Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

BRIDGET

in Every Man in His Humour — Jonson, Ben

Metadata

PlayEvery Man in His Humour
AuthorJonson, Ben
Year (catalogued)1616
Decade1610s
Speech prefix(es)BRID.
Words179
Characters1006
Typicality0.19 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA04632.1
ClusterCluster 17 — Intriguers & schemers

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Full speech

Servant, what is this same, I pray you? Pray you do, servant. Nay, speak, I pray you, what tricks? Passion of my heart! do tricks? Help, help, THOMAS. Brother, indeed, you are too violent, To sudden, in your humour: and, you know My brother WEL-BREDS temper will not bear Any reproof, chiefly in such a presence, Where every slight disgrace, he should receive, Might wound him in opinion, and respect. Yes, there was one a civil gentleman, And very worthily demeaned himself! A love of mine? I would it were no worse, brother! You'lld pay my portion sooner, then you think for. Good brother, be content, what do you mean? The strength of these extreme conceits, will kill you. That touches not me, brother. Faith, I had very little confidence in mine own constancy, brother, if I durst not meet a man: but this motion of yours, savours of and old knight-aduenturers servant, a little too much, me thinks. Marry, of the squire. I think she be gone forth, sir. She's gone abroad with THOMAS. I know not, sir.