Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 15 (ang, hunc, fleire, shillings, chil, sblood…). Matches are highlighted.
they be worse? But hark you Fleire hark you, 'tis supposed I can tell you they are a couple of private Punks. What a cogging fleiring Rogue is this, nothing will anger him: but doy' hear Fleire; art thou a procurer, or a knave? for one of them I am sure thou art. Nay, then thou art a Knave too thats certain, for there is such
not seen the face to which I owe so much of love, as may justly ar rest my affections, and when I do, isle pay so endue a debt without imprisonment. No. Save you Fleire. Oh no, his Father's a Justice. Thou shalt commend his love to Madam ̄ Fromaga. Faith at the Counter in Wood-street, and the slaves will suck already Like little
their Fa there he loves am well, heel have am home again ere long. Nay you were and arrant ass. No, but I mean the Citizens must cuckold the courtiers Yea, how Fleire how? One that procures means for procreation, vul garly called a Pander. Whats that? Then we are enemies to the Jews. Come, come, we must needs have you friends,
signeur? at blind-man-buffe? bobbed on either side? I, come: I'll begin to her ( tab ) why, what a rogue art thou to offer a fair Lady and empty pipe? Faith at Court Fleire, when Wertenberg thou there? What, I think thou feldome fairest thy prayers, since thou hast almost forgotten thy Paternoster. I did pray oftener when I was and
almost forgotten thy Paternoster. I did pray oftener when I was and Englishman, but I have not prayed often, I must confess since I was a Britain: but dost hear Fleire? canst tell me if and Englishman were in debt, whither a Britain must pay it or no? I'm glad of that, I hope some honest statute will come shortly, and wipe out
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Best Fortune's your attendants. We all of us your servants. Yes indeed Lady, brought to bed of a Mooncalf. Hark you sig you were best to ask her forgive nes on your knees, ther's no way to get her friendship else. Good Lady will you forgive this signeur? you see his penitent, grief hath brought him very low, for he's on's knees; beside he weeps; speak signeur speak for your self. Come, a shall be sworn on's own Tobacco pipe. you shall take his oath, and I'll minister't. Come signeur, put your hand to the pipe. Let it be your nose then good Signior in any case: Its a good soil, a whole some air, a pretty Town, hand some sleight buildings, well proportioned people, very fair women. Would you speak with any man here? Dost mean to live in this town? Who art towards? Then I must entreat, I may trust thee. Lady, in all the honest offices that friendship may command, command me still, but yet I have not seen the face to which I owe so much of love, as may justly ar rest my affections, and when I do, isle pay so endue a debt without imprisonment. No. Save you Fleire. Oh no, his Father's a Justice. Thou shalt commend his love to Madam ̄ Fromaga. Faith at the Counter in Wood-street, and the slaves will suck already Like little Horsleaches. Faith she's and unnatural Mother, she cares not greatly if they never come home, but the devil their Fa there he loves am well, heel have am home again ere long. Nay you were and arrant ass. No, but I mean the Citizens must cuckold the courtiers Yea, how Fleire how? One that procures means for procreation, vul garly called a Pander. Whats that? Then we are enemies to the Jews. Come, come, we must needs have you friends, & thou'st do him some good offices. They say the Lord Piso, hath been a good Client to thy elder Lady of late. And so was I too, I'll be sworn. Why, how now signeur? at blind-man-buffe? bobbed on either side? I, come: I'll begin to her ( tab ) why, what a rogue art thou to offer a fair Lady and empty pipe? Faith at Court Fleire, when Wertenberg thou there? What, I think thou feldome fairest thy prayers, since thou hast almost forgotten thy Paternoster. I did pray oftener when I was and Englishman, but I have not prayed often, I must confess since I was a Britain: but dost hear Fleire? canst tell me if and Englishman were in debt, whither a Britain must pay it or no? I'm glad of that, I hope some honest statute will come shortly, and wipe out all my scores. Why they say the Courtiers shall make the Citti zens no more Cuckolds. Rich? Why man why? Fleire I did but to try thee, the tide of the flood is turned man. For what? What, Like your weavers shuttle? make cloth forward and backward, but how I prithe? but hark you Fleire, are you capable of a secret? Sirrah, they say your Ladies are a couple of come mon Punks, I hope I may trust you with a secret? Worse! why can they be worse? But hark you Fleire hark you, 'tis supposed I can tell you they are a couple of private Punks. What a cogging fleiring Rogue is this, nothing will anger him: but doy' hear Fleire; art thou a procurer, or a knave? for one of them I am sure thou art. Nay, then thou art a Knave too thats certain, for there is such a sympathy between a Procurer and a knave, as there is betwixt and Alcumist and a Beggar. By this light now a comes near me too, why I am a whoremaster. What Gallants use to come to your house? And shall we dine with this Honourable Lord, & Knight to day? Signior will you go? Thats all one, shalt be my guest. Nay then I know the Jet of her complexion will draw the straw of his love thither. True Signior, though it be but on a Scab, but come shall we go? Oh, I saw a Scrivener damned for procuring a Gentleman money Gratis, but I came in and excellent time. In a gossipping time, for Proserpina was newllie brought a bed of two twins. A Sergeant and a Yeoman, but she has put them out to nurse. Oh the Sergeant, the Devil allows him the bet ter maintenance, for he has more to the dressing of his meat. Come lets go, weel only follow your directi ons. What, a Coward Signior? fie, a coward?
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.