Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 1 (nony, tailors, butler, mall, jesu, massinissa…). Matches are highlighted.
beard was newly cut bore; marry it showed some thing Like a Meadow newly mowed: stubble, stubble. What, i'st Sir John Have-little that gallant Knight that Courts delicate Ladies? spare not the sweat of my bo die, man was made to labour, use my creation, women to bear, isle use yours: Birds to fly, Fish to swim, &c. And then swears
Full speech
Faith I have a dozen at the least, and their deserts are all so good, I know not which I should love most: and one last day did court me thus: Oh had my tongue the influence to led thy fair thoughts as thy fair looks do mine: then shouldst thou be his prisoner who is thine. I seeing my poor Gentleman likely to be drowned in the depth of Hellespont, delivered him this verse to catch hold of: Oh be not fair, and so unkind: misshapen stuff, is of behaviour boisterous and rough. What was a for a man? Why, a was a man for a woe man, what should a be? and i'faith he was a neat lad too, for his beard was newly cut bore; marry it showed some thing Like a Meadow newly mowed: stubble, stubble. What, i'st Sir John Have-little that gallant Knight that Courts delicate Ladies? spare not the sweat of my bo die, man was made to labour, use my creation, women to bear, isle use yours: Birds to fly, Fish to swim, &c. And then swears by my continued ̄ science Lady, I esteem you as I do money, which buys every thing, and thats but Like a Punk, for every man has to do with it. Faith who is't Sister, i'st a proper man? hath he a good face? pray heaven it be not mine: nay come who is your love? tell me? Yet again! His name good Master Spark? he's very welcome. Truly signeur if you should have as much favour as you have complexion, you would be highly favoured. Cheap signeur, now by the light of this day, I cannot love you. Faith a sold me none sir, only a gave me a taste of his good meaning. Why how now signeur, could you find never a fitter block to whet your wit on, but my sister? He's a mad fellow. Do so, you shall do a deed of charity in't. You shall pardon us sir. Oh the devil take impudency she courts him. Gentlemen do you lack a Boy? Oh God, I am undone. My Lord. I my Lord, but I hope it says nothing. And I am sure my Lord, where ere the body comes the tail first takes his place, and sits down, and therefore I hope 'tis the worthiest partly of the body. I Fleir, and thou hast a couple of virtuous Mistress ses, Oh they are a couple of damned pieces, that will plot or counsel the death of two such worthy Gentle men. You have told a wise tale, faith fir we carry none. Who, who, who? Pray God it be true. And mine is Master Spark, and look here they come. Oh signeur, these Gentlewomen have not long used your company, yet you see how Tobacco hath already refined their spirits. Or the foot trot to maintain the head? If a were of my mind, a would think no poison too good for you. Which is that? If we were, I hope thou wouldst not wrong us. Faith Signior I am very sorry for my Lord. Lord Gentlemen how your wits Caper! me thinks twould become you well at first entrance, your discretions came in with a sober measure. Never we sir: As the clapper of a Mill, my Lord. If a hundred men in a company, mee't does not the worthiest man amongst them, first take his place, and fit down? Oh Signior Petoune, what news? Well Signior isle commit you to God. Come sister, there rests nothing for us now but this: wele get us men's apparel, and serve them as Pages so shall we hinder them in their marriages, and in the end prefer our selves to be their wives. Any thing that a Boy should do. Oh I, she has been maned already, she knows the lure and will come to any call. The ̄ it is maintained by the worthiest partly of her body And often sells pure honesty, to clad her tail in glittering bravery. Faith my Lord yowl never win a woman by sighing, crossing your arms, and crying aye me! the only way to wiN them is to care little for am: when they are sad do ye sing: when they sing and are merry, then take your time & put am too't: if they will, so: if not, let them snick up, if you will walk in my Lord, isle show you many principles I learnt of my Mother, they may do your lordship good. Well? why isle tell thee, I have played the boy so long as I am changed into the nature of a boy, isle go to span counter with any page in Europe, for his best garters I can tell baudie tales, drink drunk, brag, swear, and lie with any Lackey in the town. With whom my Lord? I wonder thoult live in such a sinful place. But what shall we do in this matter?
Plot summary
Plot — The Fleer
Before the start of the action, Piso deposed Antifront, whose daughters thereupon fled from Florence. Antifront now travels in search of his missing children. He arrives in London under the alias Fleer, and meets some gentlemen. One of them, Spark, gets him a job with two of his countrywomen, a pair of Florentine courtesans working in London. Antifront is dismayed to discover that they are his missing daughters. Two sisters, Susan and Nan, are interested in Spark and his friend Ruffle, who are among the courtesans’ many clients. They dress up as boys and try to get the gentlemen to employ them as pages; Spark and Ruffle refuse, and the ‘pages’ end up working for two other clients, Sir John Havelittle and Piso junior, the son of the Florentine usurper. ‘Fleer’ wants to engineer a marriage for his daughters, selecting Havelittle and Piso as the eligible bachelors. The daughters prefer Spark and Ruffle, but are refused; taking offence, they ask Piso and Havelittle to kill the gentlemen, and suggest poison as the safest method. The plot is overheard by ‘Fleer’ and the ‘pages’. ‘Fleer’ gets himself another job looking after an apothecary’s shop, and sells Piso and Havelittle a poison which is really a sleeping potion. Spark and Ruffle dine with Piso and Havelittle and apparently die. The hosts are at once arrested on suspicion of poisoning and are committed for trial. Fleer is sent on an errand to the senior judge, who is unable to attend through illness, and sends word back for the other two judges to proceed without him. Given a ring to authenticate the message, Fleer instead uses it to get himself deputized as the third judge. He produces a letter which establishes that the guilt extends to the daughters as well as the poisoners, and all four are sentenced to death. News arrives that Piso’s father has died, making him the new Duke of Florence; but-he tells the Florentines to recall the deposed Antifront instead, and offers to make amends for his father’s treason by marrying Antifront’s elder daughter. Antifront reveals his identity and says Piso can do just 1606 that; his younger daughter will marry Havelittle. He produces the murder victims, still alive, and bestows them on Nan and Susan.