Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 15 (ang, hunc, fleire, shillings, chil, sblood…). Matches are highlighted.
rend charge? The yearly valve Of my fair manor of Clerken-well , is pounds So many—beside New years capons, the Lordship Of Turnball so—which with my Pick-hatch grange— And Shoreditch farm, and other premises Adjoining,—very good, a pretty maintenance To keep a Justice of Peace, and Coram too: Beside the fines I take of young
dishonesty? Severity will amend her, and yet Plus Ask her a question, if she will be honest? Tell her of cooking-stools, tell her there be Oyster queans, with Orange Women, Carts, and coaches store, to make a noise; Yet I she can speak English We may suppose her silent. Of the two which is the richer? Then Sophron is the thief.
Full speech
Plus! Have my tenants That hold their lease of lust here in the suburbs, By copyhold from me, their Lord in chief, Paid their rend charge? The yearly valve Of my fair manor of Clerken-well , is pounds So many—beside New years capons, the Lordship Of Turnball so—which with my Pick-hatch grange— And Shoreditch farm, and other premises Adjoining,—very good, a pretty maintenance To keep a Justice of Peace, and Coram too: Beside the fines I take of young beginners,— With harriots of all such as die, quatenus whores, And ruined bawds, with all Amercements endue To such as hunt in Purly; this is something, With mine own Game reserved. A Tenant too. Search over my Doomsday book; is not she Plus One of my last compounders? All Subsidy women, go free'em all. For what offence? Let her be strongly whipped, Tell her, Plus, she must Have the Kings Picture too. What's all that to me? Nay, if she can entreat in English, Plus, Say she is injured. With dishonesty? Severity will amend her, and yet Plus Ask her a question, if she will be honest? Tell her of cooking-stools, tell her there be Oyster queans, with Orange Women, Carts, and coaches store, to make a noise; Yet I she can speak English We may suppose her silent. Of the two which is the richer? Then Sophron is the thief. He's the Traitor then. Thou art ignorant Plus; We must do some injustice for our credit, Not all for gain. Send Eutrapeles to jail. Tell him we are pleased to think 'twas he of fended. Will must be law: were't not for Summum Jus, How could the land subsist? Come Plus let's go in to find out these con cealements; We will grow rich, and purchase honour thus— I mean to be a Baron of Snmmum Jus. Plus, say, what Hope's of gain brings this day's sin? Set the Constable by the heals. She's at certain with us.
Plot summary
Plot — The Muses' Looking Glass
Bird and Mistress Flowerdew, Puritan residents of Blackfriars, bring their wares to the theatre, but are appalled when Roscius tells them they have been ordered for use as props in a filthy stage play. Roscius argues that they themselves make a living from the vice of vanity, and invites them to see the play before they condemn it; he will give them a running commentary on its moral import. Despite Roscius’ high claims, Comedy and Tragedy seem initially more concerned about the order of their precedence; they agree to spend a year in competition, staging examples of their respective genres, and whichever is adjudged the better will thereafter have the theatre to herself. The play is a series of episodes showing specific virtues to be the mean: an excess or a deficiency constitutes a vice. A lack of courtesy makes Dyscolus churlishly ready to pick quarrels, whereas too much of it makes Colax sycophantic, to such an extent that he hangs around for the rest of the play flattering all the other vices. Aphobus is over-confident and Deilus cowardly, afraid of his own shadow: they have respectively too much fortitude and too little. Temperance is the next example, illustrated by Acolastus the epicure and Anaisthetus the ascetic, followed by liberality, missing in Aneleutherus the miser and carried to excess in Asotus the prodigal. The over-ostentatious Banausus, full of extravagant schemes for public works, overdoes magnificence, whereas Microprepes balks at replacing a church steeple. (The Puritans in the audience 1630 approve.) Chaunus overvalues himself, and seeks inappropriate high offices, whereas Micropsychus thinks himself unsuited to even the meanest position. Meekness is quite absent from quarrelsome Orgylus, who persistently tries to provoke patient Aorgus to a fight, without success. The arrogant Alazon and the modest Eiron deviate from truth: one falsely claims personal qualities he lacks, the other denies those he does have. Philotimia is unduly fastidious about her appearance, whereas her slovenly husband Luparus would rather clothes had never been invented. The impudent bawd Anaiskyntia brings Kataplectus to visit Philotimia, but he is too bashful to speak to her in English. Philotimia appoints him her gentleman usher, and they go off together; it looks as if Luparus is going to be cuckolded, but he doesn’t care. The extremes of justice are next: Nimis is worldly and prone to accept bribes, adjudicating between litigants according to which can…