Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 1 (nony, tailors, butler, mall, jesu, massinissa…). Matches are highlighted.
often to you. Fickle?—sfoot bind me Lady — And if I do not Lady let me loose it, thy love and my best Fortune's? Farewell sweet Lady. Anon anon sir. That were small manners sir i'faith, isle find a time anon your worship's busy yet. What creature is't you'de have sir? Thats a wild Boar sir. Who? your Recreation sir. Where I
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And Wild-duck an't please your worship. And Woodcock an't please your worship, I had thought to have spoke before you. Ant please your worship ther's a Lord and his fol lowers newly alighted. I have a thing to tell your worship — Your worship shall pardon me, I have better bringing up then so. 'Tis a thing made fit for your Ear sir — She's come sir? That's to be feared sir. She wears a Linen cloth about her Jaw, The fashion sir? live I so long time to see that a fashion, which rather was and Emblem of dispraise, It was suspected much in Mounsiers days. I know my office sir. Come Lady, you know where you are now? This is the old closet you know. There stands a Casket, I would my yearly revenue were but worth the wealth thats locked int Lady; yet I have fif ty pound a year wench. Yes faith have I. No by my troth do I not, neither: faith and you con sider me rightly sweet Lady, you might admit a choice gen tleman into your service. Pusha come, come, you do but hinder your Fortune's i'faith, I have the command of all the house, I can tell you, no thing comes intot'h kitchen, but comes through my hands. Faith you're too nice Lady: and as for my secrecy you know I have vowed it often to you. Fickle?—sfoot bind me Lady — And if I do not Lady let me loose it, thy love and my best Fortune's? Farewell sweet Lady. Anon anon sir. That were small manners sir i'faith, isle find a time anon your worship's busy yet. What creature is't you'de have sir? Thats a wild Boar sir. Who? your Recreation sir. Where I was wont, in your worships closet. My chain, my chain, my chain, my one and only chain. Foe nay then yowl make me blush i'faith sir.—
Plot summary
Plot — A Mad World, My Masters
Sir Bounteous Progress is much sought after for his generosity, but one person who has not benefited is his heir, Follywit. Down on his luck, Follywit decides to take some of his inheritance early. He poses as a lord and invites himself to stay with Sir Bounteous, and, during the night, changes clothes and burgles the house. Sir Bounteous is aghast that a lord has been robbed under his roof, and reimburses Follywit’s pretended losses. Harebrain is suspicious of his wife: he hires men to watch the house, takes away her bawdy reading matter, and allows her only the company of Lady Gullman, whom he takes for a pious virgin. In fact, Gullman is a courtesan working as a go-between for Penitent Brothel, and devises a plan to allow him access: she feigns sickness, and Harebrain allows his wife to visit her; Penitent Brothel poses as her physician. Other visitors include Sir Bounteous, Gullman’s principal client, and two other would-be clients, all of whom give money to ‘the doctor’. Mistress Harebrain arrives and has sex with Penitent Brothel. Meanwhile Gullman pretends to hold a conversation with her for the benefit of the eavesdropping Harebrain, who takes his wife home confident in her chastity. Worried that Sir Bounteous may leave his estate to a courtesan, Follywit poses as Gullman, visits the knight’s country house, and steals jewels. Back in London, he persuades Gullman to marry him on the expectation of his inheritance, not realizing who she is. Meanwhile, Penitent Brothel undergoes a spiritual conversion: his horror at his own lust is compounded by an encounter with a succubus in the shape of Mistress Harebrain. He visits the real Mistress Harebrain, partly to establish that it wasn’t her and partly to apologise for having endangered her chastity. Harebrain overhears them and is delighted. The Harebrains are invited to a feast at Sir Bounteous’s house. Follywit and his associates, disguised as actors, provide the entertainment, a comedy entitled The Slip, and Follywit persuades Sir Bounteous to hand over more valuables, including a watch, for use as props. The ‘actors’ are arrested escaping with their loot, but Follywit improvises to suggest that the constable is only a character in the ===== PAGE 231 ===== 1605 play. They tie him up get away, but return in their own persons. The truth comes out when the stolen watch starts to chime in Follywit’s pocket. He assures Sir Bounteous that he will settle down now that he has a wife, and is discomfited to…