Prince Charles's Men (second) (?); King's Revels Company (?)
Theater
Salisbury Court;Indoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)
1 Ten. | 1. Ten. | 1 Neig. | 1. Neigh.
Words
264
Characters
1388
Typicality
0.52 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A07978
BritDrama no.
2405
Cluster
Cluster 16 — Errand servants & brief parts
Important excerpts
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Full speech
It's so far off, that I cannot see it. Yes, we will follow; but at some wiser distance: Stay neighbour let him go. Shall we rob our carcases of sleep all night, that have been sufficiently tired with the days toils, for his reward? what will that be think you? a Christmas dinner; with a Chine of his great Ox that died at watering of the blain. And the discourse of his Worships hunting her: how many doubles she made, and mocked his Wor hips hope of a better dinner so long, till he thought in his con ference she was a Lancashire Witch. And a goose that broke her neck, creeping through the hedge into the Parsons stubble. How, eat a Puppy And I am as drowsy as a Constable at midnight. Indeed I have herd he is a notable joiner. Our intelligence hath something Landlord. The truth is being weary— At a house yonder we prevailed to be let in: where the little time that remained Till morning we slept soundly. Day no one r peet, but noise waked us. The house was presently full of Gallants with Music, and to dancing they went. We a knight the reason, they of the house told us 'twas customary for Gentlemen to have early re vels and rendezvous there. At length we herd one speak of a Gentlewoman in a sitten gown: which we conceiving to be Mistress Bellamy, made haste to London to your Son to info me your worship. Why sir, this is not Mistress Bellamy but anon there in her clothes.
Plot summary
Plot — Tottenham Court
Worthgood and Bellamie intend to marry, and have absconded to London with her uncle in pursuit. Bellamie is separated from Worthgood in Marylebone Park. She meets the censorious Cicely, and faints when Cicely voices her suspicions of sexual impropriety. She dreams that she will have Worthgood that very day, and is revived by Cicely's father, the park-keeper, who takes her home and seems interested in the name Worthgood. Worthgood meets the keeper, who promises to reunite him with Bellamie; but she and Cicely have already left for London, exchanging clothes to deceive any pursuers. Worthgood and the keeper follow them. Bellamie and Cicely arrive at an alehouse in Tottenham Court. Bellamie unexpectedly meets her brother, Sam, but denies her identity when recognizes her; he infers that she has become a common prostitute. Also at the alehouse is Cicely's unwanted admirer, Frank, who intends to seduce the tailor's wife, Mistress Stitchwell, and has piqued her interest by posing as a misogynist. Mistress Stitchwell intends to cuckold her husband in his presence, but the first attempt backfires: alone in the alehouse bathroom with her, Frank's friend George hides in the tub when Stitchwell arrives, and has water poured over him. Sam's friend James visits Cicely, thinking her a prostitute too, but hides in a trunk when others arrive. Importuned by Frank, Cicely proposes having herself smuggled to his room in the trunk; she and Bellamie then send it there, with the sleeping James locked inside. Intending to enjoy Cicely himself, George diverts the trunk to his own room. He and Frank fight over it, only to find that it contains James, not Cicely. Changelove woos Mistress Stitchwell while her husband is in a drunken stupor, but Stitchwell dreams he is being cuckolded and assaults Changelove. The gallant leaves the tailor to pay an inflated alehouse bill when he wakes up. Mistress Stitchwell assures him she was only amusing herself with the gallants, not committing adultery. Sam tries to engage Bellamie's supposed professional services and, shocked, she admits her identity. Rebuked by her brother, she faints. Worthgood and the keeper locate her, and she wakes to the sound of his voice. Bellamie's uncle also traces her to the alehouse, but when he arrives he finds not only his niece but his nephew planning marriage: Bellamie has interested Sam in Cicely, and he has approved Worthgood as a brother-in-law. The keeper reveals that Cicely is Worthgood's sister, and so of…