Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 0 (shillings, tom, guts, mutton, wares, dan…). Matches are highlighted.
Truth, and no more I was not. Could he tell you that, too? In troth we had been a shooting, And had a piece of fat Ram-Mutton, to supper, That lay so heavy o'my stomach— My head did so ache— (Yes faith she dwells in Seacoale-lane) did cure me, With sodden Ale, and Pellitory o'the Wall; Cost me but two pence. I had another sickness,
then that. In truth, and it was Like To-have cost me almost my life. Yes, Sir, it done for spite Yes Sir. And he hath damned himself three terms, to pay me. Thirty shillings, Sir: And for six Syringes. Or a Knight o'the curious coxcomb. Do you see? Yes Sir. Yes Sir, did you never see me play the Pool? Not I Sir, I am no Brother.
Full speech
Yes, Sir. Yes, Sir. I, an't please you. This, an't please your worship, I'am a young beginner, and am building Of a new shop, an't Like your worship; joust, At corner of a street: (Here's the plot on't.) And I would know, by art, Sir, of your Worship, Which way I should make my door, by Necromantie. And, where my Shelves. And, which should be for Boxes, And, which for Pots, I would be glad to thrive, Sir. And, I was wished to your Worship, by a Gentleman, One Captain Face, that say's you know men's Planets, And their good Angels, and their bade. Troth, Sir, I was speaking, Just, as your Worship came here, of your Worship. I pray you, speak for me to M r . Doctor. Yes, indeed, Sir. Yes, Sir. I, Sir. Yes, Sir, Sir, I have, At home, already— Good Captain, What must I give? I would gi'him a Crown. Yes, I have a Portague, I ha'kept this half year. I would entreat Another favour of his Worship. But, to look over, Sir, my Almanac, And cross out my Ill-dayes, that I may neither Bargain, nor trust upon them. Thank, Sir, both your Wor ships. A sign, Sir. Sir, I do thank his Worship. Yes, Sir. I have another thing, I would impart— Sir, there is lodged hard by me A rich young Widow. But nineteen, at the most. Marry sh'is not in fashion, yet; she wears A hood: but't stands a cop. And, I do, now and then give her a fucus, And physic too sometime, Sir, for which she trusts me With all her mind. She's come up here, of purpose To learn the fashion. And she do's strangely long to know her fortune. Yes, I have spoke to her of his Worship, already: But she's afraid, it will be blown abroad And hurt her Marriage. No, Sir, shee'll never marry Under a Knight. Her brother has made a Vow. No, Sir, A Gentleman, newly, warm in 'his land, Sir, Scarce cold in his one and twenty; that do's govern His Sister, here: and is a Man himself Of some three thousand a year, and is come up To learn to quarrel, and to live by his wits, And will go down again, and die i'the Country. Yes, Sir, to carry Quarrels, As Gallants do, and manage them, by line. I'll try my power, Sir. Yes, here's the Gentleman, Captain, M r . Kastrill, I have brought to see the Doctor. Sir, as he likes, his Sister (he says) shall come. Truth, and no more I was not. Could he tell you that, too? In troth we had been a shooting, And had a piece of fat Ram-Mutton, to supper, That lay so heavy o'my stomach— My head did so ache— (Yes faith she dwells in Seacoale-lane) did cure me, With sodden Ale, and Pellitory o'the Wall; Cost me but two pence. I had another sickness, Was worse then that. In truth, and it was Like To-have cost me almost my life. Yes, Sir, it done for spite Yes Sir. And he hath damned himself three terms, to pay me. Thirty shillings, Sir: And for six Syringes. Or a Knight o'the curious coxcomb. Do you see? Yes Sir. Yes Sir, did you never see me play the Pool? Not I Sir, I am no Brother.
Plot summary
Plot — The Alchemist
With his master absent to avoid the plague in London, Face has set up an occult consultancy in his house in association with the formerly itinerant rogues Subtle and Doll Common: Face fetches in the clients and Subtle poses as the alchemist. They quarrel over the relative merits of their contributions to the enterprise, but resolve to collaborate competitively in the day’s ===== PAGE 80 ===== business. They are visited by successive clients: Dapper, who wants a familiar to help him win at gambling; Drugger, who wants advice on the most auspicious layout for his shop; Sir Epicure Mammon, who seeks the philosopher’s stone to fulfil his fantasies of wealth, luxury, and voluptuousness, and who brings along with him the sceptic Surly; and the religious sectarians Ananias and Tribulation, who want both the stone and Subtle’s claimed expertise in counterfeiting foreign coins. Dapper is persuaded that he is the Fairy Queen’s nephew and heir, and is promised an introduction to her. Mammon brings various domestic articles for aurification, which Subtle then sells on to Ananias and Tribulation, saying they belong to orphans. Clients come thick and fast. Drugger introduces his neighbours, Kastril (who wants te learn how to quarrel) and the wealthy widow Pliant (who wants her fortune told and whom Face and Subtle both want to marry). They are sent away so that the tricksters can deal with Dapper, who in his turn is secreted in the privy while they attend to Mammon. The knight courts Doll, who is presented to him as a lord’s sister prone to religious mania, which he activates by ill-chosen words; but he is then told that his lust has caused a setback in the alchemical process, which demands moral purity. Meanwhile, Surly returns, disguised as a Spanish count seeking sexual favours; but, since Doll is busy with Mammon, he is foisted on Dame Pliant, who is tempted with the chance of becoming a Spanish countess. His attempt to tell her the truth is outmanoeuvred when Face and Subtle convince her that he is an impostor and that the real Count is on his way; Drugger is persuaded to impersonate him and sent off to borrow a Spanish suit for the role. Lovewit, the master of the house, returns to hear Tumours of strange goings-on. Face’s explanation is confuted by the cries of Dapper, forgotten in the privy, so he confesses everything. Dapper is presented to the Fairy Queen (impersonated by Doll) and goes away the owner of an imaginary magical fly, with instructions not to look…