edge upon their I ngenies. Eques : : non quid est in Tergo, said salve bona virgo. Fit . I'll tell you my . Intend . Vir bone. Then in plain vulgar English I am called, Sir Boniface Absee. I'll trust, Sir, to your generosity; I will not bargain, but account my self Mille & mille modis, bound to you. vales, vales. I know it, sweet Knight, I know it. Then virgo formosam, & Domine valete. Without any compunction, I will make the Conjunction. Oh! but reverend sir Harry you must subaudi. Taber, I shall besolas manus. there are a brace of Augels. You are not for my turn sir Timothy. You are the man shall read unto my daughter The Latin tongue, in which I am ignorant: Confess your self and Ass; speak bawdy words; And after to talk idly. Hence away: You S all have my good word, but not my pay? Oh Ignorantiam! what it is to deal with stupidity? Sir , Sir , hear me one word, I see, , vero negligitis. Curris : My cheeks are all Murry, And I am gone in and hurry. vir . Fit tibi bona die: salus & quies.
Plot summary
Plot — The Wise Woman of Hogsdon
Chartley and Boister are both in love with Luce, but Luce insists on marriage before sex; Chartley agrees, but wants the marriage to remain a secret for a month, after which his inheritance will be secure. Their plans are overheard by Chartley’s former fiancée, another Luce, who was jilted by him on the eve of her wedding day, and who has come to London after him in disguise. She gets herself hired as a page by the Wise Woman of Hoxton, who takes a hand when Chartley offends her. He is privately married at the Wise Woman’s house, though not to Luce as he thinks, but to the second Luce (which the Wise Woman, taking the latter for a boy, thinks is just a prank); Luce herself is also married, not to Chartley as she thinks but to the masked Boister. The Wise Woman then furthers the confusion by having the two Luces change clothes, so that each new husband will mistake his wife. Senser woos Gratiana, who prefers his friend Haringfield; but when her father learns they come as suitors, he has them thrown out. Senser boasts that he will return, be welcome, and even be hired to stay; Sir Harry promises that in that event he will consent to the marriage. Senser duly fulfils the condition: Sir Harry seeks a Latin tutor for Gratiana, and the disguised Senser gets the job after making the other candidate, Sir Boniface, sound inept and bawdy in Latin. Chartley arrives to woo Gratiana, whom he has seen in the street: he brings with him a forged letter from his father offering a good financial settlement if they marry, along with money and jewels he has taken from Luce. When Senser intervenes, Sir Harry reneges on his promise. Luce faints on seeing that Chartley plans a bigamous marriage to Gratiana. She, Senser, and Boister all visit the Wise Woman, who undertakes to prevent the wedding and win Luce for Boister’s wife. Senser lures all the relevant parties to Hoxton: Chartley to visit Luce, excusing his absence by claiming that his father has just died; Gratiana to buy a dress; and Sir Harry to visit the Wise Woman. On the way, Sir Harry meets Old Chartley, who is not dead but come to London to look for his son, and who follows Sir Harry to Hoxton. The second Luce hides all the visitors separately around the house, and they all watch Chartley’s assignation with Luce. Confronted by the spectators in turn, Chartley tries each time to put the blame on ===== PAGE 461 ===== 1623 someone else, only to have that person appear next. The Wise Woman resolves the confused…