Early Modern Drama · Character Archetypes

MISTRESS MULLIGRUB

in The Dutch Courtesan (Cockle de Moye)

Metadata

PlayThe Dutch Courtesan (Cockle de Moye)
Year (catalogued)1605
First performance1605
Decade1600s
GenreComedy
Play typeBoys Professional;Professional
CompanyChildren of the Queen's Revels
TheaterBlackfriars;Indoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)Mrs. Mul. | Mrs: | Mrs. | Miſt. | M. Mul. | miſtris mul. | Miſt: Mul: | M Mul. | Mrs. Mu. | Mrs. Mul | M. Mul: | miſt mul. | miſt. mul. | Mrs. Mu: | Meſtris. | Mistreſſe Mul. | miſt, mul. | Miſtreſſe Mul.
Words830
Characters4228
Typicality0.17 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP idA07065
BritDrama no.1434
ClusterCluster 3 — Citizens, tradesfolk & neighbors

Important excerpts

No keyword-matching excerpt could be extracted (the cluster label doesn't share vocabulary with this character's speech).

Full speech

Gone, I saw him depart long sin, why are not you trimmed? I touched it not as I am Religious Yes, M. Creaks noise. Come spread these Table Diaper Napkins, and do you hear, perfume this Parlour do's so smell of profane Ta bacco, I could never endure this ungodly Tobacco, since one of our Elders, assured me upon his knowledge Tobacco was not used in the Congregation of the family of love: spread, spread handsomely, Lord these boys do things arsie, varsie, you show your bringing up, I was a Gentlewoman by my sisters side, I can tell ye so methodically: methodically, I wonder where it go that word Oh sir Amina dub Ruth had me kiss him methodical lie, I had it somewhere, and I had it indeed. I strange, you know no man that sent me word, that he and his wife would come to dinner to me, and sent this Jole of fresh Salmon before hand. By Master Garnish man? To season my now bowl? And withal wild me to send the bowl back That you might have your Arms graved on the side? Delivered! yes sure, 'tis delivered. Gone? Good is my witness, I delivered it with no more intention to be cozened on't, than the child new born: and yet Beshrew his heart for his labour, how every thing about abou me quivers, what Christian my hat and aporne, here take my sleeves, and how I tremose, so e gossope it now for't, thats certain, here has been revolutions, and false hers indeed. Are they come husband? Pray leave your foolery, what are they come? You needs not mak't so strange? Other men's cost? why did not you send this Jole of Salmon. Sending me word, that he and his wife would come to dinner to me. By the same token you were dry shaven this morning before you went forth. And thereupon sent the bowl back, prepared dinner, nay and I bore not a brain. Deliver us! what words are these, I trust in God, he is but drunk sure. Have I caught you, what Roger? Praise Heaven, it is no worse. I pray carry it: now thank them entirely: bless me, I was never so out of my skin in my life, pray thank your Miss tress most entirely. Whither, why to master Garnish, to eat the Jowl of Salmon? Lord, how strange you make it? Why for why did not you send the self same fellow for the Jole of Salmon, than had the cup? And will me to come and eat it with you at the Gold he . Do you hear, make a fool of some body else, and you make and ass of me, I e make and Ox of you, do you see. Where the Barbar? Trimmed, Oh wife, I am shaved, did you take hence the money? Oh Lord I have wink fair. Oh Holofernes, Oh where thy mother's Andrew The devil choke thee, where's Andrew thy more the man? What kind of fellow? Cocledemoy, Cocledemoy, raise all the Wise men in the street, I'll hang him with mine own hands Oh wife, some R sa Solis. Oh husband, I little thought you should have come to think on God thus soon: nay and you had been hanged deserved lie, it would never have greeud me, I have known of many honest innocent men have been hanged deservedly, but to be cast away for nothing. Truth husband, surely heaven is not pleased with our vocation; we do wink at the sins of our people, our wines are Protestants, and I speak it to my grief, and to the burden ̄ of my conscience, we fry our fish with salt butter. Exit. Bid they play, laugh, make merry, cast up my ac counts, for isle go hang my self presently, I will not curse, but a pox on Cocledemoy, he has polde and shaude the, he has trimmed me. Exeunt. A fad token, but true, here sir, I pray you commend me to your Master, but especially to your Mistress, tell them they shall be most sincerely welcome. Exit. Good husband take comfort in the Lord, I'll play the Devil, but isle recover it, have a good conscience ti's but a weeks cutting in the Term. How do's my God son good Andrew. Oh wife, Oh wife, Oh Jack how does thy mother? is there any Fiddlers in the house? I have a piece of mutton and a featherbed for you at all times, I pray make hast. Nay then I were unkind ysaith, I will not leave you until I have seen you hang. Fair hour, fine term, faith isle score it up anon a beautiful thought to you sir. Come, come, play the fool no more: Will you go? It is right I assure you, joust fifteen pounds. I could weep to, but God knows for what. What's the noise with you? what ail you?

Plot summary

Plot — The Dutch Courtesan (Cockle de Moye)
Mulligrub is morose: Cocledemoy has stolen some goblets from him. As the play goes on he gets increasingly infuriated as Cocledemoy continues to get the better of him. First the cheater borrows barber's instruments, visits him posing as a northern barber, and steals his bag of money while shaving him. Next, Mulligrub buys a goblet from Burnish and has it sent to his wife. Posing as Burnish's man, Cocledemoy pretends that he has been sent to arrange a meal for the Mulligrubs and Burnishes, leaves a gift of salmon, and takes the goblet back for engraving. Mulligrub returns home and, knowing nothing of the meal, decides to eat the salmon before anyone realizes the mistake, but loses his appetite on realizing that the goblet is gone. After he leaves to raise the alarm, Codedemoy returns and cons the salmon out of Mistress Mulligrub too. Finally Cocledemoy arranges for Mulligrub to pick up his cloak, then has him arrested for theft.Freevill invites his friend Malheureux to join him on a visit to the courtesan Francischina, in the hope that he will reconsider his disapproval of prostitution. He does: on seeing the courtesan, he falls in love. She grows jealous on hearing that Freevill is to marry Beatrice, and asks him to give her Beatrice's ring. When he refuses, she asks the infatuated Malheureux to prove his love by killing Freevill; she will reward him sexually when he brings her the ring. Malheureux soon comes to his senses: he tells Freevill everything, and they conspire to frustrate Francischina and enable Malheureux to sleep with her. They pretend to fall out at a masque given by Freevill to honour Beatrice's family, giving credence to the story that Malheureux has killed his friend in a duel. When he brings the ring to Francischina, she sends him away for two hours, then takes the story to Freevill's family and future in-laws. She is unable to provoke Beatrice to jealousy, but conceals Sir Lionel Freevill in her room to hear the murderer condemn hlmself. When Malheureux returns, she questions him about the killing, and he is arrested. Freevill has told Malheureux where he can be found alive, but, to teach his friend a lesson, he has 'disappeared'. In fact he has entered an association with Francischina, disguised as a pander: with the opportunity to observe her malice at dose quarters, he grows to appreciate Beatrice's honesty and fidelity the more. Francischina sends him to Beatrice with the ring in the hope of tormenting her, but he reveals himself…