King's Revels Company (?); Prince Charles's Men (second) (?)
Theater
Salisbury Court;Indoor Professional
Speech prefix(es)
Thu. | Thump | Thum. | Thump. | Th.
Words
442
Characters
2300
Typicality
0.39 (cosine to cluster centroid)
TCP id
A12129
BritDrama no.
2355
Cluster
Cluster 0 — Clowns, beggars & street sellers
Important excerpts
Passages from this character's speech that contain the most distinguishing words for Cluster 0 (shillings, tom, guts, mutton, wares, dan…). Matches are highlighted.
often as I herd the re port of a Musket, for bringing me up no better, that might have hued quietly at home, and gone a feasting with the trained Band without any danger. Here is another youth, and his commodity, I'll inquire of him, Pray did you see my Master? Just the same, how happy was I to meet with this Gentleman. You are
Full speech
You have her mother's already. I do wonder Sir, that you speak so well now, and Want the audacity as they say to talk to your Mistress. The father. Excellent well. Your worship is more than a puppy. He is very merry with her father. And I am one of his Gen tleman Ushers Sir, that follow him. I hope you do not mean your brains. And you had taken my counsel, you had done so Before you came hither: Wine is armour of proof. Exeunt. Simple as he stands there. Be ruled by me, lets to some Tavern, and Drink away melancholy. Stroke me o'th back. He plucks Aur. by the gown. There's something in my head, and t'were out. Where in the name of simplicity, should my Master be all this while? I have been at six Ordinaries, twelve Taverns, and I think four and twenty Bawdy-houses, places that Gen tlemen use to frequent, and yet cannot find him: well, I am re solved to ask every man I meet; and if I cannot hear of him the sooner, I'll have him cried. Pray did you see my Master? A Knight Sir, I'll assure you, of the last edition that Was my foolish Master, for want of a better. Sir Gervace Simple. The same Sir. Very right Sir. Pox of these questions. Heaven bless your worship, and the sweet faced modicum in your company. Exeunt. Nay Sir, did you see him? for if you see him, you cannot choose but know him; for he had a hundred marks brought him warm out of the Country this morning. No, no; there is no hope, it's but and unmannerly trick of any Master, to leave his man o'this fashion; 'tis well there is no press abroad, no disguised Constables twelve pence, and the Kings name would put me into a pitiful Fever, and I should curse Sir Gervace in another Country, as often as I herd the re port of a Musket, for bringing me up no better, that might have hued quietly at home, and gone a feasting with the trained Band without any danger. Here is another youth, and his commodity, I'll inquire of him, Pray did you see my Master? Just the same, how happy was I to meet with this Gentleman. You are a Prince in Poetry, & please your Excellence. They shall be of quality, most of your acquaintance What if Aurelia be one? she loves you, I have discovered that; I know shee'l do't, Her Sister for another, and my self, Frank Gerard and Jack Yongrave, with his Mistress. I'll not give you a pen nigh.
Plot summary
Plot — Changes, or Love in a Maze
Goldsworth’s twin daughters, Chrysolina and Aurelia, are daily courted by numerous suitors, including the foolish knight Simple, whom Mistress Goldsworth favours for his title, and the would-be poet Caperwit. Both girls favour the same suitor, Gerard, but with selfless sisterly affection, each wants the other to have him. Gerard comes under pressure to choose between them, not only from Goldsworth but also from his friend Thornay, who wants to woo whichever one he leaves; but, loving them equally, he cannot decide. Thornay decides to seize the initiative and woos Chrysolina (who consequently thinks him disloyal to Gerard), then misleads Gerard into thinking that she has reciprocated and that he should concentrate on Aurelia. But Chrysolina is offended by Gerard’s sudden neglect, and Aurelia takes it as a sign of his fickleness, and refuses him. She also rejects Simple’s suit, but her attempts to be polite about it to her mother are misconstrued, and Mistress Goldsworth sets about making wedding plans. Sir John Woodhamore keeps his niece Eugenia inside, away from the world and its temptations, while he seeks a husband worthy of her; he has decided on Youngrave. When Youngrave is left alone to woo her, however, she asks him to carry a letter to Thornay, the man she loves. Thornay protests that he isn’t interested: he loves Chrysolina. To get her own back on Gerard, Chrysolina pretends to return Thornay’s love; but she is upset to hear that he has rejected Eugenia, and sends him to make amends. He does so, feeling guilty at the way he has treated her, and her uncle catches them kissing. They pretend that he was only delivering a message from Youngrave, who then arrives to find Woodhamore planning their wedding. The miserly uncle decides it will be a secret marriage: he prefers the scandal of a supposed elopement to the expense of a public celebration; consequently he will not be present. This will enable an appropriate substitution of bridegroom. Admiring Youngrave’s self-sacrificing willingness to put Eugenia’s choice of suitor above his own wishes, Chrysolina falls for him. Despite her hints, Youngrave decides on a life of celibacy. The twins worry that they may end up unmarried. Chrysolina asks Eugenia to use her influence to win Youngrave for her. Thornay explains to Chrysolina why Gerard neglected her; Aurelia visits the melancholy Gerard and apologises for her behaviour. In a separate strand of action, Caperwit is pursued to the Goldsworths’ house by…